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Experts highlight technologies that will revolutionize medicine
On Thursday, the British Medical Journal made their predictions as to what the future of medicine would be. These are the future "miracles" of medicine.
"Picture a world where wheelchairs can climb stairs and insulin sacs implanted in diabetics automatically release just the right amount at t...
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Long phone call linked to stroke-like attack
(Reuters Health) -- Stay on the phone long enough and you may encounter problems worse than your phone bill: One French psychiatrist experienced temporary, stroke-like symptoms after completing an hour-long phone call, where he cradled the phone between his head and shoulder.
Doctors place mu...
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Gene Therapy Deaths Hidden
Test Deaths Weren't Reported to NIH
(AP) - Two researchers trying to grow new blood vessels around blocked ones failed to report to the National Institutes of Health that six people died during their gene therapy studies.
Ronald Crystal of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in Manha...
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Did the Rx Kill, or the Father?
Deadly Treatment
Judge Cites Hyperactivity Drug in Homicide Acquittal
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Ten days after he began taking a widely used medicine called Adderall to control his attention deficit disorder and help him with his college studies, Ryan Ehlis slipped into a psychotic fog and ki...
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Report slams scoliosis screening in schools
NEW YORK, (Reuters Health) - Screening for scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, in schools is not effective and often identifies children who never receive treatment, according to a study published Wednesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
"I do not think ...
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Drug company-sponsored studies less critical than independent studies
CHICAGO (AP) - Studies on the cost-effectiveness of drugs are far more likely to report favorable findings if they are sponsored by the drug companies themselves rather than independent groups, researchers found.
Their study - funded by a pharmaceutical company - appears to confirm long-held...
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Diarrhea vaccine pulled from market
WASHINGTON (AP) American Home Products pulled its vaccine against the leading cause of childhood diarrhea off the market today, because of concerns that it may increase infants' risk of bowel obstruction.The government in July advised doctors to temporarily stop giving children the vaccine against r...
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Did HMO Pay M.D.'s to Nix Coverage?
Class Action Seeks Compensation for Denied Coverage
Source: ABC News
W A S H I N G T O N, - Health insurer Humana Inc. was sued today in a first-of-its-kind class action suit, which alleged it failed to disclose the conditions of its health coverage and that it paid medical doctors t...
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Health care's deadly secret: Accidents routinely happen
By Andrea Gerlin
The Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital is a typical teaching hospital. It is known for cutting-edge research programs, for training medical students and newly graduated doctors, and for providing advanced medical care.
It is also representative of modern American hospita...
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Internet will change doctor-patient relationships
NEW YORK, (Reuters Health) -- Just as it revolutionized other industries, the Internet is set to change the face of healthcare as we know it. And perhaps nowhere will the effects be more pronounced than on doctor-patient relationships, a Canadian researcher predicts.
In the September 18th issue o...
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Hospital Patients Worry They'll Get Wrong Drug
Patients are more concerned about receiving the wrong medication in the hospital than about pain or cost of treatment, according to a new study. The telephone survey of 1,008 adults was conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), a professional organization that mainly rep...
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One in 10 California HMO practices are predicted to fail in 1999
planetc1.com news
Sacramento - One in 10 California physician groups that capitate directly with HMOs are expected to close this year, according to a report from the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. At least 16 already have closed, part of the more than 100 physician groups in Califor...
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Cell therapy shows promise as treatment for spinal cord injury
Source: Nando Health/Science
http://www.nandotimes.com - Spinal cord injuries are responsible for one of the human body's most frustrating phenomena - they simply do not heal, leaving victims permanently paralyzed and medical doctors helpless.
It was long a truism in the medical professio...
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More off-label drug promotion in the offing
Though the full impact of a recent federal court ruling is unclear, doctors can expect more off-label drug use information from drug manufacturers.
Washington -- Eli Lilly announced this month that it would direct its sales representatives to market its osteoporosis drug, Evista (raloxifene)...
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Vaccines not immune to criticism
In what may be a paradox of success, many physicians are finding that some patients are more afraid of vaccines than of vaccine-preventable illnesses.
"Mothers are beginning to wonder what else these substances might be doing to their children's bodies." "Is this manipulation of the immune system...
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