University of Maryland School of Medicine

Type: Organization

Name: University of Maryland School of Medicine

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Rotavirus main cause of childhood diarrhoea

A new international study published today in The Lancet has found that rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrhoea among infants.Diarrhoea-causing diseases are the second leading killer of young children globally, after pneumonia. The Global Enteric Multicenter ... [Published GhanaHomePage - May 15 2013]

Entities: Rotavirus, diarrhea, Diarrhoeal Diseases

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Obamacare's tax on innovation

Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles ... [Published Baltimore Sun - May 14 2013]

Entities: Invention, Taxes, Obamacare, University of Maryland, Medical Device Excise Tax

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

New study provides clear picture of the impact and causes of diarrheal diseases

Findings published in The Lancet can guide prevention, treatment and research on diarrheal diseases, which claim the lives of 800,000 children annuallyA new international study published today in The Lancet provides the clearest picture yet of the impact ... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 14 2013]

Entities: Vaccine, Cryptosporidium, Rotavirus

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

University of Maryland Medical Center Launches Genetic-Testing Program For Cardiac Stent Patients

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center now can receive long-term therapy based on information found in their genes. As part of a new personalized medicine initiative, ... [Published NewsBlaze - May 14 2013]

Entities: University of Maryland Medical Center, Stent, Patient

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Almost 5,700 State Employees Make $100,000 Or More

Maryland Reporter’s third annual report on state salaries found that 5,663 state employees pulled in $100,000 or greater in 2012 –about 6% of total state employees. Three out of four of these six-figure salaries are earned by people working for state ... [Published Citybizlist - May 14 2013]

Entities: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Randy Edsall, Brenda Frese, Mark Turgeon

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

University of Maryland Center Appoints Dr. William Rollow as Director of Clincal Services

Dr. William RollowDr. William Rollow, assistant professor of family and community medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is the new director of clinical services at the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine: www.c ... [Published Citybizlist - May 14 2013]

Entities: University of Maryland, Appointed, University of Maryland School of Medicine

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

About 40 percent of the diarrhea in young children is caused by four bugs, study finds

Four intestinal bugs are responsible for nearly half of all cases of childhood diarrhea, which kills about 800,000 children around the world each year. Thats the main finding of a three-year project designed to give researchers and public health officials ... [Published Washington Post - May 14 2013]

Entities: diarrhea, Rotavirus, GAVI Alliance, Cryptosporidium, Vaccine

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Calif. dose reporting law trades flexibility for ‘rote numeric compliance’

Radiation dose reporting regulation recently enacted in California, while well-intentioned, has the potential to subject radiologists to new and unvalidated standards, restrict necessary adjustments to imaging protocols and mislead patients, according ... [Published HealthImaging - May 13 2013]

Entities: Radiation Dose, Radiation, American College of Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Worm your way out of obesity

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with roundworms (nematodes) can not only combat obesity but ameliorate related metabolic disorders.Gastrointestinal nematodes infect approximately ... [Published LabOnline - May 13 2013]

Entities: Obesity, Infection, Metabolic Syndrome, cytokine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Man wearing headphones killed by 20-car freight train he couldn't hear coming

By A man wearing headphones was hit and killed by a 20-car freight train because he couldn't hear it approach or the driver's desperate attempts to warn him.Kevin Scott Street, 37, was walking on railroad tracks near a level crossing in Joppa, Maryland, ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 12 2013]

Entities: Rattlesnake, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 2 reports

Potential new drug found in the treatment of severe influenza

Via Digital Journal: Potential new drug found in the treatment of severe influenza . Excerpt:As the H7N9 bird flu virus continues to spread through China, scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have reported the discovery of a new ... [Published H5N1 - May 05 2013]

Entities: Influenza, Drugs, Virus, University of Maryland School of Medicine, H7N9

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Scientists pursue new therapies as H7N9 flu spreads in China

An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinical studies, according to University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers publishing in the journal Nature on May 1. The scientists ... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 02 2013]

Entities: Influenza, H7N9, Virus, China, Antiviral

Quotes

"Were it not for the events that I was involved with, and all the great volunteers that I've been honored to work with and be supported by, these kinds of events would not have become what they've become. It's really been a special journey and I'm moving forward."

Robert Vigorito to be honored before 30th annual Columbia Triathlon [Published Individual.com - May 18 2013]

...preparedness and responses to global viral pandemic threats," said Gina Adams, Corporate Vice President for Government Affairs at FedEx Corporation. "I look forward to contributing to the organization with my experience at FedEx, which reaches 220 countries and territories around the world and has worked alongside groups like this to help in times of crisis, whether it is delivering disaster relief supplies or life-saving medicines."

Global Virus Network Adds Seven Prominent Leaders to Board of Directors [Published Business Wire - May 16 2013]

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