2004

November

• Obesity doesn’t make asthma worse for kids

• Estrogen helps with endometriosis pain

• New drug may be better than aspirin for diabetics

• Short-term ozone pollution raises mortality risk

• Outpatient tonsillectomy safe for most children

• Estrogen blocks caffeine’s anti-Parkinson’s effect

• Laser therapy improves rosacea skin sensitivity

• Medicare seeks to lure private HMOs back

• SARS seen re-emerging in China, but no epidemic

• Women more likely to have penicillin allergy

• Five or more repeat c-sections seen OK

• US FDA allows tracking tags on drug bottles

• Pfizer pulling ‘wild thing’ Viagra ads

• Toy companies make getting off the couch fun

• Australia backyards, not beach, higher cancer risk

• Too much vitamin C not good for diabetics’ hearts

• Wrist splints helpful for inflammatory arthritis

• High-dose steroids up heart disease risk greatly

• Nebulizers improve asthma outcomes in kids

• US birth rate for young teens lowest since 1946

• New U.S. trial starts of tailored cancer treatment

• Drinking during pregnancy can hurt babies’ IQ

• Hong Koing probes mystery infection in children in hospital

• Merck decided against 2000 Vioxx study

• Be Careful If You Are Diagnosed With Glaucoma

• Atkins diet can harm

• Vaccine Stops Food Allergy in Dogs

• Natural Solutions for Acne

• Drug Company’s Greed Coming Around to Bite Them

• Fight Childhood Obesity to Help Prevent Diabetes, Say WHO & IDF

• New Hope for Alzheimer’s Patients

• Officials Face Off on European Flu Vaccine

• Vaccine stops virus tied to cervical cancer

• Euthanasia distorts medical ethics, Pope says

• Dutch re-open some farms after dioxin scare

• Smoking and salt bad for stomach reflux

• HIV rate higher than expected in London drug users

• “Kangaroo care"good for all premature infants: experts

• Britain on public health warpath, targets smoking

• Cholesterol drugs may not reduce risk of dementia

• Paxil appears to be effective for OCD in kids

• Plaques cut survival in young heart attack patients

• Blood transfusions at birth often unneeded

• Response to hepatitis C therapy can last for years

• Tadalafil may interact with prostate medication

• Chinese herb lowers cholesterol in new way

• Black-white differences in HIV care seen in US

• Patch plus pill ups chances of quitting smoking

• DHEA cuts abdominal fat in elderly

• Botox-type drug helpful for vaginal spasm disorder

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