?September 10, 2008 - Herceptin vaccine should be free - letter - The Gisborne Herald

?September 10, 2008 - Medical bodies urge govt to act on immunisation report - NZPA via 3 News NZ

?September 10, 2008 - P1 virus raising head again - Times of India

* ?September 10, 2008 - Early insights into autism hold promise of better lives - Sydney Morning Herald

* ?September 9, 2008 - Judge Rules Product Liability Suit Pre-empted by Federal Vaccine Act - The Legal Intelligencer via Law.com - "A Philadelphia judge has ruled that a federal law governing the liability of pharmaceutical companies for drug vaccines pre-empts state tort claims of design defect and failure to warn in the products liability case of an 11-year-old boy who has autism. In an apparent case of first impression, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Arnold L. New wrote an Aug. 27 opinion required under Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 1925 to affirm his decision to grant summary judgment in favor of pharmaceutical defendants Aventis Pasteur Inc., Merck & Co. Inc. and Wyeth in Wright v. Aventis Pasteur."

?September 9, 2008 - Judge Rules Product Liability Suit Pre-empted by Federal Vaccine Act - Law.com via Adventures in Autism

* ?September 9, 2008 - Parents Must Consider Important Vaccination Options for Their Children - Vaccine Rx - "According to Dr. Lawrence Rosen, a board-certified pediatrician and Chief of Pediatric Integrative Medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center, 'There are risks associated with all medical practices, including vaccines, so it is important for parents, along with their doctors, to evaluate an individual child’s medical history and health, including genetic predispositions and allergies, to determine what is appropriate. Informed consent is a key ethical principle in medical practice.'"

* ?September 9, 2008 - Olmsted on Autism: Is Kathleen Seidel Toxic? By Dan Olmsted - Age of Autism

* ?September 9, 2008 - On Media: Paul Offit and the Right to Opt Out By Anne Dachel (includes video) - Age of Autism

*  ?September 9, 2008 - Senator Obama Disappoints Rallying Parents Outside DNC Fundraiser - "I'm Not For Selective Vaccination" - press release - revised (pdf) - Louise Kuo Habakus, New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice via Vaccination News

* ?September 9, 2008 - Obama Leads the Pharma Donor Pack - Age of Autism

* ?September 9, 2008 - Obama: "I am not for selective vaccination." - Adventures in Autism

* ?September 9, 2008 - SafeMinds Reminds: IACC Budget Meeting Wed., Sept. 10 - NIH Seeks Public Comment on Strategic Plan for Autism Research Public Comment on Strategic Plan Ends September 30th, next Budget Meeting September 10th - Age of Autism

* ?September 9, 2008 - USAAA: American Medical Autism Board Launched - Adventures in Autism

* ?September 9, 2008 - Debunking an Autism Theory - editorial (requires registration) - The New York Times - "Sadly, even after all of this, many parents of autistic children still blame the vaccine. The big losers in this debate are the children who are not being vaccinated because of parental fears and are at risk of contracting serious — sometimes fatal — diseases."

* ?September 9, 2008 - Scalera Bill Promoting Autism Awareness Among First Responders Becomes Law - New Law Will Establish Autism Awareness Program For Emergency Medical Technicians, Police, Firefighters - PolitickerNJ - "The initiative was launched in February 2007 following the release of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that identified New Jersey as having the nation’s highest reported rate of autism – one out of 94 children."

?September 9, 2008 - Autism training Oct. 2 and 3 in Utica - Oneida Dispatch - "Experts in the field of autism spectrum disorder will be discussing 'Beyond Adaptations: Strategies for Individuals with ASD.'"

