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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 12-15-2004
The inability to identify 10 everyday smells - from smoke to soap - can be used to predict Alzheimer's disease, scientists have discovered. The smell test was as effective at diagnosis as a memory test and better than a brain...
Women who have delivered a baby by Caesarean section face a small risk of complications that could endanger the baby if they attempt a vaginal delivery the next time, a large new study has found. . . The Washington Post...
Retirees who receive health benefits from their former employers saw premiums shoot up an average of 25 percent this year, a new study says. . . The New York Times - December 14, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/politics/15health.html?oref=login...
The government's chief of AIDS research rewrote a safety report on a U.S.-funded drug study to change its conclusions and delete negative information. . . Foxnews.com - December 15, 2004 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141515,00.html...
. . .The findings, scheduled to be published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrate that vaccination of wildlife hosts may be a promising ecologically based strategy to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases...
. . .Researchers found that men with high levels of lead in the tibia, the larger of the two leg bones below the knee, had a 2.5-fold increased risk for cataract, the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment. ....
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today important new information on side effects associated with the use of Bextra, a COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) which is indicated for the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and dysmenorrhea (menstrual...
One in every 10 people with major depression may carry a particular variant of a gene that makes it difficult to respond to most common antidepressant medicines, according to a new study. . . The Baltimore Sun - December 14,...
A New Type of Pharmacist Seeks to Help People Manage Complex Drug Regimens. The Catch: Someone Has to Pay. . . The Washington Post - December 14, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61040-2004Dec13.html...
A recent study found that the growth rate for health care spending, excluding Medicare, had stopped declining and appeared to be leveling off at 7.5 percent annually. Though that is smaller than the figure for some past years, it could...
The National Institutes of Health is launching a human trial to test the safety of an experimental vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome. . . Foxnews.com - Decmeber 13, 2004 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141371,00.html...
Four people paralyzed by botulism were injected with large doses of a raw, unapproved botulinum toxin that their anti-wrinkle treatment clinic had bought from a California laboratory, federal documents show. . . Foxnews.com - December 14, 2004 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141489,00.html...
Christmas is the deadliest day of the year for Americans with 12.4 percent more deaths than normal, researchers said on Monday. . . CNN.com - December 13, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/13/health.holidays.reut/index.html...
. . .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...
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