Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 18th, 2001
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Food-Borne Illness - Physician/Patient Information Released
Lead Testing - Poor, Minority Children Less Likely to be Screened
Tuberculosis - Many Opportunities Missed for Preventing TB in Kids
Aspergillosis - FDA Approves Treatment for Invasive Fungal Infection
Breast Cancer - Mortality Increases in Older Black Women
Cholera - Study Suggests How Cholera Returned to Latin America After 100-Year Hiatus
Diabetes - CDC Reports Case Rates Rose Another 6% in 1999
Disease Associations - Cancer Epidemic Caused by Cigarette Smoking
Drug Safety - Adrenal Cortex Extract Not Being Recalled
Drug Safety - FDA Issues Urgent Notice of Recalled Injectable Drugs
Drug Safety - Nearly Half of All Women 65 and Older Use Herbal Products
Epidemiology - HIV Case Rates in the U.K. Reported for 2000
Epidemiology - Mayo Clinic Report Measures Public Health Impact of Hepatitis C
Epidemiology - Tuberculosis Case Rates at Highest Since 1983
Epidemiology - Women in Thailand at High Risk
Obstetrics - SalEst Test Not Recommended as Screening Tool for Predicting Premature Labor
Streptococcal Bacteria - Multidrug-Resistance On the Rise in the United States
Tobacco Use - Smokers with Psychiatric Illnesses Need More Cessation Counseling
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