*►March 27, 2004 - The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome - We need to question the diagnostic criteria - journal article (BMJ)

*►March 27, 2004 - Patterns of presentation of the shaken baby syndrome - Subdural and retinal haemorrhages are not necessarily signs of abuse - journal article (BMJ)

*►March 27, 2004 - Shaken baby syndrome - Pathological diagnosis rests on the combined triad, not on individual injuries - journal article (BMJ)

*►March 27, 2004 - MP raises new allegations against Andrew Wakefield - journal article (BMJ)

*►March 27, 2004 - Parents as well as children need protection - journal article (BMJ)

*►March 26, 2004 - Doubt over shaken baby diagnosis - Scientists have cast doubt on the theory that certain eye injuries are a sign a baby has been violently shaken. - BBC

►March 25, 2004 - Germany Starts Clinical Development of a New Tuberculosis Vaccine - Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology via Medical News Today

►March 25, 2004 - 75 new cases as mumps spreads - The Herald, UK

►March 2004 - Fears as city mumps outbreak escalates - The mumps outbreak sweeping the country has escalated even further after 40 new cases emerged over the past few days. - Evening Times, UK

►March 25, 2004 - Sickle Cell Sufferers Living Longer, Dying Less from Their Disease - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas via Newswise

►March 25, 2004 - Grant given for research on possible nicotine vaccine - Daily Nebraskan

►March 25, 2004 - Mercury storage at Tooele? - Deseret News - "The Department of Defense will decide within the next month where to store the nation's entire stockpile of mercury. And Tooele, Utah, is still in the running."

►March 25, 2004 - Hamilton lab tests plague vaccine - Billings Gazette

►March 25, 2004 - Wasting Disease: Diagnosis: New screening tests are not definitive - Pioneer Press via www.twincities.com

*►March 25, 2004 - Warning on avian flu vaccination - The vaccination of chickens against avian flu could lead to new strains which are a greater danger to humans. - BBC

*►March 24, 2004 - Bird flu vaccination could lead to new strains - New Scientist - "Veterinary scientists usually prefer to control livestock epidemics by destroying sick and exposed animals, instead of vaccinating. The reason is that vaccines, especially flu ones, are not 100 per cent effective. While they prevent animals falling ill, low numbers of viruses can still replicate inside their bodies and spread from animal to animal. Such "silent epidemics" are very hard to spot, but can cause new outbreaks if unvaccinated animals are exposed or if vaccination ends."

►March 26, 2004 - Reagent developed to identify bird flu virus in 30 minutes - Kyodo News via Japan Today

►March 25, 2004 - Live Bird Markets Stir Poultry Industry's Flu Fears (requires registration) - The Washington Post

►March 25, 2004 - B.C. bird cull spreads - CP via The Toronto Star

►March 25, 2004 - Canada to kill more foul (sic) to halt avian flu - AP via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

►March 25, 2004 - Isolated avian flu outbreak in Cape 'cannot spread to humans' - www.capetimes.co.za

►March 25, 2004 - Indonesia bird flu outbreak abating - Reuters

►March 25, 2004 - Lipid Sciences Receives STTR Research Grant From National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Vaccine for SARS Virus Focus of Research - press release - Lipid Sciences, Inc. via PRNewswire-FirstCall via Yahoo!

►March 25, 2004 - Province to beef up compensation to hepatitis C victims - Class-action suit against Quebec dropped, but case against federal government will proceed - Montreal Gazette via www.canada.com

►March 24, 2004 - Polio immunization in Western Region failed target - GNA via www.ghanaweb.com

►March 24, 2004 - Ministry of Health to eliminate tetanus by 2005 - GNA via www.ghanaweb.com

►March 25, 2004 - UN assessment: China making progress in reducing childhood mortality - Xinhuanet via China View

►March 26, 2004 - $60m plan in war on killer bug - www.theage.com.au - "Parents will be expected to get their children vaccinated against the deadly pneumococcal bacteria for free under a $60 million budget measure the Federal Government is considering."

*January/February 2004 - Autism’s So-Called Epidemic - Rise in incidence of autism cases could be due to better diagnostic skills, and not necessarily an increase in the disorder. - Psychology Today

►March 25, 2004 - State could set example on mercury - letter - Boston Globe

►March 25, 2004 - Study: Mercury-Laden Rain Poses Risk In Cleveland - Mercury Levels 8 Times Limit Set As Safe For Surface Water - www.newsnet5.com

►April 2004 - Effect of intense wrestling exercise on leucocytes and adhesion molecules in adolescent boys - journal article (British Journal of Sports Medicine)

►Playing detective to combat disease - Navajo-Hopi Observer

►March 25, 2004 - Researchers preparing for rotavirus vaccines trial - IANS via www.newkerala.com

*►March 25, 2004 - Senators, Autoimmune Groups Host Briefing on Autoimmune Disease; Urge Funding of Landmark NIH Autoimmune Disease Research Plan - press release - AARDA via U.S. Newswire - "'Why is there such urgency to fund this research plan? Autoimmune disease strikes some 50 million Americans, is one of the top 10 leading causes of death in children and women age 65 and younger, and represents nearly $100 billion in annual direct health care costs,' said Virginia Ladd, executive director, AARDA, who served on the expert panel that developed the plan. 'This is nothing short of a major crisis in American health care and the time has come for us as a nation to commit the dollars that will allow for full implementation of the plan.'"

►March 24, 2004 - Keeping Doctors in the Dark - opinion (requires registration) - The Washington Post - "The Food and Drug Administration issued an official warning this week on the increased risks of suicidal tendencies when taking antidepressants such as Prozac. The makers of Prozac and of nearly every other major antidepressant used in this country (Paxil, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Celexa, Lexipro) will have to include a new warning on the package label. This action is the culmination of more than 10 years of efforts to bring to light potential dangers of these medications."

