FDA Panel Greenlights Diabetes Inhaler

Friday, 9 September 2005, 21:00 | Category : Diabetes
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A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has recommended approval of a new insulin delivery system in which the substance would be inhaled rather than injected with needles.
The panel voted 7-2 to approve Exubera for treatment of both juvenile and adult-onset diabetes. The FDA is expected to follow the recommendation.
Exubera, a dry powder form of [...]

ACLU Loses Again

Friday, 9 September 2005, 16:09 | Category : ACLU
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Court: Parental Consent for Abortion Legal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s law requiring girls under age 18 to get a parent’s consent for an abortion is constitutional and may be enforced, a federal court ruled Thursday.
The law, signed seven years ago but put on hold by litigation, also requires a woman seeking an abortion [...]

“24″

Friday, 9 September 2005, 6:47 | Category : 24
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Now on a lighter note —
Hubby and I watched Season 4 of “24” this past weekend on A&E. A&E is also going to start re-running the show on Monday afternoons, 4 hours at a pop, from 2pm to 6pm.
Hubby and I have discussed the “we should have watched this from the [...]

Tonight’s telethon

Friday, 9 September 2005, 5:40 | Category : Blogging, News
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Just saw the news that the celebrities will not be censored during the Katrina telethon tonight:
“The only precautions we have right now are for language,” said Gallen, who added that he does not expect any of the dozens of musicians or celebrities appearing on “Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast” to [...]

TGIF Specials

Friday, 9 September 2005, 5:30 | Category : SOTD
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1. They don’t want ghosts, so are getting sued.
2. Now this is a water bed.
3. Crouching tiger, hidden donkey.