2005

February

• Stroke patients benefit from early home rehab

• Kids with diabetes often have impaired hearing

• Group asks US FDA for ibuprofen warnings

• Vietnam says bird flu subsiding, no new human cases

• Other Vioxx-like drugs also risky for heart

• Study: The Pill changes women’s taste in men

• Sunlight lowers need for painkillers after surgery

• Disease, cold kill over 100 Afghans, officials say

• Rasagiline improves movement in Parkinson’s

• S. Africa scraps race as risk factor in donated blood

• Coffee may reduce risk of liver cancer

• Twin U.S. doctors accused of switching IDs

• Sudden rises in HIV levels no concern, report says

• Online info influences teen drug use

• New test could improve bladder cancer detection

• Air pollution damages babies in womb - study

• Study may mark advance in diabetes transplant care

• Quit smoking and live longer, study confirms

• S. Africa AIDS activists step up pressure on gov’t

• New organs could come from pig embryos - study

• Low thyroid activity may lower breast cancer risk

• Vietnam’s largest city orders mass kill of poultry

• German clinic discovers organ donor had rabies

• Senators try to forge bipartisan U.S. asbestos bill

• Herbal extract shows promise for diabetes

• Study Suggests Java May Ward Off Liver Cancer

• Factors Should Signal Heart Disease In Women

• Father says thank you to medics who saved his son’s life

• Zinc Deficiency Linked to Increased Risk of Less

• Pedicure Bacteria Problem Worries Health Officials

• New Treatment For Excessive Menstrual Bleeding

• Florida Tech scientist wins patent for device to deliver X-ray irradiation

• New Tests Provide Clues to Fetal Health

• HIV Migrants hist 1,000 in Britain

• Mental Health workers help city kids

• Hormone therapy controversy raises drug safety issues

• Alcohol has no nutritional value - Psychiatrist

• Vietnam claims headway in avian flu battle

• Partial smoking ban seen as lacking

• Can Coffee Protect Against Common Cancers?

• Hospital site to be smoke free

• Jackson child abuse case postponed after singer is admitted to hospital

• Scientist to withhold painkiller data

• Nutritional info may find a place on menus

• US to strengthen drug regulation

• U.S. herbal supplement leveling off

• New Jersey Experts Concerned About New Potential HIV Strain

• Mothers’ Exposure to Air Pollutants Linked to Chromosome Damage in Babies

• Smoking Not Worst Cause of Pollution

• Wine puts women’s hearts on song - study

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