November 14, 2003

November 14, 2003

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An assessment of the impact of thimerosal on childhood neurodevelopment disorders. - journal article by the Geiers via MoMA (Mom's On A Mission For Autism)

CDC director: Child vaccinations needed - UPI via www.vaonline.net

Toxic Exposures: the Main Cause of Childhood Neurological Conditions Affecting Millions - www.talkinternational.com

Environment Plays Role in Bowel Problems - Reuters Health - "Changing environmental factors seem to play a role in the development of two serious bowel problems--ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, new research suggests."

Comment: Any chance those "changing environmental factors" might include MMR?

Debate Over Meningitis Vaccine Tainted by Aggressive Lobbying - AAPS Pharmaceutica - "One factor driving some of the new legislation is aggressive lobbying by Aventis, which makes a vaccine that is effective for most strains of meningococcal disease. The pharmaceutical company has hired firms in various states to make legislators aware of the life-threatening disease and promote its vaccine. The laws Aventis advocates go far beyond the recommendation of the CDC..." (September 15, 2003)

Therapeutic vaccines against infectious diseases - BioMedNet (requires registration) - "Challenges faced in developing therapeutic vaccines include the following...third, defining what biological and immunological read-outs should be used to infer vaccine efficacy."

CCCUA requests proof of students' inoculations - Texarkana Gazette

Pensioner's fears as winter vaccine supplies run out - The Scotsman

Failure of AidsVax not affect current trial: Thai health official - www.chinaview.cn

Zimbabwe Cannot Pay for Vaccine - Business Day via www.allafrica.com

Crucell Presents Encouraging Results of its Malaria Vaccine Program - PrimeZone Media Network

Autism Summit Conference - NIH - conference alert - "A national conference focusing on the Federal government's role in biomedical autism research, early screening and diagnosis, and improving access to autism services will be held November 19-20, 2003, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The summit will provide a public forum to disseminate, evaluate, and integrate the latest science-based autism information among Federal, academic, and community participants."

Absence of auditory ‘global interference’ in autism - journal article

CDC Releases First State of CDC Report - CDC

Investigation Broadens In Nation's Largest Hepatitis A Outbreak - www.wave3.com

Investigation broadens in nation's largest hepatitis A outbreak - AP via www.phillyburbs.com

410 Now Sickened in Hepatitis a Outbreak - AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution

Flu virus claims sixth child victim - The Scotsman

Hong Kong confident SARS won't lead to devastation second time round - www.channelnewsasia.com

Health Canada: SARS screening 'useless' - UPI via Medline

Officials Confirm Ebola Outbreak in Congo - AP via Newsday

Ebola treatments in sight - Science Magazine via www.scidev.net

HHS Launches New Campaign To Curb Growing Diabetes Epidemic In Hispanics - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services via www.intelihealth.com

Diabetes cases could double in next 30 years: WHO - TheStraitsTimes

Juvenile diabetes cured in lab mice - www.boston.com

Japan To Ban T-Bone Steaks, Bouillon Cubes For Fear Of Mad Cow - AP via www.intelihealth.com

Outbreak of Severe Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Among Children --- Jamaica, 2003 - CDC

U.S. Germ Detection System Active in 31 Cities - Reuters Health via Medline

Virus synthesised in a fortnight - NewScientist - "Genome maverick Craig Venter has taken a significant step towards his ambitious goal of building a living organism from scratch...But the method equally makes it much simpler to manufacture a deadly virus for use as a bioweapon. The simple precursors needed would be impossible for governments to keep out of the hands of would-be biowarriors."

Scientists Create Bacteria-Eating Virus - AFP via The Discovery Channel

dangerous prescription - More than a dozen dangerous drugs have been pulled off the market since 1997. Why were they approved in the first place? An investigation of America's drug safety system. - Frontline/PBS - includes: The FDA - Hazardous to Your Health? AND Politics, Profits and Pharma

Neurontin Sales Soared on Dubious and Misleading Promotion - AAPS Pharmaceutica - "The Parke-Davis division of Warner-Lambert, which was acquired by Pfizer in 2000, was able to greatly expand sales of its anticonvulsant Neurontin (gabapentin) by manipulating study results as part of a campaign to promote the medication for unapproved uses." (July 1, 2003)

Concerns raised over declining antiinfectives R&D - drug discovery@nature.com (requires registration)

Omic omen for environmental health research - BioMedNet (requires registration) - "The genocentric view that bad genes cause disease is no more...The environment plays a bigger role in disease development than previously thought, says Kenneth Olden, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. Genetics loads the gun, but it's the environment that pulls the trigger,' said Olden."

Predominance of rhinovirus in the nose of symptomatic and asymptomatic infants - journal article - "In conclusion, rhinovirus infection is the most prevalent respiratory viral infection in infants. It may therefore affect the maturation of the immune system and the development of allergic disease considerably."

The value of perinatal immune responses in predicting allergic disease at 6 years of age - journal article

Prematurity, Infections Most Likely Causes of Brain Damage Among Infants - www.hopkinsmedicine.org (June 6, 2003)

Breast-feeding high beats cocaine - BioMedNet (requires registration)

Heinz baby food maker in trouble again - The Natural Health Newsletter

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Restore Neuron Growth in the Brain - Genome News Network

Revived Girl Baffles Medical Experts - The Guardian, UK - "Her case has baffled hospital and emergency workers. They had struggled to revive her with CPR, breathing tubes, a heated blanket. How could they have missed the fact that the toddler was alive?"

Target Corp. voluntarily recalls multi-colored chalk - Duluth News Tribune via www.sunherald.com

Treated Wood Poses Cancer Risk to Kids - EPA Releases Early Findings on Exposure to Lumber Processed With Arsenic - The Washington Post

Part Two of "The History of Herbal Medicine in North America" - Redflagsdaily.com

Schafer Autism Report

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