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Nova Scotia government to hire auditors to review Health Department funding The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:10 AM PDT HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Health Department says it will hire seven internal auditors in an effort to ensure funds are well spent. Spain regulator halts sale of some Novartis flu vaccines Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:58 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spain joined other European countries in halting the sale of anti-influenza vaccines made by Swiss group Novartis, after small particles were found in some of the injections. Spain will halt the sale of all the Chiromas and Chiroflu vaccines, produced by Novartis in Italy, the Spanish Medicines and Health Products Agency (AEMPS) said in a statement on Thursday. Spain follows ... Hundreds sicken as dengue fever hits Portugal's Madeira Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:24 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Fifty-two people are confirmed to be suffering from dengue fever in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira and another 404 probably have the mosquito-borne disease, health officials said on Thursday. Two cases of dengue - also called "breakbone fever" because of the severe pain it can cause - have also been reported in France among people returning from Madeira, as well as one ... Addiction counsellors in Cape Breton being replaced by nurses, social worker The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:17 AM PDT SYDNEY, N.S. - The Cape Breton District Health Authority says it is laying off six counsellor attendants who work in addiction and recovery programs. US doctors can consider spinal taps for more steroid patients-CDC Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:16 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. doctors monitoring patients for signs of fungal meningitis can consider performing spinal taps, possibly weekly, on some of those who received contaminated steroid injections, even if they show no symptoms, health officials said on Wednesday. The revised guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reflect concern that the last groups of patients ... Medtronic edited doctor reviews for product: Senate report Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:56 AM PDT (Reuters) - Medical device maker Medtronic Inc edited health journal articles and paid doctors millions of dollars for company-sponsored studies of its Infuse bone-grafting product used in spinal surgery, according to a U.S. Senate report published on Thursday. There were questionable ties between Medtronic and physician consultants who tested and reviewed the company's product, the U.S. Senate ... UPDATE 3-Medtronic edited doctor reviews for product-Senate report Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:54 AM PDT Oct 25 (Reuters) - Medical device maker Medtronic Inc edited health journal articles and paid doctors millionsof dollars for company-sponsored studies of its Infusebone-grafting product used in spinal surgery, according to aU.S. Senate report published on Thursday. There were questionable ties between Medtronic and physicianconsultants who tested and reviewed the company's product, theU.S ...

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