Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA articles from November 2002

Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA archives from November 2002

Compounds prevent alcohol's disruption of important developmental process.(fetal alcohol syndrome)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two experimental compounds prevent one of the cellular events that is a likely contributor to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse...

Infectious diseases can only be tackled by addressing social inequalities.(U.K Public Health Laboratory Service)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The relationship between infectious disease and socioeconomic factors has been recognized for hundreds of years, and yet much more needs to be done to address the social inequalities that fuel the...

HHS announces six new members of CDC Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention.(Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has announced the appointment of six new members to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on HIV and...

Depression and exposure to other smokers linked to alternate tobacco product use among teens.
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exposure to family and friends who smoke and elevated levels of depression significantly affect the likelihood of alternate tobacco product use among adolescents, a study by researchers from the...

APHA report card measures response to terrorism.(American Public Health Association)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Public health is much better prepared to respond to a bioterrorist threat than a year ago, said a report card released by the American Public Health Association. However, public health remains...

FDA inspection results still unknown.(Food and Drug Administration, Alpharma Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On July 29, 2002, Alpharma, Inc., (ALO), a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that the FDA was completing a follow-up inspection to a September 2001 inspection of its Baltimore...

Geriatric provider shortage suggests health care needs to improve with age.(baby boom generation )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With the baby boom generation closing in on old age, every health care professional should be trained in treating the elderly, contend three nursing professors writing in Health Affairs. People age...

CDC awards contract to develop intravenous hyperimmune globulin.(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Cangene Corp. to develop hyperimmune globulin for anthrax treatment )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cangene announces that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a clinical-grade hyperimmune globulin to be used as an adjunct to antibiotic...

New FDA guidelines question effects of animal antibiotics.(Food and Drug Administration issues guidelines to animal drug makers)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Guidelines issued to animal drug makers by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are intended to address concerns that animal antibiotics are being passed to humans through food, possibly allowing...

Self-reported severity increases around World Trade Center.(asthma attacks)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Both environmental and psychological factors, related to September 11, contributed to an increase in symptoms among adults with asthma in the weeks following the attacks, according to the September 6,...

Families need to catch up on vaccinations.
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Millions of parents have gotten their kids ready for a brand new school year - bought new clothes, books and supplies, and making doctor appointments for annual physicals. But this year the...

OHSU researchers discover toxicity risks for widely used chemicals.(Oregon Health and Science University researches effects of benzene derivative exposure)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) has revealed that certain chemical ingredients of gasoline, jet fuel and other solvents may pose a greater health hazard than first thought. ...

Leaving hospital against medical advice a common and frustrating problem.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an attempt to gain a better understanding of why patients leave the hospital against medical advice (AMA), Dr. Aslam Anis and colleagues reviewed all "index" (first admission) records for HIV/AIDS...

Aftermath: Minnesota responds to terror.(tightened security and Mayo Clinic instant anthrax test )
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A faster anthrax test. Protective booties for dogs working Ground Zero. More money and special powers to guard against acts of terrorism. Those were some of the ways Minnesotans responded to the...

WHO finds bad health linked to poverty.(World Health Organization; European health report)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Poverty remains the single largest cause of bad health in Europe, the World Health Organization said September 17, 2002, as it presented a snapshot of the health situation in its vast European region....

Switching drugs from prescription to OTC raises concerns.(over the counter drugs)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It sounds like an easy decision: lift prescription restrictions on some widely used drugs so people can buy what they need without a note from their doctor. But making that change turns out to be a...

Researchers develop effective, safe vaccine against deadly bioterrorism toxin.(ricin vaccine)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have developed a vaccine in mice against the deadly toxin ricin. Ricin has been used as a biological weapon in many parts of...

Married couples at risk of same disease.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Married couples are significantly more likely to suffer the same kind of disease, finds a study in the British Medical Journal. Researchers from the University of Nottingham set out to determine...

UT Southwestern and UT Dallas win NIH grant to establish research center.(National Institutes of Health sickle cell center)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A multimillion-dollar 5-year federal grant will enable the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and the University of Texas at Dallas to establish the first National Institutes...

Phase I vaccine trial yields positive results.(Acambis PLC's ACAM1000)
November 3, 2002... 2002 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acambis plc has completed a phase I trial of its smallpox vaccine, ACAM1000. The trial tested the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of ACAM1000 and Dryvax, the smallpox vaccine that was...

