Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Anthrax - Anthrax mounts nuclear attack on glucocorticoid signaling

Anthrax - Calcium may play role in folding pathway of anthrax protective antigen

Anthrax - FDA clears lab culture test for anthrax

Anthrax - FDA issues final order on safety of bacterial vaccines and toxoids

Anthrax Vaccine - Flow cytometric assay for responses to anthrax vaccine developed

Anti-Infectives - FDA approves manufacturing and marketing of Cefaclor Tablets, Chewable

Antifungals - Terbinafine HCl Tablets receives tentative FDA approval

Awards - Thompson honored for his contributions to medicine, public health

Behavioral Medicine - Factors affecting validity of self-reports among adolescents determined

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - FDA issues statement on new measures against BSE

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - FDA issues statement on rendered products derived from BSE cow in Washington

HIV/AIDS Therapy - LC-MS method for measuring zidovudine and lamivudine in mice developed

Brain Injury - Depression, other psychiatric illnesses common following brain injury

Cancer Mortality - Researchers report cancer incidence and mortality in the Netherlands

Cancer Prevention - College receives $10 million for cancer prevention trials

Cardiovascular Risk - Trial studies best ways to prevent heart problems in type 2 diabetes patients

Clinical Trials - Update released on investigational device exemption for drug stent

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - U.S. bans ephedra, drug linked to deaths

Depression - Research reveals social isolation boosts teen girls' suicide thoughts

Diagnostics - FDA approves molecular diagnostic test for sexually transmitted diseases

Drug Abuse - Survey shows decline in teen drug abuse over past 2 years

Environmental Health - Rice strains genetically engineered for mercury resistance may clean water

Botulinum Toxin - Electrophoresis method to evaluate botulinum toxin activity developed

Fitness - Full-bodied models highlight fitness ads

Fitness - Increased physical activity called priority for Americas

Food Supply Safety - FDA and CBP announce their transitional compliance policy on food imports

Funding - Public-private collaboration to target new treatments for depression, nicotine addiction

Gonorrhea - Louisiana has worst gonorrhea rate, in top 10 in two other STDs

Gout - New drug application submitted for Oxyprim

HIV Diagnosis - FDA OKs U.S. sale of 10-minute HIV test

HIV Epidemiology - Name-based reporting leads to better information in New York City

HIV Testing - Uni-Gold Recombigen HIV test receives FDA approval

HIV Therapy - Best treatment for new HIV patients to be studied

Drug Development - Numbers of fish used in acute ecotoxicity testing of pharmaceuticals reduced

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV-1 seroprevalence rates in women and relinquishment of infants to the state in Russia

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Antigen engineering promotes induction of HIV-neutralizing antibodies

Health Statistics - Teen birthrate drops 7% in Arkansas

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Immunity persists 4 years after hepatitis B vaccination

Hepatitis B Virus - Rates on the decline in the United States but not among adults

Hepatitis B Virus - Study will compare two antivirals for lamivudine-resistant disease

Hormone Replacement Therapy - FDA teams up with women's health organizations to raise awareness about HRT

Immunology - Phagocytosis accelerates maturation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Influenza - Flu outbreak tests new federal law limiting release of medical information

Influenza - Officials hope break brings flu downturn

Food Supplements - NMR used to quantify ephedrine analogues from Ephedra species