News: October 2005
- ‘Bioidentical’ Female Hormone Use Questioned (MSNBC)
- Brain Structure Link to Anxiety (BBC)
- Experts: Bird Flu Import Bans Illogical (AP)
- Dairy Guidelines Criticized by Lactose-Intolerant (MSNBC)
- An Apple a Day for Health? Mars Recommends Two Bars of Chocolate (New York Times)
- Report Confirms Little Malaria R&D Funding (AP)
- DNA Could Speed Flu Vaccines (Wired)
- Biotech Firms Race to Perfect Vaccine Technique (MSNBC)
- Making Smear Tests More Bearable (BBC)
- Japan to Kill 82,000 More Chickens (AP)
- Gene Discovery Could Broaden Cancer Research (HealthDay)
- Air Pollution Tied to Stroke Risk (Reuters)
- FDA Warns Against Cherry Health Claims (AP)
- China Reports Girl Did Not Die of Avian Flu (New York Times)
- St. John’s Wort Protein Suppresses HIV (HealthDay)
- LA County Urges Gays to Cut Back Smoking (AP)
- Abortion Depression Link Queried (BBC)
- Obsessed With Weight and Still Overweight (MSNBC)
- Some Vegetables May Protect Against Lung Ca (HealthDay)
- Possible Cause of Prostate Cancer Found (AP)
- Robots May Allow Surgery in Space (AP)
- Hoarding Halts Flu Drug Shipments in U.S. (MSNBC)
- Doctors Recommend Hepatitis Shot for Kids (AP)
- Medicare Drug Benefit May Expand ‘Catastrophic’ Protection (HealthDay)
- Fears Over Transplant DNA Mix-Ups (BBC)
- New DNA Map Will Help Find Bad Genes (AP)
- Anemia May Raise Elderly Death Risk (HealthDay)
- Ex-Head of F.D.A. or Wife Sold Stock in Regulated Area (New York Times)
- Child’s Growth Predicts Adult Heart Woes (HealthDay)
- Doctors Recommend Hepatitis Shot for Kids (AP)
- McDonald’s to Add Facts on Nutrition to Packaging (New York Times)
- Generic Drugs Could Have Saved Us $20B (USA Today)
- Tiny Differences in DNA Mapped (AP)
- Weekend TV Watchers Grow Up — and Out (MSNBC)
- Report: Pot Not a Major Cancer Risk (Reuters)
- Government Mulls Do-It-Yourself AIDS Test (AP)
- Bird Flu ‘Set to Hit Africa Next’ (BBC)
- Simple Tests Predict Post-Op Pain (HealthDay)
- Eating Fish: There’s a Catch (USA Today)
- EU Nations Have Strategies for Bird Flu (AP)
- Seeking Divine Protection (Washington Post)
- And Now, a Warning About Labels (New York Times)
- Generic Drugs Could Have Saved Us $20B (AP)
- Unhappy Workers Face Health Risks (MSNBC)
- Viagra ‘Could Cut Heart Stress’ (BBC)
- U.N. Campaigns to End AIDS in Kids (AP)
- Predicting Alzheimer’s Is More Wish Than Reality (New York Times)
- Africa Aids Orphans ‘May Top 18m’ (BBC)
- Adequate Supply of Flu Vaccine Is Predicted (New York Times)
- Parents Blame Kids’ Inactivity for Obesity (AP)
- Preparing for End-of-Life Decisions (HealthDay)
- Your Brain’s Sex Can Make You Ill (BBC)
- Getting More Stem Cells Out of Cord Blood (HealthDay)
- Job Stress May Be Bad for Young Men’s Arteries (Reuters)
- Senate Pushes Back Stem-Cell Debate to ’06 (New York Times)
- Black Colleges Aiming to Fight Obesity (AP)
- China Warns HIV Cases Could Exceed 10 Million by 2010 (Reuters)
- When Health Insurance Is Not a Safeguard (New York Times)
- Study Refutes Soft Drinks’ Impact on Kids’ Obesity (HealthDay)
- Britain: Bird Flu Is Deadly H5N1 Strain (AP)
- FDA Approves First Brain Stem Cell Transplant (MSNBC)
- Kids Find Beer Ads Appealing (HealthDay)
- Experts Refute Anti-Bacterial Soap Claims (AP)
- Report on Stents Could Spur Increase in Medicare Aid (New York Times)
- Pain Affects Black Women More Intensely (HealthDay)
- Study: New Diabetes Pill Deemed Dangerous (AP)
- Gene That Helps Control Heartbeat Found (HealthDay)
- Walk Off the Pounds With Your Dog (MSNBC)
- Group Petitions for Blindness Warning on Impotency Drugs (USA Today)
- Blackberry Users Learning Painful Lesson (AP)
