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University of Maryland Health and Medical News: 09-30-2004
The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by millions of people around the world, is being pulled off the market after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. . . CNN.com - September 30,...
A study published in the October 1, 2004, issue of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy finds that ongoing drug shortages are having far-ranging, negative effects on patient care and hospital costs. . . The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists...
A pair of new epidemiology studies confirms that chronic kidney disease independently increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, even among people with early kidney disease and after considering other risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol. ....
The U.S. government Tuesday proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially life-saving implanted heart devices. . . CNN.com - September 30, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/29/defibrillators.reut/index.html...
Schools, food makers, government agencies and families themselves must work together to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity, a panel of scientists said Thursday. . . CNN.com - September 30, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/30/child.obesity.ap/index.html...
With Thai and international experts confirming the first probable human-to-human transmission of a virulent strain of avian influenza in this country, public health officials around the world are facing major hurdles as they try to prepare for a possible pandemic....
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...
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