Study: Doctors often fail to disclose company payments
Orthopedic specialists earning $1 million or more from medical device companies often fail to disclose company ties in medical journal artic ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Alzheimer's brain tangles offer clue to worsening
By LAURAN NEERGAARD 2010-09-21T07:07:06ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- That sticky gunk coating Alzheimer's patients' brains gets all the notoriety, but another culprit is gaining renewed attention: Protein tangles that clog brain cells and just might determine how fast patients go downhill.... hosted.ap.org |
Alcohol companies' pink campaigns anger breast cancer survivors
Some breast cancer survivors say it's hypocritical to raise money for research while selling a product that contributes to the disease. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Hospital support staff refuse to remove dirty linen
Work bans will continue at Perth hospitals today as support staff continue their industrial action. abc.net.au |
Alarms over radiation from thyroid cancer patients
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR 2010-10-20T19:11:15ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Reports of thyroid cancer patients setting off radiation alarms and contaminating hotel rooms are prompting the agency in charge of nuclear safety to consider tighter rules.... hosted.ap.org |