Medicine in the News - November 21, 2006

Global AIDS epidemic continues to grow despite some positive ...
UN News Centre
21 November 2006 - Despite some promising trends, the global AIDS epidemic continues to grow, with 2.9 million deaths and 4.3 million new HIV infections in the past year, amid worrying evidence of a resurgence in infection rates in some countries that ...


Pharmaxis soars on FDA approval for Bronchitol
The Australian
PHARMAXIS shares soared by more than 8 per cent today after the company announced that the US Food and Drug Administration had granted its cystic fibrosis drug Bronchitol fast track status.


Contraceptives protect against endometrial cancer
Reuters.uk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices (IUD) appear to provide long-term protection against endometrial cancer, researchers report in the International Journal of Cancer.


Medicare Part D assistance available locally
Tryon Daily Bulletin
From Nov. 15 through Dec. 31 is the open enrollment window for the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan. For those senior citizens who did not sign up for a plan by May 15, 2006 or those who want to change plans, the time to do it is now.