?September 9, 2008 - ADD Poses Challenge for Returning Students - San Gabriel Valley Tribune via redOrbit

* ?September 9, 2008 - New HPV vaccine-anaphylaxis data creates a media muddle - Canadian Medicine
 
?September 9, 2008 - Gardasil® Cervical Cancer Vaccine Not Recommended by FDA for Women Over 26 - NEJM via CancerConsultants.com

?September 9, 2008 - Health chiefs say jab could cut cancer - Community Newsgroup

* ?September 9, 2008 - CDC: Gardasil vaccination safe in spite of deaths - Penn State Daily Collegian - "When Nicole Farrell received her final Gardasil vaccination last June, the potential for risky side effects or even death were not factored into her decision to receive the cancer-preventative drug. 'I'm surprised my doctor didn't mention possible risks, otherwise I might have thought twice about it,' Farrell (sophomore-business) said."

* ?September 9, 2008 - Local parent defends HPV immunization program - Regina Leader Post via Canada.com - "The Ministry of Health's share of the $300-million federal funding is $8.9 million over three years. Then the Saskatchewan government will pick up the cost for immunizing Grade 6 students. The HPV immunization program will not be financially onerous when the province takes over the commitment, said Legislative Secretary and Regina Qu'Appelle Valley MLA Laura Ross. 'Right now it's $500 per child to be immunized for all their immunizations because they get a whole cocktail of immunizations and this is just added to it so it increases it (to) a total figure of $830,' Ross said."

?September 9, 2008 - Epping Forest: Cervical jab 'won’t tempt young teens' - Epping Forest Guardian

?September 9, 2008 - HPV vaccine by age 21 is a sound investment - Great Falls Tribune 

?September 9, 2008 - Province Begins HPV Vaccine Program - Federal Money Covering Costs for Three Years - 650 CKOM News Talk Radio

* ?September 9, 2008 - Hospitals vaccinating parents of high-risk infants - Pediatrics via Reuters UK

?September 9, 2008 - IAC Express 2008 Issue number 753 - Immunization Action Coalition

?September 9, 2008 - Time is right to check kids' immunizations - The Ann Arbor News via MLive.com

?September 9, 2008 - Campaign to catch up on MMR vaccinations - Bognor Today, UK

* ?September 9, 2008 - Bacteria glue points to superbug vaccine: scientist - Reuters

* ?September 9, 2008 - Nabi gets NIH funding for staph infection vaccine - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals gets funding from National Institutes of Health to test vaccine - AP via CNNMoney.com

* ?September 9, 2008 - The Problems With Paying Doctors for Performance in Health Care - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

?September 9, 2008 - Ready.gov, CDC Aid Preparation and Injury Prevention - Occupational Health Safety

* ?September 9, 2008 - Court reinstates Vioxx investor suit against Merck - Reuters via The Guardian, UK

?September 9, 2008 - Eli Rody Vuicich - Navy veteran served in World War II and was involved in developing an anthrax vaccine as a scientist at Fort Detrick. (requires registration) - Baltimore Sun

?September 9, 2008 - FBI: Ivins obsessed with Kappa - Princeton University The Daily Princetonian

?September 9, 2008 - HHS funds work on new anthrax antitoxin - CIDRAP News

?September 9, 2008 - Congress seeks answers from FBI in anthrax case - CIDRAP News

* ?September 9, 2008 - Miami researchers work to develop lung cancer vaccine - WRAL.com

* ?September 9, 2008 - Patients could get injections against MRSA 'within six years' - Patients at high risk of contracting MRSA could receive injections to protect them against it within six years, scientists claim. - The Telegraph, UK

* ?September 9, 2008 - Vaccine completely different this year - WIVB.com

?September 9, 2008 - Flu vaccine found to cut deaths by 19%-not 50% - Claims than the influenza vaccine can cut mortality by 50% are not supported by the evidence, according to Canadian researchers. (includes registration and search at site) - Pulse, UK

?September 9, 2008 - Flu shots urged for all kids - Local doctors endorse revised U.S. guidelines that for the first time add children 5 to 18. - LancasterOnline.com

?September 9, 2008 - Flu shots are just around the corner - Williams-Grand Canyon News

