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I provide this relatively raw list of recent medical and health related links/articles as a public service for health professionals and consumers alike, in an effort to minimize unnecessary pain and suffering and health-related costs on anyone's part. I've several projects in the works myself where in these references could play an important role, but chronic time and money shortages have so far delayed many of those ambitions. Hopefully though this list might help facilitate similar efforts on the part of others.
I try to have these references somewhat organized with the most recent nearer the top, and older ones towards the bottom of the page.
I regret that for reasons of copyright, bandwidth, and disk space I cannot provide the content of these items but only their web URLs (links). Keep in mind that quite a few of the original URLs likely broke within weeks of their original appearance, and others will have broken in the months since collection. But in certain cases you might still be able to search the original site to locate an item's new location (although sometimes a fee may be required for such access). Please refer to this page for some tips on how to sometimes dig useful information even out of broken links.
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| Powerful nutritional supplement synthesized in lab at UCSB | Rutgers researchers offer new theories about memory | Heart drug might help fight chronic fungal infections | Study suggests cause for restless leg syndrome | Some early lessons and legacies of SARS | It's not always child abuse | Eating methylmercury contaminated fish causes problems in adults | Researchers successfully inhibit spread of cancer in mice | WHY only 2 percent of Europeans contract the disease as opposed to 13 percent of African Americans, 17 percent of U.S. Latinos and up to 50 percent of Native Americans (diabetes) | Failing to meet HIV prevention goals could cost nation $18 billion | First effective drug for sleep disorder identified | Vitamin D analog found to boost radiation | More autonomy for blind people thanks to satellite navigation | Are Fast-Food Chain Salads Really Healthy | Nurses call for full-body 'moon suits' | Statins may reduce risk of cancer | St. Jude study may point the way to reducing stroke risk in African Americans | Thirteen percent of HIV-positive people are having unprotected sex with partners who are HIV-negative or uncertain of their virus status without telling these partners | Patients lose access to neurological care, according to survey | Fiber-boosted formula for piglets shows promise in battle against infant diarrhea | Children's Hospital Boston finds capacity can be increased by smoothing scheduled patient flow | Monoclonal antibody achieves best results for chronic lymphocytic leukemia | Cooking oil to fight fat and cholesterol | Combination treatment saves voice in patients with laryngeal cancer | Women benefit more from quitting smoking than men | Bush shines in the time of the lie | Hospitalized children experience medical errors at the same rate as adults | American Bioscience Meets the American Dream. Carl Elliott. | Gleevec therapy shows promise for Kaposi's sarcoma patients | The Best Offense Against Cancer | Tobacco plant produces human rabies antibodies | The War on Cancer Good News, Glum Faces | PROTEIN CRITICAL FOR DEVELOPMENT IN FRUIT FLIES FOUND TO AID HEALING OF CUTS AND WOUNDS IN MAMMALS | Heat Technique Zaps Cancerous Tumors | How to Live to 100 | Yeast, wormwood & bacterial genes combine in microbial factory to make antimalarial drug | As we get older, memory accentuates the positive helping explain why aging can foster good feelings | Flu discovery to help thwart next pandemic Media Releases News The University of Melbourne | Researchers discover possible diagnosis, treatment, vaccine for mad cow, prion diseases
