Summaries of recent articles about the Medicare prescription drug benefit appear below. Open enrollment for the benefit begins on Saturday and ends on Dec. 31.Campaign: Healthcare Leadership Council President Mary Grealy and former Sens. John Breaux (D-La.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.

Why most fast food comes ultimately from corn, and value of the HPV vaccine for men.

ISPE, a global not-for-profit association of 25,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, and FDC-Windhover announced today that the two organizations have teamed up to provide discounted subscriptions of PharmAsia News to ISPE Members, as well as complimentary access to monthly articles.

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine special issue on climate change (November 2008), was featured at the "Changing Climate … Changing People" conference in Los Angeles. Leading off the event is Guest Editor Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, speaking about the impacts of climate change on human health. "Climate change is a key public health challenge.

( Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News ) Biotech scientists increasingly are applying genomics technologies to toxicology research to better understand the effects of novel drug candidates on a variety of organ systems. They are especially interested in figuring out a new compound's mechanism of action and eventually developing a predictive toxicology technique.

Obese women who have weight loss surgery before becoming pregnant have a lower risk of pregnancy-related health problems and their children are less likely to be born with complications, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

This is the Third Quarter 2008 Edition of our email news service – The Turkish Update. This edition provides concise summaries of sector-specific legal developments in Turkey through July, August and September 2008 and includes brief articles on "Hot Topics" in Turkish law for the future.

A new partnership between the Indiana University and Kenya's Moi University will develop master's degrees at both universities that focus on ethical issues in international health research.