►March 2004 - Variation in childhood asthma among former preterm infants - journal article (Journal of Pediatrics)

►April 2004 - Depressive symptoms: how do adolescents compare with adults? - journal article (Journal of Adolescent Health)

►April 2004 - Maternal depression and low maternal intelligence as risk factors for malnutrition in children: a community based case-control study from South India - journal article (Archives of Diseases in Childhood)

►March 18, 2004 - Doctors risk practicing without costly insurance - Some roll dice on huge lawsuit judgments rather than face certainty of huge malpractice bills (requires registration) - Chicago Tribune

►March 18, 2004 - Taking courses on risk lowers doctors insurance premiums (requires registration) - Chicago Tribune

►March 23, 2004 - Lactation program increases rate of breast feeding - A lactation program targeting mothers of very low birth weight babies (VLBWB) can be successful in raising the rate of breast-feeding among this group - Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center via www.eurekalert.org

►March 23, 2004 - Mount Sinai warns of fake HIV/AIDS notification letter - Hoax advisory gives appearance of coming from the Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine via www.eurekalert.org

►April 2004 - Coagulation, Inflammation, and the Risk of Neonatal White Matter Damage - journal article (Pediatric Research)

►April 2004 - An assessment of World Health Organization criteria for severe acute respiratory syndrome in patients with cancer - journal article (Cancer)

►April 2004 - Longitudinal Analysis of Lymphocyte Ratios and HIV-1 Intracellular DNA Levels in Children - journal article (Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►April 2004 - Isolation and Characterization of Circulating Type 1 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus from Sewage and Stream Waters in Hispaniola - journal article (Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►March 29, 2004 - The Medicare Mess - The Medicare bill backfires on the GOP - Time

►March 22, 2004 - Researchers confirm novel form of the Rett syndrome protein - Rett Syndrome Research Foundation via www.eurekalert.org

►March 23, 2004 - Prognosis: Cold and Poor, a Double Peril (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 23, 2004 - Parents Won’t Quit When Kids are Sick - Ivanhoe - "A diagnosis of asthma in their child is not enough to get many parents to quit smoking. Researchers call results of the new study 'disappointing.'"

►March 23, 2004 - Most GPs say they are stressed - Four out of five GPs are stressed and most believe their problems will get worse rather than better, according to a survey. - BBC

►March 22, 2004 - NHS to fund 'designer baby' bid - The NHS is to fund an attempt to create a "designer baby" to save a child with a rare blood disorder. - BBC

►March 22, 2004 - Girls 'more likely to self-harm' - Four times as many girls than boys end up in A&E after trying to harm themselves, a study suggests - BBC

►March 24, 2004 - Vaccines to be nationally available - The Globe and Mail - "Ottawa's decision to invest $300-million over three years to fund a national immunization strategy should be a shot in the arm -- and in some cases five more shots in the arm -- for Canadian children."

►March 24, 2004 - Bill Would Warn College Students of Dangers of Meningitis - AP, Dispatch Productions Inc. via Ohio News Network

►March 24, 2004 - Success follows cancer vaccine maker - Oakland Tribune

►March 24, 2004 - Rochester, BCM test bird-flu vaccine in humans - University of Rochester Medical Center via EurekAlert! via www.innovations-report.com

►March 24, 2004 - Measles Concerns Parents - Evening Express via www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk

►March 24, 2004 - MMR Plea as Teenager Prompts Measles Fear - The Press and Journal, UK

►March 24, 2004 - Total poultry kill may be needed in B.C. - CTV News

►March 24, 2004 - Viral pneumonia under control in Viet Nam - Vietnam News Agency

►March 24, 2004 - Twenty provinces and cities declare free from bird flu - Vietnam News Agency

►March 24, 2004 - HAART takes more than a year to suppress Kaposi’s sarcoma virus - www.aidsmap.com

►March 23, 2004 - Europe gives EUR 32 million for vaccines to stop tuberculosis - press release - (Chiron via?) Press Releases Rapid via http://europa.eu.int

*►March 24, 2004 - A surer shot - Companies working on quicker, more flexible flu vaccines - Current Technology Ill-suited for Fast Response to Pandemic - Mercury News

►March 24, 2004 - Aeras partners with Crucell to develop TB vaccine - press release - Crucell N.V. PrimeZone Media Network

►March 24, 2004 - Chronic Sinusitis is Immune Response to Fungus - A new antifungal medicine helps sufferers, researchers say - HealthDay News

►March 22, 2004 - Food Avoidance Doesn't Prevent Allergy - Reuters via Yahoo!

►March 25, 2004 - FAO confirms decrease in bird flu cases in Indonesia - Jakarta Post

►March 24, 2004 - Indonesia: Bird flu is not spreading - AP via www.cnews.canoe.ca

►March 24, 2004 - Ewe parasite research to save £80m a year - University of Leeds via www.innovations-report.com

►March 24, 2004 - Minorities and Poor at Greatest Risk of Dying From Cancer; Less Likely to Get Screened for the Best Treatments - Agenda-Setting Report Issued to Address Cancer Disparities - press release - Intercultural Cancer Council Caucus via PRNewswire via Yahoo!

►March 16, 2004 - Unwelcome baggage: Sick fliers - USA Today

►March 16, 2004 - Viventia and ESBATech enter collaboration to enhance antibodies - Viventia and ESBATech via CNW

►March 19, 2004 - EU: EFSA warns pregnant women over harmful mercury in tuna - www.just-food.com

*►March 18, 2004 - Is it safe to put mercury into vaccines? - The Guardian, UK - "'Mercury is a neurotoxin, so it does raise questions, but water is a neurotoxin too at high enough doses. If you're going to talk poison, you have to talk dose,' says Karin Nelson, a child neurologist at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Maryland. Nelson does not believe thiomersal causes autism, not least because the symptoms of mercury poisoning are quite different from those of autism. 'No study has ever shown that children exposed to mercury in vaccines, or by any other route ... have more autism than children without such exposure,' she says."

*►March 20, 2004 - Not really - letter in response to Pressure mounts for inquiry into MMR furore (BMJ)

►March 21, 2004 - Swollen Legs, Diabetes, Raspy Voice (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 21, 2004 - New Studies Question Value of Opening Arteries (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 21, 2004 - Genetic Predictions: Just a Swab Away (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 20, 2004 - Catch of the day is, er, mercury - Government says women, children should eat less fish - Tri-Valley Herald

►March 2004 - Autism and intellectual disability: a study of prevalence on a sample of the Italian population - journal article (Journal of Intellectual Disability Research)

►March 22, 2004 - Have your flu jabs now, say doctors - New Zealand Herald

►March 22, 2004 - Free flu vaccines are being offered to the elderly and others with chronic illnesses from today. - Dominion Post via www.stuff.co.nz

►March 22, 2004 - SARS-like virus found in children - AFP via Herald Sun

►March 20, 2004 - Why identical twins stop being identical - Because DNA 'epigenetics' has kicked in. Paul Taylor explores a new branch of science - The Globe and Mail

