By WARREN E. LEARY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — A new survey of astronauts and flight surgeons shows no evidence of crew members’ going on space missions drunk or impaired by alcohol, NASA officials said Wednesday.
The anonymous survey, taken over the Internet by all 31 NASA flight surgeons and 87 of 98 current astronauts, is the […]
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By STEPHANIE SAUL
After a study last week showed Vytorin, an expensive combination of two drugs for cholesterol, worked no better than cheap Zocor alone in reducing artery plaque that can lead to heart attacks, the American Heart Association came to the drug’s defense.
In a statement issued on Jan. 15, the day after the […]
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By ROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — Democrats cited the nation’s economic problems as a reason to expand a popular health insurance program for children on Wednesday, but their effort failed as the House sustained President Bush’s veto of a bill to provide coverage to nearly four million uninsured children.
The vote for the bill was 260 to […]
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By GARDINER HARRIS
After decades of inattention to the possible psychiatric side effects of experimental medicines, the Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug makers to study closely whether patients become suicidal during clinical trials.
The new rules represent one of the most profound changes of the past 16 years to regulations governing drug development. […]
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Appraisal
By A. O. SCOTT
The defining performance of Heath Ledger’s tragically foreshortened career — more or less equivalent to what Jim Stark in “Rebel Without a Cause” was for James Dean — will surely be the role of Ennis Del Mar in “Brokeback Mountain.”
A portrait of inarticulate love and thwarted desire, Ennis […]
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By FRANK BRUNI
FOR one illustration of the chef Bobby Flay’s formidable celebrity, just check out the Food Network. He stars in, or appears on, three shows now in production, meaning you can’t watch for long without spotting his sunny face.
For another illustration, head to your nearest Barnes & Noble. More than a half-dozen books […]
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