2006

March

• Newly identified human bocavirus may be associated with pneumonia

• Older women most successful at quitting smoking

• Poor nations need help fighting bird flu

• Africa must do more to fight TB

• Study confirms that the children with dental decay are not underweight in comparison to their peers

• Penile surgery effective for neurologic impairment

• U.S. screening for highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in migratory birds

• ADHD drug use in US rose among ages 20-44: study

• Stigma, denial delay Alzheimer’s diagnosis: survey

• Mammography rates better with shared care

• Finasteride combined with oral contraceptives may improve female hair loss

• Discovery of Pivotal Pathway to Regulating Inflammatory Arthritis

• Blood test detects sickle cell disease prognosis

• Research Suggests Therapy Against Side Effects of Smallpox Vaccine

• Emergence of a human-adapted H5 virus is a clear threat to public health worldwide

• Genetic differences between males and females might be evened out at the rim of the nucleus

• Premature birth, low birthweight raises abuse risk

• Africa meets to fight bird flu after first death

• Holy smoke! Chinese city turns cigarettes to medicine

• Using nicotine gum or patches while still smoking may help smokers quit

• Salmonella research provides clues to antibiotic development

• Discovery of substance in the brain that is proven to cause memory loss

• You’re so vain, you probably think this “article” is about you

• WHO calls for urgent studies on best use of Tamiflu

• Straight men using meth have riskier sex

• GlaxoSmithKline receives NDA for Coreg CR

• FDA grants Cerexa fast track designation

• A new strategy to tuberculosis

• Low-carb diets can be unhealthy, doctors warn

• Israel finds H5N1 in birds

• Vaccine reduces pneumonia deaths: US study

• Roche aims for 400 million Tamiflu doses by end 2006

• Technique of urethroplasty for female stricture disease described

• Cleaner air equates to a longer life

• Parents win high court battle to keep their baby alive

• Stray dog dies of bird flu in Azerbaijan

• Warning on caffeine loaded sodas and sports drinks

• Older people are far more likely to successfully quit smoking

• 10.2 million plastic surgery procedures performed in the U.S. in 2005

• Small birthweight and premature births associated with higher risk of child abuse

• Denmark finds first case of H5 bird flu

• Sweden confirms first cases of H5N1 bird flu

• Antibiotic use in infants may double asthma risk

• Blood pressure drugs may combat Alzheimer’s

• ‘Baby blues’ linked to poorer parenting

• Strategies help keep memory fit in elderly

• Myanmar reveals its first case of H5N1 bird flu

• Healthy meniscus important in knee arthritis

• Thalidomide helps older blood cancer cases: study

• Tool may improve pain management in nursing homes

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