Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Alcohol Use - Drinking alcohol increases risk for fighting and injuries in adolescents

Coxiella - Biomarkers of whole Coxiella burnetii phase I identified

Cryptosporidiosis - Risk factors for cryptosporidiosis among immunocompetent persons reported

Fungal Infection -  Zygoascus hellenicus fungemia found in stem cell transplant recipient

Tick-Borne Disease - PCR method to detect Anaplasma and Borrelia developed

AIDS/HIV Vaccine - HLA-A and -B expression high in subtype C HIV-infected Ethiopians

Acute Bipolar Mania - FDA approves atypical antipsychotic Geodon for acute bipolar mania

Allergies - Pharma company receives approval to manufacture and market Loratadine

Allergies - U.S. FDA approves scent-free prescription nasal inhaled steriod

Anal Fissures - NDA for Cellegesic is accepted for review by U.S. FDA

Anti-Infectives - Quality control guidelines for investigational cephalosporin presented

Avian Influenza - Cats can catch, spread bird flu to other cats; human risk being investigated human

Avian Influenza - Concern at spread of H5N1 to Malaysia expressed by WHO

Bacteriology - First documented case of Paracoccus yeei infection in humans reported

Bioterrorism - Bioterrorism preparedness dependent on action of health care systems

Bioterrorism - Corvallis business will be studying bioterrorism threat

Breast Cancer - BCIRG 001 study is the basis for U.S. FDA approval of docetaxel

Breast Cancer - Probability of death from breast cancer or other causes estimated in patients

Brucellosis Vaccine - Vaccination of sheep and goats lowers human brucellosis prevalence

Bubonic Plague - Plague kills one, infects another in western China

Chlamydia - Assays to detect Chlamydia and Neisseria gonorrhoeae compared

Cholera - Chironomid egg masses natural reservoir of V. cholerae non-O1 and non-O139

Clinical Trials - Drug company initiates clinical testing of West Nile virus assay in Canada

Clinical Trials - Gastro-focused pharmaceutical company begins clinical trials for antacid capsules

Clinical Trials - Genetics-focused company gets orphan drug designation for multiple myeloma drug

Clinical Trials - Phase 2a trials reopened as U.S. FDA, pharmaceutical company reach agreement

Colitis - FDA clears ImmunoCard Toxins A&B rapid test for severe colitis

Collaborations - CuraGen inks collaboration with the NCI for clinical development of PXD101

Collaborations - Dengue virus collaboration signed with CDC

Collaborations - Nanomaterials company, NIST, enter instrumentation R&D agreement

Colon Cancer - Pharma company submits application to market Xeloda colon cancer treatment

Compression Fractures - FDA approves new clinical trial design for the study of CORTOSS

Developmental Biology - Mutant mice provide evidence for function of lamin B1 in mammalian development

Developmental Delays - FDA clears new lab test to help screen newborn infants for congenital disease

Diabetes - Diabetes reduces quality of life in older adults

Diabetes Risk Factor - Cigarette smoking increases risk of type 2 diabetes

Diagnostics - Cancer-focused company submits PMA for HPV test of cervical samples to U.S. FDA

Diagnostics - Digene announces FDA submission for SurePath Test Pack

Drug Delivery - Pharmaceutical company exercises option to license intranasal common cold drug

Drug Development - U.S. FDA approves tablets for relief of vasomotor symptoms of menopause

Endocarditis - Prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis due to Ochrobactrum anthropi reported

Endocrinology - Positive and negative adrenomedullin modulators identified

Enterocytozoon - Method to purify Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores from stool developed

Environmental Health - Developmental toxicity of perfluoroalkyl acids and derivatives reviewed

Environmental Health - Exposure models for military herbicides used in Vietnam developed

Environmental Health - Traffic air pollution and mortality rate advancement periods reported

Epidemiology - Cluster of male breast cancer linked to electromagnetic field exposure

Epidemiology - Infectious disease early-warning monitoring program free to Internet users

Finance - Pharma company issues financial update

Follicular Lymphoma - Bcl-2-independent prosurvival signals identified

Food & Nutrition - Processing of wild cereal grains revealed by starch grain analysis

Generic Drugs - Company receives approval to market generic potassium chloride

Genomics - Company launches Affymetrix microarray-based genotyping services

Global Health - Acceleration of health-systems knowledge required in developing countries

HIV Vaccines - Greater participation of women, adolescents needed in HIV vaccine trials

HIV/AIDS - Long-term data provides guidance on use of Sustiva in HIV treatment

HIV/AIDS - South Africa: Traditionalists call for virginity testing in HIV/AIDS campaign

HIV/AIDS Comorbidities - Duke medical center gets $4 million to study infectious diseases in Tanzania

HIV/AIDS Research - Progenitor cells may be a reservoir for HIV-1 in the brains of infected patients

HIV/AIDS Therapy - GSK grants third voluntary license to South African company

Hantavirus Vaccine - Cross-reactivity among hantaviruses investigated

Healthcare Equity - Minorities worry health system won't respond fairly in a bioterrorist event

Heart Disease Risk - Joint effects of cardiac risk factors mean more then just double trouble

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Postvaccination hepatitis B surface antigenemia explored