Doctors inflate urinary tract infection drug costs study
A study in Archives of Internal Medicine finds many UTIs treated with non guideline friendly antibiotics. Researchers from University of Chicago and Stanford analyzed 1,478 nationwide cases from 1989 to 1998 and note only 24 percent of prescriptions matched IDSA guidelines, down from 48 percent a decade earlier.
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Archives of Internal Medicine
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University of Chicago
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Battle for Senate races shapes year in tight tossups
The 2002 Senate contest opens with a near even split, about a dozen states in play. Democrats hold a one vote edge, with major friction between Bush and Daschle over the economy. Key races include Johnson vs Thune in South Dakota, Wellstone in Minnesota, Carnahan in Missouri, Smith in New Hampshire, Allard in Colorado, Hutchinson in Arkansas, and potential challenges to Cleland, Harkin, and Landrieu. Three Republican retirees Helms Thurmond Gramm.
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New Hampshire
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Colorado
Wayne Allard
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Arkansas
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
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South Carolina
Phil Gramm
Texas
Carolinas
Vermont
James Jeffords
GOP
Pocket PC owner sues Microsoft over domain name
Ken Bellanger holder of a 1985 gag trademark files a small claims suit in San Francisco to protect his Pocket PC IP. He vows to file a new suit every month if Microsoft continues using the domain pcpocket.com.
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Ken Bellanger
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Bellanger
Microsoft
Bioterrorism stockpile moves toward tighter next steps
Washington AP reports the national anti-terrorism stockpile, built since 1999 with hundreds of millions and billions for antibiotics vaccines and antidotes, remains incomplete. A closed Atlanta meeting will decide future therapies including hemorrhagic fever smallpox botulism antitoxins and cyanide antidotes while outlining top threat pathogens.
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Atlanta
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