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May 31, 2007
Boneheads
Busted in Brain Surgery Scam (New York Daily News)
Kevorkian
Freed After Years in Prison for Assisting Suicide (New York Times)
Many
Sleep Disorders Can Involve Sexual Disorders (Reuters)
Glaxo
Case Puts FDA in Congressional Spotlight (Wall Street Journal)
Agent
at Border, Aware, Let in Man with TB (New York Times)
Pricing
of Anemia Drugs Probed (Washington Post)
Melamine
from U.S. Put in Feed (New York Times)
Obama
Calls for Wider and Less Expensive Health Care Coverage (New York
Times)
May 30, 2007
Bush
Requests $30 Billion to Fight AIDS (New York Times)
Salmonella
in Peanut Butter Has Infected More Than 600 People (Medical News
Today)
W.H.O.
Seeks More AIDS Tests in Nations at Epidemic's Center (New York
Times)
Doctors Warn
of West Nile Dangers (Daily Herald)
For
Those Who Sweat, Some Small Stuff (New York Times)
Folic
Acid May Lower Stress Risk (WebMD)
Manufacturer
of Risky Drug to Sell Shares (New York Times)
Sex
While Asleep Not Just Dreamed Up (Forbes)
An
Answer to Help Clear His Fog (New York Times)
May 29, 2007
Drug-Resistant
Bugs on Rise Outside Hospital: Study (Reuters)
For
the Tiniest Babies, the Closest Thing to a Cocoon (New York Times)
Virulent
Bacteria Hits Poor (Chicago Tribune)
Study
Confirms Heart Benefits of Whole Grains (Reuters)
Effective,
Yes, But Is It Safe? A Drug's Risks (New York Times)
Contact
Lens Solution Linked to Eye Infections (ConsumerAffairs.com)
Alcohol
Labels Get Detailed in Britain (Washington Post)
Genome
Researchers Find New Indicators of Breast Cancer Risk (New York
Times)
Scientists
Discover Four New Breast Cancer Genes (Medical News Today)
May 28, 2007
They
Aced Get Healthy 101 (USA Today)
Blood
of Bird Flu Victims Offers Treatment: Study (Reuters)
HPV
Politics (Los Angeles Times)
Turning
Off Suspect Gene Makes Mice Smarter (New York Times)
Indian
HIV Patients Unite to Battle Fake AIDS Cures (Reuters)
Break
a Confidence? Never. Well, Hardly Ever. (New York Times)
Enjoy the Sun
But Avoid the Burn (Denver Post)
Consider
the Pros and Cons of the New Birth Control Pill (U.S. News and World
Report)
The
Brain: Malleable, Capable, Vulnerable (New York Times)
Health
Highlights (Forbes)
May 27, 2007
Contact
Lens Solution Pulled Over Link to Infection (New York Times)
Tips
to Keeping the Barbeque Cancer-Free (Forbes)
Mother
Nature -- You're Fired! (Chicago Sun-Times)
China:
Soldier Hospitalized with Bird Flu (USA Today)
Alzheimer's
Becomes a Family Affair (Toronto Star)
Medicare
Plans to Deny Coverage of Artificial Disks (New York Times)
Enjoy
the Sun, But Beware of the Dangers (Indianapolis Star)
Kevorkian's
Cause Founders as He's Freed (USA Today)
The Hands in
Demand (Toronto Star)
Some
Frito-Lay Food Labels to Address Possible Heart Benefits (New York
Times)
Blue
Cross Fights Health Reform (Associated Press)
May 26, 2007
Test
of Drug for Diabetes in Jeopardy (New York Times)
Doctors
Not Ready to Abandon Diabetes Drug (Forbes)
China
Presses U.S. on Food Regulations (Washington Post)
Fish Virus Hits
Great Lakes (The Scientist)
WHO: Chinese
Bird Flu Samples Have Arrived in U.S. (International Herald-Tribune)
World's
First Lung Transplant on HIV Patient Performed (Reuters)
