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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 01-12-2005
The Maryland General Assembly voted yesterday to override Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s veto of a medical malpractice reform bill, rebuffing an intense lobbying effort by the governor and setting a tense partisan tone for the 90-day session that begins...
New dietary guidelines coming out Wednesday are expected to place more emphasis on counting calories and exercising daily, along with swapping whole grains for refined ones and eating a lot more vegetables and fruits. . . Foxnews.com - January 12,...
U.S. spending on health care rose 7.7 percent to 1.7 trillion in 2003, outpacing overall economic growth by nearly 3 percentage points, according to an annual government report released on Tuesday. . . CNN.com - January 11, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/01/11/health.spending.reut/index.html...
Two studies shed new light on the link between diet and cancer, bolstering evidence that red meat may raise colorectal cancer risks but casting doubt on whether fruits and vegetables can help prevent breast cancer. . . CNN.com - January...
The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) is issuing the first new guidelines in more than a decade for managing asthma during pregnancy. The report reflects new medications that have emerged and updates treatment recommendations for pregnant women with...
A health information technology survey and evaluation firm has released the top-10 user survey ratings for ambulatory billing and scheduling systems for 2004. . . The American College of Physicians - January 11, 2005 http://www.acponline.org/weekly/?hp#software...
A Medicare carrier says a fraudulent group is trying to steal physicians' identification information to falsify patient enrollment and change addresses for paying claims. Group members pose as agency investigators, claiming a computer malfunction has deleted information. . . The...
Ten major drug manufacturers unveiled a new discount card Tuesday that could help millions of uninsured Americans save money on prescription drugs. . . The Washington Post - January 11, 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1055-2005Jan11.html...
Hospitals should use computers to order drugs for patients, work harder at coordinating treatment and educate patients to help care for themselves, physicians groups said Tuesday in an effort to reduce medical errors. . . The Washington Post - January...
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...
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