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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 12-02-2004
A hospital in the Netherlands — the first nation to permit euthanasia — recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns, and then made a startling revelation: It has already begun carrying out such procedures, which include administering...
. . .On Thursday a U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee will review Intrinsa, which could be the first prescription medication to win approval for female sexual dysfunction. . . Foxnews.com - December 1, 2004 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140148,00.html...
The government has found traces of a rocket fuel chemical in organic milk in Maryland, green leaf lettuce grown in Arizona and bottled spring water from Texas and California. . . CNN.com - December 1, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/01/perchloratecontam.ap/index.html...
Texas researchers will begin clinical trials of a candidate vaccine against the deadly toxin ricin, a biological agent that can only be tested in select labs. . . CNN.com - December 1, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/01/ricin.vaccine.ap/index.html...
An over-the-counter pill used to treat erectile dysfunction is being recalled because it may contain an unlabeled prescription drug ingredient, the product's maker said Tuesday. . . CNN.com - December 1, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/12/01/sexual.supplement.recall.ap/index.html...
. . .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...
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