Mouse Stem Cells Can Grow Into Eggs WASHINGTON (AP) -- A laboratory study suggests that embryonic stem cells can be coaxed to transform themselves into eggs. The research potentially removes a major obstacle to the use of such cells to treat disease because it offers a new source of eggs for therapeutic cloning.

States Urged To Revise Smallpox Plans WASHINGTON(AP) -- Federal health officials, acknowledging they will fall short of initial goals for smallpox vaccination, want states to revise inoculation plans to take into account budget pressures and people's reluctance to be vaccinated.

An Aetna InteliHealth/Harvard Medical School Look At The News -- Statins And Lupus (NIAMS) -- A new study funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) will be using statins -- drugs used to lower LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein or "bad" cholesterol levels) -- to test their effects against fat buildup in the blood vessels of children with lupus. Read the story and comments from a Harvard physician.

An Aetna InteliHealth/Harvard Medical School Look At The News -- Living With AIDS VANCOUVER (VA Research Communications Service) -- Nearly a third of patients with the AIDS virus say life is generally better since they received their diagnosis, according to study findings. Read the story and comments from a Harvard physician.

Women's Health Issue

Bristol-Myers Earnings Fall but Surpass Expectations

ImClone: Waksal Didn't Pay Tax; Did Ebbers Gain On WorldCom Books?

April 1, 2003 ImClone: Waksal didn't pay tax; Did Ebbers gain on WorldCom books?; Malone, Vivendi meet.

MSNBC-Health Testing Newborns For Silent Killers Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:32 PM EST

CBS Marketwatch Hazardous Household Products That Need To Be Tossed Tue Apr 29, 2003 6:41 PM EST

BBC NEWS | Health | Traffic 'damages male fertility'

BBC NEWS | Health | Lead linked to male infertility

BBC NEWS | Health | Contraceptives 'not used properly'

TUE Apr 29, 03, 4:04 PM Lorillard Tobacco Company Comments on Verdict in Baltimore Kent Filter Case

Vitamins: More May Be Too Many

INAMED Corporation: Media: Press Releases

INAMED Corporation: Products: Breast Augmentation (US Patients)

BBC NEWS | Health | Chemical loss leads to brain decline

BBC NEWS | Health | Alzheimer's vitamins trial begins

BBC NEWS | Health | Supplemented feed can cut heart risk

BBC NEWS | Health | Ebola may help cure cystic fibrosis

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Drugs firm broke advertising rules

BBC NEWS | Health | Company tests anthrax antidote

BBC NEWS | Business | Australia's disgraced vitamins boss resigns

Mutating SARS Virus Hampering Diagnosis 9:48 p.m. ET

SARS Takes Hard Economic Toll on Toronto 7:53 p.m. ET

Prof. Wonders if Nightingale Was Bipolar 5:39 p.m. ET

Almost Half Say U.S. May Face SARS Scare 2:07 p.m. ET

Despite Warnings, Pregnant Women Got Smallpox Vaccine

Lessons of Anthrax Attacks Help U.S. Respond to SARS

Viagra Shows Promise in Women on Antidepressants Yahoo News - Apr 29, 2003 By Alison McCook. NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) - People who take antidepressants commonly report sexual problems as a side effect ...

Freezing Shrinks Fibroids, Avoids Surgery Reuters, UK - 6 hours ago By Alison McCook. NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) - Freezing benign uterine growths called fibroids may reduce the size and symptoms ...

Soy Compound Shows Promise for Menopause Symptoms Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - 7 hours ago WEDNESDAY, April 30 (HealthScoutNews) -- A new soy-based compound promises to rival estrogen by relieving hot flashes and building bone mass in menopausal ...

US Minorities Unaware of 'Morning-After' Pill Reuters, UK - 8 hours ago By Alison McCook. NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) - A survey of US black and Latina women suggests only a small percentage have ever ...

Hormone Therapy Ups Urinary Incontinence Risk Reuters, UK - 8 hours ago By Alison McCook. NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) - It's one more strike against hormone replacement therapy: research released Tuesday ...

Health Warning: Lettuce Scare San Francisco Chronicle- 7 hours ago We buy it to put it into sandwiches and to shred into salads. Now an organization called the Environmental Working Group says it's found lettuce with potentially high levels of a toxic chemical in rocket fuel.

Bacteria Found in Leslie Dee Ann Mascara FDA Safety Alert

Meal Skipping Helps Rodents Resist Diabetes, Brain Damage Science Daily - 29 Apr 2003 A new mouse study suggests fasting every other day can help fend off diabetes and protect brain neurons as well as or better than either vigorous exercise or caloric restriction. The findings also suggest that reduced meal frequency ...

Immune Systems of New Mutant Mice Fight Off Cancer Scientific American

Montreal spreads larvicide to minimize spread of West Nile virus Canada.com - 28 Apr 2003 MONTREAL (CP) - Hoping to ward off the West Nile virus this summer, Quebec authorities began spreading a biological larvicide in two Montreal boroughs on Monday to help prevent mosquitoes from growing out of the larval stage.

Twin study reveals food additives effect BBC, UK - Apr 29, 2003 ... But only Michael's diet was completely free of food additives. After just two weeks Michael had become more assertive and calmer than his brother. ...

Health Highlights: April 30, 2003 Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - 3 hours ago Americans are more worried about the soaring costs of health care than they are about paying their rent, being fired, or losing money in the stock market, a ...

Feeling the pressure to be plastic The Orion - 13 hours ago ... And Barbie is mimicking Spears for sales. This is appalling to me. Is it any wonder why breast implants have made their way into mainstream America? ...

WHO report: alarming increase in cancer rates World Socialist - Apr 25, 2003 ... anti-cancer drugs, such as Tamoxifen—an estrogen-blocker commonly used to treat breast cancer patients—may cause secondary cancers. Surgical implants used ...

FDA Approves an Implant for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease FDA Talk Paper April 22, 2003

Zimmer Launches Updated Website With New Content for Patients, ... PRNewswire (press release) - 6 hours ago ... Zimmer, based in Warsaw, Indiana, is a global leader in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of reconstructive orthopaedic implants and trauma ...

Implantable-ID company puts product into science writer WorldNetDaily - Apr 28, 2003 ... Warwick had called for an urgent government debate on the issue, and said government ministers should consider implants for all children. ...

Artificial Lens Could Restore Vision Good Housekeeping Magazine - Apr 26, 2003 The invention, while not yet tested in humans, eventually could improve outcomes for more than 13 million cataract patients who receive lens implants each year ...

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