2005

January

• Johnson & Johnson withdraws 300 stents from market

• Imperfect adherence to HIV therapy fuels resistance

• Fears ease over disease risk in tsunami zone - U.N.

• EPA to review possible health risks of Teflon

• Clinic asks Australian lawmakers to donate sperm

• Guidelines tackle emotional side of cancer

• Radioactive procedures can set off new alarms

• Federal nutritional guidelines reshaped

• Most medicines carry risks

• Doctors dispute Blues discount

• Medicare preventive care is urged

• Studies tie disease, eating habits

• Britain’s Brown unveils $10 bln plan to beat AIDS

• Antiviral drugs can be less costly than flu shots

• Causes of death differ in blacks and whites in US

• Prostate cancer treatment poses bone risk - study

• More research needed on alternative therapies - IOM report

• Bird flu kills 18-year-old in Vietnam

• Eating disorder, type 1 diabetes a dangerous mix

• Kids need outside playtime, researchers say

• Taser says study shows stun guns safe for heart

• FDA warns Pfizer over painkiller ads

• New warnings added to US group’s drug safety site

• Metronidazole/nystatin effective for vaginosis

• Dutch retailer pulls kids’ handset on health fears

• Nigeria, Sudan vow to halt polio spread in Africa

• Pain meter assesses whiplash injury

• Surgery can reduce migraine symptoms

• Sleep-deprived young docs prone to auto accidents

• Probiotic formulas curb diarrhea bouts in infants

• Beer may raise gout risk, wine may not

• Russian rocket site linked to child sickness

• US woman pregnant with wrong sperm gives birth

• Patients’ age a factor in terminal cancer care

• School-based intervention shows benefit at age 21

• New US food guidelines stress self-restraint

• Canadian promotes cartoon condoms against AIDS

• New Jersey plans $380 mln for stem cell research

• Algesimeter measures pain associated with whiplash injury

• Lifestyle may explain much of drop in heart deaths

• S. Korea grasps for ways to tackle surge in suicides

• Cleaning products may affect babies’ breathing

• Take care with mobile phones, health report says

• Drug firms offer saving card for U.S. uninsured

• Specter aims to finish US asbestos bill early Feb

• UNICEF confirms measles in Aceh, fears dysentery

• Diabetes, pre-diabetes linked to cancer risk

• High red meat consumption linked to colon cancer

• For elderly, an afternoon nap keeps mind sharp

• Westernization linked to breast cancer rise

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