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Electronic Arts has agreed to pay $15.6 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by computer graphic artists seeking overtime compensation, the company announced on Oct. 5, 2005. The class includes computer graphic artists, including “animators,” “modelers,” “Texture artists,” “lighters,” “background effects artists,” “special effects artists” and “environmental artists,” who worked at EA’s California [...] - Paxil May Increase Risk of Birth Defects
Paxil, an antidepressant drug, may increase the risk of birth defects for pregnant women taking it during the first trimester, the Food and Drug Administration warned last week. The warning comes after Paxil manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline sent the FDA and doctors a letter about preliminary results from a study suggest an increase in the risk of congenital [...] - Strattera Linked to Suicidal Thinking in Children
Strattera, an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug, may increase suicidal thinking in children and adolescents, the Food and Drug Administration warned on Thursday. “Children and adolescents being treated with Strattera should be closely monitored for clinical worsening, as well as agitation, irritability, suicidal thinking or behaviors, and unusual changes in behavior, especially during the initial few [...] - Class Action Filed Against Pfizer Over Marketing of Lipitor
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The glycemic index is a characteristic of foods that more and more people are looking at when making food choices. For people suffering from diabetes, heart disease or obesity, adding low glycemic index food to the diet may be beneficial. - Getting the Trans Fat Out
Over the past few years scientific evidence that indicates trans fatty acids (or now more commonly referred to as trans fats) are bad for cardiovascular health has been mounting. Eliminating it is a another matter. - Implied Nutrition Health Claims
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Everyone likes things simple. But very often it just isn?t that way, especially in nature. We all know we need vitamins in our diets. For our convenience, scientists have given vitamins easy names to remember: vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E. But it?s a bit more complicated - Canada Gets Tough on Trans Fats
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As consumers we have many sources of information - some more reliable than others, some easier to understand than others. In many countries, compulsory food labelling is now in effect with the hope that it will provide quick and easy to understand composition and nutrition information. The more you look at a food label, the more information you find. - Eating Broccoli May Help Seniors Protect their Eyesight
The results have only been demonstrated in the lab, but it may be that broccoli contains a powerful ingredient that can prevent the occurrence of a chronic eye disease - Synbiotics for Good Gut Health
First it was probiotics. Then it was prebiotics. Now the two are being combined to produce synbiotics. - Mangoes Are Hard to Eat but Good For You
Mango is a fruit that is very common in the tropics. You may have seen it in the fruit section of your grocery store, but never had the courage to buy one. Mangoes have a distinct taste; they can be eaten alone, added to a fruit salad to add zest, or part of other interesting recipes.
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MANCHESTER, England & NEW YORK-- --Pfizer Inc. and DxS today announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic test kit for PF-04948568 , an immunotherapy vaccine in development for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme .
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CanLiv: The Hepatobiliary Cancers Foundation in partnership with The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation will host the 1st Annual Biliary Tract-Gallbladder Cancer Research Symposium on Friday, May 7, 2010 at the American Society of Clinical Oncologists headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.
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The drug pazopanib slowed the progression of advanced renal cell carcinoma , a form of kidney cancer, in patients by 54% percent, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology .
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Friday, February 05, 2010 Jamila Achakzai Islamabad Avoidance and cessation of tobacco use can potentially reduce the lung cancer incidence and mortality by around 90 per cent, said Shifa International Hospital's Medical Oncologist Dr Kamran Rasheed at a World Cancer Day function here Thursday.
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Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative oncology therapies, today announced that Ronald A. Martell has been appointed to the position of chief executive officer, succeeding Jerry McMahon, Ph.D., who will remain as non-executive chairman of the Board of Directors.
- Medicare cuts damage U.S. cancer care, group finds
Changes to Medicare, the U.S. federal health plan for the elderly, may be damaging important aspects of cancer care in the United States, according to a study released on Thursday.
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For 54-year-old Sharda Sethi, who was detected with breast cancer last year, life couldn't be more unfair.
- Using herpes to beat melanoma
A sexually-transmitted disease may be the miracle some cancer patients have been hoping for.
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Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found a mechanism by which a hormone responsible for milk production blocks an oncogene that makes breast cancer more aggressive.
- FDA approves expanded use of breast cancer drug
PHILADELPHIA The Food and Drug Administration has given an additional approval to a breast cancer drug made by GlaxoSmithKline, GSK announced Friday.
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Prostate cancer cells are more likely to spread to other parts of the body if a specific gene quits functioning normally, according to new data from researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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Abbott announced today an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Pierre Fabre SA to develop and commercialize h224G11, a pre-clinical monoclonal antibody identified at the Centre d'Immunologie Pierre Fabre in France and targeting the cMet receptor for the treatment of cancer.
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Prostate cancer treatments that cut off the supply of male hormone raise cholesterol, worsen blood sugar and make men fatter and thus likely raise the risk of heart attack, too, doctors said on Monday.
- FDA Expands Use of Approved Breast Cancer Drug
Provides oral regime for hormone positive and HER2-positive advanced breast cancer - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tykerb in combination with Femara to treat hormone positive and HER2-positive advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women for whom hormonal therapy is indicated.