| U.S. Meat Farmers Brace for Limits on Antibiotics After decades of debate, the Food and Drug Administration appears poised to issue stronger rules on antibiotics, intended to reduce what it calls a clear risk to humans. feeds.nytimes.com |
Brain region linked to introspection By LAURAN NEERGAARD 2010-09-16T18:03:58ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Just how confident are you that you made the right decision? New research has uncovered a part of the brain that's larger in people who seem particularly introspective.... hosted.ap.org |
Chinese Company Pleads Guilty in Growth-Hormone Case GeneScience, a Chinese drug maker, and its founder, are expected to enter guilty pleas to illegal distribution of a human growth hormone that had not been approved by the F.D.A. feeds.nytimes.com |
Antidepressant 'ineffective and potentially harmful' An antidepressant prescribed to about 5,000 people in England at a cost to the NHS of almost £900,000 a year is "ineffective and potentially harmful", academics have concluded. telegraph.co.uk |
Polish bishops slam plans for liberal in vitro law By VANESSA GERA 2010-10-18T17:47:10ZWARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland's influential Roman Catholic church appealed Monday to the country's politicians to oppose in vitro fertilization, calling the procedure akin to eugenics.... hosted.ap.org |