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Table of Contents . . . September 22nd, 2002
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Cardiovascular Disease - Medical costs of cardiovascular disease related to excess weight estimated at $31 billion
Regulatory Issues - FDA unveils new initiative to enhance pharmaceutical good manufacturing practices
Nicotine Addiction - Cigarette tax hike could save millions of lives
Occupational Health - Report stresses worker protection for homeland security
Public Health - Parents' risky behavior rubs off on children
Ebola Virus - Vaccine effective in mice with cell-mediated immune function
Fragile X Syndrome - Study raises gene screening questions
Obesity - Children's body mass index predicts overweight or obesity in adulthood
Obesity - Experts urge weight loss for youths
Poliomyelitis - 9.5M vaccine doses donated to Global Eradication Initiative
Poliomyelitis - Baxter grants $200,000 to global polio eradication initiative
Public Health - Is British government health policy based on evidence or assumption?
Regulatory Issues - FDA faults ruling on Paxil ads
Regulatory Issues - Groups seek to bar abortion pill
Technology - Early detection of bioterrorist threat or epidemic is goal of software system
Transplant Medicine - Nationwide tissue distribution plan devised
West Nile Virus - FDA approves drug trial
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