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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 09-28-2004
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today the approval of Palladone (hydromorphone hydrochloride) capsules for the management of persistent moderate to severe pain in patients requiring continuous around-the-clock opioid pain relief for an extended period of time. . ....
Harvard program aims at return to student-patient experience. . . CNN.com - September 27, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/27/teaching.doctors.ap/index.html...
Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month. . . CNN.com...
The nation's health care bill is high and headed higher. Yet most hospitals lose money or barely break even. Doctors complain they are getting squeezed. Employers bemoan rising health care costs as a threat to global competitiveness. . . The...
Merck & Company has obtained rights to license an experimental drug to treat obesity that has generated scientific interest because it is based on a hormone used by the body to signal that it has eaten enough. . . The...
Statement by Tommy G. Thompson Secretary of Health and Human Services A flu vaccination will protect the health of millions of Americans this flu season. That's why we have worked with manufacturers to ensure that there is more vaccine available...
Newest recommendations highlight the urgency for childhood influenza vaccination A report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that only 4.4 percent of the nation’s children aged 6 to 23 months were fully vaccinated against...
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 -...
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