Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Hemolytic Disease - FDA approves Rhophylac for prevention of hemolytic disease

Hepatology - Hepatopulmonary syndrome is concern for the anesthetist

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Scientists raise caution about effects of HRT on hearing

Infant Mortality - Iraqi healthcare effort to focus on infant mortality

Infectious Diseases - Tubercin testing continues at University of Colorado's Health Science Center

Influenza - Flu season is seen as moderately severe

Influenza - Influenza epidemics in France and United States follow similar patterns

Information Technology - NICHD selects Booz Allen Hamilton to support National Children's Study

Kidney Damage - FDA clears FlowMedica Bifurcated Infusion System for marketing

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors - Americans still don't get it when it comes to health, survey shows

Measles Vaccine - Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccine induces cellular and humoral immunity

Meningococcal Vaccine -  Neisseria meningitidis IgG concentrations assigned to reference sera

Multiple Sclerosis - Antegren to be submitted for review based on 1-year data

Narcolepsy - FDA grants tentative approval for manufacturing and marketing of Modafinil

Needle Safety - EPA changes guidelines on disposal of medical needles and syringes

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma study assesses pesticide levels in carpet dust

Obstetrics - FDA panel backs Accutane registry to prevent drug's use by pregnant women

Occupational Health - CDC publishes new workbook to protect health care workers from sharps injuries

Occupational Health - Focus on disability-adjusted life-years can reduce disease burden

Oral Health - Five billion people worldwide suffer from tooth decay

Osteoporosis - FDA accepts ANDA filing for Calcitonin-Salmon Nasal Spray

Pediatric Obesity - Many kids aware of CDC obesity campaign

Pediatrics - Racial differences in infant death causes in United States reported

Poliomyelitis - Emergency polio immunization campaign hampered by vaccine boycott

Poliomyelitis - Nigeria's neighbors guard against spreading polio outbreak

Prescription Drug Importation - McClellan to lead study of drugs from Canada, over objections

Prostate Cancer - IND application filed to test Modrenal in second indication

Sepsis - NIAID bioterrorism grant to fund a new plasmapheresis device

Sexual and Reproductive Health - E-mail used to alert sex partners of STD exposure

Sexual and Reproductive Health - One of two will have STD by age 25

Smallpox - Smallpox array set developed with CDC completed

Smallpox Vaccine - Physicians decline smallpox vaccination due to inadequate benefits

Smallpox Vaccine - Study shows no vaccinia viremia after smallpox vaccination

Spinal Surgery - Company launches enhanced CD HORIZON spinal system

Surgical Sealant - Biomaterials company completes DuraSeal study enrollment

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Riquent NDA accepted for review by FDA

Tobacco Marketing - U.S. government tries to prove tobacco companies lured children

Tremors - FDA gives guidance on special protocol assessment for Altropane study

Tuberculosis Vaccine -  M. leprae Hsp65-encoding plasmid DNA induces anti-mycobacterial immunity

Vitamins - FDA approves multivitamin bulk package

West Nile Virus - Infants whose mothers were infected during pregnancy need careful evaluation