Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 9th, 2003
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Blood Safety - FDA recommends temporary additional blood inspection measures
Kernicterus - CDC funds infant brain damage prevention initiatives
Environmental Health - Mouse lymphoma thymidine kinase gene mutation assay protocol discussed
Environmental Health - Solid-phase extraction method validated for persistent organic pollutants
Hepatitis C Diagnosis - Novel PCR method developed for detection of extrahepatic hepatitis C replication
Influenza Virus Vaccine - Genetically modified H5N1 influenza A virus vaccine candidate developed
Analysis - Some therapeutic classes poised for Rx-to-OTC switches
Anxiety - Effexor XR gets FDA approval for social anxiety
Assisted Reproductive Technology - More regulation, long-term studies needed, says magazine
Bipolar Disorder - Mania indication sought for Seroquel in Europe
Bipolar Disorder Therapy - Potential new brain stimulation therapies in bipolar illness
Bipolar Disorder Therapy - Some anticonvulsants appear promising for treatment of bipolar depression
Blood Banking - Investigation continues into particulates found in blood pack units
Blood Safety - Mystery of white clumps in donated blood partially explained
Environmental Health - Iodine deficiency in the Russian Federation followed the Chernobyl disaster
Environmental Toxins - Fallout from nuclear tests killed 11,000, CDC concludes
Epilepsy - Consumer groups accuse makers of Neurontin of "corrupt behavior"
Escherichia Coli - E. coli O157:H7 isolated from dung beetles in China
Facilities - After anthrax, states point to "known problem" in bioterror war: their labs
Facilities - New representative pushes for money for CDC
Food Safety - Group says stringent biopharma regs needed to maintain food supply purity
Food-borne Illness - Lawmakers seek tougher meat safety requirements
Legal Issues - Pittsburgh company settles suit over hepatitis C drug
Malaria Therapy - Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine-artesunate therapy planned for malaria in Peru
Malaria Vaccine - Antibody subclasses in malaria-immune individuals improve vaccine design
Malaria Vaccine - Protective efficacy of the RTS,S/AS02 malaria vaccine is not strain specific
Obesity - Can skipping a cookie help avoid pounds?
Patient Education - Georgia partnership to address antibiotic misuse
Physician Practice - Enhanced role of healthcare providers needed in national effort to fight HIV
Polio Vaccine - Pleural mesothelioma incidence not related to SV40-contaminated polio vaccine
Public Health - Officials gather in St. Louis to improve survey of Americans' health status
Radiology - Environmental pH influences G2 -phase arrest caused by ionizing radiation
Smallpox - Poll finds 54% of Americans would take vaccination
Staphylococcus Aureus - Outbreaks of drug-resistant staph infections hitting prisons across nation
Tetanus - Half of adults in U.S. unprotected
Tuberculosis Vaccine - Antigen 85A expression enhances immunogenicity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Vaccine Development - Cholera toxin induces migration of dendritic cells
Vaccine Development - Researchers review metabolic effects of infection on protein and energy status
Viral Infection - Cytokine involvement with memory T cells during viral infection reviewed
Virology Epidemiology - A waterborne outbreak of Norwalk-like virus occurs among in Wyoming
West Nile Virus - Researchers examine nonmosquito transmission of West Nile
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