West
Nile Virus Found in Mosquitoes in Los Angeles (XINHUA Online)
May 25, 2007
Institute
Urges Extensive Smoking Deterrents (Washington Post)
FDA
Should Regulate Tobacco: Report (Forbes)
Clinton
Offers Plan to Control Health Care Costs (Chicago Tribune)
FDA
Study Said to Show Avandia Risk (Washington Post)
Clinton
Revisits Health Care and Affordability (New York Times)
Parlez
Vous English, Baby? (Scientific American)
FDA
Warning on Mislabeled Monkfish (FDA.gov)
May 24, 2007
Saving
Your Skin Naturally (Chicago Tribune)
Drug
Agency Reaffirms Ban on Gay Men Giving Blood (New York Times)
Diabetic
Drug Linked to High Risk of Heart Attacks (Voice of America)
Coffee
May Cut Risk of Gout, Study Finds (Scientific American)
How
Pot Harms Fetal Brain Development (WebMD)
Congress
Putting Long-Term Care Under Scrutiny (New York Times)
Doctor
Shortage Adds to Africa's AIDS Woes (USA Today)
May 23, 2007
For
Drug Makers, a Downside to Full Disclosure (New York Times)
Does
Where You Live Determine If You'll Live? (USA Today)
Birth
Control Pill That Stops Women's Periods Approved by FDA (San
Francisco Chronicle)
Film
Offers New Talking Points in Health Care Debate (New York Times)
Ohio
Doctor Indicted in Drug Deaths (Associated Press)
Breakups
May Hit Men Harder (Toronto Globe and Mail)
Nutrition:
A Healthy Diet May Keep Chronic Lung Disease at Bay (New York Times)
Avandia
Users Seek Answers (USA Today)
Maine
Mice Play Role in Eye Disease Cure (Boston Globe)
May 22, 2007
Agency
Approves a Birth Control Pill Halting Periods Indefinitely (New York
Times)
Climate
Change Could Spark Spread of Disease (USA Today)
Cancer
Care Seeks to Take Patients Beyond Survival (New York Times)
Walgreen
Completes Take Care Buy (Associated Press)
China
Investigates Contaminated Toothpaste (New York Times)
Salty
Diet May Raise Ulcer Risk (Forbes)
Weight Training
Reverses Muscle Aging (Toronto Star)
The
Claim: Microwave Ovens Kill Bacteria in Food (New York Times)
May 21, 2007
Diabetes
Drug Avandia Linked to Heart Risks; Alert Issued (CNN)
Give
the Knee a Firm Leg Up (USA Today)
Viagra
Said to Aid Jet-Lagged Travelers (Reuters)
Eating
Apples, Fish During Pregnancy Protects Kids from Allergy, Asthma
(Forbes)
Health Minute
Archive (CNN)
Study
Cites Safety Questions About Diabetes Drug (New York Times)
Gel
Made from Patients' Blood Speeds Healing (Reuters)
The
Path to Health, Happiness (USA Today)
May 20, 2007
Sicko
is Socko (Time)
FDA
is Delaying Approval of Anemia Drug from Roche (New York Times)
Danger:
Poisoned Food (CNN)
Gates
Charity's Focus on HIV in China Could Face Hurdles (Seattle Times)
Newfoundland Health
Authority Apologizes for Faulty Cancer Tests (Toronto Star)
Three
Doctors Arrested in Massive Insurance Scam (Central Valley Business
News)
State
Steps Back from Vaccine's Promise (Hartford Courant)
Study
Peeks at How Normal Brains Grow (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
May 19, 2007
Africa:
Daily HIV/AIDS Report (AllAfrica.com)
An
Export Boom Suddenly Facing a Quality Crisis (New York Times)
WHO:
Men in Italy, Women in Japan Live Longest (USA Today)
Auditing
Rule is Put at Risk by Texas Bill (New York Times)
Tainted
Chinese Imports Common (Washington Post)
Soldier's
