Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA articles from September 2003

Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA archives from September 2003

Prevalence of HIV infection increasing in older Americans.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence of HIV infection is increasing among older Americans. According to a study from the United States, "In the past 11 years, the cumulative number of AIDS cases reported to the Centers...

Exoerythrocytic stages of Plasmodium inui shortti shown in new world monkeys.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exoerythrocytic stages of Plasmodium inui shortti have been established in new world monkeys. According to recent research published in the Journal of Parasitology, "Attempts are being made to...

Finger-stick HIV test is accurate and acceptable to women in Thailand.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A rapid, accurate whole-blood finger-stick test for HIV antibody has been developed that is acceptable among women in Northern Thailand. According to recent research published in JAIDS - Journal of...

Herpesvirus 8 infection linked to hepatitis B and HIV infections in Ugandans.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human herpesvirus 8 infection was associated with hepatitis B and HIV infections in Ugandan blood donors. According to recent research from the United States, "Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is...

FDA incentive program improves study of medications for children.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) program that encourages pediatric drug development has resulted in improved understanding of pharmacokinetics (the action of a drug in the body), safety, and...

23-Valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine not effective in Navajo adults.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease was not effective in Navajo adults. According to a study from the United States, "Invasive pneumococcal disease occurs...

Protein digestibility related to allergenicity.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Protein digestibility is related to allergenicity, according to a report in a recent issue of Environmental Health Perspectives. "In January 2001 a Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

World Health Organization: Farmers should cut antibiotic use.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Farmers worldwide should take a lesson from Danish bacon producers and reduce the use of antibiotics on their livestock to help stem the growth of drug-resistant bacteria in humans, the U.N. health...

Labeling changes required for drug products that contain salmeterol.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the addition of new safety information and warnings to the labeling for drug products that contain salmeterol, a long-acting bronchodilator used...

All donations now screened for West Nile in U.S.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- This year, every blood donation collected in the United States is being screened for West Nile virus, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) update in Morbidity and...

ImClone, Bristol-Myers file application to approve Erbitux.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ImClone Systems, Inc., and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. say they have refiled an application with federal regulators to market Erbitux, the cancer drug at the center of an insider trading scandal. If...

Study calls for major reforms in marketing of ephedra.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found that some web sites that advertise dietary herbal supplements containing the popular weight-loss agent ephedra fail to disclose potential adverse effects and make misleading...

Prevention of the development and progression of renal disease reviewed.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A scientist has recently reviewed the prevention of the development and progression of renal disease. According to recent research published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology,...

Effect of trabecular material on backscatter from cancellous bone reported.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effect of trabecular material properties on the frequency dependence of backscatter from cancellous bone has been reported in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. "Previous...

Montana moves to halt Canada drugs by mail.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- State regulators in Montana have filed suit against Rx Depot to close the Billings storefront of the mail-order company that arranges to bring discounted prescription medicines from Canada. The...

Epidemiology of sporadic bloody diarrhea in rural Western Kenya reported.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The epidemiology of sporadic bloody diarrhea in rural Western Kenya was described in a recent issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. According to recent research from the...

Aerosolized mycobacteria may underlie respiratory disease outbreaks.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aerosolized mycobacteria may be a key source of respiratory infections "Environmental opportunistic mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium avium, M. terrae, and the new species M. immunogenum, have...

Work done by Emerging Infections Programs outlined.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The work done by the Emerging Infections Programs is outlined in a recent issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. According to researchers in the United States, "The Emerging Infections...

Physical activity definitions broadened to include daily activities.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even moderate types of exercise provide health benefits. For that reason, a state-based survey, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first time includes a...

All Vibrio vulnificus isolates from market oysters are virulent.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Analysis of Vibrio vulnificus from market oysters and septicemia cases for virulence markers failed to distinguish between extremely virulent and mildly virulently strains. According to a study...

Handlers of E. coli-infected ground beef can contaminate lettuce.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Food preparers and equipment exposed to E. coli-infected ground beef can spread the pathogen to lettuce. In a recent study from the United States, "a lettuce outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 was...

Caspofungin is first approved agent in new class of antifungals.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caspofungin is the first agent in new class of antifungals approved in the United States. According to a study from the United States, "Caspofungin (Cancidas, Merck and Company, Inc.) is the first...

