news roundup.

Presents medical-related news for the week of May 3, 2003. Patients with end stage ischaemic heart failure who had their own bone marrow injected into sites of myocardial ischaemia; Researchers from the United States and Australia who have found that deciduous teeth have robust stem cells in their dental pulp; Study that says that Alzheimer's disease can be fairly accurately diagnosed through measurement of concentrations in cerobrospinal fluid of two proteins associated with the illness; Announcement of an initiative to reduce HIV infections by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Federal government think tank in Australia that recommended that the state compensate doctors for administrative red tape; Helpline that has been established in England for people to report suspected adverse reactions to a drug; Announcement of lay people appointed to the General Medical Council; Decision of the French government to reduce the amount of subsidy it gives to drugs of only moderate medical usefulness.