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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 09-29-2004
The Food and Drug Administration will examine clinical trial data for thousands of depressed adults to see if they, like children, suffered increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors while taking antidepressants. . . The Washington Post - September 29, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59470-2004Sep29.html...
A simple genetic test can identify which patients with deadly brain tumors will be helped by a treatment hailed as the first significant advance against the disease in decades and in which patients the drug is a waste of time,...
Maryland General Hospital's laboratory, under scrutiny for months after workers there sent out hundreds of possibly inaccurate lab test results, has corrected major problems, federal regulators have found, and is again in compliance with conditions for participating in Medicare. ....
On the heels of Montgomery County's efforts to sidestep a federal ban on importing cheaper medicines from Canada, a statewide coalition of health care advocates announced plans yesterday to push two bills through the General Assembly next year to give...
Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic emerged as the big winner in the state's eighth annual HMO report card released yesterday, garnering more than twice as many top scores as any other HMO. . . The Baltimore Sun - September 28,...
British researchers have trained dogs to detect bladder cancer by sniffing human urine, opening up the possibility that dogs - or electronic noses modeled on their snouts - may one day be used to detect the disease. . . The...
. . .Doctors have sensed for centuries that many diseases actually do get worse at night, and science has begun to confirm this impression. . . The New York Times - September 28, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/28/health/28nigh.html...
. . . Pharmacists like White have long been called on by customers to do more than just fill prescriptions. But drugstores, from giants like Rite Aid to smaller regional chains, are looking to expand their counseling programs and boost...
Doctors who receive drug company funding would be limited in what they could teach other physicians under new rules being proposed by accreditors. . . The Washington Post - September 28, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56102-2004Sep28.html...
Officials in Thailand announced yesterday that a 32-year-old woman had been hospitalized with avian influenza and that two of her family members had already died of a flu-like illness, raising the possibility that these might be among the first cases...
Based on an improved understanding of bacteriophages — viruses that infect bacteria — scientists reporting in the Sept. 23 issue of the journal Nature believe they have discovered a potential new way to control drug-resistant bacteria, an increasingly worrisome public...
Measuring the Quality of Maryland HMOs and POS Plans: 2004 Consumer Guide, the eighth annual report on the quality of care provided by health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and point-of-service (POS) health plans, brings together information from many sources that will...
In response to the growing epidemic of childhood obesity in this country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed two DVDs to teach children and their parents about smart eating and physical activity, and to educate...
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...
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