http://www.orshe.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:55:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://www.orshe.com/fda-to-review-bone-drugs-after-studies-report-hip-breaks http://www.orshe.com/fda-to-review-bone-drugs-after-studies-report-hip-breaks#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:55:12 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/fda-to-review-bone-drugs-after-studies-report-hip-breaks There have long been safety questions — and lawsuits — over whether bone-building drugs like Merck’s Fosamax can actually increase the chance of femur fractures. Today, the FDA said it was going to take another look at the safety issues]]> http://www.orshe.com/fda-to-review-bone-drugs-after-studies-report-hip-breaks/feed http://www.orshe.com/white-house-pushes-for-passing-of-health-bill http://www.orshe.com/white-house-pushes-for-passing-of-health-bill#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:15 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/white-house-pushes-for-passing-of-health-bill The President's final push on health care reform may be creating a big rift with Democrats in Congress, Fox News' Doug Luzader reports. ]]> http://www.orshe.com/white-house-pushes-for-passing-of-health-bill/feed http://www.orshe.com/as-health-care-finale-gets-closer-both-sides-boost-spending http://www.orshe.com/as-health-care-finale-gets-closer-both-sides-boost-spending#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30:31 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/as-health-care-finale-gets-closer-both-sides-boost-spending It’s crunch time in the fight over a health-care bill, so groups for and against the legislation are getting ready for a final push before congressional votes that could come later this month. ]]> http://www.orshe.com/as-health-care-finale-gets-closer-both-sides-boost-spending/feed http://www.orshe.com/intermune%e2%80%99s-lung-drug-gets-backing-from-fda-panel http://www.orshe.com/intermune%e2%80%99s-lung-drug-gets-backing-from-fda-panel#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:23:08 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/intermune%e2%80%99s-lung-drug-gets-backing-from-fda-panel Another day, another stock-price jump. First, the preliminaries: An advisory panel this afternoon recommended the FDA approve a lung drug developed by InterMune, with majorities of the outside experts saying the proposed treatment appeared effective and safe. The FDA is expected to decide by early May whether to go along with the panel’s recommendation on pirfenidone, which is intended to treat patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. ]]> http://www.orshe.com/intermune%e2%80%99s-lung-drug-gets-backing-from-fda-panel/feed http://www.orshe.com/news-hub-plastic-surgery-demand-sags http://www.orshe.com/news-hub-plastic-surgery-demand-sags#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:34:12 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/news-hub-plastic-surgery-demand-sags Elective cosmetic surgery, which is often not covered by insurance, has dropped in demand during the recession, Anjali Athavaley reports on the News Hub panel.]]> http://www.orshe.com/news-hub-plastic-surgery-demand-sags/feed http://www.orshe.com/obama-takes-case-against-health-insurers-on-the-road http://www.orshe.com/obama-takes-case-against-health-insurers-on-the-road#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:28:29 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/obama-takes-case-against-health-insurers-on-the-road President Obama was back on the campaign trail Monday, using his election-style oratory to stump for a health-care overhaul that still awaits an uncertain fate in Congress. As is the case routinely these days, the president took aim at health insurers. ]]> http://www.orshe.com/obama-takes-case-against-health-insurers-on-the-road/feed http://www.orshe.com/pacific-biosciences-speeds-dna-sequencing http://www.orshe.com/pacific-biosciences-speeds-dna-sequencing#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:52:16 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/pacific-biosciences-speeds-dna-sequencing Pacific Biosciences is working on a DNA sequencing process that it says will allow a person's genome to be sequenced in under an hour for less than $100 making a future of personally tailored genetic medicine more feasible.]]> http://www.orshe.com/pacific-biosciences-speeds-dna-sequencing/feed http://www.orshe.com/will-obama-prove-he-can-be-tough-on-health http://www.orshe.com/will-obama-prove-he-can-be-tough-on-health#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:01:41 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/will-obama-prove-he-can-be-tough-on-health President Obama might seem like a pushover with some liberals and the Chinese, but in other regards, he's showing he's tough by taking on insurance companies, teacher unions and Pakistan. ]]> http://www.orshe.com/will-obama-prove-he-can-be-tough-on-health/feed http://www.orshe.com/soft-drink-score-lower-sales-in-schools-more-talk-about-taxes http://www.orshe.com/soft-drink-score-lower-sales-in-schools-more-talk-about-taxes#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:37:06 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/soft-drink-score-lower-sales-in-schools-more-talk-about-taxes The sales volume of soda and other drinks shipped for sale at U.S. secondary schools has dropped 72% since late 2004, resulting in an 88% drop in beverage calories sold in schools, drink makers said today. ]]> http://www.orshe.com/soft-drink-score-lower-sales-in-schools-more-talk-about-taxes/feed http://www.orshe.com/obama-addresses-health-care-reform http://www.orshe.com/obama-addresses-health-care-reform#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:21:52 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/obama-addresses-health-care-reform President Obama describes how American families will have more control over their health-care this year, after health reform passes.]]> http://www.orshe.com/obama-addresses-health-care-reform/feed