2005

May

• Black cohosh extract relieves hot flashes

• Vaccine for cervical cancer virus promising

• Serious infection higher in people with asthma

• Glittering gold may aid in vision, LCD screens

• Aspirin can relieve acute migraine

• Latinos have earlier Alzheimer’s onset

• Breast cancer drug study halted after two deaths

• Treating teen drug problem alone may not be enough

• Plague vaccine shows promise in animals

• Vertex says drug quickly treats hepatitis C

• Polio outbreak could cripple 200 in Yemen - WHO

• World health body drags feet on cheap drugs - MSF

• Liver transplants work better from live donor - study

• Vietnam man has bird flu, 2nd in a month - report

• Alcohol harms women’s brains faster than men’s

• Extract of biopsy cells relieves Crohn’s disease

• Kylie’s case shows breast cancer can strike early

• Medicare to pay $2 bln for impotence drugs - study

• U.S. FDA looking to improve drug safety monitoring

• Autism may be linked to difficult births - study

• Breast cancer drug may help prostate - study

• Germany’s Merck hails cancer drug trial results

• Nicotine vaccine helps smokers quit, study finds

• Packaging matters in sticking with medicine

• Indonesia tests more pigs for bird flu virus

• Pill camera spots polyps in small intestine

• Vietnam reports first human bird flu case in a month

• Cholesterol drugs may reduce breast cancer risk

• MRI + mammogram best for screening high-risk women

• Some people get delayed cancer care-studies

• Each year, thousands of kids hurt on trampolines

• Tests for human WNV vaccine are promising

• Experimental cancer drugs show much promise

• Virtual reality may speed recovery after stroke

• MMR vaccine not linked to Crohn’s disease

• Lancet calls for big jump in global cigarette tax

• Lung cancer drug helps majority in study

• Genentech drug slows progression of lung cancer

• Femara bests tamoxifen in breast cancer trial

• U.S. probe sought of memo on “morning-after” pill

• Cambodian bird flu suspect hospitalised in Vietnam

• Bird flu found in Indonesian pigs

• Penn. judge rescinds $1.4 mln fen-phen verdict

• Florida Doctors Credit Hurricane for Wave of Births

• Oral contraceptives boost herpes shedding

• Breast cancer recurrence in Japanese women

• Leprosy originated in Africa or Near East - study

• Breast cancer survival

• Cataract surgery may improve driving ability

• Chinese medicine ignites American’s hope

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