News health 2008-07-01 Andanh.com

Tomato scare may be mistake Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Health officials say other foods could be the source of U.S. salmonella outbreak

Health officials say other foods could be the source of U.S. salmonella outbreak

Hopkins hallucinogen test is praised Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Life-changing effects felt by many in study; lead researcher excited

More than a year after they took the hallucinogen found in "magic mushrooms," volunteers in a Johns Hopkins study rated the experience as one of the most meaningful and spiritually important of their lives, researchers reported today.

Congress gains time on Medicare cuts Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Amid intense political pressure from the nation's doctors, the Bush administration said yesterday it would hold off on a 10 percent fee cut in Medicare payments to doctors that was slated to kick in today.

Flaws in medical coding can kill Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Spread of computers creates new dangers, FDA officials warn

After a routine piece of medical equipment started mysteriously killing hospital patients a few years ago, the federal government turned to a small team of its software experts in suburban Maryland for help.

Where the money isn't Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Dr. Ronald Sroka, president-elect of the Maryland State Medical Society, says he's thinking of leaving his practice next year because he's not sure it can survive.

Q&A: Jamming and the brain Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A Johns Hopkins surgeon who says he is 'totally obsessed' with music studied what happens during the creative process when professional pianists improvise jazz riffs.

W hat happens in a jazz musician's brain during an improv session? Where does all that creativity come from? That's what Dr. Charles Limb, a Johns Hopkins surgeon with a passion for music, wanted to find out. Limb's medical specialty as an otolaryngologist is restoring deaf people's hearing with the use of cochlear implants, electronic devices that translate sounds for people with damaged ears. But in his research, Limb studies the effects of jazz on the brain.

Oil in Maryland? It's just a pipe dream Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
People have been drilling, off and on, since the 1860s

What do you know about Marcellus shale, a sedimentary bedrock that underlies much of the Appalachian Basin, including Maryland's westernmost counties, and why should you care?

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