May 29, 2003        

More Proof Published that Common Childhood Vaccines are the Cause of the Diabetes Epidemic, Data Identifies Children Eligible for Compensation - Classen Immunotherapies, Inc Press Release via PRNewswire via Yahoo!

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act Vaccine Injury Table - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Avoiding Allergic Reactions to Childhood Vaccines (And What to Do When They Occur) - Mescape

E-News: Mom Fights To Prove Vaccines Caused Autism (NVIC)

Vexing Vaccinations - Better Nutrition

Smallpox vaccination confers long lasting immunity - BMJ

Judge denies dismissal motions in anthrax vaccine case - AP via http://home.abc28.com

Reservist who refused vaccine found guilty of disobeying order - The Boston Herald

Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine—booster campaign - Hib exemplifies need for continued surveillance after changes in vaccines - BMJ

Safety and immunogenicity of hepatitis A vaccine in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. - journal article

Novel Flu Vaccine Shows Promise In Mice; If Successful In Humans, Vaccine Could Eliminate Annual Flu Shot - The Wistar Institute via www.sciencedaily.com

Further Developments Made in SARS Vaccine Test - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn

Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (Engerix-B): a review of its immunogenicity and protective efficacy against hepatitis B. - journal article

Ruling favours Ontario boy in autism-therapy case - www.globeandmail.com

Two children with muscular dystrophies ascertained due to referral for diagnosis of autism. - journal article

Actress Shines Spotlight on ADHD - HealthDayNews via Yahoo!

Characteristics of general practitioners who frequently see drug industry representatives: national cross sectional study - BMJ

Charities and patient groups should declare interests - BMJ

Drug company sponsorship of education could be replaced at a fraction of its cost  - BMJ

Drug representatives may increase unnecessary GP prescribing - BMJ

Evidence b(i)ased medicine—selective reporting from studies sponsored by pharmaceutical industry: review of studies in new drug applications - BMJ

How can research ethics committees protect patients better? - BMJ

How to dance with porcupines: rules and guidelines on doctors' relations with drug companies - BMJ

Information from drug companies and opinion leaders - Double standards in information for medical journals and practitioners should go - BMJ

Journals should select drug advertisements more carefully - BMJ

Medical journals and pharmaceutical companies: uneasy bedfellows - BMJ

No more free lunches - Patients will benefit from doctors and drug companies disentangling - BMJ

Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship and research outcome and quality: systematic review - BMJ

Relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and patients' organisations - BMJ

Reporting of clinical trials of drugs shows bias - BMJ

Research sponsored by drug companies is biased - BMJ

Unhealthy spin - BMJ

Who pays for the pizza? Redefining the relationships between doctors and drug companies. 2: Disentanglement - BMJ

Who pays for the pizza? Redefining the relationships between doctors and drug companies. 1: Entanglement - BMJ

World Medical Association reviews doctors’ links with drug companies - BMJ

Schering uses German medical association to promote HRT - BMJ

Forget SARS: WHO Expert Fears the Flu - The Wall Street Journal via naccho

Ominous increase in cholera cases in Iraq's Basra - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Proposed Safeguards Against TB Dropped - OSHA Says Disease Is Under Control - The Washington Post

Project Will Seek to Uncover Genetic Roots of Major Diseases - The New York Times

Lead and cadmium levels in daily foods, blood and urine in children and their mothers in Korea - journal article

Study looks at asthma risk, indoor pools - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Birth center delivery safe, less surgery: study - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Living near incinerator may up birth defect risk - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Breastfeeding counters harm of smoking in pregnancy - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Breast Feeding May Counter Maternal Smoking Harm - Reuters via Yahoo!

Breast cancer drugs go head-to-head in new trials - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Cell phone speakers in front of driver may be safer - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Chronic headaches may predict men's stroke risk - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Diabetes partly to blame for rise in kidney failure - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

New drug approach to irritable bowel syndrome - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

New ideas on how gut bacteria cause ulcers, cancer - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Older adults with arthritis to double in US by 2030 - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Smoking cancers cause 5% of deaths in Germany - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

In Insurance Cost, Woes for Doctors and Women - The New York Times

BMJ Table of Contents, May 31, 2003