Smallpox Inoculation Sickens Son (New York Times)
Blue
Glow Signifies Life in Peril in Pennsylvania Dutch Country (USA
Today)
May 18, 2007
Beef
Products Recalled Due to Suspected E. Coli Contamination (Medical
News Today)
Bald
Truth is That Mice Can Regenerate Hair (MedPage Today)
Health
Highlights (Forbes)
Oceans
May Be Losing Ability to Absorb Carbon (Washington Post)
Diabetes,
Cancer Drugs Drive Costs (Houston Chronicle)
Stroke:
Where Does Your State Rank? (WebMD)
Gardasil
Guards Against Vaginal, Vulval Cancers (Forbes)
Scientists
Evaluate Walking Workstation for Obese Office Workers (Medical News
Today)
Medicare
Blasted for Weak Oversight of Private Plans (Congressional
Quarterly)
May 17, 2007
In
Bid for Better Care, Surgery with a Warranty (New York Times)
FDA
Panel Supports Expanded FluMist Use (Washington Post)
Chemical
Can Cause Cancer When Injested (USA Today)
Scientists
Make Skin Grow New Hair Follicles By Itself (Medical News Today)
Study:
Tomatoes No Defense Against Prostate Cancer (Seattle Post
Intelligencer)
Ahead
of the Bell: Medicare Hearing (Forbes)
Giant
Puts Age Rule on Cough Syrup (Washington Post)
May 16, 2007
Health
Insurance and Other Benefits: A Primer (New York Times)
Pack
Extra Nutrition Into Every Bite with These Expert Tips (CNN)
College
Drinking and Heart Problems (Time)
Handling
House Calls in a Managed-Care World (New York Times)
Retrial
for Medical-Pot Advocate Opens (San Francisco Chronicle)
Heavy
Multivitamin Use May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk (Forbes)
The
Goal is Super-Immunity; The Status, Almost There (New York Times)
Fitness
in Less Time Than You Think (WebMD)
Apple-shaped?
Dieters Destiny May Be in Their Physiology (USA Today)
A
Little Company May Help Some Big Ones Grow Bigger (New York Times)
Sales
Tactics Unhealthy for Care Plans (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sometimes,
What's Needed is a Nudge (New York Times)
Doctor's
Calling (Boston Globe)
Seniors
Targeted by Medicare Sharpies (Rutland Herald)
Shares
of Anemia Drug Makers Slide as Medicare Threatens to Cut Reimbursement
(N.Y. Times)
Panama:
Toothpaste Killed 51 People Last Year (USA Today)
May 15, 2007
Doctors
Who Weild the Pen to Heal the Profession (New York Times)
Making
Work Even More of a Slog Takes Weight Off (Reuters)
FluMist
Effective for Kids UNder 5, But Still Under Review Says FDA (Medical
News Today)
As
Demand for Donor Eggs Soars, High Prices Stir Ethical Concerns (New
York Times)
Indonesia
Ends Virus-Sharing Boycott (Bangkok Times)
HPV
Vaccine: Few Risks, Many Benefits (New York Times)
Fish
Virus in the Great Lakes Causing Concern (Medical News Today)
Unfairness
'Increases Heart Risk' (BBC News)
The
Claim: Darker Skin Protects Against Skin Cancer (New York Times)
Oxycontin
Manufacturer Lied About Dangers of Drug (Voice of America)
Testosterone
May Benefit Men with Multiple Sclerosis (Forbes)
May 14, 2007
Obama
Says He'd Roll Back Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest (New York Times)
Unusual
Bug Puts Hospitals on Edge, On Guard (Washington Post)
Drop
in U.S. Mammography Rate Worries Cancer Experts (Reuters)
On
Your Feet (Washington Post)
Pesticides
Next Frontier in China Food Safety (Reuters)
Country