*►1999 - Chronic Diseases in Childhood as a Consequence of Immune System Dysfunction of Mother During Pregnancy (pdf) - journal article (Facta Universitatis)

►March 17, 2004 - MP turns up heat in Commons attack on discredited MMR study - Times Online, UK

►October 1, 2003 - Antibiotics link to baby asthma - Babies given antibiotics are more likely to develop asthma and other allergies, research suggests. - BBC

►March 22, 2004 - Eli Lilly Says Clinical Trial Suicide Appears Unrelated to New Antidepressant - KRT, Indianapolis Star via The Miami Herald

►March 23, 2004 - Diagnosis: About That Sinus Infection . . . (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 23, 2004 - Regulators Want Antidepressants to List Warning (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 23, 2004 - Suicide Warning Sought for Antidepressants - (requires registration or subscription) - AP via The New York Times

►March 23, 2004 - Doctors: Chemo could help people with MS - AP via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

►March 23, 2004 - New hi-tech tool can spot breast cancer danger - Every woman who fears breast cancer will soon be able to find out whether she is at risk, thanks to a new computer program. - Evening Times, UK

►March 23, 2004 - More Clues to Autism's Origin - A study suspects the brain's wiring system, and closely links the disorder to slow language development. - ScoutNews, LLC., HealthDay via www.healthcentral.com

►March 23, 2004 - Pediatricians find medical advances - From zapping pimples to skin grafts, research fulfills role. Conference shares what's going on - Akron Beacon Journal via www.ohio.com

►March 22, 2004 - Biodefense Companies Thrive on Public's Anxiety - KRT, Boston Globe via The Miami Herald

►March 23, 2004 - UMass Researchers to Test AIDS Vaccine - UMass Researchers to Test on Humans AIDS Vaccine That Targets 5 HIV Strains Simultaneously - AP via ABC News

►February 10, 2004 - Learning From Adverse Events After Vaccination - action memorandum (pdf) - www.anthrax.osd.mil

►August 6, 2002 - Policy on Clinical Issues Related to the Anthrax Vaccination (pdf) - www.anthrax.osd.mil

►August 6, 2002 - Administrative and Clinical Execution Guidance and Reintroduction of the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) (pdf) - www.anthrax.osd.mil

►March 24, 2004 - Drug Company With No Products Raises $250 Million (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 24, 2004 - Medicare Overseers Expect Costs to Soar in Coming Decades - (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 22, 2004 - Cancer Scare Tactics - editorial/op-ed (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 24, 2004 - Report Says Medicare to Go Broke by 2019 (requires registration or subscription) - AP via The New York Times

►March 23, 2004 - Bird flu free to declare on ►March 28 - Voice of Vietnam

►March 24, 2004 - Vigilance urged in bird flu fight - Crisis not over, nations warned - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

►March 24, 2004 - Influenza Warning Issued Nationwide - The Korea Times

►March 24, 2004 - Fighting mercury dangers - MetroWest Daily News

►March 24, 2004 - Now that Polio controversy is over - comment - Vanguard

►March 24, 2004 - The costly controversy over oral polio vaccine (OPV) - editorial - Daily Times of Nigeria

*►March 23, 2004 - Muslim Leaders Face Nigerian Court After Boycotting Polio Vaccination Efforts - Voice of America - "Muslim leaders in northern Nigeria who have boycotted a second round of polio vaccinations will have to plead their case in court after a civil rights organization filed suit against them. The religious leaders' opposition to the program is blocking a global campaign to eradicate polio by the end of the year."

►March 24, 2004 - Polio Row Sparks Fears - Arab News

►March 23, 2004 - Supporters rally over autism - Petition: Fight over more therapy for an autism student led to a protest Monday. - The Oak Ridger

*►March 23, 2004 - MGH Study Details Brain Changes In Autism, Language Disorder - Massachusetts General Hospital via ScienceDaily - "Using advanced imaging technology, a research team based at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has identified specific portions of the brain's white matter that are abnormally large in children with autism and developmental language disorder (DLD)."

►March 23, 2004 - Govt rejects UN report on bird flu spread - Jakarta Post

►March 24, 2004 - Bird flu found closer to Australian shores - www.abc.net.au

►March 23, 2004 - Western Canada's Bird Flu Cases Now at Five Farms - Reuters via Yahoo!

►March 23, 2004 - Oregon Stem Cell Center result of OHSU research strides - New hub to focus on adult stem cells as organ transplant alternative - Oregon Health & Science University via www.eurekalert.org

►March 24, 2004 - Influenza kit boosts Biota - The Australian via www.news.com.au

►March 23, 2004 - Nebraska researcher to study possible nicotine vaccine - AP via USA Today

►March 24, 2004 - Patients' medical records put on the net - AAP via www.smh.com.au

*►March 24, 2004 - Expert fears outbreak as teenager catches measles - The Scotsman - "'The infection can flare up like wildfire. Measles is one of the most dangerous and most highly infectious infections we know.'"

Comment:  Measles is not one of the most dangerous diseases among healthy children in developed nations.  For more on this go to Scandals: “He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts—for support rather than illumination.” - Andrew Lang - More confusing disease stats

►March 24, 2004 - Measles warning after fresh outbreak - The Herald, UK

►March 25, 2004 - City Sets Goals for the Health of New Yorkers (requires registration) - The New York Times - "Among the changes the administration says it will pursue are more widespread and uniform sex education in public schools, creation of an Internet immunization registry for children that doctors can check and significant expansion of programs to test for H.I.V. and give away syringes and condoms."

►March 24, 2004 - 'No shots, no school' policy to begin this fall - Winona Daily News

►March 24, 2004 - Parents fight meningitis - Casper Star Tribune

►March 23, 2004 - Budget boosts public health, ignores wait times - Canadian Press via CTV News - "The federal budget provides the provinces with new money to promote public health, but not to cut waiting lists or to deal with the shortage of doctors and nurses."

►March 24, 2004 - U.P. scientists on C. Mindanao swing over ‘Bt’ toxin issue - Today via www.abs-cbnnews.com - "Scientists from the University of the Philippines are due to arrive here on Friday to hold a series of public discussions against the controversial claim made by a Norwegian scientist that traces of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) toxin were found on the blood samples of residents living near a Bt-corn field in South Cotabato province."

