This is a selection of articles from the August 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Consumer Health News headlines.
Federal Appeals Court Panel Denies Injunction In Enforcement Of Oklahoma Parental Notification Law
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 31, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Anger Speeds Up Deterioration of Lungs
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Source: Health Behavior News Digest - August 31, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Professor Explores Alzheimer's Causes
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 31, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Gene Therapy Turns Blood Cells Into Cancer Killers
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Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 31, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Tiny Shock Absorbers Help Bacteria Stick Around Inside The Body
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 31, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
FDA: Fake Drugs on Canadian Web Sites
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Source: WebMD Health - August 31, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Caesarean birth triples maternal death risk
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Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
One in five deaths caused by smoking
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Source: the Mail online | Health - August 31, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Does Anger Make Lungs Unhealthy?
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Source: ABC News: Health - August 31, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Chemo drug helps cancer-killing virus
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Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - August 30, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Kosovo meningitis epidemic rising
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Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - August 30, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Bad doctors get slapped on the wrist
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Source: USATODAY.com Health - August 30, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Chemo for leukemia doesn't harm brain development
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Source: Reuters: Health - August 30, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Springfield, Mass., To Terminate Prescription Drug Reimportation Program For City Employees And Retirees
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 30, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Author Finds FDA Panels Often Say Yes To New Drugs
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Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 30, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Hana says FDA to review cancer nausea drug
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Source: Reuters: Health - August 30, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
U.S. Senator Obama Takes Public HIV Test During Visit To Kenya
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 30, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
New scan predicts spread of breast cancer and need for surgery
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Source: the Mail online | Health - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
My baby was dying - until my husband gave her part of his liver
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Source: the Mail online | Health - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Sterner Injury Warnings Sought for Meds
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Source: AP Top Health News - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
More tests confirm low-path bird flu in Michigan
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Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
The Human Gut A Major Reservoir Harboring HIV, Researchers Find
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
WFP Warns Of Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation In Gaza
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
More Muscle, Less Body Fat Without Dieting
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
SGX Pharmaceuticals Discontinues Phase II/III Clinical Trial Of Troxatyl In Third-Line Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Reducing The Killing Power Of Strokes
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
British babies to get vaccine against meningitis
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 29, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Health Tip: Keep Children From Secondhand Smoke
(HealthDay)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - August 28, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
On The Track Of Tiny Larvae, A New Model Elucidates Connections In Marine Ecology
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 28, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
New autism network will provide path to information about the condition
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - August 28, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
'Make mine a pint of apple antioxidants'
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - August 28, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Comparing The Outcomes Of Elective Partial To Radical Nephrectomy In Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma 4-7 Cm In Diameter
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 27, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Mountain Climate Change Trends Could Predict Water Resources
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 27, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Teen Attitudes Toward Condom Use Vary By Partner Type, "Casual" Versus "Main"
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 27, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Diamyd(TM) Diabetes Drug Shows Efficacy In A Phase II Type 1 Diabetes Trial
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 26, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 25, 2006
(HealthDay)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - August 25, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Plastic Meltdown Technology A Real Lifesaver
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 25, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Experts foresee bad year for West Nile
(AP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - August 25, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Health Week in Review
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Source: WebMD Health - August 25, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Stroke rising in women ages 41 to 64
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Source: United Press International - Consumer Health - August 25, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Tourist attractions 'unhealthy'
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 25, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Plan B Pill Cleared for Sale Over the Counter
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Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - August 25, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Californians to Get Discounts on Drugs
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Source: AP Top Health News - August 25, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Toward A Drug To Reduce The Toll From Measles
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 24, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
In search of the island of stability
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Source: news@nature.com - August 24, 2006 Authors: Richard Van Noorden Source Type: podcasts
Health Spending Will Account For 25% Of GDP By 2030, Could Be "'Driving Force" Of Economy, Some Economists Say
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 24, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Risk Of Water-borne Pathogen Disease Assessed By New Approach
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 24, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Health Tip: If You're Having a Caesarean Birth
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Source: Dr. Koop News Articles - August 24, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
No protection: the sex gamble too many take
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - August 23, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Ore. Dad Saves Newborn After Home Birth
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Source: AP Top Health News - August 23, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Eat To Live: A health-promoting grenade
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Source: Monsters and Critics Consumerhealth News - August 23, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
The modern make-over
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Source: news@nature.com - August 23, 2006 Authors: Kerri Smith Source Type: podcasts
NICE issues final guidance on trastuzumab
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Source: OnMedica Latest News - August 23, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Sunshine Vitamin For Prostate Cancer
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 23, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Private health care advocate elected head of CMA
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Source: CTV Health - August 23, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Rehydrate -- Your RNA Needs It
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 23, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Insulin Resistance In Early Teens May Predict Diabetes, Heart Disease For Adults
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 23, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
High-Cal, Low-Fiber Diets Driving Kids to Obesity
(HealthDay)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - August 22, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
HealthWrap: Hello, U.K. Biobank
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Source: United Press International - Consumer Health - August 22, 2006 Authors: By KATE WALKER UPI Correspondent Source Type: podcasts
Barbaro surgeon treats polar bear
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Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - August 22, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Case Of Leptospirosis Under Investigation
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 22, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
More Than 100,000 Cases To Be Filed In Florida Following Tobacco Conspiracy Ruling
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 22, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Variances in patterns of care for patients with prostate cancer failing primary therapy
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 22, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
A tissue marker of poor prognosis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - August 22, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Obesity, chronic disease drive Medicare costs up
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Source: USATODAY.com Health - August 22, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Gene clue to prematurity risk
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 21, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Acne Drug Accutane Ups Cholesterol
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Source: WebMD Health - August 21, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Kids' cancer linked to later suicide ideas
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Source: United Press International - Consumer Health - August 21, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Britain 'safe' from blue tongue virus
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Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - August 20, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Bird flu vaccine could spread disease
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Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - August 20, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Survey Sheds Light On Mistaken Identities Of Interstitial Cystitis - Women Often Confuse Painful Symptoms; IC Remains Undiagnosed
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 20, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Debate Revolves Around Pluto's Status as Planet
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Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - August 20, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Toronto woman confirmed to have West Nile virus
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Source: CTV Health - August 19, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
Condoms In California Prisons
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 19, 2006 Source Type: podcasts
FDA says viruses safe for treating meat
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Source: USATODAY.com Health - August 18, 2006 Source Type: podcasts