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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 11-27-2004
The average cost of health benefits for an active employee rose 7.5% in 2004, outpacing general inflation but the lowest increase since 1999, according to the latest annual employer survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. . . The American Hospital...
. . .The hospitals were highly profitable because the physician owners quickly shifted their patients to the facilities and focused on well-reimbursed services and patients in good overall health, did not operate an emergency department, avoided certain payers and concentrated...
FDA today licensed a new biologic approach to treat patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) to reduce the frequency of symptom flare-ups or exacerbations of the disease. . . The U. S. Food and Drug Administration - November...
A unique combination of drugs has made a 15-year-old girl the first known human to survive rabies without vaccination, doctors said. . . CNN.com - November 24, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/24/rabies.ap/index.html...
Women make up nearly half of the 37.2 million adults living with HIV and in sub-Saharan Africa the proportion rises to almost 60 percent, according to a U.N. report released on Tuesday. . . CNN.com - November 23, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/23/un.aids.reut/index.html...
More than a quarter of babies born in the United States in 2003 were delivered by Cesarean section, the highest rate on record, according to a government report released Tuesday. . . Foxnews.com - November 23, 2004 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139410,00.html...
Roche's acne drug Accutane and its generic versions will face tighter prescription controls to prevent harm to unborn children, U.S. health regulators said on Tuesday. . . Foxnews.com - November 23, 2004 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139409,00.html...
A widely reported government study that said obesity is about to overtake smoking as the No. 1 cause of death in the United States contained statistical errors and may have overstated the problem, health officials acknowledged Tuesday. . . Foxnews.com...
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded $9.8 million in first year funding for 17 Biomarkers Developmental Laboratories within the Early Detection Research Network (EDRN). (Includes one at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine). The National Institutes of...
With the clock ticking down on efforts to pass a malpractice reform package this year, a group of Frederick surgeons said yesterday that it would suspend medical practice Jan. 1 if the state doesn't take action to control skyrocketing insurance...
After years of double-digit cost increases, the rate of growth in what employers pay for employee health insurance slowed significantly this year, according to an annual survey to be released today. . . The New York Times - November 22,...
New reports accuse another drug company of being too slow to pull a dangerous medication from the market and question the ability of the federal Food and Drug Administration to protect the public from such risks. . . CNN.com -...
Roughly 118,700 registered nurses entered the U.S. workforce in 2003, including more than 87,000 under age 34, according to a study published Nov. 17 on the Health Affairs Web site. . . The American Hospital Association - November 17, 2004...
Less than half of uninsured Americans either typically use or are aware of a "safety net provider" in their community, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). . . The American Hospital Association -...
The State of Maryland today outlined tough new measures for youth group homes in Maryland that will require 40 hours of mandatory training for staff, minimum monitoring standards and higher standards for facilities. . . The Maryland Department of Health...
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