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CNN News reports here: An official commission investigating high-profile Norwegian cancer researcher Jon Sudbo declared on Friday that most of his work was invalid because he manipulated and fabricated data. Sudbo, 44, has admitted falsifying data about cancer of the mouth for articles he wrote in prestigious medical journals: Britain’s The Lancet and U.S. publications The New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
"India offers free anti-Aids drugs" BBC News reports here: "Some 100,000 Indians with HIV will be provided free anti-retroviral drugs by early 2007, Indian officials say."
Recently, new media has reported a study showing the radiation from cell phones is so full of energy they can be used to cook eggs. For more info on cell phone health risks see this article here at foodconsumer.org
CNN News reports here: With an in-flight airing of Elvis Presley’s greatest hits on Air Force One and an offering of "the king’s" favored grilled fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, U.S. President George W. Bush took Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi — a long-time Elvis fan — to see the singer’s home, Graceland. Along the way, they passed by Elvis’ pink Cadillac.
Spiegel Online presents here some views on this problem from Germany: Israel’s military incursion into the Gaza Strip may boost Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s standing among his countrymen, but it lessens already slim prospects for peace with the Palestinians. And Hamas’s political agreement with Fatah this week is more a desire to end the western aid freeze rather than a true commitment to recognize Israel.
The Associated Press reports here at the Washington Post website: The label of a novel antibiotic will be updated to reflect reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, associated with its use, the drug’s maker and health officials said Thursday. Sanofi-Aventis’ Ketek will carry a bold-type warning about the rare reports of liver failure and severe injury, some of them fatal, in patients treated with the drug. The company also is providing additional information to patients and doctors.
Forbes.com reports here: Maneuvering through traffic while talking on the phone increases the likelihood of an accident five-fold and is actually more dangerous than driving drunk, U.S. researchers report. That finding held true whether the driver was holding a cell phone or using a hands-free device, the researchers noted.
"Vaccine Advice Seen As Sensitive Issue", The Associated Press reports here at the Washington Post website: "Taking up a sensitive issue among religious conservatives, an influential government advisory panel Thursday recommended that 11- and 12-year-old girls be routinely vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer."
CNN Money reports here: The FDA told Wyeth that it’s going to have to do some more work on an experimental birth control drug before getting the green light from regulators, said the drugmaker on Wednesday.