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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 12-14-2004
. . .This amazing process of reanimation -- repeated every winter in the woods of Maryland, Virginia and the District -- is being examined by scientists hoping to learn the secrets of the frog and other animals that freeze solid....
Migraine sufferers are twice as likely to have a stroke as people who are not afflicted with the debilitating headaches, Canadian and American scientists said on Monday. . . The Washington Post - December 13, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60835-2004Dec13.html...
Biomedical Engineers Create Devices That Turn Thoughts Into Action and Could Help the Paralyzed Move Their Limbs. . . The Washington Post - December 13, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59791-2004Dec12.html...
A chemical compound that drug developers had shelved as a failed treatment for inflammation has unexpectedly become the most promising new tuberculosis medicine to emerge in 40 years, scientists said yesterday. . . The Washington Post - December 10, 2004...
Medicare's toll-free telephone line, one of the main vehicles for disseminating information about new prescription drug benefits and drug discount cards, gives accurate answers less than two-thirds of the time, Congressional investigators say. . . The New York Times -...
New findings add to the evidence that genetic tests can help predict whether breast cancer will recur, giving valuable guidance to doctors and patients about whether potentially toxic chemotherapy will be useful or can safely be avoided, researchers said yesterday....
The government announced plans to block a shortcut that has allowed thousands of foreign nurses to get fast-track U.S. work permits, a move that could worsen a nationwide nursing shortage when it takes effect next year. . . CNN.com -...
Researchers said Sunday they may have discovered what causes psoriasis, a common and irritating skin ailment, and said their findings may open the way to an effective treatment. . . CNN.com - December 13, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/12/12/psoriasis.reut/index.html...
Magnetic resonance imaging might play an increasingly important role in finding malignant breast lumps but isn't accurate enough to eliminate the need for biopsies, researchers said yesterday. . . The Baltimore Sun - December 8, 2004 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.cancer08dec08,1,3427500.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
. . .The open attack on AIDS here -- and elsewhere in China through foreign and domestic programs -- has departed markedly from earlier reluctance to face the danger presented by the disease to the country's 1.3 billion people. Partly...
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Wednesday regarding the use of Carbolith capsules, a treatment for manic-depressive illness that is distributed by a Canadian company. . . CNN.com - December 8, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/08/carbolith.warning.ap/index.html...
A newer drug clearly outperforms tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning and should become the first-choice treatment for most women who have had the disease, doctors are reporting. . . CNN.com - December 8, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/12/08/breast.cancer.drug.ap/index.html...
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...
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