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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 03-13-2006
Political momentum is growing for a change in federal policy that would require government-funded health researchers to make the results of their work freely available on the Internet. Advocates say taxpayers should not have to pay hundreds of dollars for...
Private contractors hired by Medicare to improve quality and investigate complaints have failed to promote patients' rights, and face conflicts of interest that may lead them to favor doctors and hospitals over beneficiaries, a federal advisory group reported yesterday. The...
The U.S. government, bracing for the possibility that migrating birds could carry a deadly strain of bird flu to North America, plans to test nearly eight times as many wild birds this year as have been tested in the past...
The government has told companies that make and sell two dietary supplements with synthetic steroids that their products are classified as unapproved drugs and cannot be sold legally. The products, promoted for building muscle and increasing strength, may cause serious...
The National Association of Attorneys General, relying on Treasury Department data, reported Wednesday that 378 billion cigarettes were sold in the United States last year. That is the lowest number sold since 1951, according to the attorneys general. . ....
. . .While jobs in manufacturing or high-tech rise and fall with the fortunes of the economy, an aging population and medical advances mean health care positions are among the fastest-growing jobs. How fast? Eight of the 20 fastest-growing occupations...
. . .Among slow-metabolizers, those who drank two or more cups of coffee daily were at least 36% more likely to have a non-fatal heart attack than those who drank little or no coffee. Even higher risks were found for...
The nation's second-largest health care company -- besieged for years by allegations of Medicare fraud and overbilling taxpayers -- now finds itself as the operator of a New Orleans hospital where some doctors and staff are under investigation for deliberately...
A promising drug for multiple sclerosis should be returned to the market despite questions about a rare brain disease, scientific advisers told the government Wednesday -- even as they continued to grapple with just who should be allowed to use...
Merck & Co. Inc. is cutting the price charged for its Stocrin anti-AIDS drug by 20 percent in poor countries, bringing it within "pennies" of the cost of generics, the U.S. drug maker said on Tuesday. The lower price reflects...
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention honored Baltimore health officials yesterday for significantly improving the city's immunization rate by targeting children in impoverished neighborhoods. Baltimore received the CDC's "Most Improved" award, with 82.8 percent of city children 19...
Three cats have tested positive for the deadly strain of bird flu in Austria's first reported case of the disease spreading to an animal other than a bird, state authorities said Monday. . . FOXNews.com - March 6, 2006 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186992,00.html...
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,...
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