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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 10-06-2004
Schizophrenics born during the summer in the Northern Hemisphere tend to develop a more severe form of the mental illness than those born during the winter, a study said Monday. . . CNN.com - October 4, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/10/04/schizophrenia.reut/index.html...
Public health officials predicted a flu vaccine shortage in the United States this season after Chiron Corp. said Tuesday it won't be able to make millions of doses of the vaccine due to problems at its British plant. . ....
With heftier malpractice insurance bills scheduled to land in doctors' mailboxes in less than a month, efforts to reform the malpractice system are picking up steam. . . The Baltimore Sun - October 5, 2004 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-bz.malpractice05oct05,1,2834418.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
. . .The reason for this kidney swap, or "paired exchange," was simple: to lower the risk of rejection, kidney donors and recipients must have compatible blood and tissue. Ms. Barnett and Mr. DeCample did not match their own relatives,...
Health systems across the nation are struggling to fill their open pharmacy manager positions, according to the latest staffing survey conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists . . . The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists - September 27,...
The proliferation of limited-service providers, and the financial incentive for physician owners to refer patients to such facilities, could drain much needed resources from community hospitals and render them unable to continue providing a broad range of services. . ....
Shining a national spotlight on Oklahoma's one-of-a-kind rule that allows non-physicians to conduct eye surgery, the American Medical Association barnstormed Oklahoma City today. . . The American Medical Association - October 5, 2004 http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1616-8878.html...
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have used artificial neural networks (ANNs) and DNA microarrays to successfully predict the clinical outcome of patients diagnosed with neuroblastoma . . . The National...
There was a time not long ago when psychiatric hospitals doled out cigarettes as rewards for good behavior. Outpatient clinics were thick with smoke, and patients smoked butts down to yellow-stained fingers. . . The Baltimore Sun - October 4,...
U.S scientists Richard Axel and Linda Buck have won the 2004 Nobel prize for medicine for research explaining how the human sense of smell works. . . CNN.com - October 4, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/04/nobel.medicine/index.html...
. . .The girl's death brings the region's human toll from the disease to 31, with 11 victims in Thailand and 20 in Vietnam. . . CNN.com - October 4, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/thailand.birdflu.ap/index.html...
About a quarter of U.S. women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone back on it. . . CNN.com - October 4, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/10/04/hormones.reut/index.html...
Mothers who smoke during or after pregnancy increase their babies' risk of developing colic, those vexing, inconsolable crying spells that affect up to 20 percent of U.S. babies in their first few months of life. . . CNN.com - October...
Now that Merck has removed its arthritis painkiller Vioxx from the market after tests found that it increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes, its rival Pfizer is taking a surprising stance. Pfizer says it is looking into whether...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed several bills on Thursday that would have made the state the middleman in large-scale consumer purchases of prescription drugs from Canada. . . The New York Times - October 1, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/national/01calif.html?oref=login...
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