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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British medical regulators urged physicians today to show greater caution in prescribing antidepressant drugs and said they should be clearly labeled with warnings
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Eli Lilly and Co. on Friday said it  added a warning to the label of its attention  deficit/hyperactivity disorder medicine, advising patients with  jaundice or a liver injury to stop taking the treatment.
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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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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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People who have frequent migraines are also more likely to develop brain damage, according to research published yesterday. Richard Lipton, a professor at New York&#39;s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said
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US security officials are warning that veterans&#39; hospitals in the United States could be targeted by terrorists. A bulletin sent out late Thursday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department
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Patients who may have received a blood plasma transfusion from an individual who later developed CJD are to receive letters informing them that they may be &quot;at risk&quot;.
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A panel recommended that doctors and patients be given stronger warnings about the dangers associated with the use of drug-coated stents.
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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes are urged not to panic.
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The case of a woman in a vegetative   state who appeared to play tennis in her head highlights one of   the key frustrations of doctors who treat such patients --   trying to figure out what is going on in someone else's brain.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration has warned the maker of tropical fruit drink  XanGo over claims the beverage can prevent or treat cancer,  depression, infection, Alzheimer's disease and other ailments.
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Many mental health wards in Britain may do more harm than good and on some, patients are subjected to violence, verbal abuse and sexual harassment, according to special reports in the Lancet on Friday.
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The finding could have far-reaching consequences for how unconscious patients are cared for and diagnosed.
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Hundreds of brain cancer patients in France and perhaps others in the United States may be contacted about their radiation treatments from malfunctioning machines, which were ordered shut down by the French government after a manufacturer's warning.
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More than 500 surgery patients at Emory University Hospital may have been exposed to a fatal disease that resembles mad cow after a patient who had brain surgery Sept.
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Warnings could be introduced after analysis confirms high levels of bacteria and viruses.