June 4, 2003
Vaccines expert
warns studies are useless - The Telegraph, UK
FDA & CDC Bumbling at
the Expense of Mercury-Poisoned Children -
www.medicalnewsservice.com
West Nile vaccine
could be causing equine abortions -
www.thoroughbredtimes.com
Is there any
research going on to find out if the MMR vaccine is linked to autism? - NIH
Direct Order: An
Award-Winning Documentary Tells the Story of Members of the Military who were
Ordered Against their Will to Take the Controversial Anthrax Vaccine -
www.democracynow.org
Avoiding
Allergic Reactions to Childhood Vaccines (And What to Do When They Occur) -
Medscape
'Smart' flu
vaccines loom -
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/
Global Polio
Eradication Partners Applaud Rotary's New Pledge To World's Largest Public
Health Initiative - WHO via
www.intelihealth.com
Vaccine
Court Cases - United States Court of Federal Claims
Biodefense Plan
Greeted With Caution - Drug Firms Want Better Guarantees - The Washington
Post
Aids Vaccine Years
Away From Production, Fund Warns - AllAfrica.com
Australian
doctors trial HIV vaccine - www.abc.net.au
600 Police
College Students Come Down With Flu -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Aussie, US
Researchers Homing in on 'Smart' Flu Vaccines -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Chickenpox
Injections Drive Urged -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Decline
in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease After the Introduction of
Protein-Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine in Older Adults -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Fed:
Australian-Developed HIV Vaccine Trial Announced -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Germany Offers Aid
to Refugees in Tanzania -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Killer Virus -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Renewed Effort
Needed Against Polio -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Sudan: Yellow Fever
Vaccination Campaign Begins -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Taiwan Reports Drop
in New SARS Cases -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Merck Financial Report
Recovering from
autism - Going beyond the stereotype to therapies that work -
www.canoe.com
Autism's little
brother - For kids like Ben, leading a normal childhood becomes a wrenching
struggle, due to Aspergers Syndrome. And it isnt easy on the neighbors. -
www.newsreview.com
NIH Awards Grants for
Six New Autism Research Centers - NIH
L.I. (Long Island)
Autism - New website - The mission of the LI Autism is to promote
lifelong access and opportunity for all individuals within the autism spectrum,
and their families, to be fully participating, included members of their
community.
The Miller Method®
for children with autism spectrum and severe learning disorders - website
Our Children
Left Behind - website
Autism One
Videos - Now for sale (to order)
Vitamin C touted
to fight virus - Proponents say huge doses could counter SARS - Recommended
levels too low, says Toronto doctor -
www.thestar.com
Mental illness
costs England more than crime - Reuters Health via
www.ivillagehealth.com
Hospitalized Children Experience Medical Errors at the Same Rate as Adults -
Johns Hopkins
Belt-Positioning
Booster Seats and Reduction in Risk of Injury Among Children in Vehicle Crashes
- journal article
Study Boosts Case for
Booster Seats - HealthDayNews via Yahoo!
Study Finds Booster
Seats Safer Than Seat Belts - The New York Times
Pediatricians
call for more action on phthalates - Reuters Health via
www.ivillagehealth.com
Good dirt: finding
new antibiotics in farm soil - BioMedNet
Germs can lurk in
water bottles - The Boston Globe
Going Vegetarian? -
American Dietetic Association via
www.intelihealth.com
Mystery increase
in use of vitamin B12 - www.stuff.co.nz
Grandson's
death turns Grove City woman into fighter for safe meat laws -
www.post-gazette.com
U.S. court lifts ban on
human tests of pesticides - Reuters Health via
www.ivillagehealth.com
Pfizer sues
over counterfeit Lipitor - Reuters Health via
www.ivillagehealth.com
FDA warns of
additional counterfeit lots of Lipitor - Reuters Health via
www.ivillagehealth.com
Health officials
warn of fake Lipitor - AP via The Herald Sun
Two painkillers
fail to slow Alzheimer's in study - Reuters Health via Yahoo!
Study Says Drug Group
Can't Help Alzheimer's - The New York Times
Prozac blamed for
woman's death - A psychiatrist has told an inquest the antidepressant Prozac
probably contributed to a woman's suicide. - BBC
FDA chief looks to speed
diabetes, obesity drugs - The Boston Globe
Transplants
For Diabetics Are A Success In Early Results -
www.diabetesnews.com
Americans
confused about cancer prevention: survey - Reuters Health via
www.ivillagehealth.com
Concerted Global
Action Is The Only Answer To Rising Cancer Deaths - WHO via
www.intelihealth.com
Biotech start-up
takes step toward personalized cancer treatment - Mercury News via
www.bayarea.com
Lilly's drug for
cancer 'exciting' - Effectiveness moves firm to seek approval for wider use of
Alimta against lung cancer. -
www.indystar.com
What makes the body
absorb too much iron? - Researchers at EMBL and Harvard gain new insights into
the most common inherited disease in the Western world -
www.eurekalert.org
Children's Love
Linked to Social Competence - Ivanhoe
More people are going
to emergency rooms - AP via The Herald Sun
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