2004

October

• “TwoDay” method helps women avoid pregnancy

• 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors

• Prof. says he was pressured to be tobacco advocate

• Britons want national smoking ban - poll

• Chief Justice’s cancer raises new election issue

• Herbal medicine eases dementia

• Shrunken foot muscles signal diabetic nerve damage

• New drugs, plan needed to fight killer TB

• California ahead on colon cancer screening

• Heart valve replacement makes pregnancy risky

• Childhood cancer ups later breast cancer risk

• Bush, Kerry both seen pressed to curb drug prices

• Laser zaps liver tumors in breast cancer patients

• Physical fitness helps kids’ minds, too

• “Mad” honey can be a hazard to the heart

• Generic anti-seizure med may not be as effective

• Breast cancer chemo may increase stroke risk

• High birth weight linked to leukemia risk

• New TB vaccine promising in early clinical trials

• Newer arthritis drugs linked to skin disorder

• Drinking tea might delay Alzheimer’s disease

• Repeat concussions may have lingering symptoms

• Tests begin of flu vaccine grown in insect cell lines

• Israel to allow Arafat to leave his compound for medical treatment

• Health premium for employees to pay, McGuinty says

• More going for laser eye surgery

• Mental health is losing out in Scotland

• Want help? Then let me film inside psychiatric wards

• U.S. looks north for vaccine system

• Scientists: Biological weapons pose major threat

• Teens, parents alerted to possibility of pertussis

• Illinois Gov. wants to import European flu vaccine

• Arthritis drugs may help fight cancer - study

• State negotiating purchase of flu vaccine in Europe

• Height treatment impairs women’s fertility

• Transatlantic live brain surgery to be beamed to UK

• U.S. works to deliver flu shots, some don’t wait

• Open Enrollment Begins for State Health Insurance Plan

• Research confirms alcohol risk during pregnancy

• For doctors, a difficult election year

• Drug for diabetes nerve damage ‘on the horizon’

• Mixed signals to blame for restless legs syndrome

• S. Africa AIDS group drops legal case on drug delays

• Exercise Helps Slow Parkinson’s Disease

• Bush signs law banning certain steroid-like drugs

• Onyx Shares Fall on Cancer Drug Filing

• Chief Justice Rehnquist Has Thyroid Cancer

• Arafat does have flu, confirm doctors from Tunisia and Egypt

• Early detection ‘best means’ of tackling breast cancer

• Patients fear closure of mental health program

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