2005

February

• Judge skeptical of tobacco argument in U.S. suit

• New strain of HIV in New York City still worrisome

• Flu shots effective in kids older than two

• Men likelier than women to have bowel cancer test

• Wash helps stop “mad cow” transmission in surgery

• Eating breakfast may do a heart good

• Global anti-smoking pact takes effect on Sunday

• Dirty water, poor sanitation kill thousands daily

• Ethiopia records polio case as virus spreads

• Asian countries appeal for bird flu help

• Platelet transfusions carry risk of infection

• More drugs better for protecting baby from HIV

• Anti-smoking message saves heart patients’ lives

• Wives of smokers run risk of stroke

• Malaria preventive linked to ‘psychiatric events’

• UN predicts 9.1 billion people on earth by 2050

• US poll backs bigger gov’t role on drug prices

• Hospitals aim to split device savings with doctors

• Heart attack risk with HIV drugs a concern

• Nerve factor infusion improves Parkinson’s disease

• Meditation technique helps lower blood pressure

• Deaths from UK hospital superbug rising - report

• Nigeria to expand therapy to 100,000 AIDS patients

• Studies expose bacterial secret for infecting body

• Pregnant women risk murder in U.S., report finds

• Madagascar needs newer anti-malaria drugs - WHO

• Afghanistan cold said to claim 150 children

• Hong Kong air quality benchmarks too lax - group

• Salt should be regulated food additive, group says

• Senator resisting cut in asbestos claims fund

• Vietnam appeals for help in bird flu fight

• China must expand AIDS fight - UNICEF

• Carotenoids may ward off prostate cancer

• Experts debate effectiveness of bird flu vaccines

• Doctors search for plague victims in Congo’s east

• Consider age, health when choosing floor coverings

• No Amount of Drinking Is Safe During Pregnancy

• End-of-life care often begun too late: study

• When Does Autism Start?

• Pope hospitalized again after suffering relapse of flu, fever

• Greenhouse gas cuts crops’ nutrition

• Breast Cancer Treatment With Tamoxifen Appears to Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

• Arizona doctors charged with selling fake Botox to stay in jail

• Cancer threat from radon gas has been underestimated, report says

• ‘Help needed for couples with conception problems’

• Effectiveness of bird flu vaccine debated

• Reid defends partial smoking ban

• Yearly migration to Mexico loses a lot of its flutter

• Corticosteroid Emulsion Effective in Clearing Atopic Dermatoses

• Drug Helps Bleeding Stroke Patients

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