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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One of Australia&#39;s major hospitals fears its operating rooms may have been contaminated with a fatal brain-wasting disease. Royal Melbourne Hospital is contacting over a thousand patients who had brain or spinal surgery there in the past 18 months.
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British medical regulators urged physicians on Monday to show greater caution in prescribing antidepressant drugs and said they should be clearly labeled with warnings about their use.
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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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Patients who experience medical or neurological complications following stroke, such as pneumonia or brain swelling, are at a greater risk of dying in the hospital, according to an article in the September 13 ...
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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  yesterday 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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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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The Chiron Corporation said yesterday that it had received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration demanding more information about the company&#39;s plans to fix widespread sanitary
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A recent study by researchers from the Bristol University was published in the journal Thorax. The report is likely to cause an alarm among pregnant women and mothers of newly born.
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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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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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WASHINGTON -- Advanced brain scanning uncovered startling signs of awareness in a woman in a vegetative state, British scientists reported Thursday _ a finding that complicates one of medicine's ethical minefields.
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Brain scans have been developed which it is claimed can predict what a person is about to do.
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Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday in an alert to doctors.
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Warnings could be introduced after analysis confirms high levels of bacteria and viruses.
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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.