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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 02-08-2005
Newborn babies could be at risk of suffering withdrawal symptoms if their mothers are prescribed antidepressants during pregnancy, researchers said on Friday. . . The Washington Post - February 4, 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63188-2005Feb4.html...
. . .In 2003, the rate of new AIDS cases for black women was 20 times that of white women and five times greater than the infection rate for Latinas, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control...
Women with migraines that cause vision changes are more likely to suffer a stroke than those without a history of the severe headaches, researchers reported yesterday. . . The Baltimore Sun - February 4, 2005 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-hs.migraine04feb04,1,6766463.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
India, home to the world's second-largest HIV population after South Africa, began its first ever human trials of a new vaccine against the deadly virus on Monday, the health minister said. . . CNN.com - February 7, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/02/07/aids.india.vaccine.reut/index.html...
National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni stood before hundreds of NIH employees yesterday to explain why it had become necessary for him to impose, in his words, "drastic" restrictions on stock ownership and other forms of outside income,...
The governor readies tax credits to help Maryland compete for biotechnology companies as more states work up their own inducements. . . The Baltimore Sun - February 3, 2005 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-bz.biotech03feb03,1,3786260.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
pair of physicians groups on Wednesday recommended increasingly aggressive treatment for newly diagnosed diabetes patients. . . CNN.com - February 3, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/02/03/diabetes.treatment.ap/index.html...
A one-time treatment that uses a homing-device drug to zap cancer cells with radiation made a deadly lymphoma disappear in three out of four patients, many for nearly eight years, researchers report. . . CNN.com - February 3, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/02/03/lymphoma.treatment.ap/index.html...
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....
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