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A handle on heart disease?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe cholesterol drug did absolutely everything it was supposed to do -- except for demonstrably improving the health of the people who took it. That was the conclusion reached about the popular drug Vytorin in a study published online last week in the...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Schering Plough Corporation, University of California, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Science and Technology
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Income From 2 Sources
Times Staff WriterDr. Thomas J. Walsh, a physician-researcher for the National Institutes of Health, has added to his income and bolstered his lab with checks from drug companies, according to interviews and government records. The NIH would not comment on Walsh's...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Politics, National Government
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How to stop junk mail
South Florida Sun-SentinelAs Thanksgiving approaches, the annual flood of unwanted holiday gift catalogs has begun piling into mailboxes on their way to recycling and trash bins. A new initiative by three environmental groups aims to reduce the flow. Last month, the organizations...Tags: Consumers, Energy Resources, Gaiam Incorporated, Berkeley (Alameda, California), Natural Resources
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: Commerce Bancorp Inc.; Eaton Corp.; W.W. Grainger Inc.; Marshall & Ilsley Corp.; Mattel Inc.; Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc.; Sonic Corp.; Wachovia Corp. Tuesday: -- September producer price index -- September industrial...Tags: CBOT Holdings Incorporated, Southwest Airlines Co., Yahoo! Inc., SunTrust Banks Incorporated, Google Inc.
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Seattle Lab Helps To Find New Ways To Treat TB
A Seattle lab is teaming up with two of the world's biggest drug makers to find new ways to treat tuberculosis. Seattle's Infectious Disease Research Institute will sort through about 500,000 compounds in the vaults of Eli Lilly and Merck. ...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Lilly Eli & Co, Death, Health, Tuberculosis
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Early euphoria turns to post-game blues
Durbin's restaurant in Tinley Park: As the final minutes of the game ticked down, Maribeth Aguirre, 45, of Frankfort, sat with her arms folded over her chest and pain etched on her face. "It's been a roller coaster ride," she said. "It started great, but...Tags: Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Wrigley Field, Regional Authority, Sun Life Stadium
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Pension reform clear in 1 regard: It will be costly
Tribune staff reporterThere's an ongoing joke among certified public accountants that tax reform--which is generally done in the name of simplification--is always good for their business. The irony, of course, is that you would think reform would put CPAs out of work--...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Marketing, Credit Ratings, General Electric Company, Pension and Welfare
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Craving the cookie
Tribune staff reportersChapter 1 The Oreo seems so innocent--two dark, chocolate wafers held together by a dab of sweet, white filling. It is an icon of Americana, a throwback to the days of cookies, milk and childhood. Churned out in ovens the size of football fields, the...Tags: Gaming, Family, Consumers, Science and Technology, Sports
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GOP tips its Holder questions
The Swampby Frank James The Republican National Committee telegraphs the topics Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans will grill Eric Holder on today at his confirmation hearing to be President-elect Barack Obama's Attorney General. Actually, some Democrats may...Tags: Clarence Williams, Mary Jo White (Pennsylvania politician), Corporate Crime, Barack Obama, Washington Post Co.
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BUSINESS: Investors: Show me the stem cell money
Tribune staff reporterBig Pharma isn't yet convinced there will be a profit bonanza from stem cell therapy. If there will ever be blockbuster drugs from stem cell research--or cell therapies of any kind--the rewards in the lab aren't tickling the fancy of the world's...Tags: New York, Biotechnology Industry, Health, Medical Research, Agricultural Research and Technology
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