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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 12-05-2004
Blood changes, including a steep decline in disease-fighting white cells, have been found in workers persistently exposed to low levels of benzene, a common industrial chemical known to pose a leukemia risk at high concentrations. . . CNN.com - December...
One in 10 American women takes an antidepressant drug such as Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft, and the use of such drugs by all adults has nearly tripled in the last decade, according to the latest figures on American health released...
In a move that could chill excitement about experimental drugs to treat female sexual dysfunction, federal advisers refused to endorse a new testosterone patch for women. . . CNN.com - December 3, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/12/03/sexual.disfunction.ap/index.html...
The Nation’s medicine cabinets are more crowded than ever, with almost half of all people taking at least one prescription medicine and one in six taking three or more medications, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’...
Health care immigration experts warn that the number of registered nurses from the Philippines and India - major RN exporters to the United States - will drop off significantly next year, because those countries have exceeded their per-country quotas for...
U.S. hospitals provided $24.9 billion in uncompensated care in 2003, up from $22.3 billion in 2002, according to the latest AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals. The survey measure includes charity care and bad debt, valued at the cost to the...
Despite the government's promise to "break the back" of the AIDS epidemic by 2005, about 40,000 Americans test positive for the HIV infection every year -- the same number as a decade ago. . . CNN.com - December 2, 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...
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