U.S. reviewers urge Glaxo’s Avandia come off market (Reuters)
Reuters - Two U.S. drug safety reviewers have recommended that GlaxoSmithKline PLC's diabetes drug Avandia be pulled from the market after concluding it is more dangerous to the heart than a rival medicine, according to documents released on Saturday.
ICU room assignment can affect survival (Reuters)
Reuters - For the very sickest patients in an intensive care unit (ICU), being assigned to a room that can't easily be seen from the central nursing station might lower the chances of survival.
New seasonal flu vaccine to contain H1N1 strain (Reuters)
Reuters - This year's seasonal flu vaccine in the northern hemisphere should include protection against three strains, including the pandemic H1N1 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday.
CORRECTED: Obama team raises pressure on health insurers (Reuters)
Reuters - (Corrects in fourth paragraph number of U.S. uninsured from 30 million to 46 million)