Viral resistance to entry inhibitors limited.(HIV)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV entry inhibitors are unlikely to engender drug-resistant viral mutants, researchers in the United States argue. "Two of the fusion inhibitors T-20 and...

Prevalence continues to increase among U.S. adults.(obesity)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity among U.S. adults has continued to increase and now affects 30% of the population, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD, and...

Consumers advised of risks associated with eating raw and lightly cooked sprouts.(food-borne illnesses from alfalfa, mung bean sprouts)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating its health advisory on the risks associated with eating all raw sprouts because of a recent Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with...

African Americans less likely than Caucasians to be vaccinated against flu.
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fewer than half of African Americans over the age of 65 are vaccinated against influenza each year as compared with Caucasians, placing thousands of older African Americans at increased risk for...

Food Code sets new standard for food service workers.(food safety )(Brief Article)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the...

CDC reports efforts to reduce birth defects successful.(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public awareness campaign on folic acide intake)(Brief Article)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The incidence of spina bifida has decreased by 32% in the United States over the past decade. The decrease indicates the success of the Public Health Service's recommendations released in 1992...

Franek Technologies advances bioterrorism preparedness.
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nation is better prepared to deal with the public health threat of biological terrorism due to the efforts of Franek Technologies, Inc., the leader in Category III-3 Laboratory Protection Systems...

HHS announces contracts for developing new vaccine.(Health and Human Services, anthrax vaccine)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded two companies contracts...

CDC approves partnership agreement with Quigley Corp.(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Quigley Corp. has entered into a partnership agreement with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under which the Quigley Corp. will distribute CDC cold and flu educational...

OSU studies risk related to beef consumption.(Ohio State University researching zeronal, breast cancer link)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists concerned that a growth promoter widely used in the U.S. cattle industry may increase the risk of breast cancer are launching the first-ever study comparing beef consumption with elevated...

Alfacell, NCI expand research collaboration.(National Cancer Institute to study radiation enhancer Onconase)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alfacell Corp. (ACEL) has expanded its research collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Rockville, Maryland. ...

Emory microbiologists will study vaccines using NIH bioterrorism grant.(National Institutes of Health funding for viral hemorrhagic fever research)(Brief Article)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine will study vaccines for viral hemorrhagic fevers, using a grant of more than $450,000 from the National Institutes of Health's Rapid Response Grants...

Medicare rule change sets new standards.(pneumococcal, influenza vaccinations)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. rule revision will help facilitate delivery of influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations in hospitals, home health agencies, and nursing homes serving Medicare or Medicaid patients. The...

FDA approves preservative-free flu vaccine for pediatric use.(Fluzone Preservative-free: Pediatric Dose, Influenza Virus Vaccine)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis Pasteur announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved licensure to market Fluzone Preservative-free: Pediatric Dose, Influenza Virus Vaccine. For the first time,...

Vaccine shipments should arrive in time for high-risk patients.(Fluzone)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis Pasteur, the largest U.S. supplier of influenza vaccine, planned to complete shipping partial orders of Fluzone, influenza virus vaccine, to all of its customers by the end of September, with...

Parasite, mosquito genomes complete malaria picture.
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genome sequences of Plasmodium falciparum, the most lethal malaria-causing parasite, and Anopheles gambiae, a mosquito that transmits the parasite to humans, are now complete, two international...

Fears of an epidemic prompt urgent vaccination campaign in famine-hit Zimbabwe.(measles)(Brief Article)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fears of a measles epidemic prompts urgent vaccination campaign in famine-hit Zimbabwe With an estimated 3 million Zimbabwean children at risk because of drought and food shortages, fears of a...

New study shows efficacy of gene therapy.(treatment for Parkinson Disease)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study published in the journal Science, scientists from the University of Auckland and Weill Cornell Medical College report on the effectiveness of a new gene therapy approach to Parkinson...

Strong warning labels urged for ephedra.
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate the best scientific evidence available and recommend the strongest...

FDA awards five contracts for women's studies, four of them for counterterrorism.(effects of drugs on pregnant, lactating and elderly women)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Office of Women's Health has announced contracts for five research studies including four focusing on drugs used to counteract the effects of biological...

