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Medical News Today: 12-14-2004
70% of Maryland's OB/GYNs have been sued at least once for medical malpractice, with the average settlement exceeding $1 million, according to a report by the Maryland Public Policy Institute, the Washington Times reports... click link for more info.
The New York Times on Saturday examined how Canadian Web-based pharmacies could be "fundamentally" changed or eliminated as regulatory, political and economic pressures from US and Canadian officials increase... click link for more info.
NPR's "Morning Edition" on Monday reported on the increase in the number of specialty surgical hospitals and how the increase might affect traditional hospitals... click link for more info.
Rep Bart Stupak (D-Mich... click link for more info.
Ethiopia in 2005 will use $43 million in funding from the Bush administration's five-year, $15 billion President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to distribute antiretroviral drugs at no cost to as many as 15,000 HIV-positive people in the country, U... click link for more info.
A new test has found that people who find it hard to identify the smell of strawberry, smoke, soap, menthol, clove, pineapple, natural gas, lilac, lemon and leather might be at the onset of Alzheimer's Disease... click link for more info.
An Australian-owned obesity drug, developed by Melbourne-based biotechnology company Metabolic Pharmaceuticals Limited, is set to enter final human trials next year after successfully completing a Phase 2b human trial which proved that the drug induces weight loss and is very well tolerated with no evidence of the side effects commonly experienced with existing obesity drugs... click link for more info.
Preventing publication of basic research would not prevent the misuse of advances in the life sciences according to the report of a meeting held jointly by the Royal Society and Wellcome Trust which is published today (Monday 13 December 2004)... click link for more info.
Traumatic experiences, like the death of a spouse or child, that are experienced before age 65 appear to cause damage to the health of people as the move past age 65... click link for more info.
A report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights has warned that the UK Government needs to do more to protect the right to life of prisoners, especially those who are 'vulnerable' as a result of mental illness or addictions... click link for more info.
Four combined health actions for children in Togo to save thousands of lives in record time - In the first nationwide campaign of its kind, Togo's children will receive four life-saving interventions at once... click link for more info.
European Commissioner Kyprianou discusses international cooperation in health security at G7 Ministerial in Paris - Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou today attended the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the G7 Global Health Security Initiative in Paris to discuss international co-operation in the area of health security and preparedness and response planning... click link for more info.
The UK Government will today announce a £500 million proposal to extend sport in schools to up to five hours per week... click link for more info.
The Health Development Agency (HDA) today announced the appointment of Andrew Dillon as its new Acting Chief Executive... click link for more info.
Parasitic worms, or helminths, may be an effective treatment for the chronic inflammatory bowel disorder, Crohn's disease, suggests a small study in Gut... click link for more info.
Men seem to stop trying when they remarry, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health... click link for more info.
A high pressure work deadline boosts the chances of a heart attack within the next 24 hours by a factor of six, reveals research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health... click link for more info.
More people live to be 100 in Switzerland than anywhere else in Europe, and the country is one of the world leaders in the longevity stakes, reveals research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health... click link for more info.
The Food Standards Agency has revised its advice on the safety of chromium picolinate supplements... click link for more info.
Drug regulatory authorities in Germany have issued recommendations for the use of COX-2 inhibitors - they recommend severe restrictions on prescriptions... click link for more info.
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a protein that essentially blocks HIV replication, in monkey cells... click link for more info.
Radiation technology being researched at Adelaide University, Australia, could soon make it easier to detect weapons of mass destruction, as well as different types of cancer... click link for more info.
UK Health Minister Stephen Ladyman today announced the publication of an Exemplar documenting a patient journey for young people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalopathy (CFS/ME)... click link for more info.
A vaccine designed to treat patients with Type 1 diabetes is to be tested on humans for the first time... click link for more info.
A few weeks before George Bush announced a plan (2002) to help protect babies in Africa from AIDS, US health officials had been warned about the flaws in nevirapine, an anti AIDS drug... click link for more info.
Cardiovascular events after CABG procedures, potentially fatal skin reactions add to concerns about COX-2 inhibition... click link for more info.
If you are on a tight deadline at work you are six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack during the next 24 hours, say Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institute... click link for more info.
National tobacco control legislation helps to reduce the prevalence of smoking and, as a result, smoking-related diseases, a new study shows... click link for more info.
A new statistical model predicts lung cancer mortality rates in smokers and former smokers, without prior screening... click link for more info.
Asthmatics with frequent mental distress (FMD) are significantly more likely to engage in behaviors that may cause asthma flare-ups and endanger their health than asthmatics without FMD, according to a new study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Atlanta, GA... click link for more info.
The language network of the brain seemed simpler in the past... click link for more info.
For the first time scientists have demonstrated a model that may explain how alcohol stimulates tumor growth... click link for more info.
Light-detecting cells in the eye must renew their light-gathering apparatus each day at sunrise (for rod cells) or sunset (for cone cells) by shedding their outermost tips, which are then gobbled up and digested by surface (epithelial) cells... click link for more info.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have used canine DNA to identify a genetic mutation mechanism they believe is responsible for rapid evolutionary changes in the physical appearance of many species... click link for more info.
The authors of two studies this week report findings that offer new insight into how breaks in chromosomes can lead to the so-called genomic instability that is a hallmark of cancer... click link for more info.
Work could lead to patch for damaged tissue - MIT engineers are significantly closer to mending broken hearts... click link for more info.
Of all the world's animals, only humans, some kinds of birds and perhaps some porpoises and whales learn the sounds they use to communicate with each other through a process of listening, imitation and practice... click link for more info.
Pollutant thought to be a carcinogen - A researcher has discovered an effective way to remove a troubling new pollutant from USA's water sources... click link for more info.
New research suggests that rigid gas permeable contact lenses may help slow the progression of nearsightedness, or myopia, in young children... click link for more info.
The inability to identify the smell of lemons, lilac, leather and seven other odors predicts which patients with minimal to mild cognitive impairment (MMCI) will develop Alzheimer's Disease, according to a study presented today at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) annual meeting... click link for more info.
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