2005

September

• Sufficient sleep as important as a healthy breakfast for best school performance

• Green tea component may fight Alzheimer’s

• Thousands of British doctors can’t find jobs

• Asia-Pacific battles rising cancer, heart disease

• Morphine overdose possible in Canberra Hospital death

• Dementia cases set to triple by 2055

• New studies shed light on stroke prevention and management

• Crack cocaine a substantial problem in London

• Parkinson’s drugs may trigger gambling obsession

• Vaginal contraceptive ring reduces bleeding days

• Stroke tied to increased risk of epilepsy

• Amantadine curbs weight gain with psychiatric drug

• Functioning artificial kidney on the way

• Canada to host big October conference on avian flu

• Businesses prepare for bird flu disruptions

• Peers boost breastfeeding among low-income women

• New drug may treat RA when others fail

• Flu shots urged for Katrina evacuees, elderly

• Cataract risk high in U.S. Hispanics

• Bats may have been source of SARS

• Soy food reduces bone fractures in older women

• WHO’s Chan aims to prepare world for bird flu outbreak

• Some bleeding strokes could be prevented

• Collagen injections help men with incontinence

• China police bust Sino-U.S. fake Viagra gang

• Incontinence linked to depression in women

• Exercise and healthy diet slow memory loss

• Bird flu pandemic a question of when, not if

• Epilepsy patients may be prone to bipolar disorder

• Detecting swallowing problems prevents pneumonia

• Rheumatoid arthritis may be becoming milder

• Heart checks could avoid 1 in 10 cot deaths

• Long-term prognosis of migraine favorable

• Tiotropium cuts COPD flare-ups

• Bacteria may put sewage treatment workers at risk

• Canadian study slams costly “me-too” medicines

• Eight percent of US kids have ADHD

• Bird flu ebbs in Kazakhstan and Russia

• British teacher sparks row on dyslexia

• Drug reduces hot flashes in breast cancer patients

• UK scientists suggest India may be source of BSE

• Slow-release drug eases epilepsy burden

• Artery disease seen with sleep-breathing disorder

• Genentech eye drug works as combo, has side effect

• Novartis drug aids bones in Paget’s disease

• Kansas City grand jury indicts 11 in Lipitor scam

• Anti-smoking groups seek tougher tobacco sanctions

• Japanese doctor adds insult and injury to patient

• Encephalitis death toll in northern India nears 400

• Anti-poverty campaign leaving women behind

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