| Increased potential cure for people with aggressive blood cancer | The bacteria in your intestines are welcome guests | U.S. biotech companies suppressed a campaign to strengthen government oversight of genetically modified foods | Childhood cancer survivors may experience heart problems sooner | New law eliminates a major barrier to cancer clinical trials | Donor cell injections in thymus improve outcomes for children getting heart transplants | New organ preservation solution easier to use | Nano-coated implants cut MRI scan dangers | Sleep disturbances prevalent in survivors of childhood cancer | Gene therapy grows new auditory hair cells in mammals | Hypothermia helps brain heal after cardiac arrest, finds University of Pittsburgh study | Natural resources research helps HIV-AIDS victims | Mosquitoes infected with La Crosse encephalitis found in four Southwest Virginia counties | Combination therapy safe and effective for older patients with lung cancer | Melanoma vaccine demonstrates promising results in large multi-site study | Mad Cow Future Tests explore next generation of defenses Science News Online, May 31, 2003 | Aging drivers--when it is time to take away the keys | Stem cell 'immortality' gene found | Antiviral gloves instantly clean wounds | School condom availability does not increase sexual activity | Beneficial Effect of Exercise on Cholesterol Levels Persists After Exercise Cessation | A troubling 13 percent of HIV-infected individuals failed to disclose their positive status to their HIV-negative or HIV-unknown sexual partners before engaging in unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse | Research funded by drug companies is 'biased' | Moonshine Can Still Cause Health Problems | Swimming pool chlorine byproduct implicated in rise of childhood asthma | Physical Inactivity Rapidly Increases Visceral Fat; Exercise Can Reverse Accumulation | Breastfeeding may compensate for harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy | Combined Therapies Benefit Heart Failure Patients | Abnormal immune response may play major role in glaucoma, study says | The Geiger counter within us | Following the fasting regimes laid down by the Greek Orthodox Church could reduce your chances of suffering from heart disease | New drug enfuvirtide shows promise against drug resistant HIV infection | Juvenile detainees push envelope on HIV-AIDS risk behaviors | Sporicidin disinfectant kills mold more effectively than bleach | Discovery that deadly listeriosis often occurs in clusters could help in finding sources and saving lives | Study offers hope for first new melanoma treatment in decades | Use of nicotine inhalers could reduce rates of smoking-related illnesses | Kefir May Bolster Lactose Tolerance In Intolerant People | Novel drugs for the treamtment of diabetes | Seaweed uses chemical warfare to fight microbes | New vaccine against flu, other diseases, developed at Hebrew University
| UNC HIV-AIDS screening, prevention method could become national model for cutting illness | Jefferson Scientists Uncover HIV Escape Route from Drugs and Vaccines | People getting a minimal amount of sleep do better if they go to bed early in the morning rather than late at night | A �superspreader� of SARS | Study Playing video games not so mindless - May. 29, 2003 | Handsome men produce the best quality semen and beautiful women seem to have good voices | New national studies show combined hormone replacement therapy boosts stroke, dementia | UI Researchers Selectively Silence Disease-Causing Gene | Neck ties blamed for hospital illness | Scientists Seek 1 Pill to Make You Smaller | Medical-surgical teamwork cures severe insulin condition in newborns | MDCT is more accurate than X-rays in depicting spine fractures in severe trauma patients | If successful in humans, vaccine could eliminate annual flu shot | Nature sights and sounds ease pain during common lung procedure | Surgery better than drugs for serious lack of blood flow to the heart | Diabetes and high blood pressure increase risk of serious eye disease among blacks | Hinge position in LASIK flaps affects corneal sensation and dry eye | Corneal ring segments improve vision for patients with keratoconus | Drug may work on secondary clots in stroke | Sleep disorder linked to common, serious heart rhythm problem | New research calls for heightened awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder following childbirth | Inner ear of chicken yields clues to human deafness and balance disorders | Older pilots OK to fly, study shows | Studies Suggest Seniors' Memories Might Not Be So Bad, After All | Copper chelation is a promising new therapy for clogged arteries | Eating bats linked to neurological disease | Public health measures can contain SARS, two modeling studies suggest | Exotic market animals likely source of SARS | Behavioral treatment may reverse brain changes that occur with cocaine use and help prevent relapse | 'Bacteria-eating' viruses