Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Healthcare Interventions - StepWatch receives FDA clearance

Heart Disease - Report shows heart disease huge but underappreciated global problem

Hypercholesterolemia - Trans fat linked to increase in cholesterol

Immunology - ImmuneRegen BioSciences to form bioterrorism advisory board

Immunology - Interleukin-2 plays key role in Th2 polarization

Influenza - APIC initiative to address low flu-shot rate among healthcare workers

Influenza - Flu shot makers say orders filling up fast for next season

Influenza - Many health care workers not getting flu shot

Leishmaniasis - Vaccine containing Leishmania and BCG effective for leishmaniasis

Malaria Vaccine -  P. vivax merozoite surface protein shows promise as malaria vaccine

Malaria Vaccine - Disulfide bonds in malaria surface protein impede antigen processing

Malignant Melanoma - National Cancer Institute grant to fund phase II study of INGN 241

Measles Vaccine - Misdiagnosis of measles negatively impacts health workers' confidence

Melanoma Vaccine - IL-2 improves metastatic malignant melanoma response to vaccine

Mother-To-Child HIV Infection - UNICEF says project in Rwanda registers high acceptance rate

Mycology - RING-finger-like protein Ini1 essential for cell cycling in yeast

Nicotine Addiction - Study: Smoking risk rises for teens after end of antitobacco campaign

Nipah Virus - Nipah virus conforms to rule of six in minigenome replication assay

Parkinson Disease - FDA approves Apokyn for the acute treatment of episodes of immobility

Patents - Company announces issuance of second Cardiosonix patent

Pediatrics - Study: Up to 75% of U.S. children, adolescents don't get appropriate care

Prescription Drug Importation - Maryland county, home to FDA, to recommend buying drugs from Canada

Prion Disease - Quinacrine is candidate for the treatment of prion diseases

Prion Disease - Variations in infectious protein determine prion strain differences

Public Health - European public health at risk as EU border extends to the east

Research and Development - Successful completion of milestone triggers Protexia drug development

Rotavirus Vaccine - Rotavirus typing methods and algorithms reviewed

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Trichomoniasis found pervasive among high-risk populations

Skin Cancer - Aldara deemed approvable by U.S. FDA

Stents - First patient enrolled in carotid-stent clinical trial

Stomach Acid - FDA approves reformulation of Protonix IV for Injection

Tobacco Use - Study shows tobacco use on decline among Ohio teens

Vaccine Development - Polysaccharide vaccine induces polysaccharide-reactive T cells in mice

Violence - Rwanda: Aid plea for genocide rape survivors

Weight Loss - Obesity patients not getting advice

Women's Health - African ambassadors seeking international help for women's health in Africa