Drug Resistant Infections News Headlines

• Conventional Wisdom On Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis May Be Overturned By New Research
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• New Research May Overturn Conventional Wisdom On Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Vancomycin May Trigger Dangerously Low Platelet Count
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
  
• FDA May Approve Cattle Drug Which Could Lead To Drug Resistant Superbugs
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• New Light on the Fight against T.B.
  The Earth Times - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:46 EST
  
• Genome Sequence Shows What Makes Bacteria Dangerous For Troops In Iraq
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Genome Sequence Shows What Makes Bacteria Dangerous For Troops In Iraq
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• HIV Fueling Deaths From XDR-TB In South Africa, Researchers Say
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• New Study Finds Antibiotic Vancomycin May Trigger Dangerously Low Platelet Count
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Researcher Finds New Way To Treat Devastating Fungal Infections
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• TB strain threatens "uncontrollable" epidemic
  Reuters - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:12 EST
  
• HIV Drug Resistance Spurred By Widely Used Hepatitis B Drug
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Antibiotic linked to serious bleeding condition
  Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:44 EST
  
• South Africa To Revise AIDS Control Program To Address XDR-TB
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Widely Used Hepatitis B Drug Spurs HIV Drug Resistance
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• New AIDS drugs fight resistant HIV
  MSNBC - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:06 EST
  
• New Drug Hope For HIV Patients For Whom Treatment No Longer Works
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Beauty Product Oil Can Lead To Antibiotic Resistance
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• New AIDS drugs aim to combat resistant HIV strains
  Reuters - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:28 EST
  
• Health-Care Workers Exposed To HIV On Job Need Preventive Treatment
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• AARP: Prescription Drug Prices Up
  WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Two New Classes Of Drugs Found To Control Viral Loads Among HIV-Positive People Who Have Developed Drug Resistance, Studies Say
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Immune Cells Take Divergent Paths When Fighting Infections
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Contamination From Improvised Explosive Devices Has Led To High Rates Of Infection Among Injured Troops
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
  
• First death from virulent tuberculosis strain in Cape Town area
  The Earth Times - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:19 EST
  
• Report faults FDA drug-safety tracking system: WSJ
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:15 EST
  
• Novartis' diabetes drug faces another FDA study
  The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:26 EST
  
• To Settle Suit, Maker Agrees to Withdraw Growth Drug
  New York Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:58 EST
  
• Studies Examine Medication Prices, Language Services Under Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Protein Discovery Targets Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria; Model Could Be Used In New Treatments ...
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Drug Maker Stops Work on Lung Disease Medicine
  New York Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:52 EST
  
• Washington County Records Four Cases Of Drug-Resistant HIV
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Experts Urge Strongest Isolation For New Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cases Appearing In South Africa
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Prescription drug plan unaffordable: official
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:05 EST
  
• Prescription drug prices soar for U.S. seniors
  MSNBC - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:33 EST
  
• Gene Profiling Predicts Resistance To Breast Cancer Drug Herceptin
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Brand name drug prices soar for seniors: AARP
  Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:59 EST
  
• Brand name drug prices soar for seniors -- AARP
  Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:13 EST
  
• Drug testing children fraught with problems - doctors
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:43 EST
  
• Drug testing children fraught with problems: doctors
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:46 EST
  
• Two Experimental Drugs Aimed At Controlling Viral Loads Among HIV-Positive People Who Have Developed Drug Resistance Show Promise, Researchers Say
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Doctors: School drug testing a bad idea
  MSNBC - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:44 EST
  
• Alaska tops states for drug use
  The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:41 EST
  
• Drug Partnership Introduces Cheap Antimalaria Pill
  New York Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:55 EST
  
• FDA set to approve controversial cow drug: report
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:47 EST
  
• Report Criticizes FDA Delays In Drug Tracking System Update
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Bush administration defends Medicare drug program
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:57 EST
  
• Bush administration defends Medicare drug program
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:12 EST
  
• Drug-treated salt helps limb swelling
  The Earth Times - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:53 EST
  
• Gene Profiling Predicts Resistance To Breast Cancer Drug Herceptin
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• FDA set to approve controversial cow drug: report
  Reuters - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:48 EST
  