may spread some infectious diseases | Treatment for cocaine addiction may reduce HIV risk | Miracle baby 'grew in liver' | SARS came from space, suggest astrobiologists - smh.com.au | proposed legislation before the House of Representatives would allow the Drug Czar to use almost $200 million to oppose medical marijuana initiatives and any candidates that support such initiatives | Cat Virus Tied to SARS | Attacks on new antidepressants do a disservice to the mentally ill | Water treatment reduces risk of Legionnaires' | Gamma knife radiosurgery provides long-term control of benign brain tumors, says Pitt study | Antibody coated stent a breakthrough in cardiovascular treatment | Rush Testing Kinder, Gentler Therapy for Lung Cancer | New treatment choice for people with manic depression | Hardly a wonder drug
| Study Adults maintain significant improvement in ADHD with long-term use of amphetamine | Children achieve sustained ADHD symptom improvement with long-term, once-daily use of Adderall XR | ADHD kids quality of life significantly improves with long-term, once-daily Adderall XR | Study Health Is Key To Maintaining Wealth For Seniors | Atkin's diet may cut risk of heart disease | Doctors Yank Clot from Stroke Victim's Artery | Does the Atkins Diet Work | Lieberman's Health Plan To Focus on Cures (washingtonpost.com) | Dropped Alzheimer's Drug Reversed Disease in Some (washingtonpost.com)
| SARS Taiwan thinks the unthinkable | Health Care That Spares No Expense (washingtonpost.com) | Governments Can Control SARS, WHO Officials Say (washingtonpost.com) | Hopkins researchers find potential new treatment for children with chronic hepatitis C | Patients with rectal cancer have better outcomes at busier hospitals | Study shows asthmatics more irritated by airborne dog allergens than cat allergens | Combination therapy is effective for older women with osteoporosis, says Pittsburgh study | Pro-vitamin supplement may increase cancer risk in smokers and drinkers | Many pregnant women may have depression, but few getting treatment, study finds | Benefits of lung surgery reported for emphysema patients | Environmental exposures in infancy linked to early asthma | One-third of young adults who outgrow asthma may relapse by age 26 | Selenium may inhibit progression toward Barrett's-related esophageal cancer | Low-dose diuretics are the most effective way to treat hypertension | Major government study Surgery is a good option for selected emphysema patients | Cost analysis of lung-volume-reduction surgery suggests 'cautious optimism' | Camera pill reveals damage from anti-inflammatory drugs | New material improves treatment of urinary incontinence | A new antibiotic appears effective against multidrug-resistant TB | New type of vaccine against nicotine addiction developed by TSRI scientists | Graduation may be hazardous to your health | African Americans in KY, PA and WV more likely to develop, die from colorectal cancer | Few microbiological differences in households using antibacterials | Kids' backpacks may not cause back pain after all | Lawmakers, watchdog groups question Medical Society's claims of a malpractice liability crisis | why we sleep | U.S. Backs Pact Curbing Tobacco Use Worldwide (washingtonpost.com) | 'Cattle Car Syndrome' Offers SARS Insights | Return of the Bedbugs | New cause identified for incurable muscle condition | Brain tangles associated with Alzheimer's also occur in normal aging | significant link between head injury and Parkinson's disease | Hostility in children is a risk factor for developing the precursors to cardiovascular disease | Mercury in packaged whale meat across Japan may be a major health problem | Snoring may increase risk of learning problems in some children
| Phage therapy could remove foodborne disease from livestock | ear problems decrease over time following ear tube placement | OHSU scientists look for methods to improve vaccinations for smallpox and other infectious diseases | Bush Cuts Would Result in Millions Losing Vital Health Care Coverage | a ten-year US study has found that pleasant, floral-spice perfume makes women appear five kilos lighter in the eyes of the opposite sex | 50% of reunions between siblings, or parents and offspring, separated at birth result in obsessive emotions | Greater potential of adult stem cells revealed | SARS' Achilles' heel revealed | SOME SUCCESS SEEN WITH DEPRESSION TREATMENT BY PHONE | Seizure