Animal bites and rabies awareness at Ransot Memorial Hospital
Public health guidance from Ransot Memorial Hospital emphasizes the seriousness of animal bites from pets and wildlife, noting rabies risk with wild animals and the need for prompt wound care, tetanus updates, and medical attention for signs of infection or unusual animal behavior.
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Ransot Memorial Hospital
United States
Richard MacKenzie
American College of Emergency Physicians
New heart guidelines aim to boost cholesterol drug use
Aggressive new guidelines identify diabetes and metabolic syndrome as high risk, encourage lipoprotein profiling, and push lifestyle changes and medications. They estimate prescription cholesterol drugs could rise from 13 million to 36 million, with major declines in heart disease deaths expected if followed.
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Washington
National Institutes of Health
Claude Lenfant
National Heat, Lung and Blood Institute
Lenfant
U.S
James Cleeman
National
Journal of the Ameri
Can Medical Association
Scott Grundy
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas
Grundy
American Heart Association
Fewer child deaths from congenital heart defects study finds
Dallas AP reports a nationwide study shows deaths from congenital heart defects fell 39 percent from 1979 to 1997 across all ages, with infant deaths dropping from 9,828 to 6,435 and ages 1 to 4 down to 922. Improved diagnosis, surgery, and intensive care likely drove the decline.
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Dallas
United States
Lorenzo D. Botto
States sue drug firms over Cardizem generic delay
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia filed a 100 million federal antitrust lawsuit, accusing Aventis SA and Andrx Corp. of conspiring to block Cardizem CD generic versions for 11 months starting in 1998. The suit says consumers paid about 73 dollars monthly during the monopoly versus 32 for generics, costing an annual extra around 400 dollars per user.
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Detroit
District of Columbia
New York
Eliot Spitzer
Aventis SA
Andrx Corp
Andrx
Michigan
Jennifer Granholm
Aventis
Parsippany
N.J
Granholm
Elliot Hahn
Federal Trade Commission
Justice Department
Arizona
California
Iolaha
Indiana
Maine
Minnesota
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Utah
Vermont
Washington State
West Virginia
Aventis.com
AGs to battle abuse of drug OxyContin
State AGs pledged to fight OxyContin abuse as law enforcement chiefs launched a national task force. It will study current programs and include a computer node to spot potential abusers. Virginia AG Mark Earley noted the drug can save lives when used properly amid a rise in overdose deaths.
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Washington
Mark Earley
Virginia
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