►March 23, 2004 - Antibiotics Within 4 Hours Improves Outcomes in Community-Acquired Pneumonia (requires registration) - Archives of Internal Medicine via Medscape

►March 23, 2004 - Researchers show chronic sinusitis is immune disorder; antifungal medicine effective treatment - Findings could lead to effective new treatments for the disease - University at Buffalo via www.eurekalert.org

►March 24, 2004 - Whooping Cough Outbreak - www.wstm.com

April 2004 - Adolescent Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Recent Developments - journal article (Current Infectious Disease Reports)

April 2004 - Eczema and early solid feeding in preterm infants - journal article (Archives of Diseases in Childhood)

April 2004 - Soluble Adhesion Molecules and Cytokines in Children Affected by Recurrent Infections of the Upper Respiratory Tract - journal article (Pediatric Research)

►March 2004 - Cannabis Use and Age at Onset of Schizophrenia - journal article (American Journal of Psychiatry)

►March 18, 2004 - ER doctor fired over remarks - The Globe and Mail - "The director of a Saskatchewan emergency department has been fired in connection with his claim that understaffing was killing patients -- an allegation the doctor made in a recent letter to the provincial Health Minister."

►March 20, 2004 - Ex-Lab Worker Questions HIV Test Results - AP via Yahoo!

►March 19, 2004 - Behavioral symptoms may indicate increased smoking risk among adolescents - NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse via www.eurekalert.org
 
►March 21, 2004 - Study reveals important new factor in cystic fibrosis lung inflammation - Cincinnati children's study could lead to new therapeutics - Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati via www.eurekalert.org

►March 17, 2004 - Vaccine won't stop avian flu, doctor says - CBC Saskatchewan

►March 17, 2004 - UR tests vaccine for a form of bird flu - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

►March 18, 2004 - 'Disruptive' doctors an issue in California - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

►March 17, 2004 - Judge Upholds Ban On Chicken Antibiotic (requires registration) - The Washington Post 

►March 17, 2004 - Avian influenza A(H5N1)- update 33: Situation (human) in Thailand - WHO 

►March 18, 2004 - Health authorities issue warning on new flu virus - Australian Broadcasting Corporation 

►March 18, 2004 - Polio vaccine controversy ends: As joint FG/JNI team declares it fit for use - www.dailytimesofnigeria.com 

►March 17, 2004 - Prototype bird flu vax by April - NIBSC says a deletion H5N1 virus for vaccine will be ready for manufacturers in a month - The Scientist 

►March 19, 2004 - New monkey virus jumps to humans - New Scientist 

►March 18, 2004 - Worrying rise in use of antidepressants in children - BMJ-British Medical Journal via www.eurekalert.org 

►March 19, 2004 - First large-scale trial of genetically personalised treatment for breast cancer to start soon - Federation of European Cancer Societies via www.eurekalert.org 

►March 18, 2004 - Tuberculosis Decline Smallest in Decade - AP via The Herald-Sun  

►March 18, 2004 - FDA Decides on Next Year's Flu Vaccine - AP via The Herald-Sun  

►March 19, 2004 - FDA: Some People Should Limit Fish Intake - AP via The Herald-Sun  

►March 20, 2004 - Pfizer Study Sparked Nigeria Boycott - AP via The Herald-Sun  

►March 20, 2004 - Canadian Mills Blamed for U.S. Mad Cow - AP via The Herald-Sun  

►March 20, 2004 - Medical mistakes targeted - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

►March 20, 2004 - Limits Urged on Eating Tuna - U.S. Agencies Cite Levels of Mercury (requires registration) - The Washington Post 

►March 22, 2004 - Researchers identify the pattern of gene-expression changes for tuberculosis in a living host - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas via www.eurekalert.org 

►March 22, 2004 - Avian influenza A(H5N1)- update 34: Situation (human) in Viet Nam - WHO 

►March 22, 2004 - Human influenza activity remained low in most countries - WHO 

►March 22, 2004 - Ribozyme package effective against hepatitis B virus - Penn State via www.eurekalert.org 

►March 22, 2004 - FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Cautions for Use of Antidepressants in Adults and Children - FDA 

►March 23, 2004 - UMass Researchers to Test AIDS Vaccine - AP via The Herald-Sun  

►March 23, 2004 - New assault may finally wipe out tuberculosis - Time may be running out for an ancient scourge - Los Angeles Times via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

►March 23, 2004 - HMO Horror Story' Comes to Supreme Court (requires registration) - AP via The Washington Post

►March 23, 2004 - Forum participants say U.S. not ready for bioterror - Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

►March 23, 2004 - Rochester, BCM test bird-flu vaccine in humans - University of Rochester Medical Center via www.eurekalert.org 

►March 24, 2004 - Notre Dame Scientists Search for TB Cure - Scientists at the University of Notre Dame Search for New Weapons Against Tuberculosis - AP via ABC News 

►March 24, 2004 - Bird flu vaccination could lead to new strains - New Scientist 

►March 25, 2004 - Germany Starts Clinical Development of a New Tuberculosis Vaccine - Medical News Today 

►March 24, 2004 - EU funds TB projects - With 32 million euros, the European Commission coordinates TB vaccine development - The Scientist via www.biomedcentral.com 

►March 23, 2004 - HIV-blocking microbicides go on trial - New Scientist 

►March 23, 2004 - Making smart drugs that deliver the right kind of punch - University of Michigan via www.eurekalert.org 

►March 23, 2004 - Almost half of rural North Carolina Adults report using 'home remedies' - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center via www.eurekalert.org 

►March 22, 2004 - UCSD Pharmacologists Collaborate On New Approach To Drug Design - University of California, San Diego 

*►March 24, 2004 - Flu Vaccine May Be Linked with Asthma in Infants - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal via Reuters 

►March 23, 2004 - Potential HIV Vaccine Enters Human Trials - Treatment Successful In Monkeys, Mice, Sheep - www.thebostonchannel.com 

►March 23, 2004 - FDA OKs CytRx HIV Vaccine for Trial - Reuters 

►March 25, 2004 - Study Warns of 'Preemie' Lung Treatment - AP via The Herald-Sun 

►March 25, 2004 - U.N.: Lack of Vitamins Eroding Brainpower - AP via The Herald-Sun  

►March 25, 2004 - Panel: New Technology Affects Health Costs - AP via The Herald-Sun  

►March 25, 2004 - How those with least are charged most - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

