2005

January

• Pfizer to pay penalty for chemical release

• Disaster looms for megacities, UN official says

• Folate supplements good for women’s blood pressure

• Exercise, diet help keep older dogs spry - study.

• Bird flu spread a worry, but no WHO travel warning

• Diabetes linked to reduced risk of prostate cancer

• Raising HDL may limit heart disease progression

• New plan could speed AIDS vaccine development

• US launches diabetes campaign aimed at seniors

• Vitamin C in pregnancy ups child’s asthma risk?

• Spain’s Catholic Church backs condoms to fight AIDS

• Health chief designate Leavitt lauded by senators

• U.S. man with nail in skull has $100,000 headache

• Studies cite poor CPR methods in restarting hearts

• Radiation ups long-term breast cancer survival

• Parental OK for teen birth control may not help

• More evidence found of painkiller heart risks

• Studies link gene mutation to Parkinson’s disease

• Tonsillectomy for sleep apnea helps kids’ behavior

• Modified measles vaccine could fight West Nile

• Gene therapy improves Alzheimer’s in mouse study

• High blood pressure in blacks not genetic - study

• Dip in visual memory seen early in mental decline

• Chamomile tea may help beat colds, cramps

• Too much added sugar worsens kids’ overall diet

• FDA approves meningitis vaccine

• Best fitness routine may depend on personality

• UK to publish adverse drug reaction data

• Women’s groups pressure FDA on ‘morning-after’ pill

• Public to view drug side effects

• Migraine linked to heart defect

• Child cancer ‘link to pollution’

• Newport News Foundation Helps With Medical Costs

• Air Pollution Probable Cause of Most Childhood Cancers

• Georgia Receives More Flu Vaccine

• US advisers reject Merck non-prescription drug

• States look to Europe for prescription drugs

• Inhaled budesonide safe for infants with asthma

• Electrical device promising for spinal cord injury

• Carnitine compound eases diabetic nerve pain

• Douching not related to pelvic disease

• UK science centre to probe mysteries of the mind

• Physician-nurse team improves blood pressure control

• Bird flu kills 35-year-old woman in Vietnam

• Global high blood pressure rates set to soar

• Viagra safe with blood pressure drugs, study shows

• Disease still a threat in tsunami-stricken Aceh-UN

• Genes, low iron tied to restless legs in kids

• Sleep apnea linked heartbeat irregularities

• Tough seat belt laws can lower crash deaths - group

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