Portal:Medicine/News archive

This archives contains the WikiNews stories on display on Portal:Medicine with the date they were originally published (not the date they appeared here).

2007

September

• 17-pound baby born in Russia (September 27, 2007)
• Meteorite blamed for mysterious illness in Peru (September 18, 2007)
• Health organisations respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (September 16, 2007)
• Blood recipients contract HIV in Peru (September 14, 2007)

August

• Asian monsoon rains force millions to flee (August 4, 2007)

May

• Irish teenager wins abortion case (May 9, 2007)
• Indonesian suspected bird flu case dies; symptoms included encephalitis (May 6, 2007)
• World Health Organization launches clinical trial website (May 5, 2007)

March

• Coroner warns on Internet drugs (March 21, 2007)
• Bottled water in Canada recalled due to arsenic concerns (March 16, 2007)
• Bacterial outbreak forces closure of Toronto hospital neo-natal unit (March 10, 2007)
• Three babies dead within one week at Madrid Hospital (March 4, 2007)

February

• Canadian mouse study shows hormone associated with pregnancy may reverse MS (February 23, 2007)
• Large study provides new insights in autism's genetic code (February 22, 2007)
• On bereavement and acceptance: Yale study of grief process (February 22, 2007)
• Study finds pregnant women eating seafood helps child (February 16, 2007)
• A weak spot in HIV spotted (February 15, 2007)
• Indian museum combats spread of HIV (February 14, 2007)
• HIV vaccine trial set to begin in South Africa (February 9, 2007)
• New video game genre promises to 'boost psychological health' (February 9, 2007)
• Scholar says Jehovah's Witnesses wrong about blood transfusions (February 4, 2007)
• Bird Flu confirmed in 1,000 UK turkeys (February 3, 2007)
• Smoking in public places banned in France (February 2, 2007)

January

• Confirmed bird flu death in Nigeria (January 31, 2007)
• Technology developed to detect fake drugs quickly (January 27, 2007)
• Carbon monoxide protects against paralysis in MS mice (January 26, 2007)
• Pfizer to cut jobs in Michigan (January 22, 2007)
• Disease scare in south Sudan, aid groups return (January 22, 2007)
• New Zealander blind in one eye because of novelty lens (January 22, 2007)
• Ethical debate surrounds surgery to stunt disabled girl's growth (January 5, 2007)
• Record low amount of organs donated in New Zealand (January 5, 2007)
• Toxic chemicals found in four Canadian politicians (January 4, 2007)
• U.S. superbug expected to emerge in Canada (January 3, 2007)

2006

December

• Hepatitis scare at a New Zealand McDonald's restaurant (December 30, 2006)
• New Zealand doctor starts smoking in protest (December 29, 2006)
• Cancer scare at ABC's Brisbane studios (December 22, 2006)
• Toronto team-led research on Type 1 Diabetes 'groundbreaking' (December 16, 2006)

November

• Duck hunters asked to help monitor spread of Avian Flu (November 28, 2006)
• Former Russian spy Litvinenko dies, radioactive poisoning suspected (November 24, 2006)
• Doctor: Hoodies are a health risk (November 16, 2006)
• First person infected with Bird Flu in China has clean bill of health (November 11, 2006)
• Study tests the use of Google as an aid for medical diagnoses (November 10, 2006)
• Study will examine treating heart damage with adult stem cells (November 8, 2006)
• Concerns raised over UK hospital disinfection practices (November 8, 2006)
• New Zealand study finds circumcision cuts STD infection rate (November 7, 2006)
• New Zealand radiographers plan to strike (November 4, 2006)
• Finnish parliamentary ombudsman faults infant formula study (November 2, 2006)
• Global study dispels some myths about sexual behaviour (November 1, 2006)

October

• Dilbert creator Scott Adams claims recovery from incurable speech disorder (October 27, 2006)
• Expert calls for less vaccination and more research (October 27, 2006)
• Mediterranean diet reduces risk of Alzheimer's disease, study concludes (October 14, 2006)
• Recent American E. coli outbreak linked to cattle (October 13, 2006)
• France to ban smoking in public places (October 9, 2006)
• 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to American scientists (October 2, 2006)
• Wild ducks in Illinois test positive for "low pathogenic" Bird Flu virus (October 1, 2006)

September

• New York City considers stricter regulations on trans fat (September 28, 2006)
• First penis transplant reversed after two weeks (September 22, 2006)
• Study reveals mercury contamination throughout US food chain (September 20, 2006)
• Study: chemicals from cruciferous veggies kill cancer cells (September 8, 2006)
• A fifth of American kids projected to become obese (September 16, 2006)
• E. coli outbreak kills 1 sickens nearly 100 (September 17, 2006)
• Extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis strain emerges in South Africa (September 10, 2006)
• Experts: obesity is a bigger threat than AIDS or bird flu (September 8, 2006)
• American Academy of Pediatrics supports dairy for lactose intolerant children (September 7, 2006)
• Gene therapy trial for skin cancer cures two terminal patients (September 1, 2006)
• Clinical study supports pollen tablets as hay feaver treatment (September 1, 2006)

August

• New UK donor laws may reduce organ shortages (August 31, 2006)
• GAO report says federal anti-drug Ad-campaign ineffectual (August 29, 2006)
• Australia to subsidise Herceptin for early-stage breast cancer (August 23, 2006)
• Indonesian health officials investigating possible human to human transmission of H5N1 Bird Flu virus (August 17, 2006)
• New drug for smoking cessation is under investigation (August 15, 2006)
• AIDS Conference: Clinton and Gates defend Bush program (August 15, 2006)
• Suspected low pathogenic H5N1 Bird Flu virus found in the United States (August 14, 2006)
• Study says dogs can smell lung and breast cancer (August 7, 2006)
• Participant claims drug trial gave him cancer (August 6, 2006)
• Vaccine targets obesity in rats (August 6, 2006)
• Swan in German zoo tests positive for H5N1 virus (August 4, 2006)
• FDA to move on approval of over-the-counter sale of "Plan B" birth control (August 3, 2006)

July

• Multiple sclerosis more often transmitted by fathers (July 26, 2006)