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Endo and Health News, 2004

Compiled From the Weekly Email Newsletters

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For purposes of this list the year 2007 started with the April 18, 2007 newsletter. For New Items prior to that newsletter, please see the News Items and Research Forum of the message boards

Type	Subject	Date
Cortisol
Coffee is believed to elevate cortisol to unhealthy levels which causes premature aging	FitCommerce	11/3/2004
DHEA
DHEA Replacement May Be Beneficial for Hypoadrenal Women	Medscape	12/1/2004
Hormone Offsets Harmful Effects of Aging	Ivanhoe	12/1/2004
Diabetes
Scientists Generate Human Islet Precursor Cells In Culture From Cadaveric Insulin-Producing Cells	NIH	12/1/2004
Low Testosterone Seen Common in Diabetic Men	Reuters	11/29/2004
Inhaled Insulin as Effective as Injection	Yahoo	10/27/2004
Fertility
Against all odds: The story of a miracle.  A Cushing's woman gives birth	Selma Times-Journal	12/31/2004
Ferring Introduces Bravelle(R) With First Needle-Free Reconstitution Device Q-Cap(TM) Previewed at Annual ASRM Meeting	PRNewswire	10/20/2004
Flu 2004
HHS PURCHASES 1.2 MILLION DOSES OF FLU VACCINE: GlaxoSmithKline Vaccine Adds To 61 Million Doses In United States	NIH	12/8/04
NIAID Launches Expanded Flu Web Site For The Media	NIH	11/17/04
NIAID Launches Influenza Genome Sequencing Project	NIH	11/17/04
Arkansas and Massachusetts Receive More Flu Vaccine	Associated Press	11/10/04
HHS Identifies More Influenza Vaccine	NIH	11/3/04
HHS Says Supply Of Flu Vaccines, Medicines Will Help Keep People Safe During Coming Flu Season	NIH	10/27/2004
How to Ward Off the Flu This Winter	Associated Press	10/27/2004
More on the Flu Shot Crisis	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	10/20/2004
Be Sure to Get Your Flu Shot Early	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	10/6/2004
General
Few Americans Are Aware They Have Chronic Kidney Disease	NIH	12/17/04
Endocrine Society Urges NIH to Delay Public Access Plan	NIH	11/17/04
NIH Funds New General Clinical Research Center In Sacramento	NIH	11/3/04
NIH Opens New Clinical Research Hospital	NIH	9/22/04
Growth Hormone
SomatoKine for the Treatment of Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome	Insmed Press Release	12/31/2004
Next-Generation Growth Hormone	PRNewswire	11/17/04
Growth Hormone Therapy May Reduce Morbidity, Mortality in Hypopituitary Adults	J Clin Endocrinol Metab	11/17/04
Novo Nordisk's Human Growth Hormone Now Approved for Use in Adults	Associated Press	11/10/04
Growth Hormone Outgrows Growth	Clinical Endocrinology	9/11/04
An NIH to study the consequences of lack of growth hormone and it's affects on heart function, bone density, muscle strength, and fat metabolism	NIH	7/14/04
Medications
Trial Using Pain Relieve Aleve Suspended	Associated Press	12/21/04
NIH Halts Use Of Cox-2 Inhibitor In Large Cancer Prevention Trial	NIH	12/17/04
Wasted Muscles, Low Blood Pressure, Inattentive Eyes	NY Times	12/5/04
DHEA Hormone Offsets Harmful Effects of Aging	Ivanhoe	12/1/04
DHEA Replacement May Be Beneficial for Hypoadrenal Women	Medscape	12/1/04
Grapefruit and Medications Alert	AOL News	11/10/04
Merck Should Have Pulled Vioxx in 2000	Reuters	11/10/04
Vioxx for Arthritis Recalled	Reuters	10/6/04
Obesity
Many Have Subconscious Bias Against Obese: Study	Yahoo / Reuters	2/7/2003
PCOS
Lack of Insurance for Self-Help Services Could Prove Obstacle for the Millions of Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Seeking to Prevent Diabetes and Heart Disease	PRNewswire	10/27/04
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome May Lead to Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease	Medscape	10/20/04
PCOS: The results of a new study	Medscape	10/20/04
Pituitary
Double pituitary lesions in three patients with Cushing's disease.	Department of Neurosurgery, Health Sciences Center, UVA
Olympic skater Scott Hamilton to have brain tumor (pituitary) treatment Gamma Knife	Associated Press	12/8/04
Olympic skater Scott Hamilton has a Pituitary Tumor	cleveland.com	11/17/04
Miscarriages and Pituitary Tumors	Health India	11/10/04
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and over-activity of the pituitary gland		11/3/2004
Steroids
Steroid Abuse Is Health Concern	Associated Press	12/8/04
High-Dose Steroids Up Heart Disease Risk Greatly	Annals of Internal Medicine	11/17/04
Bush Signs Law Banning Certain Steroid-Like Drugs	Reuters	10/27/04
Testosterone
New Book Confronts Testosterone Issues	PRNewswire	11/17/04

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