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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 01-04-2005
Brain research is beginning to produce concrete evidence for something that Buddhist practitioners of meditation have maintained for centuries: Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow people to achieve different levels of awareness....
Some Maryland doctors say they welcome as a good start the hastily negotiated legislation passed by the General Assembly last week to rein in malpractice premiums, but they warned that more far-reaching legal reforms would be required to solve an...
The British Medical Journal said on Friday it had sent documents to health regulators in the United States that it said appear to suggest a link between the antidepressant drug Prozac and suicidal behavior. . . The New York Times...
Employer health plans across the country are forcing millions of consumers to change their drug-buying habits. And one side effect could be the decline of the neighborhood drugstore. . . The New York Times - January 1, 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/01/business/01drugstore.html...
Rhode Island has become what is believed to be the first state in the nation to approve regulations that allow its residents to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. . . Foxnews.com - January 2, 2005 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143123,00.html...
An older dairy cow from Alberta has tested positive bovine spongiform encephalopathy, otherwise known as mad cow disease, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. . . CNN.com - January 2, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/01/02/canada.madcow.ap/index.html...
Andrew Hudnall stared at his lunch and agonized about whether his doctor might be unhappy with him. The 57-year-old heart patient had just bought a chicken sandwich from McDonald's -- in the food court of the Cleveland Clinic, renowned for...
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined that hypothermia was a contributing factor in the deaths of four Marylanders since October.... Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - December 30, 2004 http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/publ-rel/html/2004/pr123004.htm...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today released data showing that more than 4 million persons aged 16-20 drove under the influence of either alcohol or drugs in the past year, according to 2002 and 2003 reports......
Chances are rising that tomorrow's special General Assembly session on medical malpractice reform could end in discord that would tarnish both Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and legislative leaders. . . The Baltimore Sun - December 27, 2004 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.md.sessions27dec27,1,2857387.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
Placed strategically between the soothing Mediterranean scenes in the waiting room of Foris Surgical Group in Frederick are life preservers bearing a discordant message: "Save Our Doctors." Inside each preserver ring is a notice that the practice will close Jan....
. . .Cancer researchers have developed a new explanation for graying hair that they hope will also shed light on the most dangerous type of skin cancer. . . CNN.com - December 27, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/23/going.gray.ap/index.html...
. . .In Macon, Georgia, the Mercer University School of Medicine has a 56-student program aimed at graduating doctors who will serve in rural and other underserved areas of Georgia. . . CNN.com - December 27, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/24/rural.docs.ap/index.html...
A chill is in the air for hospitals accustomed to having insurers - both public programs like Medicare and private health plans - pay ever higher prices for hospital services. That era appears to be ending, some analysts say. ....
Being fit but fat isn't good enough. Excess weight, all by itself, can take years off your life, even if you get plenty of exercise, a study found. . . Foxnews.com -- December 23, 2004 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,142354,00.html...
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