2005

August

• Exercise test spots trouble ahead for healthy men

• Petrol sniffing continues to kill Aborigines

• Bird flu kills another Vietnamese

• US senator seeks probe of drug researcher payments

• Dutch doctors grant 44 percent of requests to die

• S. African business slowly wakes up to AIDS challenge

• Russian bird flu epidemic to fade soon

• WHO in talks with Roche on bird flu stockpile

• Drug cuts fractures in Alzheimer, stroke patients

• Trust fosters correct drug use when cash is tight

• Brain disease may cause death during sleep

• Tests show promise for bird flu vaccine in humans

• EU authorizes GMO maize type by legal rubberstamp

• UN fears epidemic as malaria sweeps Ethiopia

• Polio cases hit 205 in Indonesia, two in capital

• Fatty diet may thwart brain’s fullness signal

• Smaller breast tumors help explain better survival

• Russian bird flu may be spreading

• Teacher caught licking students’ wounds

• Chinese officials fired for pig disease cover-up

• Type of dialysis makes a difference to death risk

• High intake of milk may raise ovarian cancer risk

• Bird flu spreads in Russia, maybe in Kazakhstan

• Cloned dog raises ethical questions

• Provigil may perk up sleepy shift workers

• Vietnam vaccinates poultry to fight bird flu

• Topamax may help alcohol-using smokers quit

• China in new push to curb addictive online gaming

• China swine flu outbreak fails to worry residents

• People with mental illness often victims of crime

• False beliefs about junk food could help diet

• U.S. drug makers to review advertising complaints

• HK experts see no mutation in swine flu - paper

• Athletics - U.S. propose life bans for steroid offences

• Russian region culls birds after flu outbreak

• China farmers ignore swine flu hygiene orders

• Romanian heatwave kills 56

• Tax assessor threatened in Florida anthrax hoax

• Perrigo recalls oral drops for children in U.S.

• Some teens try to get buff from a bottle

• China educates farmers on pig-borne disease

• New York company expands recall of chicken products

• Russia bird flu could spread to EU

• Angola immunizes 5 million children in polio fight

• Stem cell sponsor sees veto-proof Senate backing

• HK orders clean up as swine flu spreads in China

July

• Russian drugs abuse “catastrophic”—police

• Silicone breast implants get FDA OK

• Britain to double aid to fight killer diseases

• Study confirms drug combo prevents AIDS

• House approves added veterans medical funds

• FDA bans Bayer antibiotic for poultry use

• Indonesia drops mass culling plan to fight bird flu

• Senate advances bill to restrict cold medicines

• Malpractice fears drive docs to order excess tests

• Pesticide exposure causes illnesses in schools

• Egg cells derived from bone marrow in mice

• UK Appeals Court overturns “right-to-food” verdict

• China bacteria outbreak worsens, dead pigs dug up

• U.S. House OKs small business health plan

• Gene engineered stem cells heal rat spines -study

• Flu viruses can quickly swap genes—study

• S. African donates blood for record 350th time

• Weaker strain may explain nonfatal monkeypox in US

• High DDT levels found in breast milk of HK mothers

• Suspected Russia bird flu seen no threat to humans

• Study question effectiveness of alcoholism therapy

• Many Indonesians brush off bird flu risk

• French charity airlifts emergency food to Niger

• Indonesia prepares hospitals for bird flu care, checks

• Carbon monoxide poisoning tied to generator use

• Wife influences husband’s marijuana use

• U.S. lawmakers renew call for abortion pill ban

• Relationships matter for sex after menopause

• Croatia confronts sexual abuse of children

• Antidepressant efficacy may be overblown

• S. Africa police ripped for firing on AIDS activists

• Climate only partly to blame for Africa food woes

• Portable oxygen OK for airline passengers-FAA

• Unborn babies soaked in chemicals, survey finds

• Bandits make off with truckload of breast implants

• Conn. wants to weed out marijuana-flavored candy

• Church says Mexico’s Fox traitor on day-after pill

• UK doctor’s baby death evidence ruled misleading

• Getting a flu shot may reduce your risk of stroke

• US group calls for health warnings on soft drinks

• Killer bird flu virus erupts again in Thailand

• Device mechanically removes brain blood clots

• Spain to allow therapeutic cloning, minister says

• S. Africa health dept sharply hikes AIDS estimate

• First trial against Merck’s Vioxx starts in Texas

• Migrating geese could carry bird flu out of Asia

• Bird flu crisis needs more money, quick response-UN

• US says Cyprus ties could suffer over GMO plan

• BioSante says hot flash gel study is positive

• War, prostitution fuel AIDS epidemic in Ivory Coast

• Yes, quitting before surgery is a good idea

• Drug curbs BP boost from cocaine, methamphetamine

June

• House panel bill to crack down on steroids

• Vietnam bird flu toll rises to 39

• Australia’s “Dr. Death” had acceptable record

• UK ambulance changes mean more treated at home

• Health groups seek to intervene in U.S. tobacco case

• UK airline calls in sleep doctor to cure jet lag

• Whistle blower says drug industry cheated Medicaid

• Portugal Socialists seek 2005 abortion referendum

• S. Africa acts on illegal circumcision after deaths

• EU sets 2011 deadline to ban mercury exports

• Guidant tells doctors not to implant some devices

• ABCD predicts stroke risk after ‘mini-stroke’

• Flu pandemic could kill half million in US

• During a chemical fire, evacuation may not be best

• Cheese from Mexico linked to TB-like infections

• Medicare to test paying for elderly home day care

• Millions in US suffer migraines needlessly

• High-tech fertility treatment growing

• South Asia heat wave kills at least 375

• US docs’ group wants package fixes for herbal meds

• Cardiac arrest response slow for hospital visitors

• Cellphones take up driver attention

• Cost seen limiting use of flu drug on birds in China

• Antibiotics usually not needed for pink eye

• Chinese medicine kills one child, makes 151 sick

• Docs want to dispense drugs if pharmacists won’t

• More than 40 dead in Pakistani heat wave

• UK baby death expert faces misconduct hearing

• Glaxo and IAVI to develop HIV vaccine

• Australia’s ‘Dr Death’ kind, smart—Indian hometown

• Dutch doctor in UK organ scandal found guilty

• UK government consults public on smoking ban

• Three EU states seen keeping ban on GMO maize type

• Many child workers abused in Indonesian homes

• Consumer group wants warning label on potato chips

• Zambia to put debt relief into AIDS fight

• Indian women fight back against rape epidemic

• Number of Japan child abuse cases soar

• WHO probes China’s reported use of flu drug on birds

• Dengue fever kills 3 in Yemen, 58 others infected

• Oregon’s top lawyer OKs medical marijuana use

• Embryos cloned from human eggs matured in lab

• Pelvic inflammatory disease linked to pelvic pain

• Friends may be key to living longer

• US lawmakers urge emergency contraception for rape

• Somalia to begin anti-polio drive this week

• US speeding deaths up as speed limits rise

• New whitener bleaches teeth with less sensitivity

• Brazilian doctors uncover ‘Michelangelo code’

• No plan for Italy abortion campaign, cleric says

• Limited medical insurance not much help

• Catholic Church victorious in Italy fertility vote

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