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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 01-11-2005
One was a distinguished Army surgeon, destined to go down in history as the man who solved one of medicine's most baffling and vexing mysteries. The other, a lesser-known clinician who'd studied in Baltimore, was a fearless medical adventurer who...
As promised, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. vetoed a medical malpractice insurance reform bill today, saying he did not want to take an easy way out toward reform. . . The Baltimore Sun - January 10, 2005 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-ehrlich0110,1,2299708.story?coll=bal-home-headlines...
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new form of the widely used cancer drug Taxol that is easier to administer and avoids some side effects. . . The New York Times - January 8, 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/08/business/08drug.html?oref=login...
A 16-year-old girl has died of bird flu in Vietnam, the country's third death from the virus in less than two weeks, a doctor said. . . CNN.com - January 10, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/birdflu.vietnam.death.ap/index.html...
A mutated gene that affects cartilage may also be strongly involved in a tendency to arthritis, Japanese researchers reported on Sunday. . . CNN.com - January 9, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/01/09/health.arthritis.reut/index.html...
A gene that may help block the AIDS virus from getting into cells seems to protect some people from the deadly and incurable infection, researchers said Thursday. . . CNN.com - January 7, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/01/07/aids.resistance.reut/index.html...
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,...
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