2004

December

• Sunshine may ward off lymphoma

• New Treatment for Overactive Bladder Wins Approval

• New Drug for Advanced Lung Cancer

• Leukemia Drug Gleevec Continues to Amaze

• Web Site Promotes Flu Shot Alternative

• New Migraine Treatment, Relpax (Eletriptan Hydrobromide), Now Available In Canada

• Morning after pill ‘doesn’t reduce abortion rate’

• FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to CG53135, for Prevention and Treatment of Oral Mucositis

• Invasive drug testing arguments neglect health, safety issues

• New Approach to Lowering Cholesterol Tested

• FDA Advisers Vote Against Female Sex Drug

• Cholera Kills Three As 132 Others Treated

• Leafy Greens May Keep Vision Clear

• Ultrasound in Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Fetus

• Cervical cancer care poorer at small centers

• Lancet magazine attacks Unicef child priorities

• Internet could spark rise in suicide pacts

• New method helps map women’s happiness

• Pregnancy ultrasounds do not harm baby - study

• Alzheimer’s disease epidemic?

• Stomach Surgery Helps Obese Patients with Reflux

• Epilepsy drug safely treats drug addiction

• Benzene toxic at levels below US standards

• BRCA mutations up risk of non-breast cancers too

• Green tea may block prostate cancer

• Taking a ‘statin’ soon after heart attack helpful

• Moderate alcohol use linked to fewer heart plaques

• Smoking, drinking get respite in Irish budget

• Anti-parasite drugs effective in mothers, children

• Prescription drug use at record high for Americans

• UK could have best health system in world - US expert

• Carbon pollution blamed for heart damage

• Red meat ups risk of rheumatoid arthritis

• After ulcer-bug clearance, appetite hormone rises

• Multiple births a health risk: Canadian study

• Shark cartilage for cancer called ‘pseudoscience’

• Tanzania elderly increasingly at HIV risk - report

• HIV+ Children Used As Experimental Conduits For AIDS Medications

• Doctors question safety of U.S. drugs

• Abstinence programs stretch the facts - Post

• Brushing Teeth Could Save Lives In Nursing Homes

• Pakistani woman’s AIDS campaign breaks taboos

• Body fat reduces ability to control blood pressure

• Diabetes in midlife linked to later dementia

• Marijuana use linked to psychosis

• Drug may ease Alzheimer’s-related memory defects

• Rates of HIV testing, diagnosis hold steady in US

• Radiologist sees dual use for colon scans

• Mexico-born adults prone to severe chickenpox

• Asthma in UK children quadrupled since 70s - study

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