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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 10-14-2004
As doctors and patients explained the wrenching impact of rising medical liability insurance rates during a public hearing in Annapolis yesterday, top State House leaders were preparing to meet to craft a solution to the malpractice problem. . . The...
Alarmed by the obesity epidemic, North Carolina's largest health insurance company announced yesterday that it will offer more than 1 million of its members the most comprehensive package of benefits ever provided to prevent and treat weight problems. . ....
The federal government will supervise the distribution of flu vaccine stocks that have not yet been shipped, health officials said yesterday, adding that they have already diverted about 4 million doses to areas with the greatest need. . . The...
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care. . . CNN.com - October 13, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/10/13/fda.implant.chip.ap/index.html...
Chiron Corp. said today it received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York requesting certain documents and materials related to its Fluvirin influenza vaccine. . . The Baltimore Sun - October...
More than 300 scientists from around the world shared information on tracking and curbing the cross-border spread of viruses as they met in India for a three-day seminar ending Wednesday. . . The Washington Post - October 12, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26534-2004Oct12.html...
Many of the nation's scarce remaining flu shots will be shipped directly to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for high-risk patients, under a plan negotiated between the government and maker Aventis Pasteur. . . The New York...
A new analysis of published studies concludes that antioxidant supplements may not provide protection against several cancers -- and could increase the risk of death. . . The Washington Post - October 12, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25160-2004Oct11.html...
. . .In communes in Vietnam, small chicken farms in Thailand and the jungles of northern Malaysia, health officials, scientists and farm workers are fighting an increasingly menacing yet little-understood foe: the A(H5N1) strain that causes avian influenza, or more...
Even though bacterial contamination was first reported more than a month ago at a British flu vaccine factory, the Food and Drug Administration relied solely on the factory's owner for information on whether the problems were being resolved, the agency's...
A new study has quantified the value of time and money medical practices spend on administrative tasks that add no value to the practice or to patient care. The study found that a practice of 10 physicians can waste more...
A recent report says that most states are maintaining a freeze on or reducing Medicaid payments to physicians and other health care professionals. The report found that most states are also cutting Medicaid drug spending, with some states limiting program...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and The Johns Hopkins University marked a key milestone in their long partnership to advance scientific discovery today, commemorating the beginning of construction of a new Biomedical Research Center (BRC) on the Johns Hopkins...
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...
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