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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 11-30-2004
. . .Six years after that horrible day at the dock in 1996, Mickey Poduje entered a Boston laboratory and had a metal device the shape of a figure-8 pressed to her right temple. It sent magnetic pulses into her...
Brain scans of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder show abnormalities in the fiber pathways along which brain signals pass, scientists said Monday. . . CNN.com - November 29, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/11/29/hyperactivity.reut/index.html...
Using computerized scans to screen for lung cancer can help save lives and should be part of a regular checkup for people who have a high risk for the disease, a new study says. . . CNN.com - November 29,...
In a move that could lead to a criminal investigation, the government is checking its records to determine if drug maker Bayer AG was forthcoming about safety concerns with its cholesterol-lowering Baycol drug that surfaced within months of its hitting...
The World Health Organization has issued a dramatic warning that bird flu will trigger an international pandemic that could kill up to seven million people. . . CNN.com - November 29, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/25/birdflu.warning/index.html...
Looking to resolve medical malpractice cases faster, better and less expensively than the courts could, in 1975 the state of Maryland required all claims to start in arbitration. But today, as soaring legal-settlement costs and malpractice insurance premiums have doctors...
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...
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