Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . September 15th, 2002
Non-Subscriber - Summaries OnlyRelated Areas: Other Issues in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA | Other Publications
Asthma - Involuntary smoke exposure affects severity among children
Food-borne Illness - CDC summarizes Colorado E. coli findings
Alcoholism - Tolerance associated with family history
Disease Association - High HDL levels explain differences in heart disease risk in white and African-American women
Endocrinology - More research needed on effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals
Food Safety - FDA's advisory on methyl mercury and fish consumption still OK
Weight Loss - FDA warns public about Chinese diet pills containing fenfluramine
Coronary Artery Disease - NIH launches large clinical trial on EDTA chelation therapy
Fitness - CDC examines barriers to children walking and biking to school
HIV Prevention - Alcohol use, thrill-seeking prove bad mix for HIV-positive men
HIV Prevention - CDC visit to San Francisco probes workshops
Healthcare Access - PAHO journal analyzes health inequities
Hemophilia - Patients with bleeding disorder face liver disease from bloodborne pathogens
Legal Issues - Eli Lilly subpoenaed over marketing of osteoporosis drug
Malaria - Promising vaccine may provide long-lasting protection
Measles - Vaccination campaign immunizes more than 13 million children in Kenya
Meningitis - States push vaccination
Nicotine Addiction - Tobacco firms used financial ties to weaken market for antismoking product
Norwalk-like Virus - Cruise companies urged to do more thorough cleaning
Transplant Medicine - FDA stops shipments from major tissue bank, citing germ risk
Weight Loss - FDA seeks criminal probe of ephedra seller
West Nile Virus - CDC chief: Epidemic could spread to Pacific coast
West Nile Virus - CDC: Victims are younger
NewsRx also is available at LexisNexis, Gale, ProQuest, Factiva, Dialog, Thomson Reuters, NewsEdge, and Dow Jones.