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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 09-21-2004
Swiss drug giant Roche said Monday that its Tarceva drug improves the results of chemotherapy in prolonging the lives of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. . . The Washington Post - September 20, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35598-2004Sep20.html...
Up to 75 percent of all urban Chinese suffer from ill health, and life expectancies are declining for skilled and educated workers as modern lifestyles exact a deadly toll, according to a study by the Chinese Red Cross. . ....
Starting next month, intensive-care patients at Inova Alexandria Hospital will be monitored round-the-clock by more than doctors and nurses at their bedsides. Digital cameras, microphones and special software will link patients and their caregivers to a team of intensive-care specialists...
. . .Alaskan natives are increasingly troubled by evidence of contamination in this corner of the million-square mile Bering Sea - source of about half of all seafood caught in the United States. . . The Baltimore Sun - September...
Overweight children are three to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before they reach 65 than slimmer youngsters. . . CNN.com - September 20, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/09/20/heart.kids.reut/index.html...
Eyeing a potential gold mine in the global obesity epidemic, the pharmaceutical industry has launched a massive drive to develop new diet pills and an intense campaign to persuade the government to make it easier to get weight-loss drugs onto...
Medicare will start paying for specialized brain scans in some patients to help determine if they have Alzheimer's disease, the federal agency that runs the reimbursement program announced yesterday. . . The Washington Post - September 17, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27275-2004Sep16.html...
A once-scarce vaccine that protects against a range of infections including meningitis is back in supply and small children should get four doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. . . CNN.com - September 16,...
The Food and Drug Administration decided Thursday that consumers can buy devices to jump-start failing hearts at home without a prescription. . . CNN.com - September 16, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/16/home.defibrillator.ap/index.html...
India has the world's largest number of HIV-infected people, the head of a top international AIDS-fighting fund said Wednesday, dismissing official figures. . . The Washington Post - September 16, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25600-2004Sep16.html...
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced new measures to help seniors get the lowest price possible for their medicines by allowing them -- for the first time -- to compare prices for similar drugs used to treat common diseases...
Although the prevalence of underage drinking has decreased since its peak in the late 1970s, drinking by youth has stabilized over the past decade at disturbingly high levels. . . The National Institutes of Health - September 14, 2004 http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/niaaa-14.htm...
. . .The researchers found that, for the seven languages studied, nouns comprise the greatest proportion of 20-month-old children’s vocabularies, followed by verbs and then adjectives. . . The National Institutes of Health - September 14, 2004 http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/nichd-14.htm...
. . .the American Association for the Advancement of Science has created the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy. As director of the center, which it established with a three-year, $2.25 million grant from the John D. and...
The mission is to fix Canada's much-vaunted, but ailing, health system for a generation, but federal and provincial governments looked hopelessly divided on Friday ahead of a summit next week that is supposed to come up with solutions. . ....
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