Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Immunoglobulin - New IGIV, Gamunex, now available

Influenza - Team developing "Flu Chip" for fast, accurate diagnosis

Injury Prevention - Parents favor speed bumps to protect child pedestrians

Injury Prevention - Parents' input, new license step may cut teen car wrecks

Injury Prevention - UF researchers say speeding associated with gambling, drug use in teens

Insulin Infusion - Animas IR 1200 receives FDA approval

Intravascular Therapy - 510k market clearance granted for catheters with thermal regulation system

Leishmaniasis - Present status of antileishmanial vaccines reviewed

Leukemia Therapy - Cytoreduction may be needed for curative SCT in CML patients

Malaria Vaccine -  P. falciparum SERA protein peptide analogues protect against malaria

Meningococcal Vaccine - Doses of meningococcal C-tetanus toxoid vaccine can be reduced

Mycobacterium - Microfluidic labchip instrument used to identify Mycobacterium species

Occupational Health - Acute occupational disinfectant-related illness among youth reported

Ocular Infections - FDA accepts NDA for ophthalmic anti-inflammatory/antibiotic

Ophthalmology - Groups warn against mobile eye clinics

Parkinson Disease - IND application filed with FDA For AV201

Pediatric AIDS - Potential low-cost options for monitoring disease status described

Pediatric Hypertension - Patient enrollment completed in Altace pediatric clinical trial

Pharmacokinetics - Narapril and Renitec are bioequivalent brands of enalapril

Pharmacy Benefits - MBI and Familymeds announce on-line pharmacy partnership

Pharmacy Benefits - Medica announces affordable drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries

Policy - AIDS epidemic should be treated as a disaster

Policy - Physician organizations urge Secretary Thompson to defend NIH review process

Premature Menopause - Half of premature menopause and ovarian failure patients still have follicles; can conceive

Preparedness - U.S. plans to grade states' bioterrorism plans

Prescription Drug Importation - Canada cracks down on drugs for Americans

Prescription Drug Importation - North Dakota officials eye prescription drugs from Canada

Proteomics - Perlecan play role in skeletal development and diseases

Regulatory Issues - WHO steps up action against fake medicines

Reimbursement - Medicare to cover annual InSure testing for colorectal cancer screening

Skin Cancer - New and emerging topical approaches for actinic keratoses reported

Substance Abuse - SAMSA: Many substance abusers "not ready" to seek treatment

Television - Physicians to spread word on negative effects of TV, drug ads

Transplantation - Transplantation society releases guide for immunosuppressive drug use

Type 2 Diabetes - Glycemic control monotherapy granted tentative approval by FDA

Vaccine Adjuvant - Natural antibodies and complement are endogenous adjuvants for vaccines

Vaccine Safety - Bioterrorism vaccination is contraindicated in some drug-allergic patients

Ventricular Tachycardia - Implantable cardioverter defibrillator receives FDA approval and CE marking

West Nile Fever - Substantia nigra involved in West Nile virus-induced encephalitis

West Nile Virus - First human trial of West Nile vaccine to begin