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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 12-08-2004
Pharmacists are taking advantage of Medicaid pricing rules to reap two and three times their cost for generic medicines, lawmakers said Tuesday . . . The Washington Post - Decem,ber 7, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43350-2004Dec7.html...
British health officials advised doctors yesterday not to prescribe antidepressants for about 70 percent of the patients who show up complaining of depression without first trying exercise, self-help, talk therapy or just waiting a couple of weeks to see if...
. . .Zelnorm is one of two drugs - the other is Lotronex from GlaxoSmithKline - approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, or I.B.S., a disorder that is estimated to affect about...
New research suggests that top-selling pain reliever Celebrex does not carry the same heart attack risk as Vioxx, a similar drug pulled from the market in September because of safety concerns. . . CNN.com - December 7, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/07/arthritis.drugs.ap/index.html...
People who put on a few extra pounds may be able to blame a lack of sleep for the added weight, according to two separate studies published Monday. . . CNN.com - December 6,2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/06/sleep.weight.gain.reut/index.html...
The government announced new rules Monday aimed at helping trace the source of food contamination, particularly in the event of a bioterror attack on the food supply. . . CNN.com - December 6, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/bioterrorism.food.ap/index.html...
. . .The Center for Pediatric Bioethics, the first of its kind, will receive $340,000 a year in federal funds plus $1 million in startup money from Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, which is affiliated with the University of...
British regulators recommended on Monday that physicians restrict the use of the anti-depressant Efexor from drugmaker Wyeth because its use could have side effects for heart health and pose other potential risks that require more careful monitoring than other drugs...
The American Medical Association is weighing support of importing prescription drugs from outside the United States as the nation's physicians address pleas from patients over the high cost of medicines. . . The Baltimore Sun - December 6, 2004 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.ama06dec06,1,147126.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
A next-generation leukemia pill designed to help patients not cured by the successful drug Gleevec works even better than doctors had hoped, researchers said Sunday. . . CNN.com - December 5, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/05/leukemia.pill.reut/index.html...
The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation's shortage. . . CNN.com - December 6, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/06/cdc.flu.vaccine.ap/index.html...
Chinese researchers have developed a SARS vaccine that has passed the first stage of human trials, state media has reported, raising hopes for the prevention of a virus that killed some 800 people since it emerged in 2002. . ....
A study aimed at determining if some children with sickle cell anemia could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy has been halted because two young patients who stopped getting the procedure suffered strokes and others developed a high chance of...
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...
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