?September 9, 2008 - Togo says bird flu hits poultry farm - The Associated Press via Google

?September 9, 2008 - Tests confirm two cases of mumps on Crouse staff - The Syracuse Post-Standard

?September 9, 2008 - Mumps outbreak dodges Fraser Valley schools - The Province via Canada.com

?September 9, 2008 - Cyclist putting an end to polio - Ramesh Ferris aims to educate, eradicate, rehabilitate - Nova News Now

?September 9, 2008 - Global Challenges | Boston Globe Examines Imprisonment of Two HIV/AIDS Physicians, Brothers In Iran - www.kaisernetwork.org

?September 9, 2008 - Global Challenges | Houston Chronicle Examines Baylor Pediatric HIV/AIDS Program in Burkina Faso - www.kaisernetwork.org

?September 9, 2008 - Global Challenges | Southern Sudan Government Passes Resolution To Bolster Fight Against HIV/AIDS - www.kaisernetwork.org

?September 9, 2008 - NIDA Announces Recipients of New Avant-Garde Award for Innovative HIV/AIDS Research - The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced the first three recipients of its new Avant-Garde Award. This award is intended to stimulate high-impact research that may lead to groundbreaking opportunities for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in drug abusers. Award recipients will receive $500,000 per year for five years to support their research. - Media-Newswire.com

?September 9, 2008 - Study finds link between a mother's stress and her child becoming overweight - A mother's stress may contribute to her young children being overweight in low income households with sufficient food, according to a new Iowa State University study published in the September issue of Pediatrics, the professional journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study analyzed data collected from 841 children in 425 households in the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. - Iowa State University via PhysOrg.com

?September 9, 2008 - Jab That Stops Obese People Feeling Hungry - Scientists have moved a huge step closer to finding a cure for obesity. - UK Express

?September 9, 2008 - A Biological Clock for Dads Too - TIME Magazine

?September 9, 2008 - Unproven therapies commonly given to traumatized kids, report finds - CBC

* ?September 8, 2008 - Debuking the MMR-Autism Myth - The World Tonight CHQR AM770 - "This is one conspiracy theory that needs to go - children's lives could be at stake."

?September 8, 2008 - Peshawar infant tests positive for polio - Pakistan Dawn

* ?September 8, 2008 - Utah military personnel sells plasma for a costly, unproven anthrax serum - The Salt Lake Tribune - "A lot of unknowns: Meryle Nass, an outspoken critic of the U.S. government's various anti-anthrax efforts, said she supports the idea of the anthrax immune globulin - in principle. She noted China has used a globulin created with antibodies from anthrax-infected horses for decades. But Nass has reservations about the Cangene program."

?September 8, 2008 - How the anthrax serum is made - Scripps News

?September 4, 2008 - New jab for girls aged 12 and 13 - Girls aged 12 and 13 across the UK are being given the chance to have a new, possibly life-saving, injection. - CBBC Newsround

?September 4, 2008 - Why your daughter needs a cancer jab - Chief medical officer’s plea to parents of teens - Belfast Telegraph

?September 4, 2008 - Sex-link cancer jab for girls of 12 start - Western Mail via WalesOnline

?September 4, 2008 - Controversial cancer prevention aimed at schoolgirls - Borehanwood Times, UK

?September 3, 2008 - Immunise to Beat Cancer - Warning issued to young women - An Ayrshire mum who battled with Cervical Cancer is urging young girls to immunise themselves against the deadly disease. - Cumnock Chronicle

?September 2, 2008 - Cancer jab fear for school-leaving girls - A group of GPs has claimed 10 per cent of girls in Northamptonshire could miss out on cervical cancer jabs after its offer to help vaccinate school leavers was rejected. - Northampton Chronicle & Echo

?September 2, 2008 - Anti-cancer jab programme launched for teenage girls (includes video) - STV.tv

?August 31, 2008 - Jab That Can Save Your Girl's Life - Glasgow Sunday Mail

?August 30, 2008 - Cancer mum: Baby saved my life - In 1992, Yvonne Gatens gave birth to her first, and only, child — a beautiful baby girl called Nicole. - Greenock Telegraph

?August 30, 2008 - Health officials fear parental suspicion of vaccinations (requires subscription) - Grand Forks Herald

?August 30, 2008 - Do You Need an Advanced Degree to Understand The Genetics of Autism? - http://autism.about.com - "Nestor L. Lopez-Duran Ph.D. runs a blog called Translating Autism."

