Articles by HEATHER WON TESORIEROhttp://labs.daylife.com/journalist/heather_won_tesorieroArticles by HEATHER WON TESORIERO, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:19 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:19 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comBe Still My Fake, Beating Hearthttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/313885492/In the quaint New England town of Great Barrington, Mass., there’s a group of kindly folks who spend their days churning out body parts– from colons to bladders to beating hearts. Sounds like a Stephen King story or maybe even a slasher flick, we know. ...Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:39:16 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/313885492/Stephen KingJohnson & JohnsonBoston ScientificMedtronic, Inc.Side Effect Watch: Femur Fractures in Fosamax Patientshttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/304795772/A study in the current issue of the Journal of Orthopedic Trauma links Mercks osteoporosis drug Fosamax to a rare type of fracture in the femur. The small, observational study looked at 70 patients who experienced low-energy femur fractures, which ...Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:30:11 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/304795772/Merck & Company, Inc.Patients Sue Icelandic Drugmaker Over Recalled Heart Drughttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/287017043/Out goes the drug, in come the lawsuits. On April 25, Icelandic generic drug maker Actavis recalled its heart drug Digitek, or digoxin, over concerns that some batches of the medicine may have contained tablets that were twice the normal thickness and ...Fri, 09 May 2008 19:12:02 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/287017043/Food and Drug AdministrationWant Generic Biotech? You Might Wait 14 More Yearshttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/251609624/Late last night, a pair of congressmen introduced a bill aimed at creating a pathway for approval of generic biotech drugs. Finally, you say. But, wait, there’s a catch, and it’s a big one. The legislation would also give brand-name biotech drugs an ...Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:54:00 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/251609624/Anna EshooJoe BartonFood and Drug AdministrationHealth-Care Fraud: Keep an Eye on the Small Fryhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/249568124/You might have been afraid to attend the American Bar Association’s white-collar crime conference last week. But the Health Blog, armed with the First Amendment, endured the topic and the tropical clime of Miami to check out a panel on health-care fraud. ...Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:24:52 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/249568124/Ty CobbFood and Drug AdministrationAlzheimer’s Risk Higher for Kids When Both Parents Strickenhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/249101792/WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Children whose parents both have Alzheimer’s disease are at a greater risk for developing the degenerative brain disorder, according to the results of a study that appears today in the Archives of ...Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:49:24 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/249101792/Facebook Inc.Wayward Medical Records Sold as Scrap Paper for $20http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/249060236/From the Yikes Dept.: When an enterprising Salt Lake City fourth-grade teacher paid $20 for scrap paper for her students, she walked away with a box of confidential medical records from a Florida hospital, reports the Deseret Morning News. An ...Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:45:15 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/249060236/Pneumonia Treatment Time: Faster Isn’t Necessarily Betterhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/249033521/WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Welcome to the pneumonia wars. Since 2004, hospitals have been required to report publicly how fast pneumonia patients received antibiotics, so-called “door to needle time.” The quality bogey: Do ...Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:45:15 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/249033521/Facebook Inc.Banner Week for Barr in Courtshttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/246370029/It’s been a shiny, happy week for generic drug maker Barr Pharmaceuticals. And it’s only Wednesday. So far Barr has scored two big court wins and launched a legal counterattack on competitor Watson Pharmaceuticals over Seasonique, Barr’s brand-name ...Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:55:12 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/246370029/Food and Drug AdministrationBayerBarr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.