September 30

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Reduce Stroke Damage (HealthDay)

UK: Scientists Begin Cloning (The Evening Chronicle)

Denying Treatment - A Medical Dilemma (BBC)

Weight Loss Surgery May Soon Be Paid by Medicare (New York Times)

Patient Dies After Surgery Telecast Live (AP)

California: Experts Debate Stem Cell Research, Proposition 71 (Sacramento Bee)

Tomato Treatment Slows Cancer (BBC)

Court Asserts Man's Right to Procreate (Reuters)

Merck Withdraws Arthritis Drug Vioxx (AP)

Teen Gets Scholarship for Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (AP)

Gene Test Offers Hope For Brain Cancer Patients (AP)

Stem Cell Debate Hits Senate (Wired)

Era Of Cosmetic Neurology May Soon Be Upon Us (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

September 29

Trial Adult Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Combo May Fight Genetic Disorders (HealthDay)

WHO: One Women Dies In Childbirth Every Minute In Poor Countries (AFP)

Genetics, History Spelled Cancer, So She Opted For Preventive Mastectomy (Knight-Ridder)

Ian Wilmut Why I Will Clone Human Cells (The Scotsman)

Group Targets Medical Industry's Influence (AP)

Study: Half Of Internet Viagra Is Fake (Reuters)

Artificial Heart Patient's Death Subject of Probe (AP)

Pop Some Pills, Sleep Through Your Dental Visit? (MSNBC)

Survey: ERs Lack On-Call Specialists (HealthDay)

Nanotech: Next Big Revolution (Financial Express)

Law to Rein In Hospital Errors Is Seen as Abused (New York Times)

Study Backs Therapy Over Sleeping Pills (HealthDay)

Medicare to Cover More Implanted Heart Devices (Reuters)

September 28

Embryo Test Boosts Chances of Successful IVF (Daily Mail)

Dolly Scientists' Human Clone Bid (BBC)

Higher Costs, Less Care (Washington Post)

Acupuncture Moves Toward the Mainstream (New York Times)

Enrolling in Medical Studies May Get Easier (AP)

This Pill Will Make You Feel Better, but We're Not Sure Why (New York Times)

Study: Living In The Suburbs Can Make You Sick (Reuters)

Drug Ruled Out In Cancer Battle (BBC)

Saving a Potential Heart Breakthrough (Forbes)

Weight-Loss Nasal Spray In The Works (AP)

Study Finds Blacks Miss Prostate Cancer Tests (Reuters)

Group Targets Medical Industry's Influence (AP)

France Considers Euthanasia Law (The Medical Post)

Drugstores May Charge for Consultations (AP)

Engineering God in a Petri Dish (Wired)

Texas: Physicians Fear DA's Interpretation of Fetal Protection Law (AP)

Massachusetts House Speaker Finneran Steps Down To Head Biotechnology Council (Berkshre Eagle)

New Hampshire: Pharmacist Denies Woman Morning After Pill (AP)

Learn To Deal With It, MS Patient Says; Canadians Divided On Ethics, Legality Of Assisted Suicide (Montreal Gazette)

Private Cord Blood Bank Expands Singapore Facilities (Channel News Asia)

Spain to Authorize Embryonic Stem Cell Research (AFP)

September 27

Men, Women More Different Than Thought (AP)

Embryonic Stem Cells as Heart Pacemakers (BBC)

Australian Cloning Vote Unclear (The Scientist)

Free to Clone (New York Times)

Bitter Malpractice Fight Going to Voters (AP)

Health Care Costs Are a Killer, but Maybe That's a Plus (New York Times)

Harvard Program Stresses Patient Care (AP)

As a Life Ebbs, the Ultimate Family Quarrel (New York Times)

Gene Clue to Malaria Drug Failure (BBC)

A Turn for the Better, With Some Regrets, After a Respirator Is Removed (New York Times)

Alternative Medicine Slips Into the Mainstream (HealthDay)

What Good is Alcohol? (USA Today)

Desperate Parents Chase Embryonic Stem Cell Miracle (Boston Globe)