* ?August 30, 2008 - The media’s MMR hoax - BadScience.net

?August 29, 2008 - MMR jab alert for school pupils - BirminghamMail.net

?August 29, 2008 - Don't miss your 'flu jab - Morpeth Herald

?August 22, 2008 - Cholesterol pill taken by thousands linked to increased risk of cancer - Daily Mail, UK

* ?Barack Obama: Supporting Americans With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf) - BarackObama.com

?Selected Industry Total to Candidates - OpenSecrets

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* ?September 15, 2008 - HPV vaccine talk shifts from fanfare to fear - Two years after the vaccine's approval, concerns about safety and the drug's marketing are raising questions in exam rooms. - www.ama-assn.org - "Most experts suspect that patient doubts are an extension of the long-standing anti-vaccine movement and the result of parental discomfort at giving the shots to daughters who are not yet sexually active. But concerns also have been raised due to efforts backed by Merck & Co. Inc., the vaccine's manufacturer, to mandate the vaccine for school entry."

?September 15, 2008 - West Nile virus on downswing; good recovery rates found - Insect repellent is a first-line defense against the virus. DEET is a good choice, a study finds, because mosquitoes don't like the smell. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Uninsured tally dips to 45.7 million, with more covered by government - The share of the American population covered by employer-sponsored insurance continues to slide. -  www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Medicare greatly underestimated DME fraud, oversight agency says - A contractor hired by Medicare to tally durable medical equipment fraud did not fully investigate physician records in determining improper payments. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Oct. 1 deadline looms for 3 Medicaid prescription security features - Physicians with electronic medical records will be allowed to print Medicaid prescriptions on plain paper if they adopt certain printing features. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - CMS delays enforcing limits on SCHIP funding - States covering children in higher-income families will continue receiving federal funds. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Doctors must accept arbitration in Missouri price-fixing case - Physicians fear that the ruling will give health plans more leverage in contract negotiations. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Researchers urge pay for egg donors - Policies that limit compensation to women for the time, discomfort and risks involved in oocyte donation is impeding research progress, scientists say. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - 2,700 apply for Florida medical school's tuition-free offer - Those accepted for the school's first class will get $20,000 for tuition and $20,000 for expenses each year. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Report amplifies call for care in underserved areas - Primary care work force shortages are expected to worsen as medical students choose specialty fields. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Goodwill hunting: What's your practice worth? - The sales value of a practice is set mainly by intangible assets such as patient mix, physician reputation and number of interested buyers. For many practices, those assets aren't worth what they used to be. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Insurers focus earnings discussion on the future - Health plans say changes in Medicare private fee for service won't hurt profits. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - 5 years of tort reform: Lone Star success story - Since Texas voters approved a liability cap, specialists have been setting up practices in the state, boosting access to care. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Voice for the Uninsured campaign growing stronger - A message to all physicians from AMA President Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Muscles matter: Physicans advised to tell patients to build up strength - People have been jogging for years. But lifting weights? Not so much. It's time to rethink the importance of resistance training. - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Separation plan needed when physician leaves practice - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - Letters to the Editor - Standard "time out" alone not always enough to prevent surgical errors - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - News in brief: Health & Science - FDA schedules hearing on children's cold meds - Treadmill walking aids stroke recovery - Rabies vaccine in short supply - Hearing aid users should be assessed for ear wax problems - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - News in brief: Government & Medicine - Health care ad calls for reform - www.ama-assn.org

?September 15, 2008 - News in brief: Professional Issues - Stanford changes rules on industry funding for CME - County society apologizes for excluding black doctor - www.ama-assn.org

* ?September 9, 2008 - Flu outbreak - Wellington Times, AU - "An unusually high number of winter illnesses such as whooping cough and influenza have created a medical gridlock in the Wellington area. Doctor’s surgeries are heavily booked with no available appointments for the next month, while the hospital outpatients department has been overrun with emergency patients."

