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July 29th, 2009

Swine Flu Shot in U.S. May Rely on Emer­gency Use of Additives

July 29th, 2009

July 29 (Bloomberg) — Swine flu vac­cine mak­ers may rely on a U.S. emer­gency dec­la­ra­tion to use exper­i­men­tal addi­tives made by Glax­o­SmithK­line Plc and Novar­tis AG to boost a lim­ited sup­ply of shots that will be avail­able to fight the pandemic.

The ingre­di­ents, known as adju­vants, may be added for the first time to flu shots in the U.S. Health offi­cials, meet­ing today at the U.S. Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion in Atlanta, plan to dis­cuss use of the addi­tives, and may also rec­om­mend who should be first to receive the lim­ited amount of vac­cines drug­mak­ers say they will begin deliv­er­ing in October.

The U.S. Health and Human Ser­vices Depart­ment declared a pub­lic health emer­gency over swine flu in April, and the Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion has the power to allow the use of unap­proved med­ical prod­ucts dur­ing such a cri­sis. The U.S. has been slow to approve the use of adju­vants because of safety con­cerns, and for fear of giv­ing Amer­i­cans an excuse to avoid get­ting the shots, said John Tre­anor, a Uni­ver­sity of Rochester researcher. [ ]

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The Heart Attack Grill: Where You Can Eat Free If You Weigh Over 350 Lbs.

July 29th, 2009

A restau­rant has launched an anti-health rebel­lion, serv­ing Quadru­ple Bypass Burg­ers (8,000 calo­ries) and Flat­liner Fries cooked in pure lard.

In the late 90s while writ­ing a paper about fit­ness train­ing stu­dios in a mar­ket­ing class Jon Basso came up with an idea for a new theme based restau­rant which he would call The Heart Attack Grill. Years later this American’s dream would become a real­ity in Chan­dler, Ari­zona where The Heart Attack Grill has lit­er­ally been serv­ing up death sen­tences on a plate since 2005. Menu choices include Quadru­ple Bypass Burg­ers (8,000 calo­ries per serv­ing) and Flat­liner Fries deep fried in loads of good old-fashioned pure lard, served by scant­ily clad women in nurse out­fits. Basso him­self (known as Dr. Basso though he holds no med­ical cer­ti­fi­ca­tions) will even exam­ine you with a stetho­scope and have you exit the restau­rant in a wheel chair should you feel too weak from result­ing blood clots to walk out by your­self. There’s also no chance of hav­ing your kids eat for free at this restau­rant — only the cus­tomers who agree to prove they weigh 350 pounds or more can enjoy that privilege!