drug improves abstinence from drinking, study shows | Greater potential of adult stem cells revealed | Kerry Unveils Health Care, Insurance Plan (washingtonpost.com) | Panel Backs Asthma Drug That May Also Help Allergies (washingtonpost.com) | The U.S. death rate from infectious disease...is now double what it was in 1980 | Dogs Beneficial in Speech-Language Therapy | Salt water may save breasts | Sperm Sorter Allows Parents To Pick Baby Gender 70 To 80 Percent Of Requests Are For Females | 3% are sexually drawn to children | Action needed to tackle death rates in young offenders | 16% of English smokers classed as hardcore | Has the health effect of passive smoking been overstated | Birth weight may be linked to arthritis in later life | Diabetes in the Elderly Linked to Fewer Cellular Power Plants | Researchers discover common cause for aging and age-related disease | No detectable risk from mercury in seafood, study shows | Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus and a strain of malaria have developed a resistance to insecticides because of a single-letter mutation in their genetic code | SARS Unmasked From Ground Zero and back travels through an hysteria epidemic | Fears over UK vaccines after US reports link to autism | West Nile Has Experts Worried This Year | Public knows no more about genetics than in 1990, U-M study shows | Chronic alcohol abuse damages regulating hormones | An anti-nicotine drug reduces the rewarding effects of alcohol | Alcohol impairs executive cognitive functioning much longer than expected | Hopkins scientists uncover role of Fanconi's Anemia genes in pancreatic cancer | Bone marrow stem cells may one day help treat damaged livers | Putting genes in a pill | New High Blood Pressure Clinical Practice Guidelines--05-14-2003 | New evaluation of osteoporosis therapies | Study finds portion of population resistant to infectious Norwalk virus | Lots of Leads, but WHO Says SARS Drug Years Off
| Can allergies be triggered by detergents, perfumes and glues? | Study Shows Newer Epilepsy Drug Has Worse Side Effects Than Older Drug | Sticky plant sap linked to African child cancer | Vaccination Halts Progression of Artherosclerosis in Animals
| Pathogenic yeasts and fungi A growing health concern | Anti-HIV drugs save vision, improve outlook for AIDS patients | Mothers who choose to work are not doing any emotional harm to their children, according to a major study released today. | China shuns doctor who told SARS truth, WHO says 05-14-03 | One AIDS Form Jumped to Humans by 1940 | Popular malaria drug may lead to suicide | Spate of spousal abuses on US military bases may be due to use of Lariam in soldiers serving in Afghanistan | US Army uncertain on malaria drug dangers -- The Washington Times | Lariam Litigation, Assisting Lariam, Mefloquine, Mephaquine and Mefliam Victims | Asthma Now Afflicts 15 Million Americans | New Help for Seasonal Allergies | Will Cosmetic Surgery Make us all the Same? | Victims of 'Lookism' Face Uphill Battle | Trio Of Trouble: Infection, Autoimmunity & Inflammation Gang Up On Heart | Patient benefits from controversial vCJD drug | Up to 29 percent of people living in the U.S. and other parts of the developed world are mentally ill | Hog-farm-cesspool gases tied to nerve damage | Heat zapps bone tumors | Government Gets an Even Closer Look at Health Records | Are Learning-Disabled Kids Tossed Aside? | Setting boundaries between work and life helps families thrive | Personality changes throughout life | Doctors find patient relationships highlight of profession | China Brings Back the Bow in SARS Fight | the 18th century's approach to mental illness | Doctors' Insurance Soars, Then Disappears (washingtonpost.com) | By 2020, 76 million worldwide could go blind without prevention | Parkinson�s symptoms indicated for first time on pet scans of brains of living patients
| Panel Urges Total Asbestos Ban in U.S. | 'Bionic eye' breakthrough can allow the blind to see | Five Patients Spread SARS to Scores, Study Says (Update2) | Grand Jury Recommends Gov't Distribute Narcotics | Scientists to exploit mosquito's genetic Achilles heel in fight against malaria | Nanoprobe To Be Developed For A 'Fantastic Voyage' In The Human Body, Finding And Treating Deadly Tu | Radiofrequency ablation effective in treating advanced lung cancer | Mammograms read by specialists save patients� time and money | Scientists at UCSB link brain plaques in Alzheimer�s disease to eye disease