Walks 'Can Help Reduce Depression' (The Independent)
Fewer
U.S. Women Get Breast Cancer Test (Washington Post)
Antidepressant
Prescribing Soars (BBC News)
Got
Milk? Not Enough, as Dairy Demand Outpaces Output (Bloomberg)
May 13, 2007
Analysis:
Panel Urges Anemia Drug Limits (United Press International)
The
HPV Vaccine Works Best Before Exposure (U.S. News and World Report)
FDA
Panel Questions Safety of Anemia Drug (Washington Post)
Clinton
Plays Mother Card (Concord Monitor)
Hillary's
Healthy Focus (Boston Globe)
Experts
Tally Iraq War's Health Cost (San Francisco Chronicle)
Skin
Patch Approved for Early Parkinson's (Forbes)
Thin
People May Be Fat Inside, Some Doctors Say (USA Today)
May 12, 2007
Transplanted
Heart Transplanted Again (Reuters)
Electric
Pulses, Instead of Shocks, Can Help Patients (New York Times)
With
Aspirin, Less May Be More (Los Angeles Times)
Dairy
Council to End Ad Campaign that Linked Drinking Milk to Weight Loss
(New York Times)
In
N.H., Soft-Sell Eases Vaccine Fears (New York Times)
Implanted
Pumps May Help End-Stage Heart Failure Cases (Washington Post)
Help
for Parents of Teens Abusing Cough Medicine (U.S. News and World
Report)
May 11, 2007
USDA
Says PM Beef Voluntarily Recalling Beef Because of E. Coli
(Associated Press)
Senators
Who Weakened Drug Bill Got Millions From Industry (USA Today)
Lung
Cancer Tied to Family Risk of Other Cancers (Reuters)
Proposal
to Give FDA More Muscle Gets Mixed Reviews (Forbes)
It's
What's On the Inside That Counts (Independent Online)
Aspirin
vs. Colon Cancer: Study Weighs Benefits (Reuters)
Hunting
Down Protein Reactions Behind Huntington's Disease (Scientific
American)
May 10, 2007
Senate
Approves Bill on Drug Monitoring (Washington Post)
No
Link Between 100% Fruit Juice and Kids' Overweight (Forbes)
Research
Questions Worth of Vaccine (San Jose Mercury News)
FDA
Approves First Parkinson's Patch (WebMD)
Drug
Safety: There's No Magic Pill, Study Says (Forbes)
Psychiatrists,
Children and Drug Industry's Role (New York Times)
How
Does Sunscreen Protect Skin? (Scientific American)
Senate
Approves Tighter Policing of Drug Makers (New York Times)
May 9, 2007
Season
of Conception Tied to School Performance (Reuters)
The
Five Second Rule Explored, Or How Dirty Is That Bologna? (New York
Times)
Hepatitis
C May Boost Risk for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (USA Today)
Prenatal
Test Puts Down Syndrome in Hard Focus (New York Times)
Low-Dose
Aspirin Best for Preventing Heart Attacks (Forbes)
Soup
or Salad Before a Meal Helps Weight Loss: Study (Reuters)
May 8, 2007
Jury
Is Still Out on Gluten, the Latest Dietary Villain (New York Times)
Pet
Food Contaminant Poses Little Risk to Humans: Report (Forbes)
Chickens
That Ate Bad Feed Pass Test (Washington Post)
Study
Links Rescuers Lung Ailment to Trade Center Collapse (New York
Times)
Fox
Challenges Biotech Biz (San Diego Union Tribune)
China
Tells Little About Illness that Kills Pigs (New York Times)
Biotech:
Not Just for the Rich (Boston Globe)
Alameda
Biotech Firm Regrows Blood Vessels in Rodent (San Jose Mercury News)
A
C.E.O. Pitches Universal Health Care (New York Times)
May 7, 2007
Genes
Take Charge, And Diets Fall by the Wayside (New York Times)
Major U.S.