Acute flaccid paralysis may be caused by West Nile virus infection.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinicians should consider West Nile virus infection in patients with acute flaccid paralysis. "Acute weakness associated with West Nile virus (WNV) infection has previously been attributed to a...

Sexual behavior labels usefulness limited in sexually active gay men.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sexual behavior labels have limited usefulness in HIV-positive men who have sex with men. According to recent research from the United States, "Relatively little attention has been paid to the use...

TNF-alpha-inducible mutation in interferon gamma gene linked to rapid HIV progression.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A TNF-alpha-inducible mutation in the IFNG gene is linked to rapid disease progression in HIV patients. "A polymorphism, -179G/T, in the promoter of the interferon (IFN)-gamma gene (IFNG) confers...

Novel stavudine derivatives synthesized.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A series of novel stavudine derivatives has been developed and tested for anti-HIV activity "The synthesis and biological evaluation of a bicyclo[3.1.0]hexene nucleoside designed as a...

Clostridium species not significant cause of pediatric diarrhea in Brazil.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clostridium pathogens may not be a significant cause of pediatric diarrhea in South America. "Species of Clostridium are widely distributed in the environment, inhabiting both human and animal...

Dengue virus serotype 3 viral evolution elucidated.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The viral evolution of a key dengue virus serotype has been elucidated. "Over the past two decades, dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV-3) has caused unexpected epidemics of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)...

FDA approves stair-climbing wheelchair.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a battery-powered wheelchair that relies on a computerized system of sensors, gyroscopes and electric motors to allow indoor and outdoor use on...

CMS proposes new rules to pay appropriately for covered drugs.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 15, 2003, proposed new rules that would improve the way that Medicare pays for covered drugs. The agency is asking for public input on...

West Nile possible, but not probable, cause of aseptic meningitis.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aseptic (viral) meningitis is in most cases associated with enteroviruses, but other viruses, including West Nile virus (WNV), may be also implicated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

Microfluidic device can be programmed for adsorption and release of proteins.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microfluidic device can be programmed for adsorption and release of proteins. "A microfluidic device has been developed that can adsorb proteins from solution, hold them with negligible...

Researchers to take blood samples from victims for study.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) recently made a trip to Wisconsin to study people who contracted monkeypox in an effort to learn more about the virus. Eighteen cases...

Schistosomiasis symptoms in Nigeria include gynecological manifestations.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schistosomiasis symptoms in Nigeria include gynecological manifestations. "The investigation on the prevalence of patent and clinically severe infections with Schistosoma haematobium was carried out...

Beta-catenin induces hyperplasias and squamous transdifferentiation.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Beta-catenin induces hyperplasias and squamous transdifferentiation. "The Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway is critical for normal mammalian development, the specification of epidermal cells and...

Illiterate and poor in Brazil have lower life expectancy.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Illiteracy rates and income disparities negatively affect life expectancy in Brazil, according to research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study results have...

Rabies reported among infrequently affected mammalian carnivores in U.S.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The incidence of rabies among infrequently reported mammalian carnivores in the United States has been reported for the years 1960-2000. "Most cases of rabies reported annually in the United States...

FDA pledging get-tough stance with drug over-promotion.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. government is ordering the maker of a popular anticholesterol drug to air corrections after overstating Pravachol's benefits in ads to both consumers and doctors - an unusually tough move that...

Illness could cause patients to forget their medication.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with schizophrenia must take medication regularly to reduce their risk of relapse. But the disease impairs memory, according to new research, meaning these patients may have difficulty in...

Report finds low condom use, HIV testing in NYC.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new report by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found that 42% of New Yorkers with multiple sexual partners said they did not use a condom the last time they had sex. The...

Vaccine provides lifelong immunity.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 90% of people vaccinated for smallpox might retain lifetime immunity to vaccinia, the virus used to vaccinate against the disease, Mark Slifka and colleagues report. The researchers...

Voluntary shots may not protect.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leaving smallpox vaccinations up to individual Americans could result in many more deaths in the event of terrorist attack, according to a study. The result could be an increase of between 22% and...

Encephalitis is complication of smallpox vaccination.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Encephalitis is a complication of smallpox vaccination that can be prevented by gamma globulin injection. "A smallpox vaccination program has been initiated. The vaccine is a live virus that was...

