2006

July

• Consumer Fireworks Found to Cause Preventable Injury to Children in U.S.

• Antihistamine Identified as Potential Antimalarial Drug

• Fewer injuries at World Cup say FIFA

• Bird flu claims 40th human victim in Indonesia

• More birds with H5N1 found in China but details are guesswork!

• Training may cut female soccer players’ knee risks

• Alaska utility workers may get flu drug priority

• Stopping SARS viruses from reproducing

• Enter hospital at your peril

• For Men, Catheter Type Makes a Huge Difference

June

• Parents Advised to Use Minimum Dose to Treat Childhood Fever

• Taking Medicine Regularly (Even Placebo) Is Good for You

• FDA grants accelerated approval for Sprycel (dasatinib)

• Stopping SARS viruses from reproducing

• Biomarker Reduces Length of Antibiotic Treatment

• A red light for surgeries in supermarkets and a green light for better food labelling

• New guidelines for healthy swimming

• Canadian task force targets trans fats

• When it comes to honesty the eyes have it!

• Lifestyle changes can affect heartburn symptoms

• New discovery boosts basic understanding of prion infections

• That Conk on the Head Could Be a Concussion

• Measuring Your Life Expectancy

• FDA approves Exelon to treat dementia of Parkinson’s disease

• FDA gives tentative approval for generic pediatric AIDS drug

• New marketing tactics by the tobacco industry reported

• Scots now more likely to visit pub since “smokefree”

• Traditional therapy combo good for migraines

• Cell phones excite the brain but is that good or bad?

• Link established between Parkinson’s and pesticides

• Full thickness skin grafts for complex penile surgeries in children

• 3 new genes implicated in rheumatoid arthritis

• Weight loss may reduce arthritis disability

• Study shows how ADHD drugs Adderall, Ritalin and Dexedrine work in brain

• More problems for Merck over Vioxx

• Yellow or amber-tinted sunglasses best

• Cadbury kept quiet about contaminated chocolate

• Alzheimer’s Pathology Related to Episodic Memory in Those without Dementia

• Aussies chip in to help Indonesia fight bird flu

• Chickens, swans, feathers and bird flu

• Stroke damage may be reversible

• Conflicting Food Messages May Put Consumers At Risk

• Key to reaching age 100 may be mom’s age at birth

• Americans visit doctor, hospital more often

• Mobile phone users warned of lightning strike risk

• People Keep Driving Even When Sleepy

• Women’s Participation in Medical Research is Important

• Community Intervention Boosts Vaccination Rates for Minority Kids

• Magnetic device may prevent migraine

• Losing your job could cost you your life!

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