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• Advocate: Story of rare bacterial infection raising awareness – CNN
• GSK melanoma drug shows promise in early trial – Reuters
• Good cholesterol doesn’t lower heart attack risk? – Times of India


• Coffee Drinking Linked To Long Life – Huffington Post
• South Carolina woman ‘very ill, but stable’ with rare infection – CNN
• Azithromycin poses a threat of death by heart attack, a study in The New … – allvoices


• "Good" HDL cholesterol may not protect heart after all, study suggests – CBS News
• Statins: Lancet Study Suggests Pills Could Cut Risk Of Heart Disease, But GPs … – Sky News
• South Carolina woman struck by flesh-eating bacteria disease – Chicago Tribune


• New Analysis of Risk Stratification for TYSABRI(R) Published in New England … – MarketWatch (press release)
• Early notice of flesh-eating bacteria may have saved mom – msnbc.com (blog)
• Panel debates bioterrorism protection for children
• Brain Twister: Study Showing Good Cholesterol Isn’t So Good Could Still Be … – Forbes
• Invasive non-typhoidal salmonella disease: an emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa.


• Large Metaanalysis Finds Statins Effective in Low Risk Patients – Forbes
• Good Cholesterol May Not Lower Heart Risk, Study Suggests – BusinessWeek


• Effectiveness of dementia follow-up care by memory clinics or general practitioners: randomised controlled trial.
• The benefits of the Affordable Care Act for Arizona – SanTanValleyToday.com


• Not All ‘Good Cholesterol’ Is ‘Good’: Raising HDL Not a Sure Route to … – Science Daily (press release)
• Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer – Fox News
• Statins could benefit everyone over 50, study suggests – CTV.ca
• Coffee drinkers likelier to live longer – Times of India


• Statins avoid heart attack risk in the elderly – Times of India
• More doctors are ditching the old prescription pad
• Flesh-eating condition caused by common bacteria – CNN International
• Benefit of ‘good’ cholesterol questioned – Boston.com


• The buzz: Study finds coffee drinkers live longer – San Francisco Chronicle
• US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in young kids
• Statins benefit those at much lower CV risk – TheHeart.Org


• Chip implant lets paralyzed patients control robotic arm with thoughts – The Seattle Times
• Study: US clears drugs faster than Europe, Canada
• The FDA Is Faster. Now Let’s Make It Safer – Forbes
• Paralyzed woman moves robotic arm with her thoughts – Washington Post


• Antibiotic linked with rare but deadly heart risk
• A Java Fountain of Youth? – ABC News


• A Comprehensive Care Management Program to Prevent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations: A…
• Coffee linked to lower risk of death – Los Angeles Times
• Study links vets to brain disease seen in athletes


• Source: National Institutes of Health – Cardiovascular Business
• A multidimensional index and staging system for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Paralyzed woman uses thoughts to move robotic arm – Chicago Tribune


• Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer
• ‘Good Cholesterol’ May Be an Overstatement, Study Finds – New York Times


• Diagnostic accuracy of laxative-free computed tomographic colonography for detection of adenomatous polyps in…
• Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm – BusinessWeek
• TB patient charged in Calif for not taking meds
• CT Colonography Accurate for 10 mm Adenomas – Doctors Lounge


• Risk for colorectal cancer in persons with a family history of adenomatous polyps: a systematic review.
• Paralyzed Woman Uses Her Mind To Control Robot Arm – NPR
• Healthy eating can cost less, study finds