This is a selection of articles from the October 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Consumer Health News headlines.
HIV/AIDS and poverty in Zambia threatens economic growth
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
KFC to eliminate trans-fats from food
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Virtual models best live cells at predicting biology
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Source: news@nature.com - October 31, 2006 Authors: Alan Dove Source Type: info
Study links SIDS to brain stem problems
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Source: USATODAY.com Health - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Westerners 'are more promiscuous'
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Approval Of Nonprescription Plan B Sales To Women Over Age 18 "Not Enough" To Reduce Need For Abortion, Opinion Piece Says
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Adults Who Go To Bed Lonely Get Stress Hormone Boost Next Morning
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Regular Exercise Helps Obese Youths Reduce, Reverse Risk For Heart Disease, Study Shows
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
It's In Your Head: The Brain's Own Globin Defends You From Shock And Stroke
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Bird flu strain found in China dominates
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Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Canadian Female-Male MS Ratio Widens
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Source: Dr. Koop News Articles - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Teen Diet Isn't All Junk Food
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Source: washingtonpost.com - Health - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Siberia ravaged by bootleg vodka
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Small Eye Syndrome Associated With Congenital Heart Disease
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Full face transplant 'is a sign of failure'
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Hospitalization May Create Memory, Disorientation Problems for Older Patients
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Source: Dr. Koop News Articles - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
SAINT II Results Show No Benefit of New Drug in Ischemic Stroke
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Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Infant Vaccination Film Available On RCGP Website
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Ailing 'Dilbert' cartoonist talks again
(AP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Blood Markers Predict Risk For Recurrent Stroke And Mortality
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
U.S. Trial Focuses Attention on Female Circumcision
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Source: Dr. Koop News Articles - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Duloxetine effective for diabetic neuropathic pain
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Source: Reuters: Health - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Joined at the head, Canadian twins said doing well
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Source: Reuters: Health - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Clinical research in India needs 12,000 extra hands
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Source: The Economic Times - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
'Winter death toll' drops by 19%
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Wild pigs eyed as source in E. coli outbreak
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Source: CNN.com - Health - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Top doc rushed patients into sex change surgery
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Conjoined Canadian twins doing well
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
NIH Scientists Who Helped Develop FDA-Approved Cervical Cancer Vaccine Honored
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Man on trial on charges he circumcised daughter
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Source: CTV Health - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
TV star's eyes help others to see
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Care Improvement Plus Launches One Of Missouri's First Health Plans For Chronically Ill Medicare Beneficiaries
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery Cuts Stroke Risk
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Source: Dr. Koop News Articles - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
United by the gift of life
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Source: the Mail online | Health - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Twins Have More Premature Menopause
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Source: WebMD Health - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Despite strong sales, St. John's mental health program to close
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Source: CBC | Health - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
When a heart attack goes undiagnosed
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Source: USATODAY.com Health - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
UK gets face transplant go-ahead
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Regulators to investigate iSoft
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Genes predict IVF success
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Source: news@nature.com - October 25, 2006 Authors: Helen Pearson Source Type: info
Stem-cell treatment for Parkinson's brings mixed results
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Source: news@nature.com - October 25, 2006 Authors: Kerri Smith Source Type: info
OU study: Statin may slow lung damage
(AP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Airway Zapper Improves Asthma
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Source: WebMD Health - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Integrating Pharmaceutical Sales And Marketing To Increase Market Reach
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Stress at Home Could Trigger Depression
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Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Hypnosis And Acupuncture Show Promise For Labor Pain
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Authors Review Astrodome Medical Response To Hurricane Katrina
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Alzheimer's study focuses on plant used in China
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Source: CTV Health - October 22, 2006 Source Type: info
Brain Protein Improves Stroke Symptoms In Rats, Even When Injected After 3 Days
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 22, 2006 Source Type: info
Deaths halt flu vaccinations in Israel
(AP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - October 22, 2006 Source Type: info
French mothers challenge taboo at 'Big Breastfeed' demo
(AFP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - October 22, 2006 Source Type: info
Alaska villagers living in bird flu's flight path
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Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 22, 2006 Source Type: info
Important first step towards designing new therapies for shingles
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Sickle cell anemia: Will a warmer climate help?
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Recipe: Chickpea polenta with olives
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Recipe: Herb-rubbed turkey with au jus
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Plastic pill to fight gum disease
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Home Care Programme For Bone Marrow Transplanted Patients started by Hospital Clinic
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Researchers Find Food-free Route To Obesity
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Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Antibiotic Fights Intestinal Bacteria, Relieves Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Eat To Live: Ban trans fats like the Danes
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Source: United Press International - Consumer Health - October 20, 2006 Authors: By JULIA WATSON UPI Food Writer Source Type: info
Stress on young speeds puberty
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Information prescriptions put patients in control
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Source: NHS News Feed - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Secrets Between Sons And Fathers Revealed By New Study: Growing Up In A Violent Home
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
City Planners Could Learn A Lesson Or Two From Tiny Cells On How To Maximize Traffic Flow
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
$74 million allocated to study environmental causes of disease
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
All women in U.S. should have right to quality health care, breast cancer screenings
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Source: News-Medical News Feed - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Medical Student Study To Address Workforce Crisis, Australia
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Health Tip: If Your Child is a Sleepwalker
(HealthDay)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Feds: Water Bottlers Can Claim Cavity Protection
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Source: WDSU.com - Health - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Suicide More Common in Cancer Patients
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Source: ABC News: Health - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Food Shortages Interlinked, Must Be Addressed Together, Panelists Say
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Liverpool To Be Global Cancer Research Hub
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Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Study: Anti-aging supplements don't work
(AP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Health News - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
Legal fight after two babies die
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Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
Breast cancer false alarm fear
