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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 10-12-2004
A new report issued today by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) concludes that surgery for extremely obese patients who have tried and failed to lose weight with exercise and diet may be more effective for weight reduction....
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced welfare caseloads dropped in the first quarter of 2004 to fewer than two million families for the first time since February 1970. . . The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services...
Children who have problems breathing during sleep tend to score lower on tests of mental development and intelligence than do other children their age, according to two studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). . . The National...
The U.S. House on Oct. 6 passed AHA-backed legislation (H.R. 4453) that will reauthorize and extend by two years a visa program that helps staff medically underserved rural and urban communities with foreign physicians. . . The American Hospital Association...
Elderly patients with similar chronic and terminal illnesses receive markedly different levels of care, even among hospitals renowned for providing top geriatric care, according to studies recently released from Dartmouth Medical School. Researchers also found that higher intensity care does...
A report on hormone therapy released last week reaffirmed many findings of the 2002 Women's Health Initiative study, including the fact that HT does not prevent diseases and should be used for the shortest possible time to relieve menopausal symptoms....
A survey of more than 1,400 medical directors has found shortages of key on-call specialists, including neurosurgeons, orthopedists, obstetricians and others. . . The American College of Physicians - October 5, 2004 http://www.acponline.org/weekly/?hp#acep...
. . .The nation's pharmacy giants are taking precautions in response to a trend that doctors and anti-drug abuse activists say could grow into an epidemic: teenagers and young adults using medicine to get high. . . The Washington Post...
Only 4 percent of Americans have used the Internet to buy prescription drugs -- and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies -- despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help U.S. residents import medicines more cheaply...
Adding pressure for legislative reform of the malpractice system, the Maryland Hospital Association reported yesterday that hospitals are paying 34 percent more for liability insurance this year than last, adding $40 million to Maryland hospital costs. . . The Baltimore...
A medical accreditation group urged hospitals nationwide yesterday to take steps to prevent "anesthesia awareness" - instances in which patients wake up during surgery and sometimes feel excruciating pain without being able to cry out. . . The Baltimore Sun...
The safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers was questioned yesterday as scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe said they feared such drugs might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the...
Doctors have been giving steroids to head trauma patients for more than 30 years, but the first major study of the practice has shown they are useless and may even have killed thousands of people. . . The Baltimore Sun...
British and U.S. regulators continued their inspection of a contaminated vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, as the health agencies for both countries sought yesterday to clarify how the problems unfolded that have probably cut the United States' flu vaccine supply...
The American Cancer Society says nearly 70,000 American women are expected to die of lung cancer this year, compared with about 40,000 who will succumb to breast cancer. . . The Baltimore Sun - October 11, 2004 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.ms.lung11oct11,1,1632768.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
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