FDA Final Approvals

US Food and Drug Administration: FDA Clears Silver-Coated Breathing Tube for Marketing Reduces Risk of Pneumonia for Patients Using Ventilators  [M2 PressWIRE]

FDA Approves New SPRYCEL(R) (Dasatinib) Product Labeling for Patients with Chronic-Phase CML  [PR Newswire]

Alternative Healthcare

Chiropractors 'are waste of money' for a bad back  [The Daily Telegraph,]

Origins date back thousands of years  [Hull Daily Mail]

Treating depression Alternative therapies can complement drugs  [The Herald]

Infectious Disease

Micafungin for Invasive Candidiasis  [AHC Newsletters]

Contracts  [AHC Newsletters]

The Impact of Prescribing Antibiotics to Children  [AHC Newsletters]

Infection Control

Six Simple Steps to Protect Against and Stop the Spread of Superbugs  [PR Newswire]

Public Health

ASEAN: ASEAN takes steps to prevent spread of zoonotic diseases  [Thai Press Reports]

Scientists suggest cutting calories and carbon dioxide could help save lives and the planet  [Associated Press WorldStream]

Aggressive staph germ found to secrete compound that attacks immune cells  [Associated Press WorldStream]

Central Nervous System Disease

Fourfold increase in the use of pills to treat depression  [The Scotsman]

Psychiatric Service

Japanese suicides top 30,000 for 9th straight year  [China Daily]

Mental healthcare to be available at primary clinics  [Gulf News]

An art project to remove the stigma on schizophrenia  [Turkish Daily News]

Oncology

YOUNG PEOPLE STILL DYING FOR A TAN  [New Zealand Press Association]

STUDY LINKS OBESITY TO CANCER  [New Zealand Press Association]

It is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month  [AHC Newsletters]

Immunology

New Hope in Immunodeficiency Treatment for Improved Tolerability and Convenience in the use of Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) 10% Liquid...  [Business Wire]

Inspire Announces Oral Presentation of Phase 2 Epinastine Nasal Spray Data at American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Meeting  [Business Wire]

New Enbrel Results: Earlier Start To Therapy Efficacious  [BioWorld Today]

Cardiology

CryoCath to present at Canaccord Adams Cardiovascular Conference  [Canada Newswire English]

CDC data confirm correlation between COPD, heart disease  [AHC Newsletters]

Other News To Note  [BioWorld Today]

Gerontology

Elderly Cases of Venereal Diseases Increase  [Korea Times]

Stem cells provide hope for Alzheimer's sufferers  [Daily Mail]

Discussion on dementia  [Leicester Mercury]

Vitamins and Supplements

Thailand: Food supplements in year 2008 changing consumption amid rising cost of living  [Thai Press Reports]

Vitamin Shoppe Industries, Inc. to Discuss Third Quarter 2007 Results for Bondholders  [PrimeNewswire]

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