►March 25, 2004 - Rendell: Mediate medical lawsuits - Pretrial settlements seen lowering costs of malpractice suits - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  

►March 25, 2004 - HIV Rates Rising Among the Elderly - AP via ABC News 

►March 23, 2004 - WHO sees surge in progress against tuberculosis on eve of global summit - WHO 

►March 19, 2004 - New Approaches Speed Ebola Vaccine Development - Genome News Network 

►March 25, 2004 - Mosquito gene discoveries target malaria - New Scientist  

►March 25, 2004 - Scientists crack genome sequence of a major parasitic pathogen - Global health threat Cryptosporidium parvum affects humans and animals - University of Minnesota via www.eurekalert.org 

►March 25, 2004 - Sickle cell sufferers living longer, dying less from their disease - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas via www.eurekalert.org 

►March 25, 2004 - Grant given for research on possible nicotine vaccine - www.dailynebraskan.com 

►March 26, 2004 - Broader Rules Urged for Child Research - AP via The Herald-Sun  

►March 26, 2004 - Workers May Opt Out of Cambodia HIV Study - AP via The Herald-Sun – “Sex workers in Cambodia might opt out of a Bill Gates-funded study to test an HIV prevention drug if they don't get insurance that covers potential side effects, the leader of a prostitutes' group said Friday.”

►March 23, 2004 - Europe funds project to develop HIV prevention gel - The Sydney Morning Herald

►March 22, 2004 - Free influenza vaccination campaign launched - Ministry of Health via www.scoop.co.nz

►March 22, 2004 - Flu jab plea as virulent viruses lurk - BOP Times via www.mytown.co.nz

►March 21, 2004 - Nigerian state balks at polio campaign - A mainly Muslim state in northern Nigeria said Sunday it won't join a nationwide polio immunization campaign next week because the alternative vaccines it ordered from abroad have not arrived. - AP via CNN

►March 22, 2004 - Genetic predictions: Just a swab away - NY Times News Service via www.abs-cbnnews.com

►March 22, 2004 - The Science of IgE - Allergic Asthma: Identifying and Treating the Most Common Form of Asthma - PRNewswire via http://interestalert.com

►March 21, 2004 - Allergies? Sinusitis? How to Tell the Difference - HealthDayNews via www.healthscout.com

►March 21, 2004 - Small fruits pack a big nutritional punch - Oakland Tribune

►March 22, 2004 - Triosyn Corp. Announces U.S. Air Force Purchase of Its Innovative Air Filter Testing Equipment - PRNewswire via http://interestalert.com

►March 22, 2004 - China's melange of migrating fowl complicates efforts to control bird flu - Canadian Press

►March 22, 2004 - New coronavirus is a cousin to SARS - AFP via www.abc.net.au

►March 22, 2004 - Resistance Is Deadly - Another threat to Europe? - NRO - "Tuberculosis gets almost no attention in the Western media despite being the planet's most deadly infectious disease. And now a particularly deadly strain of the bacterial infection, Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB), is fueling the resurgence in TB fatalities."

►March 21, 2004 - A breath of hope - Today, one person dies of TB every 15 seconds. Clint Witchalls reveals how Bill Gates's generosity and 400 African rats are hoping to change that  - The Observer via The Guardian, UK

►March 22, 2004 - Taking prevention of Aids beyond ABC - British doctors lead European search for microbicides to stop transmission of HIV - The Guardian, UK

►March 22, 2004 - Researchers identify the pattern of gene-expression changes for tuberculosis in a living host - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas via www.eurekalert.org

►March 22, 2004 - Dutch scientists uncover new coronavirus - AFP via The Straits Times

►March 20, 2004 - Residents call for more MH/MR aid - www.centredaily.com

►Biochemical Assessment of Intracellular Signal Transduction Pathways in Eosinophils: Implications for Pharmacotherapy - Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Science via  www.pharmacytimes.com

►March 20, 2004 - Troops being treated for leishmaniasis - Stars And Stripes

►March 19, 2004 - Complementary therapies 'put cancer patients at risk' - The Independent, UK

►March 19, 2004 - Two companies agree to dioxin study - Plans for cleanup of Kanawha river will be considered - Charleston Daily Mail

►March 19, 2004 - Molds in the (Indoor) Environment - http://healthlink.mcw.edu

►March 19, 2004 - A Doctor's Painstaking Search for MS Clues - HealthDayNews via http://wane.com

►New Research for MS Treatment: A Cannabis Spray - Daily Mirror via www.mhnet.org

 ►March 9, 2004 - Floor Remarks: Child Survival Budget Amendment - http://dewine.senate.gov

►March 11, 2004 - Harkin, Feinstein To Offer Budget Amendment To Increase Public Health Funding - http://harkin.senate.gov

►March 10, 2004 - CombiMatrix Wins DoD Contract For Biowarfare Detection Technology - SpaceDaily

►March 10, 2004 - Germ stem cells produce oocytes in adult female mice (requires registration or subscription) - BioMedNet

►March 9, 2004 - Talking up tau in Alzheimer's disease (requires registration or subscription) - BioMedNet

►March 9, 2004 - Surgeons join the quantum dots (requires registration or subscription) - BioMedNet

►March 8, 2004 - Meditating over the health benefits of Tai Chi (requires registration or subscription) - BioMedNet 

►March 5, 2004 - Incentives urgently needed to reduce high-tech trash (requires registration or subscription) - BioMedNet - " The use of lead and other heavy metals should also be outlawed, they say, because of the potential health risks these pose to production workers and the environmental contamination they could cause."

►March 5, 2004 - Moving forward with reverse vaccinology (requires registration or subscription) - BioMedNet

►March 11, 2004 - Life science news service breathes its last (requires registration or subscription) - BioMedNet

►February 25, 2004 - Lifestyle drugs: pharmacology and the social agenda (requires registration or subscription) - The precise definition of 'lifestyle' drugs is a subject of debate. However, they are generally defined as drugs taken to satisfy a non-medical or non-health-related goal. Although the term has been used only recently, the media debate that surrounds these agents, fuelled by the release of medicines such as Viagra® (sildenafil), is intense. The increasing availability of drugs that can be used to alter our appearance, our physical and mental capabilities or even our characters is changing the social fabric of our culture and poses a difficult challenge to our healthcare systems. It is also revolutionizing the traditional doctor–patient relationship and raises important issues about the rights to, and limits of, self-diagnosis and self-medication. - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences via BioMedNet Magazine

►March 11, 2004 - Vaccination options - The Washington Times

►March 14, 2004 - Alarm on children's prospects - www.theage.com.au - "He said all available data on Australia's young children indicated a 'terribly alarming picture that shows things are much worse for children than they were 30 years ago. If you look at premature births, autism, suicide, behavioural problems, mental health; all of these areas are much worse.'"

