Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Hypogonadism - Study demonstrates Striant is effective treatment for testosterone replacement

Imaging - Biopharmaceutical company receives milestone payment from Mallinckrodt Imaging

Inflammation - Wood smoke increases expression of two mucin genes in rat airways

Injury Prevention - One in three abused babies likely to be abused again

Legal Issues - Medical device company files preliminary injunction to stop Syneron shipment

Legal Issues - Pharmaceutical supplier drops legal fight to help Americans buy drugs from Canada

Legal Issues - Vermont sues FDA over drug importation

Leishmaniasis - Leishmaniasis transmission by sand flies enhanced by regurgitation of fPPG

Leishmaniasis Vaccine -  Quillaja saponaria sapogenins protect against visceral leishmaniasis

Lung Cancer - BRM/BRG1 expression has prognostic value in NSCLC

Lung Cancer - FDA approves lung cancer drug

Lupus - Agreement reached with FDA regarding phase IV trial design for lupus therapy

Lyme Disease - Sustained-release doxycycline provides prophylaxis of tick bite infection

Macular Degeneration - Ophthalmology company files IND for therapeutic RNAi

Malaria - Artesunate plus amodiaquine effective for treatment of uncomplicated malaria

Malaria - Molecular analysis of Plasmodium ovale variants reported

Malaria Vaccine -  Plasmodium antigen region elicits antibodies reactive with placental isolate

Malaria Vaccine - Small peptide induces complete protection against malaria

Malaria Vaccine - Splenic dendritic cell subsets prime and boost CD8 T cells

Medical Devices - Cardiovascular device company receives FDA approval to market IVAD in U.S.

Medical Devices - U.S. FDA approves rabbit monoclonal antibody kit for GI tumor diagnosis

Medication Compliance - Rural drinkers more likely to miss doses of HIV meds

Meningococcal Vaccine -  N. meningitidis vesicles and lipo-oligosaccharide protect against septic shock

Mental Health - FDA approves adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug

Mental Health - New FDA analysis backs continuing antidepressant-suicide concern

Mergers & Acquisitions - Medical device maker acquires Irvine Biomedical to expand electrophysiology line

Migraine - FDA approves drug for prevention of migraine headaches in adults

Obesity Survival & Mortality - Nitrogen dioxide air pollution is atherogenic risk in obese subjects

Occupational Health - Economic cost of fatal occupational injuries in the U.S. reported

Ovarian Cancer - Primary infertility due to endometriosis found to be cancer risk factor

Pain - Pain management company, U.S. FDA discuss injectable non-narcotic analgesic

Parkinson Disease - FDA clears gene therapy trial for Parkinson disease

Patents - Company discusses "abandoned" patents

Personnel - Drug-discovery company names George Poste to board of directors

Plague - Strategies for managing suspected plague cases outlined

Plague Vaccine - Vaccine expressing Yersinia pestis antigen protects against plague

Policy - Tobacco firm launches mobile trailers to counter smoking bans

Prion Disease - Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ruminants reviewed

Rheumatoid Arthritis - FDA approves HUMIRA to improve physical function in RA patients

Rheumatoid Arthritis - FDA approves use of Mobic tablets for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

SARS Therapy - ACE2 is target for SARS virus therapies

SARS Therapy - Data collection to assess SARS interventions should be standardized

SARS Therapy - Environmental and occupational health response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003

SARS Vaccine - Structural proteins of SARS coronavirus contribute to protective immunity

Salmonella - VIDAS Salmonella assay should include Rappaport-Vassiliadis medium

Sexual and Reproductive Health - Positive self-concept linked to refusal of unprotected sex

Sexually Transmitted Disease - STD care linked to provider sex, patient sex, high-risk behavior

Smallpox Vaccine - Basics of smallpox reviewed

Smallpox Vaccine - Smallpox vaccine reactions and contraindications reviewed

Smoking Cessation - MDs have more influence on quitting smoking than other healthcare providers

Spinal Fusion - FDA clears resorbable spinal plate and screw system with radiopaque marker

Stem Cell Research - Scientists, engineers seek virtual audience

Tetanus - BLA submitted to FDA for Adacel vaccine

Traumatic Brain Injury - Pharma company receives FDA orphan drug designation for Dexanabinol

Tuberculosis - Kansas prisoner possibly infected scores with tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan and related lipoglycans reviewed

Tuberculosis Vaccine - New vaccines against tuberculosis entering human clinical trials

Vaccine Research - BioPort gets approval for new anthrax vaccine tests

Vaccine Research - Eligible plasma donors defined under new CDC program

Vaccine Research - Government collecting blood from soldiers to create anthrax vaccine

West Nile Virus - Arizona city is epicenter for West Nile virus