2004

October

• Learn more about Anaphylaxis - The Most Serious Allergic Reaction

• Drug Interactions

• S.E. Asia sets up task force to tackle bird flu

• Many nations lagging on child health—UNICEF

• Treatment may worsen head injury outcome

• Utility cable fires may release poison gas

• “Weekend warriors” better off than couch potatoes

• Gum disease tied to risk of premature delivery

• Pain in aging and pediatric populations: special needs and concerns

• A pain primer: what do we know about pain?

• Pain affects men and women differently

• Long-term insulin use may raise colon cancer risk

• Better access to oral health care needed: dentists

• How is pain treated?

• Home nurse visits improve newborn health

• Gulf War veterans not at risk for nerve problem

• U.S. and UK discuss Chiron flu vaccine crisis

• Spanish clinic launches embryo adoption scheme

• Experts raise questions about Vioxx decision

• Kidney failure rate in US doubled in last decade

• Too few older US adults screened for colon cancer

• For women, knee injuries can mean years of pain

• Arsenic exposure linked to melanoma risk

• Scientists find deadly component of 1918 flu virus

• Drugs prolong life in advanced prostate cancer

• U.S. scrambles for flu vaccines after contamination

• Toy-related lead poisoning points to hidden danger

• More private plans to join Medicare

• HIV hot spots persist in rural Florida

• Obesity lowers odds of surviving breast cancer

• Depression common among epilepsy patients

• Prostate cancer treatment impairs sexual function

• Parents strongly influence teens’ drinking

• U.S. hopes to cope with flu shot shortage

• Inactive kids at risk for chronic fatigue later

• Plan to regulate tobacco blocked in Congress

• Plastics components linked to allergies in kids

• Kids need help staying slim, Congress told

• Teaching MS patients to save energy curbs fatigue

• Cesarean more likely with excess pregnancy weight

• Hospital, not race, a factor in heart attack care

• Breast density reduces mammogram accuracy

• Radiation not needed after chemo cures Hodgkin’s

• Most U.S. malaria deaths could have been prevented

• Food extract may enhance cancer drug

• Study uncovers blood clot risk in hormone therapy

• Nerve damage seen from industrial solvent

• Major supplier won’t make flu vaccine this season

• Tiny preemies may have mental problems later

• Some UK med students think sex OK with patients

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