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		<title>Worst type of drug-resistant TB appears in U.S.</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/12/28/worst-type-of-drug-resistant-tb-appears-in-u-s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember the case of Andrew Speaker. He went to Italy to be married and returned with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis that caused a national furor and was reported on this website. The furor arose because Speaker traveled by plane with a highly contagious, hard-to-cure disease. At one point, Speaker was diagnosed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer to pay $2.3 billion for felony, fraudulent marketing</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/02/pfizer-to-pay-2-3-billion-for-fraudulent-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it had reached the largest settlement ever with a pharmaceutical manufacturer as Pfizer pled guilty to felony charges of fraudulent promotion of pharmaceuticals. 
According to a DOJ press release, the company will pay a criminal fine of $1.195 billion, the largest criminal fine ever imposed in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tamiflu should be saved for special cases, CDC warns</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/11/tamiflu-should-be-saved-for-special-cases-cdc-warns/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/11/tamiflu-should-be-saved-for-special-cases-cdc-warns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently, only two anti-virals are known to be effective against H1N1 pandemic swine flu: Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir). If not used sparingly, these too could become ineffective, the CDC has warned.
Both drugs can be used to prevent viral infection under the right circumstances, though the protocol currently recommended by the CDC is to use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chile confirms swine flu in birds</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/21/chile-confirms-swine-flu-in-birds/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/21/chile-confirms-swine-flu-in-birds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkeys in Chile have been infected with the H1N1 pandemic swine flu, news services have confirmed. The good news is that the effects on the turkeys are mild; they will be processed as usual for their meat and should be safe to eat.
But the spread of swine flu to birds is a step we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Cancer Institute: vitamin D does not prevent cancer deaths</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2007/11/04/national-cancer-institute-says-vitamin-d-does-not-prevent-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2007/11/04/national-cancer-institute-says-vitamin-d-does-not-prevent-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when vitamin D was beginning to look like the cure-all where cancer is concerned&#8212;many studies have proclaimed it instrumental in preventing or slowing cancers of the skin, colon, breast, and prostate, to name a few&#8212;a new study announced by the U.S. National Cancer Institute says increased vitamin D consumption does not correlate with reduced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biologic generics move closer to reality</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/27/biologics-generics-move-closer-to-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/27/biologics-generics-move-closer-to-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters is reporting that a Senate panel has voted today to approve a path for getting generic biologic drugs to market faster. Biologics&#8212;unlike synthetics&#8212;are drugs that are derived from living things and are consequently often quite difficult and expensive to make. Because their manufacture is so sensitive to the slightest changes in starting substances or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP report presents a more cynical view of Andrew Speaker</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/13/ap-report-presents-a-more-cynical-view-of-andrew-speaker/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/13/ap-report-presents-a-more-cynical-view-of-andrew-speaker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, most readers have heard of Andrew Speaker, the attorney infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis who left the U.S. to be married in Greece despite attempts by health officials to keep him from traveling. Speaker was portrayed but not named in our May 30 report of the incident.
Since that time, Speaker has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware iPods in thunderstorms</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2007/07/13/ipods-and-lightning-dont-mix/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2007/07/13/ipods-and-lightning-dont-mix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New England Journal of Medicine is reporting that a man was injured by lightning while jogging and wearing an iPod. Doctors from the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, B.C. report that the man suffered punctured eardrums, a broken jaw and second-degree burns on his chest, head, and left leg.
They attribute his broken jaw to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese soldier dies of bird flu</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/06/chinese-soldier-dies-of-bird-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/06/chinese-soldier-dies-of-bird-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least 188 have died from bird flu worldwide since 2003





clipped from news.wjla.com





A 19-year-old Chinese soldier has died of the virulent strain of bird flu, the country&#8217;s 16th reported death from the virus, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
The man, who was stationed in the southern province of Fujian, died Sunday after being hospitalized May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ground beef recalled over e. coli</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/08/ground-beef-recalled-over-e-coli/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/08/ground-beef-recalled-over-e-coli/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ground beef recall so far affecting only Western states is in effect for beef originating from United Food Group and sold in 13 supermarket chains. The ground beef in question has been tainted with E. coli, a contaminant usually found as the result of poor slaughterhouse hygiene or practices.
So far, no one has died [...]]]></description>
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