2005

February

• Rheumatoid arthritis raises heart death risk

• Bush signals tougher embryo research limits

• St. Louis Rams hit with drug-resistant bacteria

• Welders show elevated rate of Parkinson symptoms

• Poverty worsening HIV among U.S. black women

• Kidney disease tied to mental impairment

• Drug use in strict Singapore waning, gov’t says

• Bexxar effective first-line treatment for lymphoma

• Whooping cough kills six Afghans, 200 ill - paper

• BP control key to preeclampsia prevention

• U.S. to double AIDS-fighting support to Haiti

• Stroke risk rises if stroke survivors stop aspirin

• Jury orders Brown & Williamson to pay $22 mln

• Canada’s blood supply wins top marks in study

• Highest number of road deaths in U.S. on 4th July

• Vietnam appeals for help in bird flu fight

• Vaccine program reduces chickenpox deaths

• European cancer patients using alternative therapy

• NY officials bar rabbi from circumcision ritual

• England gets cleaner but London remains filthy

• Silica issue clouds outlook for asbestos bill

• Two New York Men Diagnosed With Rare Sexually Transmitted Disease

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Attacks the Heart

• Gilead HIV Combo Beats Glaxo Drug in Trial

• Rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk for unrecognized heart disease and cardiac sudden death

• Zoloft prescription unchanged!

• Boy Has Successful Surgery On ‘Frank The Tumor’

• Doctors keeping an eye on pope

• Two senior Vatican officials in charge while pope in hospital

• Healthy eating scheme launched for low income families

• Health chief hits at Malvern hospital hostility

• Man who tried to assassinate pope wishes him ‘speedy recovery’ from flu

• State receives more funding for kids’ health coverage

• Mental Health Care survey urges patients to respond

• U.S. Chickenpox Deaths At All-Time Low, Study Says

• Hospital backs plan for blanket ban on smoking

• Discussions begin on hospital improvements

• First Cambodian human case of infection with A/H5 avian influenza

• Moderate drinking doesn’t harm bones in women

• Trigger of heroin withdrawal symptoms identified

• Early drug therapy may help sickle cell patients

• Cuba sends doctors to help Guyana flood relief

• US Senate panel may deadlock on utility emissions

• Treat diabetes early and aggressively-US experts

• Cell phone users drive like the elderly -study

• Peru’s rare “mermaid” baby to have risky surgery

• The secret of getting to sleep? Music

• Brain tumor treatment inconsistent in US and Canada

• Red meat linked to one type of colon cancer

• Music and pets cam soothe dementia patients

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