| Clue to prion formation found, offers step toward treating puzzling diseases | Are psychedelic drugs good for you By John�Horgan | SARS study contains surprising revelations | Barium studies should be first step in diagnosing complications from reflux disease surgery | Study supports the use of general radiologists during off hours | Breakthrough in fight against infection misery | Extreme heat effective in treating some kidney cancers | MDCT shows promise in detecting urinary tract cancers | Radiofrequency ablation shows promise as safe, effective way to destroy lung tumors | Study recommends 50% reduction in CT radiation dose based on patient size and weight | Pressure Combined with Heat Reduces Prion Infectivity in Processed Meats | Lessons from lives of 37 Texas murderers show different paths to death row | Gene enhances prefrontal function at a price | Parents Who Quit Smoking When Their Children are Young Reduce the Chances Of Their Kids Becoming Teen Smokers
| Sars 'can be spread by touch' | Nurses abandon China�s hospitals to escape Sars | Study discovers key to baby-like skin | MR technique shows brains of Alzheimer's patients similar to immature brains in children | Whole body MR imaging could replace bone scans in cancer patients | New Research Says Better Social Skills Not Nicotine Patches Helps Smokers Quit | Capsule with microscopic camera provides better look | Kids who get prescription asthma drugs visit ER less often | Study suggests bipolar disorder may cause progressive brain damage | Smart virus eliminates brain cancer in animal experiments | 'Superglue virus' wipes out brain tumours | Half of people over 60 who contract SARS are likely to die | Sickest Patients Expose Health Systems' Flaws | Rise in sex abuse between children - smh.com.au | Atlantic Monthly Reefer Madness | SARS Scare Echoes Flu Pandemic of 1918 | two men could become the parents of their own genetic child | Regular Marijuana Users Have No Higher Rates Of Mortality | Two of the world's leading medical journals have thrown their support behind amending North America's drug laws | Common Pain Relief Drug May Make Skin Cancer Treatment More Effective | Immune cells may help deliver cancer vaccines for children | Microbes Related to Infant Lung Infections Reduced by Two-Thirds Using Specialized Ventilation System Device in ICU | Sleep loss and driving do not mix for medical residents | Children are becoming obese as young as 3 years old, and obese 10-year-olds are showing abnormal liver function and abnormally high insulin levels | SARS Virus Mutating Quickly Into 2 Forms | Anti-Psychotic Drugs May Reduce -- Not Increase -- Risk of Diabetes in Mentally Ill Patients
| Horrific venereal disease strikes African baboons NOTE: Primates such as baboons are sufficiently closely related to humans that their diseases can jump onto us if given the oppportunity. AIDS looks to have possibly jumped from chimpanzees to humans, over a period of decades or centuries. END NOTE. | Face masks are best protection against SARS | Severe immune response kills SARS victims | Study on world�s oldest monkeys may explain age-related mental decline, Scientists say | New approaches to prenatal ultrasound can predict high-risk births with greater accuracy | Adding fatty acids to formula milk may cut heart disease in later life | Cannabis more damaging to health than previously thought claim doctors | New therapy on horizon for the treatment of pituitary tumors | Estrogen regulates key factor in wound healing | Regional stroke center improves care in 100-mile radius | St. Jude researchers reverse blood disease using genetically modified stem cells | BEDWETTING MAY BE LINKED TO SOCIAL STATUS | Detox may put addicts at risk | Asia's Sars epidemic has been claiming non-human victims, as the Chinese authorities target domestic pets suspected of spreading the disease | Test blunders risk needless abortions | Global fight against AIDS requires more than drug cocktails | Vaccine with University of Rochester roots saves thousands from illness | Boy 'pregnant' with twin brother | U.S. Minorities Unaware of 'Morning-After' Pill | Borrowing from Ebola virus could aid cystic fibrosis gene therapy | Soy extract reduces PSA levels in men with untreated prostate cancer, UC Davis study shows | Drug shows promise in preventing type 1 diabetes | Contraceptives 'not used properly' | New cholesterol drug paired with statin lowers cholesterol | Wake Forest scientists develop colony of mice that fight off virulent cancer