Adult ADHD: An Overlooked Problem (HealthDay)

Hospitals Ponder Lifting Cell Phone Bans (AP)

September 24

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Show Potential for Eye Repair (Reuters)

Birth of Child Called First From Frozen Ovarian Tissue (Washington Post)

Feed-Tube Law Is Struck Down in Florida Case (New York Times)

Dogs Sniff Out Bladder Cancer (BBC)

U.S. Advisers Endorse More Newborn Tests (AP)

Alcohol Abuse Tied to 75,000 Early Deaths (HealthDay)

Malnutrition Key to Half of Deaths Among Africa's Under-Fives (AFP)

Suicide Risk May Trace Back to Womb (HealthDay)

Brothers Honored for Living With Diabetes (AP)

Scientists Engineer Mosquitoes that Can't Cause Malaria (The Scotsman)

Study: Fat Students Sap School Finances (AP)

End-Of-Life Care for Breast Cancer May Be Inadequate (Reuters)

Adding Women's Voices to Debates over Bioethics (Seattle Times)

California: Stem Cell Bond's Costs Disputed (San Bernardo County Sun)

September 23

Poor Medical Treatment Kills Thousands (AP)

Safer Route to Gene Therapy Found (BBC)

The Womb as Photo Studio (New York Times)

California Charges 20 Dentists with Fraud (AP)

Young Called to Arms in Blood Shortage (USA Today)

Low-Income Nonapplicants to Get Medicare Drug Cards (New York Times)

Latest Low-Tech Heart Tool: Post-it Notes (HealthDay)

WHO Focuses on Heart Disease and Strokes (AP)

Father's Job Plays Role in Birth Defect Risk (HealthDay)

Study: Insurance Falls Short for Some Workers (AP)

Australia: Fertility Drugs Blamed for Record Multiple Births (ABC News)

17 Deaths Related to Contraceptive Patch; Report Spurs Debate Among Doctors (Medical News Today)

Australia: Animal-Human Transplants Frozen (Herald Sun)

New Study To Examine Conflict of Interest in Medical Research (Medical News Today)

Michigan Senate Panel Considers Conscience Rights and Health Care (AP)

Anger Linked to Heart Disease Inflammation (HealthDay)

FDA Says Johnson & Johnson Sales Pitch Misleading (Reuters)

September 22

More Teens Abusing Prescription Drugs (AP)

Nepal: Epicenter for the Selling of Kidneys (BBC)

Genetic Testing Challenges Medical Ethics (AP)

Study: Patient 'Smart Cards' Work (Health IT World)

Human Cells Produce Morphine (The Scientist)

Nano-Tech Company to Develop Bio-Warfare Warning System (4NI)

A Stem Cell Controversy Comes to California (Newsdesk)

Doctors Develop Faster, Cheaper Allergy Test (Reuters)

Studies: Walking May Ward Off Alzheimer's (AP)

Survey Looks Into Quality of Nursing Homes (Reuters)

Officials See More Eating Disorders in Men (AP)

Childhood Sexual Abuse Damage Lasts a Lifetime (HealthDay)

Are Drugs to Cure Addiction Already in the Medicine Cabinet? (AP)

How Healthy Living Extends Life (BBC)

Washington State Nurses Union Fighting Flu-Shot Requirement (Seattle Times)

Study: Acupuncture Helps Ease Post-Surgical Ills (Reuters)

Cancer Remedy Claims Dismissed (BBC)

Study: Emergency Rooms Feel Fiscal Pain (San Francisco Chronicle)

September 21

Doctors Ask For Insurance Donations (Washington Post)

More Medical Devices Needed for Babies (AP)

Study: Injuries Deadlier for Obese People (Reuters)

Weighing the Risks in a Health Savings Account (New York Times)

Loophole Lets Pharmacies Bill Govt. Twice (AP)

Relieving Pain Without Pills (New York Times)

When Are People Too Mentally Ill to Vote? (HealthDay)

Zavos Cloning Article Pulled (The Scientist)

Study: Abused Children Risk Heart Disease as Adults (HealthDay)

Study: Too Few Minorities in Health Care (Reuters)

