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Sinai to research new drug to prevent blood clots, heart attacks in stent patients
A Sinai Hospital cardiologist is launching a clinical trial of a type of coronary artery disease drug not yet tested in humans, building on a history at the Baltimore hospital of research to develop more effective treatments to prevent blood clotting....
Tags: Chemotherapy, Health Treatments, Health Organizations, Food and Drug Administration, Chemical Industry
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Who's to blame for air travel delays?
Is the White House or Congress to blame for delays in air travel attributed to the budget sequester? Washington correspondent Colby Itkowitz put that question to the Lehigh Valley’s two federal lawmakers. The White House is to blame: U.S. Rep....Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Patrick J. Toomey, Politics
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Government shuts down HIV/AIDS vaccine trial
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.In another major setback for efforts to develop a vaccine to boost immunity to the human immunodeficiency virus, known as HIV, a key clinical trial was ordered shut down this week after an independent panel of safety experts found that participants...Tags: Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, HIV, Allergies, Vaccines
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Dr. Paul Lietman
Dr. Paul S. Lietman, a retired Johns Hopkins professor of medicine, pharmacology, molecular sciences and pediatrics, died of congestive heart failure April 20 at his Ruxton home. He was 79. "He was a gifted educator and was beloved by generations of...
Tags: Pharmacology, Orthopedic Surgery, Teaching and Learning, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Colleges and Universities
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Nightmare bacteria
Federal health officials warned this week that the nation's hospitals and nursing homes are increasingly at risk from deadly new strains of drug-resistant bacteria that can't be treated with even the strongest antibiotics. So far, the infections have been...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Health Organizations, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Can computers decode dreams? Researchers take a first step
Dreams defy even the dreamer, slipping away as stealthily as they arrive in a mind made credulous by sleep. But what if scientists could read our dreams by using the most advanced medical imaging machines and employing the sophisticated algorithms that...
Tags: MRI (imaging), Japan, Computer Science, Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Stopping the spread of deadly bacteria in nursing homes
In 2011, I spent six months in hospitals and nursing homes recovering from a bacterial infection called C-Difficile that I caught after surgery ("Nightmare bacteria," March 8). It is easily passed from patient to patient. While in the nursing homes I...Tags: Nursing, Long Term Care, Health Organizations, Medical Specialization, Nursing Homes
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Nanoparticle could kill cancerous lymphoma cells, study says
Northwestern University researchers said they have discovered a nanoparticle that could be the basis for a nontoxic way to eliminate cancerous lymphoma from the body. The nanoparticle, which the researchers tested in cell cultures and on mice, fools the...Tags: Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Lymphoma, Medical Research, Northwestern University, Science and Technology
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Study to test benefits of dance for Latin seniors
A group of Latino seniors soon will be stepping out on the dance floor in the name of medical research. A study being coordinated by a University of Illinois at Chicago professor will see if doing traditional dances such as salsa and cha-cha-cha can...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Dance, Teachers, Nursing Homes
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O'Malley warns of 'job-killing' sequester cuts
Gov. Martin O'Malley warned Sunday morning that Maryland faces "job-killing cuts" if Congress allows a wave of automatic spending reductions to take place this Friday as scheduled. Appearing on CBS' Face the Nation alongside Virginia Republican Gov. Bob...Tags: Mental Health, Politics, National Government, Regional Authority, Government
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U.S. cuts could lead to 'brain drain' in medicine
Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding could lead to a brain drain that will undermine the country's global status in medicine. With funding at the National Institutes of...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, Biology, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Medical Research
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The Crowd: The Carousel Ball spins for a cause
Some 30 years ago, my wife and I traveled to Denver for an annual gala hosted by Barbara and Marvin Davis, which they called "The Carousel Ball." Fast forward three decades and the Carousel Ball still unfolds annually, now in Beverly Hills with Barbara...
Tags: Miss America Pageant, Entertainment Events, Healthcare Provider, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Neiman Marcus
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