| SARS less severe in young children | Reduce unnecessary suffering and cost of treatment, says Queen's nurse researcher | Researchers Discover Effective Method For Killing Prostate Cancer Cells | Research links erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease | Cystic fibrosis gene therapy trial results encouraging | New imaging technique may help people with asthma | Tissue engineering for erectile dysfunction | Untreated iron overload can result in liver cancer, heart disease, or other fatal conditions | No Quick Fix for SARS | Scientists breed cancer-beating mice | Research sheds new light on why some prostate cancers become untreatable | SARS 'has peaked' outside China | MORE than one billion people worldwide could be infected by the deadly SARS virus within a year | Metastatic prostate cancer is common, deadly and costly, multi-center study shows | Variety of Strains May Account for SARS Hot Spots (washingtonpost.com) | The elderly, alcohol dependence and risk factors for suicide | The new pathogen is very likely from a wild animal | American College of Preventive Medicine recommends chlamydia screening | Microgel polymer beads may provide general vehicle for vaccines, gene therapy | Malaria project in funding crisis | Sars what's the worst case scenario | SARS as 'Global Pandemic' | UK could not cope with Sars outbreak, warns public health boss | Circumcision shown to deter HIV spread -- The Washington Times | Link Between Obesity and Cancer Confirmed | Death Rate for Global Outbreak Rising (washingtonpost.com) | SARS much more deadly than first estimated
| Family history raises odds of stroke at young age | Manual therapy is effective treatment for neck pain | Cervical screening is working well, but is labour intensive | Delay in spotting TB is more common in white people and women | Protein interactions demonstrate that Alzheimer�s and Parkinson�s disease may share a common fiber | Adult stem cells shown to develop into all brain cell types | Type 1 diabetics can get 'double diabetes' from insulin resistance, says University of Pittsburgh | Having meningitis as a baby can lead to teenage behavioural problems | Hospital Water Systems May Harbor Harmful Molds | Are people from India and Indian sub-continent immune to the fast spreading SARS virus | Gephardt Health Plan to Cover All (washingtonpost.com) | Virgin birth method could found stem cells | Genetically enhanced humans to come, say DNA pioneers | Want Drugs With Those Fries | AA HELPS ALCOHOLICS STAY ABSTINENT OVER THE LONG TERM | Nationwide improvement in nursing home care not likely, despite some changes | Gastric bypass surgery improves diabetes in most patients, says University of Pittsburgh study | Did you know that as you grow older, your feet get bigger | Stroking a dog could infect a child with a parasitic worm that leads to blindness | How world let virus spread | Malaria treatment 'breakthrough' | Gephardt Issues Bold Plan on Health Care (washingtonpost.com) | Gastric Emptying For Specific Foods May Be A Key To Managing Deadly Illnesses In The Elderly | MEDLINEplus Exercise for Seniors | Color-Change Lenses Check Blood Sugar | The Stresses of Senior Life -- Illness, Reduced Mobility, Loss of Family and Friends -- Can Surface Conflicts Couples Have Avoided for Years | SARS Seen as a Threat to Governments as Well as People (washingtonpost.com)
| Is Addiction Just a Matter of Choice | Snoring Linked To Headaches | A kindler, gentler cut for LASIK | Scientists discover unique source of stem cells | baby teeth stem cells | Poor diagnosis of ear infections is a symptom of medical care ills | (SARS) has likely become a permanent threat that will plague humanity indefinitely | New Permanent Birth Control Option For Women Offers Less-invasive Alternative To Tubal Ligation | Bright Light Exposure Increases Male Hormone | Genetic smart bomb knocks out hepatitis | Baylor researchers show way to diabetes cure with gene therapy | White Noise Delays Auditory Organization in the Brain | Counselling can increase fruit and vegetable intake | High blood pressure in pregnancy increases risk of later heart disease | Toxic molecule may provide key for developing vaccine against degenerative diseases | Dartmouth engineers closer to mass-producing therapeutic proteins | Nanotechnology may help overcome current