2005

August

• Male hormones not tied to women’s libido

• Study questions extent of autism in the U.S.

• TV is bad for children’s education, studies show

• Acupuncture may do little for fibromyalgia

• Family therapy may help boys who bully

• DHEA may be no help for fibromyalgia

• Keeping ovaries at hysterectomy may boost survival

• Alzheimer toxin may be key to slowing disease

• Obese arthritis patients have lower death rates

• Amphetamines may slow Parkinson’s disease

• Bone loss puts older women at risk of tooth loss

• New cleaning process reduces hospital risk of vCJD

• Parents’ smoking may discolor kids’ gums

• Bird flu could spread to European Russia - ministry

• Mail order drugs could save U.S. billions

• Schizophrenia risk rises for babies born in famine

• Pfizer to add warning to Celebrex

• Altered sense of smell may point to Alzheimer’s

• Girls abused by dates at higher STD risk

• EU agency recommends UCB’s Keppra for child use

• Medicaid cutbacks painful as US states push reforms

• Netherlands sees no threat from Russian bird flu

• Cholera outbreak kills 58 in Guinea-Bissau

July

• Right-brain strokes harder to diagnose

• Many stroke patients aren’t treated for hypertension

• Good bacteria useful for ulcerative colitis

• Ethiopia feeding program still having trouble

• More US mad cow mistakes raise credibility concerns

• Japan male population shrinks, first time on record

• Death toll from China pig disease rises to 24

• Acupuncture may improve sperm quality

• Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

• Illegal Drug Trade Yields 10-15bn Dollars Yearly in Russia

• Children “damaged” at UK asylum centre

• Progesterone cream may deliver high hormone dose

• Face Transplant Takes Leave of Science Fiction

• Patch increases sexual desire in menopausal women

• Omeprazole better than other drugs for indigestion

• Vitamin D doesn’t slow bone loss in black women

• U.S. court rules Union Pacific must cover contraception

• Havana on health alert after eight children die

• Mysterious disease kills 17 in southwest China

• Indonesia to send blood samples for bird flu test

• Pfizer planned reorganization will result in a “net reduction” of jobs

• Language training helps stroke patients speak

• Japan’s women set long life record for 20th year

• Signs point to global influenza oubreak

• Emergency contraception via vagina may be feasible

• Wrist guards don’t prevent all snowboard injuries

• Russia finds first suspected case of bird flu

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