Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . September 14th, 2003
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HIV/AIDS Diagnosis - Field evaluation of mobility assay for subtyping of HIV-1 described
Proteomics - Clinical applications of proteomics outlined
Anthrax - Laboratory aspects of bioterrorism-related anthrax reviewed
Birth Defects - Unique birth defects surveillance system operating in China
Chagas Disease - Trypanosoma cruzi in Guatemalan children linked to thatched roofs
Food-borne Disease - Vibrio parahaemolyticus from North America and Asia characterized
AIDS Prevention - WHO promotes 100% condom use among sex workers in Asia
Alzheimer Disease - New projections add urgency to search for prevention, cure
Ambulatory Medical Care - Survey provides statistics on care provided in physicians' offices in 2001
Antioxidant - Phenolic antioxidants inhibit nuclear factor kappa B
Asthma - 1997 National Health Interview Survey redesign affected asthma estimates
Biotechnology - Resistance gene homologues useful as disease resistance markers in Theobroma cacao
Coronavirus - Orphan designation filed for SARS antisense drug
Diabetes Screening - One-third of cases missed because screening ignored
Diabetic Neuropathy - Skin deformation profiles analyzed during sinusoidal vibration of fingerpad
Disease Surveillance - Hospitals falling short in updating Colorado disease database
Environmental Health - Organics from diesel exhaust inhibiting NO production identified
Epidemiology - Public directories are sometimes useful for selecting female sample populations
Erectile Dysfunction - FDA approves new drug
Fitness - Poor and minority parents report greater obstacles to children's fitness
Fitness - U.S. pedestrians, cyclists at greater danger than European counterparts
Food-borne Illness - California alfalfa sprout firms complying with FDA guidelines
Food-borne Illness - Pollutants in edible clams from European markets pose possible health risk
Hepatitis A Vaccine - Delayed hepatitis A booster still effective in people older than 2 years
Immunotherapy - Regulatory issues in cellular therapies reviewed
Infectious Disease Diagnosis - Novel Legionella ELISAs have limited sensitivity
Kernicterus - Treatment for severe jaundice urged
Mycobacterium - Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 metabolizes dimethylbenz[a]anthracene
Nicotine Addiction - Students' smoking rate declines during past 2 decades
Nicotine Addiction - Teens who notice smokers are more apt to also light up
Obesity - West Virginia unveils initiative to fight fat
Obstetrics - Low socioeconomic status increases risk of stress before and during pregnancy
Obstetrics - Misoprostol is safe for induction of labor if used appropriately
Occupational Health - Occupational skin exposure regulated by three agencies in the United States
Pediatric Obesity - CRP increases in children as weight increases
Pediatric Obesity - Study says American kids lag in walks, lead in weight
Pneumococcal Vaccine - Serological criteria proposed for licensing pneumococcal vaccine in infants
Prions - Prion protein trafficking studies providing insight into neurodegeneration
Proteomics - Models for assessing the role of selenoproteins in health designed
Proteomics - Serotonin transporter mutation causes activation of transport activity
Public Health - Little headway made in obesity, fitness, diabetes in last decade
Regulatory Issues - FDA unveils strategic action plan to protect and advance America's health
Research Funding - Medical geneticist awarded $8.5 million NIH research grant
SARS - U.N. team in China to investigate potential presence of virus in animals
Smallpox - New generation of vaccines to be tested
Spine Surgery - FDA approves image-guided navigation system for U.S. market
Tick-borne Disease - Outer surface protein C primed mice not protected against Borrelia burgdorferi
Tuberculosis - Mice deficient in MHC class II transactivator susceptible to tuberculosis
West Nile Virus - Agreement signed to continue development of methylene blue
West Nile Virus - Mayo publishes review on clinical presentation, diagnosis
West Nile Virus - Promising vaccine protects monkeys
West Nile Virus - Thirty-five sites will test new drug
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