2005

April

• Male hormones may help women after hysterectomy

• Judge sees Vioxx lawsuit lasting rest of decade

• Arthritis symptoms worse in African Americans

• High-risk individuals may opt for lung cancer test

• Obesity may raise risk of stillbirth, infant death

• Womb cancer risk varies by HRT type

• FDA OKs new drug for type 2 diabetes

• Lilly stops pediatric trial of sepsis drug

• Disfiguring eye disease dampens mood

• Failure to adopt new drugs fuels rise of malaria

• Yearly check for prostate cancer best

• Death toll from Angola Marburg outbreak tops 250

• Ageing global population spurs increase in cancer

• Job rates lower for people with arthritic diseases

• Anxiety common among testicular cancer survivors

• Former small babies later struggle to give birth

• North Europeans lead healthier but shorter lives

• Roche’s breast cancer drug gets more positive data

• Scientists identify new compound to fight SARS

• Respiratory virus poses significant risk to elderly

• High blood pressure staves off muscle pain

• Two drugs lower cholesterol better than one

• Second cancers common after childhood cancer

• Vitamin D does not prevent fractures in the elderly

• US nutrition aid needs better food, report finds

• Walking rehab may boost stroke patients’ confidence

• Exercise slows Alzheimer’s disease in mice

• Parents’ age tied to risk of oral birth defects

• Irish court delays ruling in Roche acne drug case

• Arizona surrogate mother gives birth to quintuplets

• Genentech drug helps post-surgery breast cancer

• Gallstones linked with cardiovascular disease

• Consumer ads boost doctors’ scripts - study

• Exercise as good as surgery for shoulder injury

• Stop aspirin five days before surgery

• Genes may predict response to diabetes drug

• Drug combo curbs nausea of chemotherapy

• Many women wait weeks for a mammogram

• Chernobyl thyroid cancer detection scheme at risk

• WHO hopeful about beating Angola’s Marburg Virus

• Best to eat like the Greeks after heart disease

• Longs drugs to move meth ingredient behind counter

• Vietnam bird flu puzzle has many missing pieces

• Japan cellphone firms find no DNA damage from waves

• Combo therapy lowers blood clot risk after stroke

• Sleep patterns linked to diabetes risk

• Hepatitis C can be sexually transmitted

• Malaria costs Africa more than $12 bln/year

• J&J changes heart drug label to show mortality risk

• Fertility drug may boost uterine cancer risk

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