Many aspects of smallpox vaccination reviewed.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A review of smallpox vaccination, including background information, vaccination technique, normal vaccination and revaccination, and expected normal reactions, has been published in a recent issue of...

A fluorescent immunoassay can detect enterotoxin B better than ELISA.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A fluorescence based immunoassay can detect staphylococcal enterotoxin B four times faster than ELISA. According to recent research published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Probes, "The...

DNA repair gene mutations may improve mycobacterial adaption.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DNA repair gene polymorphisms may improve mycobacterial adaptation in hostile environments. "Alterations in genes involved in the repair of DNA mutations (mut genes) result in an increased mutation...

Aging boomers drive up doctor visits.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than half (53%) of patients visiting the doctor in 2001 were over the age of 45, according to the latest annual report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National...

Mixture of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides may be needed for effective vaccine.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A mixture of immunostimulatory CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) may be needed to elicit a reliable immune response in most humans. "Synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) containing unmethylated...

Clinical trial cleared for NeuGene against virus; financial results reported.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AVI BioPharma, Inc., (AVII, AVIIW, AVIIZ) announced that it has satisfied all regulatory requirements for initiating a multicenter phase Ib clinical trial with its NeuGene drug AVI-4020 in patients...

Vaccine said to be effective in mice.
September 7, 2003... 2003 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A mild virus related to dangerous West Nile protected mice from the deadly disease when used as a vaccine, a team of Australian researchers reports. West Nile virus has been spreading rapidly since...

Field evaluation of mobility assay for subtyping of HIV-1 described.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Field evaluation of the gag-based heteroduplex mobility assay for genetic subtyping of circulating recombinant forms of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 described in the Ivory Coast. According...

Clinical applications of proteomics outlined.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The clinical applications of proteomics has been outlined in a recent issue of the Journal of Nutrition. "Proteomics, the systematic evaluation of changes in the protein constituency of a cell, is...

Laboratory aspects of bioterrorism-related anthrax reviewed.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The laboratory aspects of bioterrorism-related anthrax, from identification to microbial forensics, have been reviewed in a recent issue of the Croatian Medical Journal. According to a study from...

Unique birth defects surveillance system operating in China.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A unique population-based birth defects surveillance system is operating in the People's Republic of China. "We describe a unique birth defects surveillance system in the People's Republic of...

Trypanosoma cruzi in Guatemalan children linked to thatched roofs.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trypanosoma cruzi in Guatemalan schoolchildren is associated with living in homes with a thatched roof. "In support of the National Program for Chagas Disease Control, we conducted a...

Vibrio parahaemolyticus from North America and Asia characterized.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular, serological, and virulence characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from environmental, food, and clinical sources in North America and Asia have been reported in a recent issue...

WHO promotes 100% condom use among sex workers in Asia.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an effort to slow the spread of AIDS in Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently met in Laos to promote its policy of 100% condom use among sex workers. The 4-day meeting was held in...

New projections add urgency to search for prevention, cure.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An expected Alzheimer epidemic will be far worse than previously thought, according to a new study. The study, "Alzheimer's disease in the U.S. population," predicts the prevalence of Alzheimer...

Survey provides statistics on care provided in physicians' offices in 2001.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Over half (53%) of patients visiting the doctor in 2001 were over age 45. In 1992, the percentage was 1992. This is according to the latest annual report from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Phenolic antioxidants inhibit nuclear factor kappa B.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phenolic antioxidants inhibit nuclear factor kappa B. "Phenolic antioxidants inhibit the induction of inflammatory cytokines by inflammatory stimuli. Here, we analyzed the mechanism by which the...

1997 National Health Interview Survey redesign affected asthma estimates.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The 1997 National Health Interview Survey redesign affected asthma prevalence estimates. "The 1997 redesign of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) affected US childhood asthma prevalence...

Resistance gene homologues useful as disease resistance markers in Theobroma cacao.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Resistance gene homologues (RGHs) are useful as markers of disease resistance in cacao beans. RGH sequences "have been developed into useful genetic markers for marker-assisted selection (MAS) of...

Orphan designation filed for SARS antisense drug.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avi BioPharma, Inc., (AVII, AVIIW, AVIIZ) announced that, based on positive preclinical data, it has filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to obtain orphan designation...

