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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 01-05-2005
After fighting alongside Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. for malpractice reform, leaders of the state's doctors and hospitals stepped away from the governor yesterday, urging him not to veto the malpractice bill passed by the General Assembly last week. MedChi,...
Experts retained by the Bush administration said on Tuesday that more effective disciplining of incompetent doctors could significantly alleviate the problem of medical malpractice litigation. . . The New York Times - January 5, 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/politics/05docs.html...
A simple urine test during pregnancy could someday predict which women are likely to develop dangerously high blood pressure called pre-eclampsia, a condition that kills hundreds of mothers-to-be each year in the United States and leads to 15 percent of...
A U.S.-funded study on an AIDS drug was so poorly conducted that it potentially put the lives of hundreds of mothers and babies in Uganda at risk, a government whistleblower said Tuesday. . . The Washington Post - January 4,...
Contamination of isotope used in stress test baffles experts; Glen Burnie man died on Christmas . . . The Baltimore Sun - January 4, 2005 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.hepatitis04jan04,1,361241.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
It does not look like anyone's mother, and the baby it delivers has none of the emotional appeal of a newborn. But a lifelike birth simulator developed at Johns Hopkins University may provide some important new information about problem deliveries...
A review of 10 of the nation's most popular weight-loss programs found that except for Weight Watchers, none of them offer proof that they actually work at helping people shed pounds and keep them off. . . Foxnews.com - January...
Lucille Lamarca could feel her heart begin to beat at a worrisome pace as she lay there alone in the intensive care unit at Buffalo General Hospital with a heart condition. Then from a speaker came a reassuring voice. "Hi,...
The Food and Drug Administration has given a scientist permission to publish data indicating that as many as 139,000 people had heart attacks that may be linked to Vioxx, the scientist's lawyer said Monday. . . CNN.com - January 4,...
More than 70 percent of patients who took painkillers such as ibuprofen for a study suffered damage to their small intestines, U.S. researchers reported Monday. . . CNN.com - January 4, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/01/04/analgesics.reut/index.html...
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...
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