limitations of gene therapy | Rapid increase of opioids benefits some dying pediatric cancer patients | Adult stem cells tackle multiple sclerosis | Programmable Antibodies�A Hybrid Cancer Therapy Described by Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute | U.Va. researcher reports on advances in treatment of a leading parasitic killer | Identification of gene gives hope to children with progeria; May shed light on phenomenon of aging | Researchers identify gene for premature aging disorder | Chaos Theory May Help Explain Patterns Of Alcohol Abuse, Studies Suggest | Experts offer theories on how dead woman could deliver baby | A shunt implanted in the skull of a patient with Alzheimer's could be the first treatment that actually fixes what's broken in the brain rather than simply masking symptoms of the debilitating disease | how we can be so different from other primates despite sharing 99% of their genetic material
| For diabetics, eyes soon to be the windows to better health | Cloned Pigs Differ from Originals in Looks and Behavior | Estrogen patch compared to pill minimizes cardiovascular risk factor in postmenopausal women | Gene variation in immune system cells lowers heart disease risk | STUDY HELPS PINPOINT WHO IS AT RISK FOR STAPH INFECTIONS -- MSU Press Releases | Why are sex diseases rising? | New method for predicting prostate cancer and the risk for metastasis | Sudden death not surprising in many women | Nitric Oxide-like Drug Could Revive A Failing Heart | Alcohol-induced blackouts may lead to heavier drinking | Final human genome sequence released | four of six young, healthy moderate smokers -- men and women who smoked less than a pack a day -- had unacceptably low blood levels of Vitamin B-6, a vitamin believed to be protective against the DNA damage that can lead to cancer | Cholestyramine shows protective effects for marine toxin poisoning | Pitt researchers develop non-invasive glucose sensor | Intrusive emotional memories make rats forget recently learned information, USF-VA researchers find | Prenatal exposure to nicotine increases risk of apnea in brains of newborn rats | Dubious value meals Bigger is not better | SCHOOL CHANGES COULD HELP KIDS BE MORE ACTIVE, EAT BETTER | Magnetic crystals in brain linked to Alzheimer's | Difficulties with primate cloning A religious comment | Experimental 'coffee cocktail' tested as way to limit stroke damage | Failures in primate cloning may signal impossibility of human reproductive cloning
| Women with pre-eclampsia at higher risk of later blood clots | Prescription exercise is effective | Antibodies can halve risk of transplant rejection | MGH-BWH study identifies Alzheimer's associated changes in the eye | Poor pain pump designs increase patient risk University of Toronto study | Surgery Tools Used in UK CJD Cases Can't Be Traced | Smart mathematical model prevents the spread of swine fever | Voucher programs may improve neighborhood safety | Workplace counseling may boost physical activity, fitness | Combination drug therapy drastically reduces multiple coronary heart disease risk factors | Designing a digital toolbox to quickly check cognitive function | Could Hibernators Hold The Key To Improving Organ Preservation? | A Cholesterol-Controlling Drug Could Strike A Blow Against Insulin Resistance | Study of twins reveals changes in attention and motor skills after heavy stimulant abuse | Amorous worms reveal effects of Chernobyl | Mother-Infant Bed Sharing Is Associated With An Increase In Infant Heart Rate | UNC scientists find important new clue to puzzle of addictive behavior | Grape Seed Extract May Be A Useful Supplement To Blunt Hypertension In Postmenopausal Women | New Research Examines The Metabolic, Cardiovascular Effects Of Caffeine Consumed In Conjunction With Naringin, The Property Tha | Depression during treatment may make it harder for women to quit smoking | Concurrent tobacco and marijuana use may hamper cigarette smoking cessation | Environmental cues associated with heroin use may decrease immune function | Higher pain tolerance in males can't be bought | In Some Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Cfs), Left Ventricular Function May Be At The Heart Of The Matter | Modern Blood Vessel Measurements Test An Age Old Belief That Magnetic Fields Can Influence Blood Flow