One-third of cases missed because screening ignored.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One-third of the diabetes cases in the United States go undetected, but almost all of those cases could be identified if people with just one risk factor were screened for diabetes, according to a new...

Skin deformation profiles analyzed during sinusoidal vibration of fingerpad.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Analysis of skin deformation profiles during sinusoidal vibration of fingerpad have been performed. "Vibrotactile perception threshold measurement has been widely used to diagnose the severity of...

Hospitals falling short in updating Colorado disease database.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Colorado hospitals and other health organizations are not regularly updating a state database that tracks diseases such as anthrax, cholera, and the plague, state auditors said on August 18, 2003. ...

Organics from diesel exhaust inhibiting NO production identified.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Organic fractions of diesel exhaust particulate (DEP) that inhibit nitric oxide (NO) production from a murine macrophage cell line have been identified. "Diesel exhaust particulates (DEPs) can...

Public directories are sometimes useful for selecting female sample populations.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Public directories are sometimes useful for selecting female sample populations. According to recent research published in the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, "in the United States,...

FDA approves new drug.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Levitra (vardenafil), an oral medication to treat impotence. This is the second oral product approved for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. ...

Poor and minority parents report greater obstacles to children's fitness.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving levels of physical activity will require innovative solutions that motivate children and address parents' perceived barriers to their children engaging in physical activity, according to the...

U.S. pedestrians, cyclists at greater danger than European counterparts.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American pedestrians and cyclists beware: You are two to six times more likely to be killed on the road than your German or Dutch counterparts. Even if Americans were to heed calls to park their...

California alfalfa sprout firms complying with FDA guidelines.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In general, California alfalfa sprout firms are complying with Food and Drug Administration guidelines, but mung bean sprout producers are not. "Since 1995, raw vegetable sprouts have been...

Pollutants in edible clams from European markets pose possible health risk.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Persistent organic pollutants in edible clams from different Italian and European markets pose a possible human health risk. "Human intake of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) occurs primarily...

Delayed hepatitis A booster still effective in people older than 2 years.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Delayed hepatitis A booster is still effective in people older than two years. "Current immunization schedules for hepatitis A vaccine specify administration of a booster within 6-12 or 6-18 months...

Regulatory issues in cellular therapies reviewed.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regulatory issues in cellular therapies have been reviewed in a recent issue of "An improved understanding of cellular activation, plasticity, interactions, targeting, differentiation, and...

Novel Legionella ELISAs have limited sensitivity.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Several novel ELISAs may not be suitable for diagnosis of Legionnaires disease. "Members of the genus Legionella are characterized as gram-negative, motile, freshwater-dwelling bacteria that were...

Treatment for severe jaundice urged.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Susan Sheridan recalls frantically racing her days-old son to doctor after doctor because his skin was so yellow - only to be assured that jaundice is a rite of infancy. But as pediatricians looked on,...

Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 metabolizes dimethylbenz[a]anthracene.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 metabolizes 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene to yield four major metabolites. According to recent research from the United States, "The degradation of...

Dioxygenases from hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium characterized.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have characterized dioxygenases from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium species. According to a study from the United States, "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon...

Students' smoking rate declines during past 2 decades.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fewer kids smoke today and more think it's a bad idea than adolescents did 20 years ago, according to surveys taken 2 decades apart in one Midwestern county. Compared to their predecessors in...

Teens who notice smokers are more apt to also light up.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Seeing may be believing when it comes to teens and tobacco, according to new research that suggests that those who tend to notice smoking among their peers are also those most likely to smoke...

West Virginia unveils initiative to fight fat.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- State officials hope to erase West Virginia's reputation as one of the fattest states in the nation with a campaign that encourages residents to walk more and eat less. Gov. Bob Wise and health...

Low socioeconomic status increases risk of stress before and during pregnancy.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low socioeconomic status increased the risk of stressful events occurring before and during pregnancy. "This study evaluates the prevalence of selected life events around the time of pregnancy,...

Misoprostol is safe for induction of labor if used appropriately.
September 14, 2003... 2003 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Misoprostol is safe for induction of labor if used appropriately. According to published research from the United States, "Misoprostol (Cytotec) is safe and effective for induction of labor,...