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WASHINGTON (EGMN) The Obama Administration is estimating that health care reform will cost at least $800 billion to $900 billion over the next 5-10 years and is prepared to put up budget cuts and revenue increases to cover that cost, said Peter Orszag, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget on June 9.

Supplements of antioxidants and zinc plus higher dietary intakes of docosahexaenoic acid or eicosapentaenoic acid and a reduction in the dietary glycemic index protect against progression to advanced age-related macular degeneration, according to an analysis of 8 years of data from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study.

The latest issue of the MDMLG News is available online! The super-sized issue contains articles on the upcoming Summer Luncheon, the new Shiffman Library, and much, much more! Follow this link: http://www.mdmlg.org/MDMLG%20News%20Volume%2035%20Issue%204%20Summer%202009.pdfOr visit the MDMLG News webpage and click on the current issue: http://www.mdmlg.org/news.htmWe hope you enjoy this issue. Thank you to everyone that contributed! (Source: MDMLG / Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group)

Ofatumumab, a new monoclonal antibody that targets B cells, may eventually emerge as a first-line drug for previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, said the primary U.S. investigator of the drug.

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Deadline for applications is December 1.
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Propylthiouracil has been associated with severe liver injuries and deaths in patients, according to a warning issued by the Food and Drug Administration on June 3.

SILVER SPRING, Md. (EGMN) Citing design flaws in two pivotal studies, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel decided that the trial data for cethromycin, an oral ketolide antibiotic, failed to demonstrate the drugs efficacy as a treatment for mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia in adults.

CHICAGO (EGMN) Drinking even two or fewer alcoholic drinks per day nearly quadruples the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis due to both nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatitis C infection, a prospective study has concluded.

ORLANDO (EGMN)Maintenance therapy with pemetrexed significantly improves overall survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to an international multicenter phase III study in 663 patients.