Comment:  But of course it couldn't have anything to do with vaccines.  Why?  Because the benefits of vaccines (far) outweigh their risks.  Or so we keep hearing.

►March 2004 - Primary care challenge in the 21st century - Mental Health Nursing via  http://mentalhelp.net

►March 9, 2004 - Anthrax Treatments Promising In Tests (requires registration or subscription) - Two Developers Say Experimental Drugs Are Safe for Humans - Washington Post

►February 2004 - Co-Morbidity in Autism - The Exceptional Parent via http://mentalhelp.net

►March 14, 2004 - Genetic testing makes a difference for Israeli Arab families - Global Democracy via www.israel21c.org

►March 14, 2004 - Alcohol consumption can damage hearing - Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research via www.eurekalert.org

►March 14, 2004 - Infection Rates Have Fallen Slightly at LRMC - But Specific Information Is Hard to Come By - The Ledger

►March 14, 2004 - ARV programme to go where none have before - The Sunday Independent via www.iol.co.za

►March 14, 2004 - Galveston UTMB lab to handle world's deadliest viruses -  Houston Chronicle

►March 14, 2004 - How a tragedy like Crystal Lake boy's could happen - Daily Herald

►March 26, 2004 - Student spends spring break recovering from meningitis after getting pneumonia - Iowa State Daily

►March 26, 2004 - Flu Season Isn't As Severe As Predicted - The Tampa Tribune - "In the 2002-03 flu season, the company was left with nearly 2,000 doses to destroy because of light demand - at a cost of about $15,000, Dickey said."

►March 26, 2004 - $60m plan in war on killer bug - www.theage.com.au

►March 25, 2004 - Warning on avian flu vaccination - The vaccination of chickens against avian flu could lead to new strains which are a greater danger to humans. - BBC

►March 25, 2004 - Washington, DC: Health Experts Announce Gains, Dangers of TB - AP via www.aegis.org

►March 25, 2004 - Haiti to Participate in Vaccination Week in the Americas - PAHO

►March 25, 2004 - Dynavax Full Year and Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call - PRNewswire-FirstCall via http://interestalert.com

►March 25, 2004 - Doctor 'scorecards' are proposed - The Wall Street Journal via AP via San Francisco Chronicle

►March 25, 2004 - CDC Deputy Director and Public Health Leaders to Speak at Oklahoma Public Health Association Meeting - www.apha.org

►March 25, 2004 - Building the whole cell from pieces - Researchers tackle the cell jigsaw puzzle - European Molecular Biology Laboratory via www.eurekalert.org

►March 25, 2004 - AtheroGenics Names Robert P. Ryan, Ph.D. as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs - PRNewswire-FirstCall via http://interestalert.com

►March 25, 2004 - Carnitine's Growing Role in Health and Disease Prevention Is Topic for NIH Conference - PRNewswire via http://interestalert.com

►March 25, 2004 - Biovex to Present OncoVEX GM-CSF and ImmunoVEX Data at the American Assocation for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting - PRNewswire via  www.pharmacytimes.com

►March 24, 2004 - City Sets Goals for the Health of New Yorkers - New York Times via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 24, 2004 - Group: U.S. Not Ready for Bioterror - Atlanta Journal-Constitution via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 24, 2004 - Health Officials Pledge Renewed Global Efforts to Fight Tuberculosis - AP via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 24, 2004 - Vigilance Urged in Bird Flu Fight - Atlanta Journal-Constitution via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 23, 2004 - Country on Mumps Alert as Outbreak Affects Young Adults - Glasgow Herald (Scotland) via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 23, 2004 - German Measles Outbreak Registered in Krasnoyarsk Territory - ITAR-TASS via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 23, 2004 - Nigerian State Boycotts Start of Polio Vaccination Campaign - Financial Times via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 23, 2004 - UMass Researchers to Test AIDS Vaccine - Boston Globe via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 23, 2004 - UNMC Researcher to Study Possible Nicotine Vaccine - AP via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 22, 2004 - Companies Thriving on Public's Anxiety - Boston Globe via  www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

*►March 22, 2004 - Companies thriving on public's anxiety - Fears spur sales of biodefense drugs - Boston Globe

►March 24, 2004 - Parents fight meningitis - Casper Star Tribune

►March 23, 2004 - Japan fears rabies outbreak from China - UPI via http://interestalert.com

* ►March 23, 2004 - Health: System gets injection - The Globe And Mail - "Ottawa will put up $300-million to provide Canadian children with new immunizations against diseases like chicken pox and whooping cough as part of its plan to shore up public health in the wake of SARS."

* ►March 22, 2004 - Umass to Test AIDS Vaccine - New York Times Syndicate via Medline Plus

►March 23, 2004 - Pediatricians find medical advances - From zapping pimples to skin grafts, research fulfills role. Conference shares what's going on - Akron Beacon Journal

►March 24, 2004 - Agency collaboration solved elk death mystery - Casper Star Tribune

►March 23, 2004 - Good Health: Health benefits of physical activity - Vanguard

►March 23, 2004 - Should HIV+ Mums Breastfeed? - New Vision (Kampala) via www.allafrica.com

►March 24, 2004 - Medicinal data to promote proper drug use - Xinhuanet  via China View

►Jan/Feb 2004 - Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Types I And Ii Infections In A Cohort Of Patients With Neurological Disorders In Belem, Para, Brazil - Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo via http://mentalhelp.net

►March 23, 2004 - Positive Results Published for D-Pharm's Drug Discovery Program in Alzheimer's and Stroke - PRNewswire via www.pharmacytimes.com

►March 23, 2004 - Maxim Pharmaceuticals Completes Phase 1 Pharmacokinetic Trial of Orally Dosed Histamine - http://interestalert.com

* ►March 23, 2004 - Forum mulls risks of chemicals - The Japan Times

►March 2004 - Can the Diagnosis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease be Excluded Without a Bimanual Examination? - Clinical Pediatrics via www.pharmacytimes.com

►March 23, 2004 - Asia: WHO: Fight Against SARS Boosts Efforts to Control Tuberculosis, One of Western Pacific's Top Killers - AP via www.aegis.org

►March 23, 2004 - Vical Announces Pricing of Common Stock in Registered Direct Offering - PRNewswire-FirstCall via http://interestalert.com

* ►March 23, 2004 - Rochester, BCM test bird-flu vaccine in humans - University of Rochester Medical Center via www.eurekalert.org

►March 23, 2004 - Immtech Submits IND to FDA for DB289 - PRNewswire-FirstCall via www.pharmacytimes.com

* ►March 24, 2004 - Expert fears outbreak as teenager catches measles - The Scotsman - "Dr Arun Mukerjee, a consultant in public health with NHS Grampian, said that, because of the highly infectious nature of the disease, it was absolutely vital that as many children as possible are given the MMR vaccine to protect them against measles, mumps and rubella."

