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Trend tracks shift in responsibility for dosing to patient Deaths from medication mistakes at home, such as actor Heath Ledger’s accidental overdose, rose sharply over the past two decades, an analysis of U.S. death certificates finds.

Invisible blasts, indelible wounds for U.S. troops
Explosions of war are racking U.S. troops with brain injuries both subtle and severe Explosions of war are racking U.S. troops with brain injuries both subtle and severe

Rural Maryland faces shortage of doctors
Numbers to worsen by 2015, study shows Maryland’s rural areas are likely to have a serious shortage of doctors in coming years, the state’s medical establishment has warned.

Drug ad rules are hazy, enforcement often slow, GAO reports
When a state trooper pulls over a speeding motorist, the officer usually writes out a ticket on the spot.

Los Angeles considers moratorium on new fast-food restaurants
In the impoverished neighborhood of South Los Angeles, fast food is the easiest cuisine to find — and that’s a problem for elected officials who see it as an unhealthy source of calories and cholesterol.

Conservative columnist Novak says he has brain tumor
BOSTON Conservative political commentator Robert Novak announced yesterday that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, less than a week after he struck a pedestrian with his Corvette and drove away. Novak, 77, fell ill on Cape Cod this weekend while visiting his daughter and was rushed to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he said he was diagnosed Sunday with the tumor. “I will be suspending my journalistic work for an indefinite but, God willing, not too lengthy period,” Novak, editor of the Evans-Novak Political Report, said in the statement released by his publisher, Eagle Publishing. His assistant, Kathleen Connolly, told the newspaper that doctors had not yet done a biopsy to determine if the tumor was malignant. Last week, Novak was given a $50 citation after he struck a homeless man with his Corvette in downtown Washington.

Md. cancer statistics altered
Cases overstated; matter goes to attorney general A state contractor tampered with Maryland’s cancer registry, a database used by researchers to track the disease’s impact, counting hundreds of patients as having cancer when they did not, according to a legislative audit released yesterday.

Vanda shares dive 73% to 90 after FDA rejects drug
FDA rejects Rockville biotech’s schizophrenia drug Shares of Vanda Pharmaceuticals fell 73 percent yesterday to its lowest level since going public two years ago after the Rockville company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected its schizophrenia drug, known as iloperidone.

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