- Pollution ‘Cuts Boy Baby Numbers’ (BBC)
- Abused Boys Become Abusive Men (HealthDay)
- Experts Refute Anti-Bacterial Soap Claims (AP)
- Drug Found Effective Against Early Breast Cancer (MSNBC)
- U.S. Gives Florida a Sweeping Right to Curb Medicaid (New York Times)
- Marital Status Affects Prostate Cancer Treatment Choices (HealthDay)
- Agency Chooses a New Director for Drug Safety (New York Times)
- Bird flu kills Thai man; fear grows in Europe (Reuters)
- Gene Mutations Linked to Breast Cancer in Black Women (HealthDay)
- Congress Pulls Plug on Viagra Subsidies (AP)
- IVF Defects Higher Than Expected (BBC)
- S. Korea Opens Bank for Stem Cell Research (AP)
- Study: Obesity Surgery May Be Riskier (MSNBC)
- Sleeping Pill Use by Youths Soars, Study Says (New York Times)
- New Stem-Cell Methods Fall Short (Wired)
- N.J. to Create Umbilical Cord Blood Bank (AP)
- Antibacterial Soaps Under the Microscope (MSNBC)
- Family caregivers lack mental health help (Reuters)
- Study Finds Failure to File Malpractice Data (New York Times)
- China: 2,600 Birds Dead of Bird Flu (AP)
- Can Brain Scans See Depression? (New York Times)
- Quarantine System Needs Revamp, Study Says (MSNBC)
- Study: Losing Weight Can Help Sex Life (AP)
- How Big a Threat is Bird Flu? (Washington Post)
- Cannabis Cancer Risk Played Down (BBC)
- Second-Hand Smoke Tied to Asthma Severity (Reuters)
- A Quiet Revolt Against the Rules on SIDS (New York Times)
- Crohn’s Disease Drug Effective, Researchers Say (MSNBC)
- Scientists Study Bone Recovery in Smokers (AP)
- Jump in Wholesale Price Means Flu Shots Cost More (USA Today)
- Studies Show New Ways to Get Stem Cells (AP)
- New Tissue ‘Grown Within Minutes’ (BBC)
- At Clinic, Hurdles to Clear Before Medicaid Care (New York Times)
- Study: Prescription Sleep Aid Use Soaring in US (Reuters)
- Chinese Doc Donates Marrow to U.S. Girl (AP)
- Lipitor or Generic? Billion-Dollar Battle Looms (New York Times)
- New Stem Cell Drug Gives Baby Second Chance (HealthDay)
- Disasters and Their Dead (New York Times)
- Booze Thins the Blood (HealthDay)
- Bird Flu Expected to Spread From Asia (AP)
- WHO Urges Calm Over New Bird Flu Discovery (AP)
- F.D.A. Seizes Medicine-Dispensing Pumps (Bloomberg)
- Report Says Medicare Easy Target for Fraud (AP)
- Find the Protein in the Haystack (Wired)
- Lawyer Grills Vioxx Researcher at Trial (AP)
- The Best Kind of Veggie Burger (MSNBC)
- Scientist Wins Male Contraceptive Grant (AP)
- Four Children in Minnesota Contract Polio (AP)
- Cooling Newborns May Help Prevent Brain Damage (HealthDay)
- Report: Liver Transplant Deception Fatal (AP)
- Many Women Still Don’t Take Heart Disease Seriously (HealthDay)
- Scientists Look to DNA for Personalized Nutrition (AP)
- After a Heart Attack, Many Continue to Smoke (Reuters)
- Stem Cell Heart Cure to be Tested (BBC)
- Women’s Health Fuelling Poverty (BBC)
- Little Progress in Stemming STDs (MSNBC)
- Calif. Court Hears Gay Fertility Case (AP)
- Two Worlds of Rituals Are Joined in the Operating Room (New York Times)
- Fish May Aid Fetal Brain Development (Reuters)
- High Court Won’t Hear Cheaper Drugs Case (AP)
- Missourians Petition to Protect Stem Cell Research (USA Today)
- Fat Muscles’ May Explain Obesity (BBC)
- Nobel Came After Years of Battling the System (New York Times)
- Economic Fallout From Bird Flu a Concern (AP)
- Embryonic Cells, No Embryo Needed: Hunting for Ways Out of an Impasse (New York Times)
- Brain Dysfunction May Link Suicide, Epilepsy (HealthDay)
- Envisioning a 21st-Century Quarantine (AP)
- Homeland Security to be Lead in Flu Crisis (MSNBC)