►March 23, 2004 - Officials unsure which child ignited fire - Investigators aim to interview surviving sibling in fatal blaze - Rocky Mountain News

►March 22, 2004 - Parents and specialists help boy deal with dyslexia - Houston Chronicle

* ►March 22, 2004 - MGH study details brain changes in autism, language disorder - Imaging allows identification of specific areas where white matter is enlarged - Massachusetts General Hospital

* ►March 24, 2004 - Firm rebuked for "retard" advert - www.manchesteronline.co.uk - "A company was criticised today over an advertisement judged likely to cause "serious and widespread" offence to people with autism."

►March 23, 2004 - Parents of disabled children rally for increased school funding - AP via The Philadelphia Inquirer

►March 23, 2004 - School offers new hope for troubled tots - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

►March 22, 2004 - Magic Moments - Therapy offers hope, help to disabled riders - The Joplin Globe via Southeast Missourian

* ►March 22, 2004 - British researchers see rise of 'superbugs' in kids - Infections caused by a drug-resistant "superbug" have risen steadily over the past decade in British children and steps must be taken to curtail it, researchers said on Monday. - Reuters via CNN

►March 24, 2004 - Crows switch sides to use tools - Study suggests brain differences between making and using tools. - journal article (Nature)

►March 23, 2004 - Scientists create fifth form of carbon - Magnetic carbon 'nanofoam' could find medical applications. - journal article (Nature)

►March 23, 2004 - Human breasts grown on mice - New tissue grafts will help study cancer's causes. - journal article (Nature)

►March 22, 2004 - Immune cells grown in a dish - Lab-made T cells could deliver better cancer and HIV therapy. - journal article (Nature)

►March 22, 2004 - Wireless monitor frees patients to roam - Wearable device gets hospital residents and elderly out of bed. - journal article (Nature)

►March 19, 2004 - Insect deaths add to extinction fears - British survey hints that species are crashing worldwide. - journal article (Nature)

►March 18, 2004 - Disease risk prompts UK blood-donor ban - Recent transfusion recipients barred from giving blood over vCJD fears. - journal article (Nature)

►March 20, 2004 - HIV test glitch could affect thousands - AP via CNN

►March 19, 2004 - HIV Infection Rise Worries N.C. Officials - AP via Yahoo!

►March 18, 2004 - African hunters infected by AIDS-like virus - New form of retrovirus detected in bush meat, Lancet reports - AP via MSNBC

►March 16, 2004 - Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Recommendation Statement - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force via Annals of Internal Medicine

►March 2004 - New Research for MS Treatment: A Cannabis Spray - Daily Mirror via www.mhnet.org

►March 20, 2004 - Varmus advises 'vow of chastity' over NIH staff consultancies - journal article (Nature) - "The suggestion, which would reverse rules that Varmus himself put in place in 1995, was made on 12 ►March to a blue-ribbon panel set up to examine conflict-of-interest policy at the institutes. The panel was established after the Los Angeles Times suggested last December that some top NIH staff made biased decisions after receiving consultancy fees from drugs firms."

►March 25, 2004 - CCC student gets positive result from TB skin test - Classmate quarantined with disease; 65 tested - The Baltimore Sun

►March 25, 2004 - AIDS Virus May Begin Infection Unguarded - Study finds weakest strains passed on during sex - HealthDayNews via www.healthscout.com

►March 25, 2004 - Tenth Annual Report of the Gene Therapy Advisory Committee published - www.dh.gov.uk

►March 25, 2004 - A Green Discourse (book review) - Blaming civilized society for human suffering. - NRO

►March 24, 2004 - Gen-Probe files lawsuit against Bayer - The San Diego Union-Tribune

►March 19, 2004 - A$5.6 Million to Stop the Coughing - Sydney Daily Telegraph via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 19, 2004 - Stockpile of Antiviral Drugs Urged - Washington Post via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 18, 2004 - FDA Decides on Next Year's Flu Vaccine - AP via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 18, 2004 - Italy Begins Human Testing of AIDS Vaccine - AFX News via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 18, 2004 - Nigeria Now Accounts for Almost Half of World Polio Cases - AFP via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 18, 2004 - Nigerian Government Supports Polio Vaccines - New York Times via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 18, 2004 - Vaccine for Virulent Strain of Hospital Bug - Irish Times via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 18, 2004 - Whooping Cough Outbreak Reported at Middle School - Reuters Health via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 17, 2004 - Hepatitis A Funds Cut Before Outbreak - Boston Herald via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 17, 2004 - Liberia: One Million Children Vaccinated Against Measles - Africa News Service via  www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 17, 2004 - Smallpox Vaccine May Cause Harmless Rashes - UPI via  www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 19, 2004 - Wyo. To Boost Flu Vaccines Next Season - AP via www.intelihealth.com

►March 20, 2004 - A sour note from heavy metal tuna - The Independent, UK

►March 18, 2004 - Kano Elders Back Shekarau's Stance on Vaccinations - This Day (Lagos) via www.allafrica.com

►March 19, 2004 - Whooping cough forces vaccinations - The Sydney Morning Herald

►March 18, 2004 - Immunizations, STD tests limited to certain hours due to budget cut - Record Searchlight via www.redding.com

►March 17, 2004 - VA, DOD lag on electronic medical data exchange - Government Computer News

►April 2004 - Musculoskeletal pain is undertreated in Europe - Annals of Rheumatic Diseases via www.healthandage.com

►March 19, 2004 - UAB Plans Expansion Of Neurology Research - AP via www.intelihealth.com