Efforts to fight mother-to-child HIV transmission making an impact.(World AIDS Conference)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Congress has been told that existing public-private partnerships to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV in resource-poor countries have demonstrated success and can be rapidly...

FDA cracks down on ephedra product.(Brief Article)
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. health regulators have stopped imports of an herbal product promoted as an alternative to illegal street drugs, and have informed operators of an Internet site selling "Yellow Jackets" that they...

EPA will bypass pesticide regulations to fight outbreaks.
November 10, 2002... 2002 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, hoping to help stem the rapid spread of West Nile virus, said October 10, 2002, it will let some people spray pesticides on water to kill mosquitoes without...

Researchers say timing is optimal to conquer tobacco epidemic in U.S.
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), authors of a paper conclude that an optimal convergence of science, public opinion, and legislative policy makes the...

CDC bioterror early warning system to be created.(Brief Article)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One year after the deadly anthrax attacks on the U.S. mainland, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a landmark $1.2 million grant to create the foundation for a...

CDC announces issuance of patent for detecting the presence of lead.(Brief Article)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the issuance of a patent for a hand wipe that can quickly and easily detect the presence of lead on skin, the steering wheels of...

CDC Foundation receives $6.2 million commitment to support highest priorities.(to support the work of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zell and Emily Kravinsky, a mid-career Pennsylvania couple, have established two trusts worth approximately $6.2 million at the CDC Foundation to support the work of the U.S. Centers for Disease...

Blood transfusions suspected in Ohio cases.(of West Nile virus)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authorities were testing donated blood to determine if three people in Ohio, including one who died, contracted West Nile virus through blood transfusions. "We are aware of potential cases"...

Bystanders in public places able to operate AEDs.(automatic external defibrillators)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A 2-year observational study published in theNew England Journal of Medicine has found that random bystanders at three metropolitan airports who had never operated or been trained in using automatic...

AMA thinks FDA should ban ephedra diet aids.(American Medical Association)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) testified before Congress on the dangers of the dietary supplement ephedra. "The AMA urges the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] FDA to remove dietary...

AIDS blamed for mounting death toll in South African prisons.
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prisoners cram into cells soaked in grime and sweat. They share mattresses, tattoo needles and dirty razors. Rape is common. South Africa's prisons have become a breeding ground for the AIDS...

Rare form seen in painkiller-linked outbreak.(South Carolina Urgent Care Pharmacy's methlyprednisolone investigated)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A fourth case of rare fungal meningitis has been linked to a painkiller from a South Carolina drug maker, state health officials said. The latest patient was hospitalized [week of October 7] and is...

West Nile virus, bioterrorism require developing a radically new approach.(American Public Health Association's Mohammad N. Akhter addresses House of Representatives)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The emergence of West Nile virus in the United States and bioterrorist threats require a new strategic approach to public health, the American Public Health Association said in testimony before the...

Abbott receives FDA approval to reintroduce Abbokinase.(Abbott Laboratories)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to reintroduce Abbokinase (urokinase) for the treatment of...

Court overturns rules on pediatric drug testing.(testing of adult medicines commonly prescribed to children)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A federal court threw out rules requiring drug companies to test adult medicines commonly given to children, saying Congress never intended to give the Food and Drug Administration power to require...

Guidelines on weight loss marketing, advertising claims to be discussed.(Weight Loss and Obesity Marketing and Risk Education forum, 2002)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Strategic Research Institute New York announced a forum for weight loss marketers to learn about the latest findings, investigations, guidelines, and policies relating to weight loss marketing and...

FDA advisers recommend that trials go forward for bubble boy disease.(gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene therapy that seems to cure an often fatal immune disorder also likely gave a French toddler a leukemia-like illness, but U.S. scientists want the genetic experiments restarted anyway - calling the...

Federal officials debate whether to recommend, or simply offer vaccine.(smallpox vaccine)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It's one thing to offer a risky, possibly deadly, smallpox vaccine. It's another to urge people to take it. U.S. officials planning for smallpox vaccinations are still debating this key issue:...

Feds to monitor vaccine.(smallpox vaccine)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stuck with 30-year-old data about the effects of the smallpox vaccine, federal officials have created a comprehensive system to track and monitor those who may receive the shots. The system would...

Outbreaks at all-time low in U.S.(syphilis)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When a Pittsburgh suburb experienced the beginnings of a 30-case syphilis outbreak last year, state health workers met those suspected of fueling the surge - drug users and prostitutes - on the...

