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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 02-02-2005
New Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said yesterday that $60 billion can be saved over the next decade in the Medicaid health program for the poor by closing loopholes, prohibiting "accounting gimmicks" by states and eliminating wasteful spending...
All of the more than 18,000 employees of the National Institutes of Health will be subject to stringent new restrictions on stock holdings, outside consulting, and other forms of income from drug companies and similar sources under new regulations to...
Researchers in Boston have isolated a kind of cell from human bone marrow that they say has all the medical potential of human embryonic stem cells -- a claim that, if verified, could shake up the debate over human embryo...
The number of American children taking antidepressant drugs fell sharply last year, after months of controversy over evidence that the medications increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior among some children. . . The Washington Post - February 2,...
Scientists with the World Anti-Doping Agency announced yesterday that they had discovered a new designer steroid, one more complex and more dangerous to produce than THG, the previously undetectable substance that has vaulted sports drug testing into a new era...
A new survey found that primary care physicians who practice in rural areas earn significantly more than their urban counterparts when their respective incomes are adjusted for cost of living. . . The American College of Physicians - February 1,...
. . .A National Institutes of Health study suggests that the region of the brain that inhibits risky behavior is not fully formed until age 25, a finding with implications for a host of policies, including the nation's driving laws....
Medical research often becomes news. But sometimes the news is made to appear more definitive and dramatic than the research warrants. This article dissects a recent health news story to highlight some common study interpretation problems we see as physician...
In a sharp change from current policy, an influential medical advisory group is recommending that all men ages 65 to 75 who have ever smoked have an ultrasound screening test to see if they are developing a condition that could...
The government is adding viruses for the first time to its list of known or suspected causes of cancer, including hepatitis B and C and a third virus that causes sexually transmitted diseases. . . Foxnews.com - February 1, 2005...
A Norwegian company seeking to develop a male birth control pill has signed a licensing agreement with the University of Massachusetts Medical School covering research that could lead to a drug to block sperm's ability to swim and fertilize an...
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic version of a patch used to treat severe chronic pain. . . CNN.com - February 1, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/02/01/pain.patch.ap/index.html...
It was a small wedding. Very small. But big changes are coming from the marriage of medicine and nanotechnology, the new branch of science that deals with things a few millionths of an inch in size. . . The Washington...
AIDS among infants, which only a decade ago took the lives of hundreds of babies a year and left doctors in despair, may be on the verge of being eliminated in the United States, public health officials say. . ....
Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest not-for-profit managed-care provider, has stopped prescribing Bextra until tests show whether the painkiller is safe. . . Foxnews.com - January 31, 2005 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145892,00.html...
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