Headlines For the Week of Jan 6-14, 2009:

Here are links to the current news in life, legal and healthcare.  If you find stories that you think should be included please email me at epeterson@mediconnect.net, or leave a comment on the blog. If you would like to receive this as an RSS Feed, click on the “subscribe link” at the top of this page.

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01/14/09 Newsinferno.com: Internal Emails Confirm Glaxo Avandia Cover-Up

01/14/09 WSJ.com: Apple CEO Jobs to take a Medical Leave of Absence

01/14/09 Newsinferno.com: Salmonella Outbreak tied to 3 Deaths

01/14/09 Newsinferno.com: One Million Stork Craft Cribs Recalled 

01/14/09 Newsinferno.com: Brain Shrinkage Seen with Hormone Replacement Therapy.

01/13/09 Newsinferno.com: UnitedHealth Group to Pay $50 Million to Settle Claims it Over Charged Millions

01/12/09 Reuters.com: U.S. Advisers back 1st drug from DNA- Altered Animals

01/12/09Cnn.com: Obama’s Big Idea: Digital Health Records

01/09/09 Newsinferno.com: Quest Diagnostic Testing Errors Reported

01/08/09 Newsinferno.com: CDC: Poor Infection Control Put Patients at Risk for Hepatitis B,C

01/06/09 Newsinferno.com: Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft to be Named in Another Lawsuit

01/06/09 Abcnews.com: Third-Hand Smoke—the Dust Finally Settles