* ?September 9, 2008 - Doctor queries vaccine's benefits - Gladstone Observer - "As a chickenpox 'explosion' runs through the Boyne Tannum region, a local doctor has questioned the efficacy of the chickenpox vaccine after treating three immunised children with the disease in just a week. Gaston Boulanger diagnosed the disease in three young children who had received vaccinations at 18 months of age. 'In spite of the vaccination the children still have chickenpox,' Dr Boulanger said. 'And they have a normal dose, really covered with the pox.'"

* ?September 9, 2008 - Higher vaccination fees urged - The Government is being urged to pay family doctors more to carry out vaccinations if it wants to lift childhood immunisation rates substantially. (includes audio) - Radio New Zealand

* ?September 9, 2008 - Frazer wins Balzan Prize for cervical cancer vaccine - Australian medical researcher Ian Frazer has won a major international prize in Italy. - www.abc.net.au

?September 9, 2008 - Thomas Sutcliffe: Do these bigots think their daughters are tarts, or just other people's? - opinion - The Independent, UK - "In my house, we are divided over the cervical cancer jab. All things considered (and there are things to consider) my wife and I think it is probably a good thing that our daughter will have increased protection against a horrible disease."

?September 9, 2008 - New meningitis vaccine on the horizon - Vanguard, Nigeria

?September 9, 2008 - Ms. Siddiqui's Threat - editorial - Hartford Courant 

?September 8, 2008 - Professor, author to speak on autism - Daily Vidette - "Illinois Wesleyan's President Convocation will feature professor and prolific author Temple Grandin as its keynote speaker on Wednesday."

* ?September 8, 2008 - Alaska Autism Mom to Barack Obama: Will You Listen By Jill Nordtvedt Lenhard - Age of Autism

* ?September 8, 2008 - Is Obama Pro-Choice? And What if Autism Were Contagious? By Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

* ?September 8, 2008 - Obama: "I am not for selective vaccination." By Claudine Liss - Age of Autism - "Last Friday evening, September 5, 2008, I had the opportunity to ask Senator Barack Obama about childhood vaccine safety/choice.  His response, 'I am not for selective vaccination, I believe that it will bring back deadly diseases, like polio.'"

* ?September 8, 2008 - NJ Obama Corzine Autism Vaccine Rally By Louise Kuo Habakus (includes video) - Age of Autism

* ?September 8, 2008 - Striking New Study -- Thimerosal Threatens Males More - Age of Autism

* ?September 8, 2008 - The Autism Vote By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. - Age of Autism

* ?September 8, 2008 - Readers Vote: Federal Government Can't Be Trusted to Test Vaccines - http://autism.about.com

* ?September 8, 2008 - Struggling School-Age Boys - A new study says parents are right to worry about their sons. - Newsweek

* ?September 8, 2008 - Clinical trials -- or not -- of chelation therapy. - Adventures in Ethics and Science via Science Blogs

?September 8, 2008 - Autistic expression - Signs of autism often surface as kids enter toddler years - Telegraph Herald

?September 8, 2008 - Autism Chronicles: Single With An Autistic Child (includes audio) - Day to Day via NPR

?September 8, 2008 - Why Can't Doctors Diagnose Autism? (audio) - Day to Day via NPR

?September 8, 2008 - Expert advises Montessori teaching for children with autism - Frederick News-Post

?September 8, 2008 - Depression and autism are subjects of public forum on research - The University of Rochester Medical Center will present a forum on the progress of mental health research Sunday Sept. 14. - News-Medical.net

?September 8, 2008 - No Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism? - Our pediatrician weighs in on this controversial new study. - Mom Logic - "Perhaps now we can consolidate our efforts and turn the focus of autism research away from the MMR and towards a better understanding of this illness."

