Headlines for the Week of January 21-28, 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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01/28/09 USAToday.com: More Americans having out patient surgery
01/27/09 Newsinferno.com: FDA to Take Closer Look at Plavix
01/27/09 Newsinferno.com: KV Pharmaceutical to Recall Most of its Drugs
01/27/09 Newsinferno.com: Peanut Butter Pulled From Starbucks
01/27/09 Insurancenewsnet.com: Most Carriers and Brokers are Still Confident about Future of Voluntary Market According to Eastbridge’s Year-End 2008 Survey
01/27/09 CNN.com: Zimbabwe Cholera death toll nears 3000
01/26/09 USAToday.com: Pfizer to buy Wyeth for $68 B; cut 8,000 jobs
01/26/09 Newsinferno.com: Lawsuits Filed Over Shoulder Pain Pump Injuries
01/23/09 Newsinferno.com: Eli Lilly Admits Zyprexa Guilt
01/22/09 Newsinferno.com: Salmonella Recalls Top 100 Peanut Corp. of America Only Source of Outbreak
01/21/09 Newsinferno.com: Chemicals in Some Meds Risky for Preemies
01/21/09 Newsinferno.com: Stuffed Chicken Recalled for Foreign Objects

I found this article in the Wall Street Journal and I thought it was interesting.

Pfizer Project Looks at Side Effects