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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 03-06-2006
As spring approaches in the Northern Hemisphere and millions of birds begin their ancient long-distance migrations, scientific evidence is mounting that the deadly Asian strain of H5N1 "bird flu" virus is flying with them. If so, the virus may soon...
As new outbreaks of bird flu have peppered Europe and Africa in recent weeks, experts are realizing that they still have much to learn about how migrating birds spread the A(H5N1) virus, leaving the continents vulnerable to unexpected outbreaks. After...
Federal health officials announced Monday they have authorized the development of a second bird flu vaccine to combat a deadly virus that is believed to be mutating. The government has several million doses of an early first bird flu vaccine,...
The number of overweight children worldwide will increase significantly by the end of the decade, and scientists expect profound impacts on everything from public health care to economies, a study published Monday said. Nearly half of the children in North...
Federal regulators published draft guidelines Thursday on ways to speed new flu vaccines to market for common winter influenza as well as an even deadlier strain of the virus, such as bird flu that has health officials worldwide worried about...
. . .Such arrangements are bringing jobs to thousands of people with disabilities, including those with spinal cord injuries and vision loss. Fast computers and broadband connections have become so inexpensive and reliable that location is now not an issue...
Hundreds of warnings on food labels would vanish under a measure being debated Thursday in the House. The bill would stop states from adding warnings that are different from federal rules. . . USATODAY.com - March 2, 2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-03-02-feds-food-labels_x.htm...
As long as five years after suffering a stroke, people were able to regain use of a weak arm when their strong arm was restrained during two weeks of intensive therapy, new research shows. The study was small but is...
Federal regulators on Wednesday approved Erbitux as the first new drug to treat head and neck cancer since the 1950s. The Food and Drug Administration initially approved the drug in 2004 to treat colorectal cancer. The drug may now be...
The dangerous strain of bird flu known as H5N1 has killed nearly half a million domestic fowl in southern Russia in the past month despite efforts to control the outbreak by culling poultry, the Emergency Situations Ministry said yesterday. About...
The government is buying more Tamiflu, a drug that can lessen the severity of bird flu, for the nation's stockpile. Already on hand is enough of the drug to treat about 5 million people. On Wednesday, the government ordered from...
An immune system chemical that makes it hard to concentrate during a bout with the flu might contribute to the slowdown of the brain starting in middle age or later in life, a study suggests. The immune system chemical in...
The number of people seeking treatment for methamphetamine abuse more than quadrupled from 1993 to 2003, a report released Thursday said. . . USATODAY.com - March 2, 2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-03-02-meth-abuse_x.htm...
Imagine being in a car crash, lying unconscious and bleeding in an ambulance. With no blood on board, paramedics give you an experimental substitute, but even at the hospital, you get fake blood for several hours before doctors try the...
A radical new treatment for heart attack patients turns out to be wholly ineffective when tested under rigorous conditions, researchers in Germany say in a report that severely undercuts an apparently promising form of stem cell therapy. . . The...
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