, contradicting longstanding denials by the Japanese leader.
The admission came after the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, under prodding from an opposition lawmaker, released documents showing that 300 Australian, British and Dutch prisoners of war worked at a mine owned by Aso Mining during the last four months of the war.
At a parliamentary session on Thursday, Foreign Ministry and health officials acknowledged the validity of the documents, Read the rest of this entry »

An FDA advisory committee voted 9-3 that the benefits of Pfizer’s osteoporosis drug Fablyn outweigh the risks. But the committee raised lots of concerns during the meeting.
Panel members suggested that the agency might approve the drug only for women at particularly high risk of bone problems, or restrict its use to those who fail other treatments,
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And Scott Monroe, director of the FDA’s urologic and reproductive product division, Read the rest of this entry »

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Dublin’s defunct Corazon Club & Spa has reopened as a fitness club under a temporary
operating agreement that’s likely to culminate in the sale of the property.
Corazon, which opened almost two years ago in the Tartan West residential development, suspended
operations in October after finding itself unable to make payroll.
Part of the resort reopened this month under the name Tartan Athletic Club. It’s being run by
Driving Force Golf Management, Read the rest of this entry »

Medical staff in north Wales will have to use name stamps on patient notes because many signatures are so badly written they cannot be understood.
Staff working in the North Wales NHS Trust area are to be given the stamps to ensure those who fill in patient records can be more easily identified.
Medical director Dr David Gozzard said: “Some signatures can be illegible. It can be quite troublesome if you need to trace who wrote the notes.”
The Read the rest of this entry »

Sen.
and Republican Steve Sauerberg clashed over the nation’s health-care crisis Monday, with the Democratic incumbent accusing the family practice physician of proposing an end to government-backed insurance for the poor and elderly in favor of a program using tax credits to purchase private insurance.
“I don’t know of another doctor who is so bold as to believe that those people who count on these programs are somehow going to be protected Read the rest of this entry »

Federal tobacco policy could soon be in for some big changes. High on the list: increasing cigarette taxes to fund health insurance for children, and giving the FDA the power to regulate cigarettes.
has an update that says Democrats’ control of the White House and Congress will likely be enough to push the changes through.
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.) has long been pushing a
(cosponsored by then-Senator Obama) that would give the FDA power Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney experienced an abnormal heart beat on Wednesday morning and will see doctors to “restore his normal rhythm” — the second time in less than a year that he will have the procedure.
Cheney, 67, canceled a campaign event he was scheduled to attend Wednesday in Homer Glen, Ill.
“During a visit with his doctors this morning, it was discovered that the vice president is experiencing a recurrence Read the rest of this entry »

FDA cites brain virus with Genentech, Biogen drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regualtors said Thursday one case of a deadly brain infection has been reported in a patient taking Genentech and Biogen Idec’s blockbuster arthritis and cancer drug Rituxan.
The Food and Drug Administration said the woman died of the rare viral infection more than a year and a half after discontinuing the drug. Genentech and Biogen Idec comarket the drug in the Read the rest of this entry »

, South Wales Echo
ONE of South Wales’ podgiest pets – who once tipped the scales at TWICE his ideal weight – has been chosen to join an animal charity’s fitness programme.
At more than two stone overweight, Cocker Spaniel Cross Sam had a problem that could hardly be described as just “puppy fat” when he weighed in at 4st 1lb (26kg).
But having slimmed down to a more manageable 3st 2lb (20kg), the dog from Read the rest of this entry »