Second Thoughts on Restricting Drugs to Treat Depression in Adolescents (New York Times)

Report: Public, Private Doctors in Britain to Compete Under Government Plan (AFP)

Study: Scaled-Back Chemotherapy Could Hurt Chances for a Cure (USA Today)

New Blood Test Advised for Diabetes Patients (Reuters)

Tennessee: New Law Making Hard Decisions Easier (The Tennessean)

Fertility Law Divides Italy as Opposition Grows (Reuters)

Wisconsin Possible Site for Stem Cell Labs (Pioneer Press)

South Africa: Warning Sounded on Alternative Medicine Bill (Pretoria News)

Study: For Cancer Survivors, Worse Care (New York Times)

A Home for Frozen Embryos (US News)

September 20

Bone Marrow Transplant Case Shows Need for Asian Donors (AP)

Californians to Vote on Spending $3 Billion on Stem Cell Research (New York Times)

Gel May Replace Pills and Jabs (BBC)

Cure' a 4-Letter Word for Cancer Doctors (AP)

Egg Donors Sought for Survey (HealthDay)

Underweight People Work to Put on Pounds (AP)

Tough Bone Repair Cement Created (BBC)

Survey: Language Hinders Ailing Hispanics (AP)

China: Couple Fined $94,000 for One-Child Rule Lapse (Reuters)

Britain Launches Study Into Personalized Medicine (Reuters)

TB May Be Global Threat Again (Wired)

Click and Clone (Science News)

Catching a Virus in the Act (Wired)

Missouri: Stowers Institute Won't Expand if Embryonic Stem Cell Research Banned (AP)

September 17

Researchers Working On Using Bone Marrow Stem Cells To Make Living Glue To Secure Artificial Joints (Canadian Press)

Conscience Clause Grows In Health Care (AP)

Bone Marrow Stem Cells Save Vision in Mice with Retinal Malady (Reuters)

FDA OKs Defibrillator Without Prescription (AP)

Medicare to Cover Alzheimer’s Brain Scans (Reuters)

Europe Unites For New Aids Battle (BBC)

Private Plans Costing More for Medicare (New York Times)

Doctors Prepared To Do Face Transplant (Courier-Journal)

Canada Agrees to Increase Spending on Its Health Care (New York Times)

Meningitis Vaccine Back in Supply (Reuters)

Canada: Efficacy of Healthcare Waiting-List Website Questioned (Globe and Mail)

Study Raises New Questions About Schizophrenia (Reuters)

Sex and Drug Use Linked to Suicide Risk (HealthDay)

Drug Firms Face Dilemma On Trials Disclosure (Reuters)

Software Enables Nurses To Bid For Extra Shifts (Boston Globe)

Pipeline Bulging With Diet Pills (Washington Post)

Survey: Israeli Doctors Often Give Fake Pills to Patients (Reuters)

September 16

Cheeks Used to Replace Damaged Corneas (Reuters)

Alzheimer's in the Living Room: How One Family Rallies to Cope (New York Times)

Survey: Parents Should Discuss Death with Dying Children (BBC)

Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use (New York Times)

Human Genome Hits Halfway Mark (BBC)

Meddling in Peer Review? (The Scientist)

U.K. Docs Suggest Tax Breaks for Exercise (AP)

Double Syringe Blood Test Hope (BBC)

UK: Biobank Counters Critics (The Scientist)

A Health Insurance Option Coming to Federal Workers (New York Times)

September 15

Study: Flu Hospitalizations On The Rise (AP)

New Interest in Hospital Deals (New York Times)

Cardiac Researchers Make Surprising Find About Sudden Cardiac Death (AP)

Breast Study Backs M.R.I. Use (New York Times)

Women Groped After Giving Birth in Hospital (Reuters)

Wales: Fast-Track Medical Course Launched (Western Mail)

Sleep Apnea Implant Gets FDA Approval (Reuters)

Scotland: Sperm Banks Consider Raising Donor Pay To Boost Donations (Daily Record)

Is Gambling For Fun Good For Your Health? (AP)

