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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd has indicated he may consider dropping the Consumer Financial Protection Agency from the financial regulatory overhaul bill he is drafting with members of his panel, according to people familiar with negotiations.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-15/dodd-said-to-weigh-dropping-consumer-agency-from-overhaul-plan.html

Three quarters of cancer patients and survivors treated with chemotherapy suffer insomnia or sleep disorders that often become chronic conditions, hindering patients’ ability to fully recover, according to scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A study of 823 cancer patients showed they experienced sleep troubles at nearly three times the rate of the general population.

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The Washington Post: “Citing the balky swine flu vaccination campaign and other shortcomings in the nation’s medical defenses, a top Obama administration official has announced a major review of the government’s efforts to develop new protections against pandemics, bioterrorism and other health threats.” The impetus for the review came “in part because the H1N1 vaccine shortage had highlighted the nation’s dependence on antiquated technology.” Sebelius said she anticipates the review to be complete by “early next year” (Stein, 12/1)…

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The Food Standards Agency is hoping to reduce the number of food safety clangers that are served up this Christmas, with its Christmas food safety advertising campaign. TV and radio adverts are jovial but have serious underlying messages about the preparation and cooking of turkey: - don’t wash it (you don’t need to) - defrost it thoroughly - cook it properly The advice is just as important whether people are cooking traditional turkey, or any other poultry…

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A new PTB measuring system offers the possibility of measuring the absorbed dose in the direct environment of the irradiated tumour During radiation therapy, the physicians try to keep the dose in the tumour as high as possible to destroy as many cancer cells as possible. To avoid the damaging of healthy tissue, it is becoming more and more important to check the exact amount of the dose.

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Bacteria that produce compounds to reduce inflammation and strengthen host defences could be used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Such probiotic microbes could be the most successful treatment for IBD to date, as explained in a review published in the February issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology. IBD is inflammation of the gastro-intestinal tract that causes severe watery and bloody diarrhoea and abdominal pain. It is an emerging disease that affects 20 out of 100,000 genetically susceptible people in Europe and North America…

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The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public-health officials awake at night. Now, however, a study published this week (Dec. 21) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that a new compound, one on the threshold of final testing in humans, may be more potent and safer for treating “bird flu” than the antiviral drug best known by the trade name Tamiflu…

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Two editorials and an opinion piece on Tuesday discussed an antiabortion amendment by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) to the House health reform bill (HR 3962). The amendment passed with 64 Democratic votes and 176 Republican votes.

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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), the leading organization serving as the voice of asbestos victims, today applauds Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and cosponsors for introducing a resolution that declares the first week of April as “National Asbestos Awareness Week” and seeks to “raise public awareness about the prevalence of asbestos-related diseases and the dangers of asbestos exposure…

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Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA) are often called “mini strokes” for good reasons — the short-term symptoms can mimic a stroke and up to 10 percent of first-time sufferers often experience full-blown strokes within as little as 90 days. Despite the well-known statistics, no post-TIA regimen exists to help prevent future strokes — but this might be changing. Indiana University researcher Marieke Van Puymbroeck on Wednesday (Feb…

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