 eFluxMedia | Worker accidentally spills pills into cake batter The Associated Press - CHESHIRE, Conn. (AP) - The Connecticut Department of Development Services has placed an employee on administrative leave after prescription pills were found in a cake served at a home for disabled people. Pills Found Inside Cake Employee who baked a cake with drugs inside put on leave |
 Boston Globe | Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's disease CNN - By Anne Harding People with Parkinson's disease who have a pacemaker-like device implanted in the brain spend an extra four-plus hours a day free of tremors and involuntary movements than they do on medication, according to the largest study of the ... Study backs deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's brings bad with good |
 eFluxMedia | Judge dismisses lawsuits in Medtronic heart device case Minneapolis Star Tribune - A ruling by a federal judge dismisses dozens of complaints filed by patients claiming they were injured by the defective Medtronic heart product. Lawsuits filed against Medtronic dismissed Federal Court Dismisses Suits Against Medtronic |
 UMM News, Sports & Events | Calif. reaches settlement with Blue Shield San Francisco Chronicle - California insurance regulators have reached an agreement with Blue Shield to provide new health insurance coverage to nearly 700 consumers whose policies were canceled. Blue Cross foundation awards local grants Blue Shield to restore coverage to dropped Californians |
 ABC News | Study finds many teens publicize risk behaviors on MySpace pages Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - By Erica Perez of the Journal Sentinel A University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor and researchers from the University of Washington analyzed 500 MySpace profiles of 18-year-old users from July 15 to Sept. Health Buzz: Teens Using MySpace and Other Health News Doc Reaches Out to Misbehaving Teens on MySpace |
Reuters - U.S. researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks the fat-fighting promise of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone once hailed as the answer to the battle of the bulge.
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