Illinois Governor Tells Hospitals To Close Incinerators (Sun Times)

Bill Collection May Be Barrier To Health Care (Baltimore Sun)

Bad Habits - or Bad Genes? (The Independent)

Join Debate on Designer Babies, Public Urged (Yorkshire Post)

Study: Treating Blood Pressure Pays for Itself (Reuters)

London: Mental Health Care Facing Beds Crisis (Evening Standard)

Black Organ Donations Lower Nationwide (AP)

Bone Marrow Matches Hard to Find Among Mixed Races (Tri Valley Herald)

September 14

Germany's Ethics Council Rejects Cloning (DW)

Scientists Make Replacement Parts for Organs (Knight Ridder)

Method to Turn Off Bad Genes Is Set for Tests on Human Eyes (New York Times)

Study: Alcohol Good After Heart Surgery (BBC)

Feds Warn on Children and Antidepressants (AP)

Study: Patients Don’t Say Skipping Costly Pills (Reuters)

Memory Does Not Always Serve, and That's No Lie (USA Today)

Study: Hepatitis B Vaccine Linked to Multiple Sclerosis (BBC)

FDA Approves Lens Implant to Sharpen Sight (AP)

The IVF Twins Who Have Five Parents (Daily Mail)

States Under Pressure on Newborn Tests (AP)

Hospices Widen Care Services (Boston Globe)

Health Insurance Fraud Hits More Patients (AP)

Scrambled Eggs' Doc Settles Out Of Court (New York Post)

Medical Advances Save Lives of GIs Ravaged by War (Chicago Tribune)

U.S. to Address Possible Abuses in Hospital Supply Industry (New York Times)

September 13

Nanotech: Pinpointing Cancer Fight (USA Today)

AMA: Medical Ethics Day Set For September 18 (AMNews)

Fertility Clinics Face Tough Call (Chicago Tribune)

Few Enroll in Low-Cost Drug Demonstration (New York Times)

Meditation Helping Arthritis Patients (AP)

Frozen Eggs Showing Promise (Wired)

FDA Testing Limits of Medical Technology (AP)

Prostate Cancer Test Is Useless, Warn Scientists (Daily Mail)

Nursing Educators in Critical Demand (AP)

Study: Diabetes Websites Too Complicated (BBC)

Fears About Smallpox Shots May Put Public at Risk (Washington Post)

September 10

Italy: Calls for Health Minister's Resignation Over Stem Cell Controversy (The Scientist)

New Zealand: Experts Say Organ Donors Have Right to Decide (New Zealand Herald)

UK Study Backs Safety of MMR Vaccine (BBC)

Drug Makers Explain Trials to Congress (AP)

Cost of Insuring Workers' Health Increases 11.2% (New York Times)

Doctor Wants Weight-Loss Programs Funded (AP)

Cannabis May Have Long-Term Benefit for MS (Reuters)

Germ Study Suggests Bloodletting May Work (AP)

Denmark: Market Race for Stem Cell Storage (Copenhagen Post)

Australia: GeneBalls -- Barcoding DNA (Innovations Report)

September 9

Study: Antibiotic Can Trigger Cardiac Deaths (AP)

Non Embryonic Stem Cells Arrest Brain Damage (BBC)

Major Medical Journals Will Require Registration of Trials (New York Times)

Need for Home Defibrillators Questioned (Washington Post)

Smart Bandage to Help Diabetics (BBC)

Study: Health Care Premiums Jump 11.2 Percent (AP)

Suicide Around the World Every 40 Seconds (Reuters)

Daughter's Gift Makes for Landmark Transplant (AP)

Study: Insured Willing To Help Cover Costs For Uninsured (Medical News Today)

Report Sees Wide Health Effects of 9-11 Attacks (Reuters)

Two Decades of DNA Fingerprints (BBC)

September 8

Belgium Takes Step Towards Euthanasia for Children (Reuters)

Judge Finds Abortion Ban Unconstitutional (AP)

Church Leaders Unite to Condemn Euthanasia Bill (The Daily Telegraph)

DNA Pioneer Celebrates Triumph (PA News)

