2004

October

• Strontium drug reduces fractures in elderly women

• Thailand orders cull of tigers with bird flu

• Mice thrive without chapters of the book of life

• Uganda opens Africa’s biggest AIDS training center

• Adjustable desks help productivity, muscle pain

• Cost, stigma are barriers to depression treatment

• No benefit seen for stopping epidural during labor

• Aventis finds 2.6 million more flu shot doses

• Coffee tied to inflammation, perhaps heart disease

• Diabetes ups risk of vascular dementia

• Abbott drug effective in psoriatic arthritis

• Fertility a worry for young breast cancer patients

• Under-tongue immunotherapy cuts asthma in kids

• Acupuncture, herbs ease hay fever

• Bush seeks to allay worries on flu vaccine shortage

• Merck evaluating why Vioxx raises risk to heart

• Testosterone shut-off doesn’t affect men’s mood

• Slow-breathing device helps lower blood pressure

• UK scientists develop new vaccine technology

• Sneakers help protect elderly from falls

• Nearly 1.7 million veterans lack health care - study

• Melissa Etheridge Recovering After Surgery

• Bristol-Myers to issue arthritis drug data

• Consumers Sue Pharmaceutical AstraZeneca Over Misleading Nexium Campaign

• First Asia-Wide Osteoporosis Awareness Campaign Launched

• Advances May Help Preserve Fertility

• Government official tells people to relax about flu vaccine

• Beslan terrorists were addicted to heroin, morphine and other softer drugs

• Advances in stroke detection and treatment

• Pfizer arthritis drug gets heart test

• A New Culprit In Depression?

• FDA Approves Temporary Artificial Heart

• Study finds blood pressure drug halts decline in Alzheimer’s patients

• Intranasal insulin may protect against diabetes

• 50,000 Sisters of Women with Breast Cancer Needed to Help Find Causes

• REMICADE(R) Study Demonstrates Significant and Rapid Improvements in the Course of Psoriatic Arthrit

• Prevalence of Diabetes Among Hispanics, US

• Lilly antidepressant effective in treating pain - study

• Heavy kids face higher cancer risk as adults

• UN urged to ignore Bush plea for human cloning ban

• Airborne fungi may underlie chronic sinusitis

• More than gym class, after-school sports help boys

• Gulf War illness may never be explained - scientist

• Drinking by men or women affects miscarriage risk

• Bristol-Myers arthritis drug promising in trial

• British government criticized over smoking report

• How Does Obesity Cause Cancer?

• Clinical trials find no increase in heart disease risk with celecoxib

• Coca-Cola labels to include expanded nutritional information, calories

• Too few use cholesterol-lowering drugs

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