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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 01-25-2005
. . . A hidden epidemic is gaining momentum in America, experts say. Children as young as fourth-graders are deliberately inhaling the fumes of dangerous chemicals from a variety of household and office products. Inhalants, as they are known, are...
Viagra may aid in the treatment of enlarged hearts that can result from high blood pressure, tests on animals indicate. . . CNN.com - January 24, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/01/23/viagra.hearthealth.ap/index.html...
A new study suggests a man's weight may affect the accuracy of a common test to detect prostate cancer, leading researchers to warn that doctors could be missing the dangerous cancer in obese men. . . CNN.com - January 24,...
The human embryonic stem cells available for research are contaminated with nonhuman molecules from the culture medium used to grow the cells, researchers report. . . CNN.com - January 23, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/01/23/stem.cells.ap/index.html...
An international team believes it has found a master switch for cancer with the discovery of a gene that they dubbed Pokemon. Like the electronic game figures -- tiny monsters with bad tempers -- the cancer-triggering gene apparently instigates the...
The bird flu virus endemic in Asia appears to be evolving in ways that increasingly favor a deadly human influenza outbreak, the World Health Organization warned yesterday. The situation "may resemble that leading to the 1918 pandemic," which killed more...
Mad cow disease has long been thought to occur in just the brains and nervous systems of infected animals. But scientists are reporting today that the proteins thought to cause the disease can travel to other organs as well. ....
The government recommended for the first time Thursday that people exposed to the AIDS virus from rapes, accidents or occasional unsafe sex or drug use be given potentially lifesaving medications that can keep them from becoming infected. . . CNN.com...
For the first time, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the top killer of Americans under 85, health officials said Wednesday. The good news is that deaths from both are falling, but improvement has been more dramatic for heart disease....
The government has decided to expand its coverage for surgically implanted heart-shocking devices for people with weakened hearts, in what could be the most expensive single decision in Medicare's history, federal officials said yesterday. . . The Washington Post -...
Patients taking Plavix, a popular and expensive antistroke drug, experience more than 12 times as many ulcers as patients who take aspirin plus a heartburn pill, a study to be published today in The New England Journal of Medicine found....
Government officials are now tracing six cows shipped into the United States from the same Canadian herd as an animal with mad cow disease. . . CNN.com - January 19, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/01/19/madcow.ap/index.html...
A newly discovered virus related to the SARS virus may cause several mysterious childhood ailments, including Kawasaki disease, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. . . CNN.com - January 19, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/01/19/health.virus.reut/index.html...
A 20-year follow-up of a breast-cancer treatment trial shows that radiation, given in addition to surgery and chemotherapy, can increase women's survival prospects. . . The Washington Post - January 18, 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18418-2005Jan18.html...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is often inadequately performed by doctors, paramedics and nurses, two studies of resuscitation efforts during cardiac arrest have found. . . The New York Times - January 19, 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/19/national/19cpr.html...
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