For your consideration, here are the latest hand-picked links that didn’t make to our posts:

  • Minnesota Balks at Health-Law Funds … [WSJ]
  • J&J [DePuy] recalls 2 hip replacement systems for problems … [AP]
  • Study: African-Americans treated with drug-eluting stents at higher risk for blood clots … [MassDevice]
  • Monkeypox emerges in Africa in the wake of smallpox … [Nature Blogs]
  • Social media can be device makers’ best friends … [MassDevice]
  • Philips adds to its healthcare lighting portfolio with the acquisition of Burton … [Philips]
  • Randomized Controlled Trial Finds Masimo PVI Improves Fluid Management During Surgery … [Masimo]
  • CORDIS announces results of ten-year CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting coronary stent follow-up … [J&J]
  • FDA launches new organizational performance management system … [FDA]
  • Epocrates adds multi-tasking support to iOS 4… [iMedicalApps]
  • Study Suggests Importance of Screening For BRCA Gene Mutations … [WSJ]
  • NETs catch platelets and induce clots, linking inflammation with thrombosis … [Children's Hospital Boston]
  • Antibody-based proteomics: fast-tracking molecular diagnostics in oncology… [Nature Reviews Cancer]
  • Rheumatoid cachexia and cardiovascular disease… [Nature Reviews Rheumatology]
  • Researchers Link Protein to Tumor Growth… [Johns Hopkins]
  • Genetic Stutter Increases Risk of ALS … [HHMI]
  • Ichthyosis With Confetti: The skin disease that cures itself … [Nature]
  • Fruit Flies Use Horizontal Landmarks for Altitude Control… [Caltech]
  • Scientists Discover How Chemical Repellants Trip Up Insects … [Johns Hopkins]
  • Mosquitoes use several different kinds of odor sensors to track human prey … [PLoS Biology]
  • Scalpels and skulls point to Bronze Age brain surgery … [New Scientist]
  • The Curious World of Bedbug Research … [NYTimes.com]
  • Theaters, Planes to Post Calories … [WSJ]