2004

December

• Heart group urges home blood pressure monitoring

• Exercise before fatty meal may curb bad effects

• Lung symptoms not tied to first Gulf War service

• Germany tells some patients to stop using Celebrex

• Mobile phone radiation harms DNA, new study finds

• Prostate cancer treatment ups hip fracture risk

• ER good place to get kids into health programs

• Medics answer AIDS pill drug resistance charge

• Bullying hurts kids with hormone disorders

• Five people in Japan may have had bird flu virus

• U.S. expands group recommended for flu vaccine

• Poor lung function may increase diabetes risk

• Women, Latinos not getting colon cancer tests

• Pfizer stops ads for arthritis drug after study

• Osteoporosis: Breaking Bones Is Big Business

• Lung Cancer Linked To Gulf War Fires

• Scientists ‘switch off’ arthritis

• Group aids students denied loans due to drugs

• Asthma hurts academics, school funding in valley

• Asthma Shouldn’t Spoil Winter Fun

• Miss Plastic Surgery crowned

• Flu shots may go to more people

• S. Africans criticize U.S. for HIV drug

• NIH working on information on Celebrex use

• Psoriasis my yield to modified anti-anxiety drug

• Thalidomide OK for severe childhood arthritis

• Heart rhythm disturbance in epilepsy may be fatal

• Celebrex trial stopped after heart attacks

• Magnets seen helpful for osteoarthritis

• Eat “supermeals” to protect heart: experts

• 42 million Americans not screened for colon cancer

• OTC acne products as good as prescription meds

• Germany drafts tobacco ad ban despite opposition

• Possibly avoidable hospital stays costly

• Many smokers still confused about health risks

• False-positive cancer screening results costly

• Doctors say avoid Pfizer’s Bextra - medical journal

• Bhutan bans smoking in world first

• Gene therapy helps kids with immune disorder

• Magnets seen helpful for osteoarthritis

• Heart rhythm disturbance in epilepsy may be fatal

• Americans give up on flu vaccine, survey shows

• Insulin-like protein points to new diabetes drugs

• Urinary incontinence fix effective long term

• Fruits may protect children from leukemia

• Topiramate may be effective for binge-eating disorder with obesity

• Canada signals crackdown on Internet pharmacies

• New nasal vaccines may be given together

• Medicare may delay heart device payment

• Citrus Oils May Treat Asthma

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