Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Hydrocephalus - Transgene related to development of congenital hydrocephalus

Immunology - Autoubiquitylation of the V(D)J recombinase protein RAG1 reported

Implants - PIP subsidiary wins European approval of new manufacturing process for implants

Leukemia - FDA approval granted for liquid form of cytarabine injection

Lung Cancer - "Rolling" NDA submission initiated for Tarceva

Malaria Vaccine - Malaria immunity linked to circumsporozoite protein-specific T cells

Transfusion Medicine - Recommendations for managing recalls of blood components released

Malignant Neoplasms - Zilver 518 biliary stent launched following FDA approval

Maternal Mortality - U.S. establishes new center for pregnant women in Angola

Medicare - Medicare payment updates, policy changes proposed for long-term care hospitals

Medicare - Payments to Medicare HMOs to increase by 10.6%

Melanoma - Active-specific immunization against melanoma reviewed

Nicotine Addiction - Report presents snapshot of national smoking habits

Obesity - American taxes pay for most obesity health ills according to study

Obesity - U.N. health agency's antiobesity plan gets the nod from several governments

Obesity - U.N. report on obesity challenged by the United States

Occupational Health - Bradley-Terry-Luce method applied to person-environment (P-E) fit

Tuberculosis - Recent advances in lab procedures for pathogenic mycobacteria reviewed

Ophthalmology - National plan for eye and vision research released

Parkinson Disease - FDA approves brain pacemaker

Pediatric Obesity - Body mass index calculcator especially for kids developed

Preterm Labor - Fetal fibronectin and salivary estriol can predict preterm labor

Public Health - Medicaid managed care in New Mexico associated with decreased vaccination rates

Quality Assessment - Medicare releases enhanced set of nursing home quality measures

Rabies Vaccine - Batch of rabies vaccine found ineffective

Rheumatoid Arthritis - tgAAC94 to undergo rheumatoid arthritis clinical trial

Salmonella - Limited boundaries exist for gene transfer among Salmonella pathogens

Schistosomiasis Vaccine - Development on schistosomiasis vaccines stalled

Acute Bacterial Sinusitis - FDA approves Zithromax as treatment for acute bacterial sinusitis

Sexual Violence - Advocacy group says attacks against women, girls rising in northern Uganda

Sleep Disorders - FDA approves drug to help people with shift-work or obstructive apnea disorders

Tissue Banking - Fertility clinics, sperm banks must register with FDA

Tuberculosis Vaccine - T cells recognize epitopes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen

Vectors and Zoonoses - Variant strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum unable to infect mice

West Nile Virus - WNV antibodies found in New Jersey black bears

Wound Care - INDERMIL Tissue Adhesive receives FDA approval as a microbial barrier

Anthrax - Anthrax vaccine candidate receives fast track designation

Antibiotics - Analysis of antibiotics by capillary electrophoresis reviewed