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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 01-06-2005
Nearly half of all infants born extremely premature have significant learning and physical disabilities by the time they reach school age, the largest such study has found. . . The Washington Post - January 6, 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51893-2005Jan5.html...
The pharmaceutical industry made a commitment Thursday to publish more data about clinical drug trials, amid growing questions about the safety of many leading companies' medicines. . . The Washington Post - January 6, 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52704-2005Jan6.html...
Damping down inflammation in the body appears to be just as important for fighting heart disease as lowering cholesterol, according to a pair of new studies that provide the first direct evidence that curbing inflammation can independently protect the heart....
President Bush demanded Wednesday that Congress take immediate action to impose strict limits on medical malpractice litigation, saying doctors "should be focused on fighting illnesses, not on fighting lawsuits.". . . The New York Times - January 6, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/politics/06bush.html...
Eli Lilly & Company said Wednesday that internal documents about the safety of its popular antidepressant Prozac - reported in a British medical publication to be long missing - were given years ago to federal regulators and to lawyers suing...
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...
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