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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 10-18-2004
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals doesn't make flu shots anymore, and it doesn't miss them one bit. . . The Washington Post - October 17, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38776-2004Oct16.html...
. . .An examination of how and why Merck reacted offers an unusual look at how safety issues are handled in clinical trials once a drug is on the market and the complex business of weighing risks against benefits. ....
Across the country, momentum is building toward consumer-directed accounts as a cost-effective alternative to traditional coverage, but opinions differ. . . The Baltimore Sun - October 17, 2004 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-bz.hsa17oct17,1,924402.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first temporary artificial heart for use in patients at risk of dying as they await a heart transplant, device manufacturer SynCardia Systems announced Monday. . . CNN.com - October 18, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/10/18/fda.artificial.heart.ap/index.html...
The shortage of flu vaccine in the United States is "not a health crisis," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said, urging people to be patient as the government works to reallocate the nation's limited number of vaccines. ....
The American Medical Association says the government should negotiate directly with drug manufacturers to secure lower prices on prescription medicines for the nation's elderly. . . The New York Times - October 17, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/politics/17drug.html?oref=login...
A federal panel of medical experts studying illnesses among veterans of the 1991 war in the Persian Gulf has broken with several earlier studies and concluded that many suffer from neurological damage caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, rejecting past...
. . .The experimental drug, specifically designed to prevent the virus, H.I.V., from entering vaginal cells, is not ready for human testing. But it provided potent protection to female monkeys exposed to large amounts of a simian version of the...
For the first time, researchers say, a vaccine against malaria has shown that it can save children from infection or death. . . The New York Times - October 15, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/health/15malaria.html?oref=login...
A study in dogs confirms that ephedrine weight loss supplements can kill, U.S. researchers said Thursday, supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's action to ban them. . . CNN.com - October 14, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/10/14/ephedra.risks.reut/index.html...
A Swedish study suggests that people who use a cell phone for at least 10 years might increase their risk of developing a rare benign tumor along a nerve on the side of the head where they hold the phone....
Don't expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease the crippling shortage, the nation's health secretary cautioned Thursday. . . CNN.com - October 15, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/10/14/flu.vaccine.ap/index.html...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) in conjunction with other Federal agencies, private companies and organizations today launched a $60 million, 5-year public-private partnership — the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative — to test whether serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron...
. . .These awards will provide insight into how best to use health information technologies to improve patient safety by reducing medication errors; increasing the use of shared health information between providers, laboratories, pharmacies and patients; helping to insure safer...
. . .The agency is directing manufacturers to add a "black box" warning to the health professional labeling of all antidepressant medications to describe this risk and emphasize the need for close monitoring of patients started on these medications. FDA...
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