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Soundbytes of the Week 11/14/08

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14 Nov 2008

Soundbytes of the Week 11/14/08 

Measures to stop teen drinking; little relief for stranded airline passengers; GM, Ford and Chrysler on the skids. Highlights of the Week, selected by WBZ's Dave Mager.

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[1:28]..." DA is trying to stop dangerous products of the -- the FDA is issuing an alert for all Chinese made food products suspected of containing dairy ingredients these foods will be held to in "...

[1:43]..." it shifts the burden FDA doing the testing to industry demonstrating the safety of their product Friday. He's played a vampire in the new teen thriller twilight. "...

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Why some people won't get a flu shot

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11 Nov 2008

Why some people won't get a flu shot 

A Consumer Reports article finds that just 52-percent of people expect to get the flu vaccine this year and some of the reasons my surprise you. WBZ's Diane Stern talked with the magazine's health editor.

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[1:52]..." didn't work for. What -- your recommendation. We recommend along with the Food and Drug Administration and that everybody. Get the flu shot who doesn't have a reason that they can't. Allergic to eggs -- So many other "...

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My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 10/29/2008

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29 Oct 2008

My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 10/29/2008 

The Fed cuts rates, McCain and Obama want Florida, the "day after" for Dianne Wilkerson, these stories and more, in the WBZ Afternoon News.

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[7:16]..." of the locked down by telephone. On the heels of last week's FDA decision to ban untreated hardwood fire where did coming in from Canada forestry officials in New Hampshire are making moves. WBZ's Lisa "...

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Cough Medicine

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3 Oct 2008

Cough Medicine 

WBZ's Doug Cope has warnings for the very young.

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[0:00]..." The federal Food and Drug Administration has issued an advisory warning parents not to give cold and cough medicines to children under the age of two. Unless specifically "...

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My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 09/23/2008

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23 Sep 2008

My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 09/23/2008 

Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson think we could be in BIG trouble, President Bush adresses the U. N. General Assembly, thses stories and more, in the WBZ Afternoon News.

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[3:42]..." and Carl Yastrzemski pesky turns 89 years old on Saturday. Well the FDA is threatening disease -- skin cream and an eye wash it says are being sold without approval the I watched a balanced "...

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Vytorin-cancer link can't be ruled out

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2 Sep 2008

Vytorin-cancer link can't be ruled out 

WBZ's Diane Stern speaks with Dr. Gregory Curfman, editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine aboutnew research on the cholesterol-lowering drug.

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[0:46]..." now. We have cancer risk it's. Possible options as possible cancer risk. FDA. Has narrow it down. It is undertaking. Its -- and now. By tore. That's what it takes several months four and -- "...

[1:07]..." not the only example that we've seen of this happening where the FDA's approved drug and then on further inspection and further study after it's already on the market there are serious questions and some "...

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Cough and Cold Medicine

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26 Aug 2008

Cough and Cold Medicine 

WBZ's Doug Cope has some medicine warnings.

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[0:00]..." The federal Food and Drug Administration has issued an advisory warning parents not to give cold and cough medicines to children under the age of two. Unless specifically "...

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Researchers Use E.Coli DNA To Link Cases

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5 Aug 2008

Researchers Use E.Coli DNA To Link Cases 

WBZ's Bill Shields visits a research center, where scientists are using E.Coli DNA to find cases, similarities and hopefully the source of the latest E.Coli outbreak.

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[1:49]..." the beef -- it is up to the federal agencies like the FDA to find the source of that bacteria. "...

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Democratic Radio Address 8/2/08

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2 Aug 2008

Democratic Radio Address 8/2/08 

Congressman Henry Waxman, talks about how Congress acted in the public interest and passed legislation to protect children against deadly addictions to tobacco.

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[1:22]..." The safety commission. Is supposed to act. But they did nothing. The Food and Drug Administration is another example. That agency has floundered under chronic underfunding and weak leadership. It's been slow to recall dangerous drugs and ineffective. "...

[3:28]..." cigarettes clearly designed to attract our kids to smoking. To give the FDA. The power. To both regulate marketing and the manufacture of tobacco products. To make sure that we can remove dangerous additives like "...

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Cellphone warning

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24 Jul 2008

Cellphone warning 

ABC News medical consultant Dr. Marie Savard talks with WBZ's Deb Lawler about the latest warning concerning the use of cellphones.

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[1:22]..." actually most of the experts including. Our own American Cancer Society the FDA have looked at the research so far and that there is no. Convincing evidence at all but that doesn't mean we shouldn't "...

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