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FDA ignores critical information on home HIV tests

Posted on 31. May, 2009 by admin.

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Article in Medical Decision Making
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (May 29, 2009) The FDA is ignoring critical information in deciding whether to approve an over-the-counter, rapid HIV test for home use, according to a recent article in the journal Medical Decision Making (MDM) which is published by SAGE.
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New evidence ties gene to Alzheimer’s

Posted on 08. May, 2009 by admin.

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Of dozens of candidates potentially involved in increasing a person’s risk for the most common type of Alzheimer’s disease that affects more than 5 million Americans over the age of 65, one gene that keeps grabbing Johns Hopkins researchers’ attention makes a protein called neuroglobin.
Adding to a growing body of evidence about the importance of [...]

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