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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 09-23-2004
The National Institutes of Health yesterday dedicated its new research hospital, which the agency's top physician called "the place where medical breakthroughs will occur in the next 50 years" and a patient termed simply "the house of hope." . ....
Acupuncture, already shown to help ease the nausea patients often suffer after having surgery, may actually work better than drugs, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday. . . CNN.com - September 23, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/22/acupuncture.reut/index.html...
Requiring doctors and hospitals to report publicly on their performance and tying their pay to the results would dramatically reduce avoidable deaths and costs attributable to poor medical care, says a new report from an organization that works to improve...
. . .With 70 percent of the population overweight, officials are finishing a critical overhaul of the widely recognized but seldom followed U.S. food pyramid and dietary guidelines. . . The Baltimore Sun - September 23, 2004 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.pyramid23sep23,1,7835741.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
. . .When implemented, the production changes defined by the regulation will significantly reduce the number of illness caused by eggs contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE). . . The U. S. Food and Drug Administration - September 20, 2004 http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01117.html...
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today the awarding of a contract to Aventis Pasteur Inc. to manufacture and store 2 million doses of avian influenza H5N1 vaccine, an important initial acquisition to better prepare the nation for an influenza...
Hospitals will be able to report identical quality measures to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the national quality initiative for discharges beginning in January 2005, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and JCAHO announced Sept....
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology agreed at its first meeting this week to begin implementing a certification process for electronic health record products used in outpatient care settings by summer 2005. . . The American Hospital Association -...
. . .The new guide, Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis: A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness, is designed to help State, county, and local officials meet Federal requirements for a public health emergency. . . The Agency for Health Care Research...
Dietitian Jane Jakubczak says she rarely - if ever - treated male students who had eating disorders such as bulimia or anorexia a few years ago. Now, Jakubczak, who works at the University Health Center on the University of Maryland...
Advances in genetic testing are straining the sacred bond of confidentiality between doctor and patient as physicians grapple with whether to keep private diagnoses that might also afflict patients' relatives. . . CNN.com - September 22, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/22/genetic.dilemmas.ap/index.html...
The health benefits of regular walking may include helping prevent mental decline and Alzheimer's disease, research in patients aged 70 and up has found, bolstering evidence that exercise needn't be strenuous to be good for you. . . CNN.com -...
The drinking water on more than one of every eight passenger airliners tested by the Environmental Protection Agency flunked the agency's standards for bacteria, the government said yesterday. . . The Baltimore Sun - September 21, 2004 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.nat21sep21,1,1907438.story?coll=bal-health-headlines...
Obese people who suffer critical injuries are much more likely to die than thinner victims because their overall health tends to be worse and surgery is riskier. . . CNN.com - September 21, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/21/obesity.injuries.reut/index.html...
The United States needs more black, Hispanic and American Indian doctors and nurses if minorities have any hope of catching up to whites in terms of the quality and accessibility of health care, a special commission said Monday. . ....
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