• New Pharmaceutical Drug That Halts Progress Of Metastatic Kidney Cancer
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Drug 'stops HIV's entry to cells'
  BBC - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:59 EST
  
• Roche suspends phase II trial of its anemia drug
  The Earth Times - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:20 EST
  
• Common Cold May Send Some Young Children To The Hospital
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Leukemia Drug Turns Mini-molecules Up, Cancer Genes Down
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
  
• S.Africa alters AIDS plan after extreme TB threat
  Reuters - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:34 EST
  
• S.Africa alters AIDS plan after extreme TB threat
  Reuters - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:34 EST
  
• Doctors: Superbug can be stopped
  MSNBC - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:44 EST
  
• FDA approves drug for carsick dogs
  MSNBC - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Leukemia Drug Turns Mini-molecules Up, Cancer Genes Down
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• GlaxoSmithKline to launch a weight loss OTC drug
  The Earth Times - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:51 EST
  
• Slow-release Morphine Reduces Level Of Intractable Cough
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• New malaria drug targets children
  BBC - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:06 EST
  
• FDA drops plan for prescription drug watch list
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:40 EST
  
• FDA drops plan for prescription drug watch list
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:40 EST
  
• Mexican drug gains U.S. following
  Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:20 EST
  
• AstraZeneca explores 2nd-line therapy for lung cancer; to start Zactima 4th phase III trials
  The Earth Times - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:13 EST
  
• Akt Makes Melanomas Grow Downward
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• S.Africa urged to isolate "killer" TB patients
  Reuters - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:54 EST
  
• Scientists say an old, unused drug may offer treatment of Down's
  The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:51 EST
  
• Pay More Attention To Genital Herpes Infections In HIV-infected Persons
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Brain Chemical Tied to Drug Addiction
  WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:26 EST
  
• Brain Chemical Tied to Drug Addiction
  WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• New low-cost anti-malarial drug launched
  The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:10 EST
  
• Scientific Data Highlights Pivotal Role Of Monogram's Molecular Diagnostics In Development And Use Of New HIV Treatments
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• FDA Approves New ADHD Drug
  WebMD - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:56 EST
  
• FDA Approves New ADHD Drug
  WebMD - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Non-hormone drug decreases hot flashes
  Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:45 EST
  
• Hospital Trustees Begin To Focus On Patient Safety
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• New AIDS Drug Increadibly Encouraging
  MedicineNet - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• FDA Revises Label Warnings On The Antibiotic Ketek
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• New Pharmaceutical Drug Halts Progress Of Metastatic Kidney Cancer
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Drug may treat mental symptoms of Down syndrome
  Reuters - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:13 EST
  
• People underestimate the power of drug cravings
  Reuters - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:56 EST
  
• U.S. Approves Novartis Hypertension Drug
  New York Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:59 EST
  
• Genetic test may predict drug addiction
  The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:01 EST
  
• U.S. clears use of Abbott drug for Crohn's disease
  Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:25 EST
  
• Growth Drug Is Caught Up in Patent Fight
  New York Times - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:03 EST
  
• 'A Perfect Storm' for Creating Drug Addicts
  ABC News - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:35 EST
  
• MAP Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Phase 2 Results For Its Inhaled Migraine Drug Candidate
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Cancer Drug Can Extend Survival In Patients With Deadly Brain Tumors
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Injection Drug Use Fueling Spread Of HIV In Mauritius
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Generic Prescription Drug Industry Lobbyists Target 'Authorized Generics'
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Study shows near-tripling of global ADHD drug use
  Reuters - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:23 EST
  
• Advisory Panel Recommends H5N1 Vaccine To FDA For Approval
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• FDA Directs ADHD Drug Manufacturers To Notify Patients About Cardiovascular Adverse Events And Psychiatric Adverse Events
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Primitive Yeast Yields Secrets Of Human Cholesterol And Drug Metabolism
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Pain Drug Caution for Heart Patients
  WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:46 EST
  
• Pain Drug Caution for Heart Patients
  WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00 EST