Businesses Launch Campaign for Health Care Reform (San Jose Mercury
News)
Study
Suggests Meditation Can Help Train Attention (New York Times)
New
Recipe for Powerful Stem Cells Promises Greater Insight (Scientific
American)
Indonesia
May Share Bird Flu Samples (Bangkok Post)
Novartis
Says EU Approves Pandemic Flu Vaccine (Reuters)
Washington,
NYC America's Most 'Sun-Smart' Cities (Forbes)
May 6, 2007
From
China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine (New York Times)
Exercising
Harder Keeps Weight Off Longer (Reuters)
What
Your Child's Doctor Wishes You Knew (CNN)
Resilient
Infections Worry Military Doctors (Washington Post)
Bush
Promotes Fitness, Goes Biking (USA Today)
Small
Businesses' Premiums Soar After Illness (New York Times)
Many
of the Self-Employed are Simply on Their Own (New York Times)
AARP
to Push for Drug Import Bill Passage (United Press International)
Researchers:
Organic Push Won't Hurt World Food Supply (USA Today)
20
Million Chickens Given Tainted Feed (Washington Post)
Health
Highlights (Forbes)
May 5, 2007
Plights
of Uninsured Stir Efforts to Sway Lawmakers (USA Today)
Urine
Test Useful for Detecting Pregnancy Problem (Reuters)
ER
Overcrowding Leads to Suffering, Deaths (United Press International)
A
Healthy Mix of Rest and Motion (New York Times)
Mentally
Ill Die 25 Years Earlier, On Average (USA Today)
Study:
Cavities Increasing in Baby Teeth (Associated Press)
Tax
to Pay for Health Plan in Illinois Faces Resistance (New York Times)
Analysis:
Anti-Depressants to Weather Storm (United Press International)
Pet
Food Ingredient Mislabeled, U.S. Government Says (USA Today)
May 4, 2007
Beware
the Afterglow (New York Times)
Sneaky
Little Slim-Down Tricks (CNN)
Factor
VII (Baltimore Sun)
Gene
Identified as Risk Factor for Heat Ills (New York Times)
Imported
Drug Bill Overcomes Senate Hurdle (Baltimore Sun)
DNA
Mutation Causes Heart Disease in Whites (Reuters)
Epilepsy
Drug Can INcrease Risk for Newborns, Study Says (New York Times)
High Demand
Seen for Cervical Cancer Vaccine (WMUR)
U.S.
Issues Guidelines on Use of Face Masks in Flu Outbreak (New York
Times)
Veteran
Official to be Medicare Chief (Seattle Post Intelliugencer)
May 3, 2007
Scientists
Look to Vaccines in the War on E. Coli (New York Times)
Novartis
Medicine Benefits Osteoporosis Patients, Study Finds (Bloomberg)
WHO Lists
9 Ways to Prevent Health Care Errors (Voice of America)
Free
Drug Samples? Bad Idea, Some Say (New York Times)
Gene
Cure for Blindness (The Australian)
Senate
Takes Up Bill to Change Drug Agency Operations (New York Times)
Many
Low-Income Seniors Don't Get Drug Benefit (USA Today)
Covering
the Bases: Explanation of Elimination Period (Maryland Gazette)
In
a Reversal, U.S. Says Medicare Won't Cover Stents for Neck Arteries
(New York Times)
Republicans
Hit Health-Care Rift (Wall Street Journal)
FDA
Expands Suicide Warnings on Drugs (New York Times)
May 2, 2007
FDA
Names Food Safety Czar (CNN)
Health
Highlights (Forbes)
Pet
Food Chemical Unlikely to Pose Threat to Humans, Experts Say (New
York Times)
Posture
Perfect (Washington Post)
Antidepressants
to Carry New Warning (Los Angeles Times)
Best
Workplace Stress Relievers (Forbes)
Trying a Day on
Deaf Ears (Toronto Star)
Deaths
from Heart Attacks Drop (USA Today)
May 1, 2007
Health
in a Bottle? (Forbes)
New
Drugs, Angioplasty Boost Decline in Heart Patient Deaths (Baltimore
Sun)
Simple
Steps to Leaner Eating (Forbes)
Finding
Whether Diabetes Lurks (New York Times)
Millions
of Chickens Fed Tainted Pet Food (Washington Post)
Severe
Low Blood Sugar Won't Harm Brain (Forbes)
The
Wheezing That Could Signal Childhood Asthma (New York Times)
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