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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 12-01-2004
. . .Academic institutions and researchers are widely viewed as the impartial, independent heart of the system this country uses to test drugs and medical devices. But that independence often comes with strings attached, sometimes making those institutions and their...
The immune cells of women under extreme mental stress age faster than those in women not facing such pressure, a new study reports. . . CNN.com - November 30, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/30/stress.and.aging.ap/index.html...
India, home to the world's second largest HIV population after South Africa, is set to begin human trials of a new vaccine against the virus in January, a research institute said on Tuesday. . . CNN.com - November 30, 2004...
Brain scans show that the brains of people who are lying look very different from those of people who are telling the truth, U.S. researchers said on Monday. . . CNN.com - November 29, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/29/brain.lying.reut/index.html...
A couple who underwent Botox injections last week were hospitalized with botulism poisoning, and health officials were attempting to determine whether the injections were to blame. . . CNN.com - November 29, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/29/botulism.probe.ap/index.html...
Bipolar disorder, a sometimes misdiagnosed mental illness characterized by wide emotional swings, may be identifiable by chemical abnormalities visible in victims' brains, researchers said Tuesday. . . CNN.com - November 30, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/11/30/bipolar.study.reut/index.html...
Preliminary results from a large, randomized clinical trial for patients with advanced colorectal cancer who had previously received treatment show that those who received bevacizumab (Avastin™) in combination with an oxaliplatin (Eloxatin™) regimen known as FOLFOX4 lived longer than patients...
Finding Supports Theory That Autism Results From Failure of Brain Areas To Work Together. . . The National Institutes of Health - November 29, 2004 http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2004/nichd-29.htm...
. . .Six years after that horrible day at the dock in 1996, Mickey Poduje entered a Boston laboratory and had a metal device the shape of a figure-8 pressed to her right temple. It sent magnetic pulses into her...
Brain scans of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder show abnormalities in the fiber pathways along which brain signals pass, scientists said Monday. . . CNN.com - November 29, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/11/29/hyperactivity.reut/index.html...
Using computerized scans to screen for lung cancer can help save lives and should be part of a regular checkup for people who have a high risk for the disease, a new study says. . . CNN.com - November 29,...
In a move that could lead to a criminal investigation, the government is checking its records to determine if drug maker Bayer AG was forthcoming about safety concerns with its cholesterol-lowering Baycol drug that surfaced within months of its hitting...
The World Health Organization has issued a dramatic warning that bird flu will trigger an international pandemic that could kill up to seven million people. . . CNN.com - November 29, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/25/birdflu.warning/index.html...
Looking to resolve medical malpractice cases faster, better and less expensively than the courts could, in 1975 the state of Maryland required all claims to start in arbitration. But today, as soaring legal-settlement costs and malpractice insurance premiums have doctors...
The average cost of health benefits for an active employee rose 7.5% in 2004, outpacing general inflation but the lowest increase since 1999, according to the latest annual employer survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. . . The American Hospital...
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