2006

December

• Genetic Map Offers New Tool for Malaria Research

• California wildfires making children sick?

• Novartis says leukemia drug helps when Gleevec fails

• Ireland to ban sale of cigarettes in 10-packs

• Merck, Vertex leukemia drug shows promise in trial

• Smokers Risk More Painful and Progressive Osteoarthritis

• New research identifies gene important for nicotine’s effects on the brain

• Kids see too many anti-impotence ads: doctors

• Pfizer stops all Torcetrapib trials

• Tea aids recovery of radiation damaged skin

• Fortified Milk Reduces Morbidity in Preschool Children

• Smoking May Harm Male Fertility

November

• Halving daily cigarette quota has no health benefit

• Smoking and alcohol - a mutually destructive combo

• The Pain from Fibromyalgia Is Real, Researchers Say

• Study of Language Use in Children Suggests Sex Influences How Brain Processes Words

• Parkinson Disease Can Lead to Errors on Driving Test

• Adolescent smokers have a greater risk of developing alcohol-use disorders than nonsmokers

• Whoever said people were much the same was wrong!

• Kids in Sport - Great for Fitness, but Concern About Injuries

• Gene linked to aggressive ‘wet’ age-related macular degeneration

• Not much to choose between surgery and exercise for back pain

• Test strips for the rapid detection of cocaine

• Nestle about brain power as well as chocolate

• No Proven Programs to Help Teens Quit Smoking

• Children and Chronic Kidney Disease

• Adolescent Girls More Active If Neighborhoods Have Parks

• The Role of Metals in Alzheimer’s Disease Explored

• A good wife, a good grip, a good education and no ciggies and you’ll live to 85!!

• Study Examines ADHD’s Role in Smoking

• Antibiotics Unnecessarily Prescribed for Acute Bronchitis

• Sudden Death Isn’t Always So Sudden

• Regular smoking substantially increases risk of asthma in adolescents

• Transfer Criteria Could Improve Intensive Care for Children

• Depressed stroke patients use more health services

• Chocolate ‘Offenders’ Teach Science a Sweet Lesson

• MChip to detect H5N1

• New study finds on/off switch for septic shock

• Dad’s vocabulary affects child’s language skills

• Tamiflu label will carry new caution in U.S.

• Pharmacy care programs for elderly improve health outcomes

• More U.S residents trust TV for health inf

• Scientists use pixels to ease amputees’ pain

• New Guideline for the Diagnostic Assessment of Children with Continuous Seizures

• EU wants safer cigarettes to reduce fires

• How Diet, Obesity and Even Gum Disease May Affect Immune System

• Mobile Robots Offer 24/7 Care to Neurosurgical ICU, Stroke Patients

• Chronic fatigue syndrome begins with childhood trauma and stress

• Google Can Help Doctors Diagnose Difficult Cases

• New statistical approach could improve hospital care for sick newborns

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