2005

February

• Vets to get cancer care in Indy

• A New Twist On HIV/AIDS Research

• Survey finds pain common in children and teenagers

• Mortality not higher for most with prostate cancer

• Vitamin D, calcium OK for Crohn’s-related bone loss

• Bush vows veto of any tampering with Medicare plan

• BP drugs reduce pneumonia risk in stroke patients

• Patients with serious illness appear to adapt well

• S.Africa’s Mbeki vows AIDS action critics persist

• Polio campaign on track despite Saudi case: WHO

• U.S. FDA says may study hyperactivity drug risk

• One in eight kids in Banda Aceh badly malnourished

• Lawmakers criticize White House drug war budget

• Breast exam adds little to mammography: study

• Gene mutations may explain women’s higher MS rate

• Britons underestimate impact of heart disease -poll

• Bone thinning occurs faster among whites: study

• CDC calls for meningitis vaccination in teens

• Once-daily tobramycin safe for cystic fibrosis

• Antibiotic overuse linked to high resistance rates

• Migraine with loss-of-vision linked to stroke risk

• Genetic testing needed to follow TB outbreaks

• Family stress linked to diabetes in children

• Statins don’t protect against dementia: study

• Mouse allergen in inner city linked to asthma

• Bacterial infection may cut esophageal cancer risk

• Flu vaccination rate up among high-risk children-CDC

• Medicare cost estimates spark disputes in Congress

• Mom’s work schedule affects child’s development

• Settlement reached in gene therapy death

• Court rejects $15 mln award in Kansas smoker case

• Canada suspends attention deficit drug Adderall XR

• Japanese bill recognises problem of elderly abuse

• Republicans ask for changes to asbestos plan

• Pfizer, Microsoft sue over illegal Viagra

• Hormone spray helps low libido women, trial shows

• Seaweed’s estrogen effects suggest cancer benefits

• Republicans to meet on key senator’s asbestos bid

• Vancouver clinic to offer heroin on prescription

• Doctors told to look out for ‘broken heart’ syndrome

• Doctors begin to separate “mermaid” baby’s legs

• High-protein infant diet could lead to wrong diagnosis

• Pain disorders linked to patient’s perception

• Flu vaccine safe for infants, but monitoring needed

• Cuba’s geriatric club claims world’s oldest man

• U.S. baby said to be smallest to survive goes home

• Smaller fixes could bolster Social Security -AARP

• Rare muscle-forming cells found in newborn hearts

• Ailment can be confused with Alzheimer’s

• Periodontal bacteria linked to heart disease

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