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Pikesville man who received tainted steroid joins push for drug oversight reform
— Pikesville resident Gerald Cohen was an active 71-year-old retiree, filling his free time with gardening, volunteering and enjoying the company of his grandchildren despite persistent back pain — until he sought relief for it.
Treated...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Meningitis, Margaret Hamburg
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Triceps tears have a long recovery period
Fans were missing linebacker Ray Lewis at the end of the Ravens' last game. Lewis is out for the season after suffering a triceps tear, a rare injury with a long recovery time. Dr. Umasuthan Srikumaran, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the...Tags: Football, Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals, Johns Hopkins University, Physical Therapists
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Maryland health officials critical of compounding pharmacies in JAMA report
State health officials in an article in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association criticized the oversight of compounding pharmacies and said the facilities need to take more responsibility in protecting patients from tainted drugs. The...Tags: American Medical Association, Meningitis
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Mold, bacteria found in pharmacy linked to meningitis outbreak
The Massachusetts pharmacy at the heart of a probe into a deadly meningitis outbreak may have violated federal health laws, U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigators said Friday, saying mold and bacteria were found in areas where drugs were mixed....
Tags: Medical Research, American Medical Association, Cancer, Health Organizations, Food and Drug Administration
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Johns Hopkins doctors outline meningitis death
The rapid decline in health and ultimate death of a woman from fungal meningitis at Johns Hopkins Hospital after she'd received a tainted steroid injection was outlined by a team of Hopkins doctors in a medical journal article released online Thursday....
Tags: Internists, Health and Medical Professionals, Symptoms, Internal Medicine, Pharmaceuticals
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14th meningitis case reported in Maryland
Health officials confirmed a 14th fungal meningitis case in Maryland on Friday as an outbreak of the disease continues to spread across the country. Confirmed meningitis cases reached 184 nationwide. They are thought to stem from three batches of...Tags: Arthritis, Meningitis, Bones and Joints
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Two more meningitis cases in Maryland
Maryland health officials said Monday that two more patients have developed meningitis in the state after receiving a steroid injection for back pain in an outbreak that has hit nearly two dozen states. Both patients are alive, but no additional...Tags: Photophobia, Symptoms, Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration
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Third meningitis case reported in Maryland
Maryland health officials on Saturday announced a third patient has developed meningitis in the state after receiving a steroid injection in September. More cases were found across the country, bringing the total to more than 60. The person is alive, but...
Tags: Photophobia, Health Organizations, Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration
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Maryland braces for more meningitis cases
Maryland could see new cases of meningitis for a month or more as health officials continue to search for new and past cases of the disease, which has sickened 50 people in several states who received injections of a tainted steroid. In the cases...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Symptoms, Food and Drug Administration, Immune System
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With Paul Ryan, Romney bets on the wrong vision for America
Mitt Romney said he wanted to select a vice presidential candidate who had a vision for America, and that he did. In fact, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan likely beats out his prospective boss in the vision department, having provided the most concrete and...
Tags: John McCain, Government Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Robin Hood, Sarah Palin
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Health officials set 'low threshold' for treatment to battle meningitis outbreak
Hundreds of Marylanders may need spinal taps as public health leaders seek to rein in a fungal meningitis outbreak that continues to expand as more is learned about the unusual cases.
Health officials said Wednesday that they still are working to contact...Tags: Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chemical Industry, Immune System, Pharmaceuticals
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Spinal stenosis a painful arthritic condition
Jim Calhoun should be on the sidelines of a basketball court, coaching the University of Connecticut men's team. Instead, he's been on medical leave for a painful arthritic condition.
Calhoun's pain is caused by spinal stenosis, a medical condition that...Tags: Jim Calhoun, Health Treatments, College Sports, Johns Hopkins University, Health and Medical Professionals
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