Warnings Sent to Emory Brain Patients
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ATLANTA Oct. 1, 2004 - Emory University officials sent warning letters to more than 500 surgery patients at the school&#39;s medical center after a brain surgery patient tested positive for a fatal disease similar to the human version of mad cow disease.
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ATLANTA Emory University Hospital in Atlanta is telling more than 500 patients they may have been exposed to a fatal brain disease though the actual risk is &quot;remote.
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Advanced brain scanning uncovered startling signs of awareness in a woman in a vegetative state, British scientists reported Thursday &#151; a finding that complicates one of medicine's ethical minefields.
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Scientists show how having a stroke - or even snoring heavily - can increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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Thousands of brain-damaged people who are treated as if they are almost completely unaware may register what is going on around them but be unable to respond, a study suggests.
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A pair of Food and Drug Administration advisory panels called yesterday for new warnings for the widely used diabetes drug Avandia because of evidence that it significantly raises the risk of heart attack, but they stopped short of recommending that the drug be pulled from the market, as some FDA...
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Federal health officials on Tuesday proposed sterner warning labels for acetaminophen, aspirin and ibuprofen, again cautioning millions of Americans who take the nonprescription pain relievers regularly of potentially serious side effects.
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Health India &gt; Washington, Sept 26 : According to researchers at Boston university brightly colored cups, plates spur food, beverage consumption in patients suffering from Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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The warning was issued after two patients taking the cancer drug Rituxan as a treatment for the autoimmune disorder lupus died from a rare brain infection.
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All manufacturers of attention deficit drugs should alert patients to possible cardiovascular and psychiatric risks from the medicines, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
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New questions arose on Friday about a cluster of deaths believed to be from a rare brain disease in a single county in upstate New York when tests
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Doctors get a second warning about misusing the pain drug.
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Monkeys at Emory University are being called up for Alzheimer&#39;s duty, in hopes that studies on them can explain more about the disease in humans than research on mice does.
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U.S. health officials alerted doctors on Thursday that medicines used to treat epilepsy and psychiatric disorders may raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior.
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People newly diagnosed with epilepsy have an especially high risk of suicide and doctors should keep an eye on them, Danish researchers reported on Monday.
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ARTHRITIS sufferers were yesterday warned that a widely-used painkiller increases the risk of heart attack and strokes and were urged to contact their doctors.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers considering more stringent warning labels for antidpressants linked to suicidal thoughts among children told the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday that they may consider more than just a label change.    One member of the panel asked the drug agency whether they could require that those prescribing the drugs undergo training to better recognize warning signs...