- Fish Fuels the Brain (HealthDay)
- Group: Africa Turns Back on AIDS Kids (AP)
- Scans Show How HIV Attacks Brain (BBC)
- Diabetes Major Risk to the Unborn (BBC)
- California Maps Strategy for Its $3 Billion Stem Cell Project (New York Times)
- New SIDS Policy Recommends Pacifiers (AP)
- Amniotic Stem Cells Fix Defective Windpipes (HealthDay)
- Many in U.S. Playing a Risky Game of Sex (MSNBC)
- Feds Prepare for Super-Flu Disaster (AP)
- The Front Lines in the Battle Against Avian Flu Are Running Short of Money (New York Times)
- Watchdog Group Claims GlaxoSmithKline Misled FDA (HealthDay)
- Experts Seek to Debunk Baby Food Myths (AP)
- Brain Area ‘More Than Just Motor’ (BBC)
- Losing Sleep Takes Toll on Your Health (Washington Post)
- Saying Goodbye to Early Memories (HealthDay)
- New SIDS Policy Recommends Pacifiers (AP)
- Italian Abortion Pill Angers Vatican (AP)
- Higher-Priced Fruits, Veggies Linked to Weight Gain in Kids (HealthDay)
- Experts Give Scientists Roadmap on Nanotechnology Research (New York Times)
- Web Sales of Bird Flu Drug Spark Counterfeit Fears (Reuters)
- Cervical Cancer Jab ‘In a Year’ (BBC)
- Using Old Flu Against New Flu (Wired)
- Donor’s Organs Are Linked to West Nile (New York Times)
- Teens’ Allergy Fears ‘Mistaken’ (BBC)
- Fasting Glucose Levels May Not Be Best Indicator of Diabetes Risk (HealthDay)
- Bush Presses Vaccine Makers on Bird Flu (AP)
- Novel Kidney-Swap Program is a Success (USA Today)
- Unfair Cancer Care Across Europe (BBC)
- Test Shows Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer (AP)
- Using Old Flu Against New Flu (Wired)
- Weight Gain May Spur Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)
- Heart Patients ‘Keep On Smoking’ (BBC)
- Lupus Drug Fails Goals (New York Times)
- As Waters Recede, New Health Woes Rise (HealthDay)
- To Prevent Mad Cow Disease, F.D.A. Proposes New Restrictions on Food for Animals (New York Times)
- Containing Bird Flu Abroad Key to U.S. (AP)
- When Life’s Flame Goes Out (USA Today)
- New microchip implant detects heart problems (Reuters)
- WHO: Chronic Disease May Kill 400M by 2015 (AP)
- Skin cancer often strikes twice, study finds (MSNBC)
- Vet Suicides Outstrip UK Average (BBC)
- Fear of Flu Outbreak Rattles Washington (New York Times)
- The Lowdown on Bad Cholesterol (HealthDay)
- Brazil Near Deal With Abbott for Price Cut on AIDS Drug (New York Times)
- Don’t Let Toddlers Develop Bad Eating Habits (MSNBC)
- Bush Considers Military Role in Flu Fight (AP)
- A Billion Will Die From Smoking’ (BBC)
- Two Win Nobel Prize for Discovering Bacterium Tied to Stomach Ailments (New York Times)
- Study: Most Will Be Fat Over the Long Haul (AP)
- Exercise in Middle Age Can Cut Alzheimer’s Risk (Reuters)
- Vital Exhaustion’ Not Seen to boost Cancer Risk (MSNBC)
- Indian Doctors Hopeful of Separating Conjoined Twins (Reuters)
- Serious Riders, Your Bicycle Seat May Affect Your Love Life (New York Times)
- Doctor Sued Over Sex Treatment for Back Pain (Reuters)
- Dole Pre-Packaged Salads Recalled for E. Coli (MSNBC)
- Is It Time to Vaccinate More Kids for Flu? (AP)
- Wisconsin to House National Stem Cell Bank (AP)
- Insurance for Infertility Treatment Lags (MSNBC)
- Abortion Might Outgrow Its Need for Roe v. Wade (New York Times)
- Pathological Liars Have Different Brains (HealthDay)
- Husband’s Support Can Help With Breastfeeding (Reuters)
- Anesthesiologists Take Pride in Music (AP)
- Drug Plans in Medicare Start Effort on Marketing (New York Times)
- AIDS Believed on Rise Again in Thailand (AP)
- Movies ‘Condoning Sex and Drugs’ (BBC)
- Australians Win Nobel Prize in Medicine (AP)