Study finds increased risk of liver injury with some TB medications.
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newly recommended treatment for latent tuberculosis infection can cause liver injury, and therefore needs to be used with great caution and frequent monitoring, according to a University of...

Hispanic, American Indian children disproportionately affected.(childhood diabetes)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, typically affecting Americans over the age of 40. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, the number of children...

FDA seizes dietary supplements with drug claims.(Brief Article)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the request of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Marshals seized dietary supplements making drug claims from the Humphrey Laboratories of Lake Oswego, Oregon, doing business as Kirkman...

Disease infects four Louisiana dogs, spreading to other animals.(Brief Article)
November 17, 2002... 2002 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Four dogs with encephalitis symptoms had the West Nile virus, state officials said in one of the first signs the disease may be becoming more widespread in animals. Three of the dogs died, state...

New CDC report proposes strategies to help schools manage asthma.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlines six strategies to help the nation's schools manage the problems of students with asthma. The guide, Strategies for...

CDC updates investigations in recipients of blood transfusions.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), in collaboration with blood collection...

Genome of potential bioterror agent sequenced.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), in collaboration with colleagues at Virginia Tech, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center and the Walter Reed Army...

CDC provides $1.2 million for early warning system for terrorism-related illness outbreaks.(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that $1.2 million is being awarded to the Harvard Consortium for a pilot program to develop an early warning system for terrorism...

Protein patterns in blood may predict diagnosis.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patterns of proteins found in patients' blood serum may help distinguish between prostate cancer and benign conditions, scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Food and Drug...

TRUST 2002 study shows levofloxacin resistance remains rare in S. pneumoniae.(Tracking Resistance in the U.S. Today)
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics is increasing among Streptococcus pneumoniae, a leading cause of respiratory illness. In the early 1990s, resistance to penicillin became a concern;...

Erbitux testing resumes.(ImClone Systems Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.)
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ImClone Systems, Inc., and Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc., are beginning a new round of clinical tests of Erbitux, a promising drug to treat colon cancer. A 250-patient phase II trial is now under way...

CDC designates new Kentucky biodefense center.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)(Center for the Deterrence of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism)
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new biodefense center in Kentucky has been designated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of seven specialty sites in the nation for public health preparedness. The...

CDC-funded area program to reduce diabetes wins award.(REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health)
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Get Active Detroit organization recently presented a Promoting Active Communities Award on behalf of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health, and Sports to a local group that has been in...

FDA to develop pathogen detection tests.(Brief Article)
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IGEN International, Inc., (NASDAQ:IGEN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acquired Origen-based products to expand their homeland security program for food safety. The...

Listeria outbreak, meat recall spur calls for more regulation.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could have prevented a Listeria outbreak and a recall of 27 million pounds of poultry meats if agency rules required companies to test for the bacteria,...

Health agencies encouraged to work more closely.(Brief Article)
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. government agencies are moving in the right direction to improve health care quality, but they should share information and coordinate their efforts, the Institute of Medicine said October 30,...

No link between antimalaria drug and violence, Army says.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An Army investigation of possible medical and behavioral causes behind a series of domestic killings and suicides at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has ruled out the antimalaria drug Lariam, officials...

Early sexual development, childhood obesity link is opposite for boys and girls.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new analysis of a major study of childhood nutrition shows that early sexually maturing girls are more likely than other girls to be obese, while in boys early developers are less likely to be obese...

Lifestyle changes may help prevent cancer.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity, increasing at an alarming rate in the United States and in many other countries, is thought to result from lifestyle changes, including decreased physical activity and overconsumption of...

Government applies bioterrorism responses to flu, West Nile.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leaders in the U.S. fight against bioterrorism said that what they have learned from last year's anthrax assault is also being put to use in attacking naturally occurring disease outbreaks like West...

Biosurgery, pharma product developer resolves AIP status.
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gliatech, Inc., (GLIAQ.PK) has been notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the company has adequately completed the required audits and corrective actions to resolve its...

Lifespan announces $19.2 million NIH grant.(Brief Article)
November 24, 2002... 2002 NOV 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lifespan announced it has won three major, multiyear research grants totaling $19.2 million from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The funding comes from the Center of Biomedical Research...