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Legends of Irish Giants Are More Than Tall Tales

Although the Irish legend of leprechauns is probably just a load of blarney, there's scientific evidence suggesting that the fabled stories of giants living on the Emerald Isle aren't just tall tales. According to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine, it seems that Northern Ireland is a hot spot for people with...

Avandia Gets Hard Pills to Swallow From FDA, Europe

(Sept. 23) -- It wasn't what the makers of Avandia, let alone those who use it, wanted to hear. Today, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would significantly restrict the sale of the drug rosiglitazone, which is the main ingredient in Avandia, Avandamet and Avandaryl, medications prescribed since 1999 to help...

FDA Reviewing Weight-Loss Drug Meridia: What You Need to Know

(Sept. 13) -- Meridia, a weight-loss pill that's been available to consumers for over a decade, might soon be pulled from the American market over concerns that the drug increases risk of heart attack and stroke. A panel of experts commissioned by the Food and Drug Administration will convene Wednesday to debate the...

Just-Released Book Profiles Feline Angel of Death

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Jan. 31) -- The scientist in Dr. David Dosa was skeptical when first told that Oscar, an aloof cat kept by a nursing home, regularly predicted patients' deaths by snuggling alongside them in their final hours. Dosa's doubts eroded after he and his colleagues tallied about 50 correct calls made by Oscar...

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05/02/12 The New England Journal of Medicine Releases... Source: UnumProvident Corp BOSTON--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) announces the release of a documentary film, now available on the NEJM 200 th Anniversary website , in celebration of 200 years of continuous publication.
02/16/12 Wolters Kluwer Health enters distribution agreement... Source: News-Medical.Net Wolters Kluwer Health today announced it has entered into an expanded distribution agreement with the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the "gold standard" for quality biomedical research and for the best practices in clinical medicine.
07/07/11 Graves' disease Source: MayoClinic.com U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/graves/Graves.pdf. Accessed April 19, 2011.
03/30/11 The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Source: Merck and Co Inc Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that final results from the two pivotal Phase III studies of VICTRELIS â¢ (boceprevir), its investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor, will be published in the March 31 st edition of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) .