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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 04-24-2006
Chronic fatigue syndrome appears to result from something in people's genetic makeup that reduces their ability to deal with physical and psychological stress, researchers reported Thursday. The research offers some of the first credible scientific evidence that genetics combined with...
Thirty million people have signed up for the new Medicare drug benefit, exceeding the Bush administration's goal with 25 days left before the enrollment deadline, officials said Thursday. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said in a telephone news...
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it does not support the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The FDA said in a statement that it and other agencies with the Health and Human Services Department had "concluded that...
Every psychiatric expert involved in writing the standard diagnostic criteria for disorders such as depression and schizophrenia has had financial ties to drug companies that sell medications for those illnesses, a new analysis has found. Of the 170 experts in...
The Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday another step toward making sure doctors have the most accurate information about prescription drugs. Starting June 30, the agency will require manufacturers to provide the approved uses and serious side effects of their...
In the worst outbreak in nearly 20 years, mumps cases are spilling out of Iowa, popping up in at least seven other Midwestern states and perhaps seven more -- leading to promises of extra vaccine from the U.S. stockpile....
The lifetime cost of injuries occurring in a single year in the United States totals an estimated $406 billion in medical expenses and productivity losses (including lost wages, fringe benefits, and ability to perform normal household responsibilities)- according to new...
Women can maximize their chances of having healthy babies by spacing their pregnancies at least 18 months but no more than five years apart, researchers say. The researchers reached that conclusion after an analysis of 67 international studies involving more...
Children who got "silver" dental fillings containing mercury amalgam showed no neuropsychological or neurobehavioral differences compared with kids who got fillings of a polymer composite, say two new studies out Wednesday. The studies in the Journal of the American Medical...
In a powerful testament to U.S. health improvements, the annual number of deaths in the country dropped by about 50,000 in 2004 — the largest such decline in more than 60 years. Drops in the death rates for heart disease,...
Despite years of patient-safety efforts, an increasing number of health care facilities have reported mistakenly removing the wrong limbs or organs, slicing into the wrong side of bodies and performing surgery on the wrong patients. "It's getting worse," says Dennis...
A newer drug prevents breast cancer in older, high-risk women just as well as today's standby tamoxifen — but with fewer side effects, the National Cancer Institute announced Monday. Called raloxifene, the newer drug already is sold to treat bone-thinning...
Put aside hypothetical worries about bird flu: Regular flu already kills elderly Americans in droves every winter because the vaccine simply doesn't work as well inside aging bodies as young ones. The National Institutes of Health wants to strengthen flu...
. . .There is increasing evidence that a thriving international trade in smuggled poultry — including live birds, chicks and meat — is helping spread bird flu, experts say. Poultry smuggling is a huge business that poses a unique threat:...
. . .Brown recently joined a growing number of medical and nursing schools — including the University of Michigan, University of Texas and the UCLA School of Medicine — that require students to buy and use PDAs. Faculty and students...
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