►March 19, 2004 - East Bay firm's fast test kit for mad cow disease is OK'd - The USDA approval of Bio-Rad Laboratories will help to speed up checking. - The Sacramento Bee

►March 19, 2004 - Missouri governor launches health care initiative - AP via The Sacramento Bee

►March 19, 2004 - Once per day drug boost for Lothians HIV fight - The Scotsman

►March 19, 2004 - Does Home Dialysis Work? - HealthDayNews via www.healthfinder.gov

►March 19, 2004 - Common Bacteria Linked to Alzheimer's Disease - HealthDayNews via www.healthfinder.gov

►March 19, 2004 - Evolution's twist - USC study finds meat-tolerant genes offset high cholesterol and disease - University of Southern California via www.eurekalert.org

►March 18, 2004 - Key to proper blood vessel growth in eye and ear discovered - Discovery hints there may be other tissue-specific growth signals - John Hopkins Medical Institutions via www.eurekalert.org

►March 18, 2004 - Vitamin C Research Hints at New Treatment of Respiratory Disorders - PRNewswire via COMTEX via Healthy News

►March 18, 2004 - UM joins world malaria fight - The Daily Mississippian

►March 18, 2004 - Diet a major factor in breast cancer – time for government action - Federation of European Cancer Societies via www.eurekalert.org

►March 18, 2004 - Magnesium: An important mineral for a healthy body - The Mexia Daily News

►March 20, 2004  - Fosamax for Osteoporosis 10 Years & Counting - www.medicinenet.com

►March 18, 2004 - Health Highlights - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay via www.pharmacytimes.com

►March 19, 2004 - Global: War on Tuberculosis Wanes - Washington Times via www.aegis.org

►March 18, 2004 - Experiments Establish 'Protein-only' Nature Of Prion Infections - Howard Hughes Medical Institute via ScienceDaily

►March 19, 2004 - Tech names new research vice president - www.roanoke.com

►March 18, 2004 - Health officials suspect HLB student has tuberculosis - The Courier

►March 20, 2004 - Bringing down the wall - 1001 Queen St. W. is poised for a redesign that will transform it into a pioneering model for mental health care, writes SARAH MILROY. Instead of building a hospital, they want to build a neighbourhood - The Globe And Mail

►March 19, 2004 - Providing hope for autism - The Daily Gleaner via http://canadaeast.com

►March 18, 2004 - State health officials looking at pollution and developmental disabilities in Berkshire County - AP via The Herald Tribune

►March 19, 2004 - Alcohol rub to help combat hospital bugs - www.theage.com.au

►March 17, 2004 - Ho Chi Minh City holds chicken feast to mark end of bird flu in Vietnam - AFP via Yahoo!

►March 17, 2004 - Nigerian president says tests prove controversial polio vaccines safe - AP via The Charleston Gazette

►March 17, 2004 - Elderly-help devices described - The 'Nursebot' is a robot for the elderly. - Scripps Howard News Service via Casper Star Tribune

►Autoimmune Diseases a Factor in Growth of Alternative Drug Delivery - Greystone Associates Analyzes Impact of Patient Issues on Delivery Methods - www.ccareonline.com

►March 17, 2004 - Light Drinking OK for Some Hepatitis C Patients - HealthDayNews via www.healthfinder.gov

►March 18, 2004 - Drinking and Hearing Loss? - www.medicinenet.com

►March 17, 2004 - Words Matter: Communication law 1,2 & 3 - UPI via http://interestalert.com

►March 17, 2004 - Smoking Claims 4m Lives Annually - Expert - This Day (Lagos) via  www.allafrica.com

►March 17, 2004 - Genaera Announces Publication Demonstrating Increased IL-9 Related to Early Asthma Clinical Changes - PRNewswire-FirstCall via http://interestalert.com

►March 17, 2004 - Pharmexa Presents Data from the HER-2 Protein AutoVac(TM) Breast Cancer Trial at a Conference in Hamburg - PRNewswire via www.pharmacytimes.com

►March 18, 2004 - Ecologist clears the air: world not doomed yet - www.theage.com.au

►March 18, 2004 - Biotechs bounce back - The industry is a-stirring - there might even be a hint of 2000-style exuberance in the air, write David Blake and Mark Pachacz - www.theage.com.au

►March 19, 2004 - Smallpox vaccine may cause both serious and benign skin rashes - www.vidyya.com

►March 18, 2004 - Crossing the Species Barrier — One Small Step to Man, One Giant Leap to Mankind - abstract (NEJM)

►March 17, 2004 - Mystery Of Robert Durst - www.cbsnews.com

►March 16, 2004 - The Truth About Male Menopause ; Medical Notes - Evening Standard, London via Healthy News

►March 18, 2004 - Ishiba panned for calling SDF 'autistic' - The Japan Times

►March 18, 2004 - School standoff over Lucy, 6 - Lucy Wright has behaviour problems and has not been to school since September. - www.nzherald.co.nz

►March 17, 2004 - Local families fight autism -- with love - The Daily Tribune News

►March 17, 2004 - Researcher and parent offer strategies for 'Overcoming Autism' (book) - University of California Santa Barbara via UC News Wire

* ►March 17, 2004 - White House Agrees with SafeMinds, Mercury is a Health Threat to Our Children - U.S. Newswire

►Lifestyle: Chelation therapy for body detox - The Belfast News Letter via www.pharmacytimes.com

►March 17, 2004 - UR Tests Vaccine for a Form of Bird Flu - Rochester Democrat & Chronicle via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 16, 2004 - Anti-Measles Campaign Takes Giant Steps in Sulu - Philippine Daily Inquirer via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 16, 2004 - Experts Warn of Deadly Human Influenza Pandemic - Reuters via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 16, 2004 - Malnutrition Still Poses Serious Problem for North Korean Children - BBC via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 16, 2004 - Meningitis Kills More Than 400 in Burkina Faso Since January - AFP via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 16, 2004 - MMR Take-Up Rates Rise for Third Consecutive Quarter - Scotsman, UK via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 16, 2004 - Saint Louis University Testing TB Vaccine - AP via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 15, 2004 - NIH Tests Possible Ebola Vaccine - www.nbc4.com via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 15, 2004 - WHO Cites Drug-Resistant TB Hot Spots - AP via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►March 12, 2004 - SARS Virus May Cause Mild Disease - Reuters Health via  www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)