| Cocaine addicts get a high before the hit | Aerosol cyclosporine spray improves lung function in transplant patients, say researchers | Why Britain's gay, lesbian and bisexual Muslims need dedicated support groups | Migraine sufferers may not be receiving most effective treatment | Eye clinics ideal for screening elderly patients for depression, other conditions | Age, degree of refractive error increase changes for LASIK retreatments | Retinal abnormalities and AMD associated with hypertension and pulse pressure | Child Overweight Linked to Severe Obesity as Adult | The Fakeout Bush promised billions for AIDS�but not until he's left office | Baby food mercury concern | Woman's breasts accidentally removed | Beijing is concealing Sars deaths, says doctor | A Beacon For Better Health Care (washingtonpost.com) | Tumour-loving bugs deliver killer blow | Medication helps overweight teens lose weight | DNA-based vaccine triples survival for dogs with melanoma
| Singapore Woman Linked to 100 SARS Cases | 1918 Flu Epidemic | China Still Covering Up SARS, Doctors Say | 'If there are people who have the virus and don't show symptoms, we are lost, because that would mean it had spread throughout the world, as it is easily contracted' | While China Stonewalled | Obese Children and Their Parents Report Impaired Quality of Life Quality Rated as Bad as Lives Led by Young Cancer Patients | Prostate cancer patients with highest risk of progression | COX-2 Enzyme Instrumental in Parkinson's Disease | Novel COX-2 combination treatment may reduce colon cancer risk | New Treatment for Ovarian Cancer Studied at MCG | Human reproductive rates follow biological scaling rules | Doctor tackles US health inequality | China gags SARS talk on Internet chatrooms | Fire safe cigarettes don't taste good, go out too much, says tobacco company | Indian villagers crippled by fluoride | Doctors Warn Kids at Risk From Nuke Plants | The NBC journalist's death was possibly caused by the hours he spent reporting cramped in an Army vehicle -- just another way war kills | possibility that there are super-spreaders of SARS | Compound developed from mussels may lead to safer, more effective medical implants | Whether quake disaster or terrorist threat, hospitals can safely evacuate patients with little outside help | Disease may change to an even deadlier form | Novel treatment results in less brain damage following stroke
| | St. Jude Develops Vaccine Against Potential Pandemic Influenza Virus H5N1 Using Reverse Genetics | Two new studies showed Alzheimer�s disease treatment beneficial in other memory-related conditions | 6m SMSs avert SARS panic (April 03, 2003) | Half of all hospital drug injections are wrong | 'SARS appears on track for worldwide outbreak' - timesunion.com | Aids and the Polio Vaccine | GOP leaders press Ehrlich to veto medical marijuana | Cancer cases 'to soar' | China's Slow Reaction to Fast-Moving Illness (washingtonpost.com) | Fruit consumption related to increased risk of Parkinson's | Mandatory reporting of seizures can have negative impact | Can we halt the deadly SARS? | Drug slows advanced Alzheimer's disease | Head injuries' double whammy explained | Killer pneumonia virus linked to birds | POOR HEALTH KEEPS ELDERLY FROM SEEKING PREVENTIVE CARE | Can Smallpox Vaccine Fight Cancer? March 31, 2003�213207 | New clothes stab bugs with molecular daggers | SARS 'monster of man's making', warns expert - smh.com.au | Fighting a Mystery Illness (washingtonpost.com) | Supreme Court Says States Can Force HMOs to Open Doctor Networks (washingtonpost.com) | Loss of brain tissue may contribute to cognitive impairment among healthy diabetes patients | Early levodopa treatment: Does it slow or hasten Parkinson�s? | Hydroxyurea therapy improves survival in most severely affected sickle cell patients | Jefferson Neurologist Finds Monthly Migraines in Women May Be Preventable | Silent strokes increase odds of devastating strokes | Immune responses to peanuts are key in a growing allergic phenomenon | GM blood kills human cancer cells | Movement disorders from viral encephalitis can be severe, | OHSU researchers produce first animal model for stress-induced movement disorder | Antibody therapy can increase the effectiveness of cancer vaccine, early studys | Drug combination increases life span of mice with ALS | Emory researchers report promising findings in advanced Parkinson's with novel cell therapy | Study finds drug can cut chance of a heart attack by more than a third | Mayo Clinic study shows thalidomide may delay p