2005

January

• EU needs new chemical rules to halt toxic fish: WWF

• Darfur humanitarian crisis seems to have eased - WHO

• IVF pre-test avoids serious newborn disease

• China tells provinces to gird for bird flu

• Heart patients urged to get into rehab

• Heart risk factors in midlife raise dementia risk

• Botswana winning education war on AIDS with “ABC”

• Abortion foes optimistic at dawn of Bush 2nd term

• To avoid stroke, order fish baked - not fried

• Low birth weights fuel infant mortality rise - CDC

• New anthrax vaccine promises rapid protection

• Bird flu likely jumped between humans last year

• No evidence of “cancer personality”: study

• Raw duck blood blamed for Vietnam bird flu cases

• Impotence drug may reduce heart failure - study

• 28 Afghan children die in disease outbreaks

• 2 many txt msgs bad 4 yr health, Italian docs say

• Human embryonic stem cell lines found contaminated

• Gov. Bush loses US appeal in Florida right-to-die case

• Vioxx, Celebrex were overprescribed, US study says

• FDA delays nonprescription morning-after pill rule

• Asia bird flu outbreak spurs EU to check readiness

• Ethiopia launches free AIDS drug treatment

• U.N. aims to get clean water into world’s schools

• S. Africa mulls new courts for illegal circumcision

• Republican chair draws party fire on abortion

• Britons getting more nips, tucks and trims

• Too early to talk about EU smoking ban-commissioner

• Bush to boost AIDS funding; critics say more needed

• Texas could save $900 mln by importing drugs - study

• US Medicare offers revamped coverage final rules

• UK minorities more likely to be hospitalised for asthma

• Pope says Church must help poor AIDS victims more

• Pollutants blamed for most kids’ cancers in UK

• Smoking may protect against Parkinson’s

• Stuttering kids need help to cope with bullying

• Vietnam’s neighbours may already have bird flu - WHO

• New drug benefit will save states billions, US says

• New treatment promising for cystic fibrosis

• Health report dents image of UK rural idyll

• Robust DNA repair may lower breast caner risk

• Aspirin doesn’t lead to false-positive stool tests

• Berlusconi asks Italians to pop fewer pills

• ‘Morning after’ treatment advised to prevent AIDS

• Musk fragrances may break down cells’ defenses

• Secondhand smoke linked to cervical cancer

• Bananas, root veggies may cut kidney cancer risk

• New breast imaging detects smallest tumors

• U.N. health body sets sights on alcohol abuse

• Sports drinks may help soccer players stay pumped

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