Shultz Endorses Californial Stem Cell Initiative (AP)

Stem Cell Society Rejects (the Term) “Therapeutic Cloning” (BIO-IT)

Zavos Clone Claims Cause Journal to Axe Paper (Nature)

Sick Child's Father Defends Saviour Sibling Move (PA News)

Gene May Link Alcoholism and Depression (AP)

“Stem Cells Could Repair Damaged Brain Cells” (PA News)

Smoking and Drinking Are Bad for Semen (Reuters)

A Coffee a Day (Urban Renaissance Institute)

Lizard Saliva Drug “Could Control Diabetes” (PA News)

Alzheimer&’s Fight Focusing on Sticky Brain Buildup; Drugs on the Way (CP)

50-Year-Old Frozen Smallpox Vaccines Are Nearly 100% Effective (News-Medical.Net)

September 7

UK: Couple Wins Right to “Designer Baby” in Order to Treat Son (The Scotsman)

Mother To Be Tried Under Fetal Protection Law (AP)

Portugal: Abortion Ship Remains Banned (AFP) (Reuters)

Link Sought Between Leukemia, Pollution (BigNewsNetwork.com)

Using Telemedicine to Virtually Manage Gestational Diabetes (Medical News Today)

Mitochondrial Genes Cause Nuclear Mischief (NewsMedical.net)

Oman: Unique Stem Cell Transplant Performed (Oman Daily Observer) (Khaleej Times)

Dog Geneticists Aim to Build a Better Pooch (The Boston Globe)

Chicken Pox Vaccine Exceeds Expectations (HealthDayNews)

“Drug Trials Secrecy Putting Patients at Risk” (PA News)

Use of Antidepressants by Children Debated after Shooting (AP)

Study Links TV to Teen Sexual Activity (Reuters)

Italian IVF Blunder Fuels Fertility Law Row (The Guardian)

September 3

Swiss Group 'Helped 22 Brits Die' (BBC) (The Guardian)

UK: Euthanasia Petition Signed by 80,000 (Liverpool Daily Post)

CA: Catholic Church, Financier Opposing Stem Cell Research (AP)

First Parkinson’s Gene Therapy Patient Well After 1 Year (News-Medical.Net)

Spite? It's All Down to the Nasty Genes (The Scotsman)

Melatonin May Prevent Migraines (Reuters)

Body and Brain of Gamers Probed (BBC)

High-Tech Ice Cream (ScienCentral News)

Cats Can Spread Deadly Flu (Ananova)

September 2

Singapore to Allow Therapeutic Cloning, Forbid Reproductive Cloning (Reuters) (AFP) (Channel News Asia)

Twin Suspects Spark Unique DNA Test (USA Today)

Medical Marijuana Case May Be Headed to Supreme Court (North County Times)

Skin Stem Cells Might Treat Hair Loss, Wounds (EurekAlert!)

Scientists Identify 'Jekyll and Hyde' Cancer Gene (Sydney Morning Herald)

First Step in Using Gene Therapy to Treat Glaucoma (News-Medical.Net)

Analysis Of Gene Expression In Lymphoid Cells Can Determine Lymphoma Cancer (Science Daily)

Scientists Discover New Genetic Markers for Breast Cancer (Channel News Asia)

September 1

Kentuckian Claims He Has Cloned 2 Embryos (The Courier-Journal) (BBC) (The Scotsman)

Florida Court Sharply Questions Bush Attorneys in Terri Schiavo Case (LifeNews.com)

Canadian Researchers Discover Gene Behind Breast Cancer (Xinhuanet)

TX: Year after Medical Malpractice Caps Passed, Consequences Are Far-Reaching (The Midland Reporter-Telegram)

More Women and Adolescents Needed in HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials (News-Medical.net)

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is Still a Threat Says Harvard Mental Health Letter (Harvard Health)

CT Scans May Have Dangerous Downside (NBC)

Fatty Acid in Fish May Arrest Alzheimer's (HealthDayNews)

Discarding Of Embryos Fuels Debate On Stem-Cell Research (San Jose Mercury News)

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