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June 10, 2013

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5:00 AM | Study Points to the Benefits of Vegetable Oil 

A new study found that no link exists between vegetable oil consumption and circulating indicators of inflammation that are often associated with diseases such as heart disease, cancer, asthma and arthritis.
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4:15 AM | Designated Drivers Often Drink
A new study suggests that many designated drivers do not themselves refrain from drinking, creating an obvious barrier to the campaign's effectiveness.
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4:01 AM | Swimming and the Fear Factor
With drowning a leading cause of death among children 1 to 19, learning to swim is more important to survival than anything a child learns in school.
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12:42 AM | mHealth could cut EU's chronic disease costs
Mobile operators association says compliance and monitoring could be improve through technology

June 09, 2013

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11:15 PM | Deal Watch table for May 2013
Table listing all the major pharma mergers, acquisitions and collaborations in the past month
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11:15 PM | Pharma deals during May 2013
Deal Watch: Major pharma collaborations, acquisitions and agreements in the past month
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9:43 PM | Weekend Reading
Summer feels like it’s finally here in Canada (well, Toronto at least). Here’s what I’ve been reading.Diet and Nutrition Don’t take your vitamins I’ve written about Paul Offitt before. He’s an infectious disease specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. If you haven’t read his book, Autism’s False Prophets, I strongly recommend it. Paul has […]
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3:07 AM | News Round-Up for the First Week of June
Boy, even when you’re not officially on an academic year, the summertime means schedules go all out of whack! I’ve fallen behind again, but will be adding some new posts soon. First, another quick round-up of news you may have missed or want to revisit for the first week in June. A couple of studies [...]
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2:28 AM | No One Is Immune. I Am Not Immune.
TRIGGER WARNING. Describes unwanted contact, may be triggering to survivors of harassment or assault. *     *     * No woman is immune. *     *     * “Don’t I know you from the gym?” A trim, older man is smiling in line in front of me at the allergist’s office. [...]

June 08, 2013

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10:55 PM | Necklace of dread – Decoding Annie movie
The movie about BRCA1, a mutation in a gene, is a horror movie. Anne Parker, the main character,  sees a recurring symbolic doorway, over and over, that is a visual Greek chorus reminding her of her mother’s [More...]
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10:55 PM | Decoding movie about decoding DNA
The movie about BRCA1, a mutation in a gene, is about the emotion of dread. Annie Parker, the main character,  sees a recurring symbolic doorway, over and over, that is a visual Greek chorus reminding her of [More...]
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2:35 AM | The Gift of Surviving Cancer and Giving Back
She’s a striking blond. Attractive, warm, funny, caring, and always smiling. He’s also a striking blond – and warm and caring and funny – and seems to always be smiling as well. “She” is Ginny Fineberg, a youthful looking 64 year old cancer survivor. And “he” is her self-proclaimed “Momma’s...

June 07, 2013

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8:07 PM | Soup Up Your Spinach
The Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman says soups can be a great way to draw out the flavors of spinach.
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7:21 PM | Health Apps as Parenting Aids
Three new computer apps provide evidence-based healthy hints for raising children ages 1 to 5. For example: “Don’t forget it’s time for your child’s 1-year checkup! The doctor will talk to you about how your child is growing and what to expect this year.”
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6:55 PM | Heading to #CPHA13
Just a short note today – I (Atif) will be heading to the Canadian Public Health Association Conference next week, which is being held in my home town of Ottawa, Ontario. I’ve never been to the CPHA Conference, so I’m looking forward to it. I’ll be tweeting findings from the conference using the #CPHA13 hashtag, […]
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6:29 PM | Think Like a Doctor: A Cough Solved
Readers solve the case of a 75-year-old woman with a terrible cough that keeps getting worse.
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3:56 PM | Round-Up: Papers Published in 2013
So far, in the first half of 2013, our researchers have published a number of excellent papers on a wide range of hearing loss research topics. Below, we will share links to previous posts detailing some of the papers as well as links to all of the papers published so …
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3:04 PM | What’s keeping you awake at night?
There’s nothing worse than not being able to fall asleep at night. You toss and turn, fluffing one pillow and then another. Blankets on, blankets off. Window open, window closed. Nothing seems to be right. Thoughts about the previous day … Continue reading →
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11:00 AM | The Neurobiology behind a Sense of Place
I remember clearly one of the first times I was aware of the concept that can be characterized as a “sense of place.” Several months into a year-long backpacking trip, I was mesmerized by my experiences in East Africa. Then, once it became what would have been summer back home, I experienced a sudden and [...]
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10:11 AM | PAN bolsters team with two hires and three promotions
New roles go to the creative agency's Natalie Enniks, Naumaan Mayet and Lawrence Clift
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10:11 AM | Data control: pharma and big data in healthcare
Whether it's big, smart or right, this could be the year pharma and healthcare sees large benefits from data
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9:56 AM | FDA panel says Avandia restrictions should be eased
Vote backs wider use of GSK's drug in diabetes
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9:29 AM | ­Pfizer signs $635m deal with CytomX for cancer ADCs
Will use biotech's Probody technology to develop antibody-drug conjugates
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8:54 AM | NICE backs Abilify for teenagers with bipolar disorder
Otsuka's antisphycotic recommended for use in adolescents in England and Wales
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8:35 AM | Amgen veteran Kurt Gustafson joins Spectrum as CFO
Biotech also creates new senior financial position for Brett Scott
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8:27 AM | Boehringer invests €35m in research centre in China
Teams up with Shanghai firm to build biopharma facility
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7:35 AM | $4,600 Up for Grabs for UK ME/CFS Charities – Vote Once from Anywhere!
by Sasha You know what to do…Image from the Kheel Center, Cornell University I’m writing this the morning after an unprecedented win for our community in an online voting competition. On 1 June, one of our charities, MEandYou, pulled in an astonishing 8,000 votes in only four days in the Stormberg contest. The highest previous level I can remember was less than half that and took several weeks to achieve. MEandYou won that contest by 1,000 votes at midnight but earlier that afternoon, […]
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7:00 AM | DMAA: Efficacious but is it Safe?
by Igor I. Bussel & Andrey A. Pavlov Jr. Jann Bellamy has recently authored an excellent piece on the limitations of the FDA and how the DSHEA actually protects the profits of supplement manufacturers rather than the health and well-being of consumers. Bellamy used the very poignant and currently “controversial” example of DMAA (methylhexanamine or [...]
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5:00 AM | The demise of stand-alone digital agencies?
Ben Blackmore responds to our news report that stand-alone social media and digital agencies will no longer exist by 2023, according to a survey of marketing students in Europe.
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5:00 AM | Panelists Spotlight Key Regulatory Issues at FDA-OCRA Educational Conference

The session, “CFSAN and Industry Update," will feature an update from the FDA about industry hot topics, including the agency’s current regulatory priorities.
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