?September 8, 2008 - Not Every Child In a CCISD Has Been Immunized - KIII TV3 - "That's because of something the Texas department of state health services calls 'conscientious exemption.' It's an on line form parents can fill out to have their kids 'opt-out' from taking the required immunizations."

?September 8, 2008 - Are you still protected? - Nassau Guardian

?September 8, 2008 - Less Children Immunized Due To Parents' Rising Fear (includes video) - KRIS-TV

?September 8, 2008 - CDC Urges Pre-Teen Vaccination with New Public Service Announcements - press release - CDC via PRNewswire-Hispanic PR Wire via HispanicBusiness.com

?September 8, 2008 -  IAC Express 2008 Issue number 752 - Immunization Action Coalition

* ?September 8, 2008 - “Shots for Shots”: Happy Hour With a Mission to Fight Measles - Northern Nevada Chapter of the Red Cross mixes a good time with a good cause - American Red Cross

?September 8, 2008 - Muslim parents don't want me to have cancer jab - Glasgow Daily Record

?September 8, 2008 - Region to host HPV forum - Niagara Falls Review

?September 8, 2008 - Girls as young as 12 to to get anti-cancer jab - Borehanwood Times, UK

?September 8, 2008 - Cost of Gardasil Questioned (includes video) - http://ozarksfirst.com

?September 8, 2008 - Arming girls against virus - Scarborough Today

?September 8, 2008 - Head teacher backs cancer jab - Mid Devon Star - "If it prevents young women from contracting cervical cancer I can’t see why anybody should object."

* ?September 8, 2008 - Merck Is Going To Tell Me What I Can & Can Not Do? - Jaden's Journal

* ?September 8, 2008 - Utah military selling plasma for anthrax serum - AP via Salt Lake Tribune via LocalNews8.com - "Canadian drugmaker, Cangene Corp., is using Utah radio advertising and on-base brochures for plasma donations that will be used to develop a serum to treat anthrax exposure. Donors get paid $40 to $45 per donation. That's about $10 more than standard plasma donation centers in Utah. Cangene wants plasma from members of the U.S. military who have been vaccinated for anthrax because they carry crucial antibodies."

* ?September 8, 2008 - Anthrax comes to Congress - Effect Measure via Science Blogs

?September 8, 2008 - Insights Into the Question of Whether the Anthrax was Weaponized - OpEdNews

?September 8, 2008 - Questions Linger in Ivins Anthrax Investigation - ProPublica

?September 8, 2008 - Federal Judge to Unseal Confidential Zyprexa Documents - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

* ?September 8, 2008 - Please Sign Anti-Preemption Petition - Alliance for Human Research Protection

* ?September 8, 2008 - Keeping the window into drug firms' practices open - op-ed (requires registration) - Boston Globe - "In November, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could make it much more difficult for public officials to expose drug industry practices that put profits ahead of patients. The court could conceivably strip state courts of the right to hear cases challenging the safety and effectiveness of drugs that have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Such state lawsuits have been instrumental in forcing the industry to open its books and reveal embarrassing information."

?September 8, 2008 - The Coming Great Pharma Panic - Motley Fool

* ?September 8, 2008 - Vaccine could eliminate varicella virus - A two-dose vaccination programme could eliminate the varicella virus in the UK, but may also mean the elderly need to be vaccinated to prevent them contracting shingles, according to new research. (requires registration and search at site) - Pulse, UK

* ?September 8, 2008 - SLU looks for volunteers for avian flu study - St. Louis Business Journal - "The study will test whether an injection of an FDA-approved avian flu vaccine created in 2004 can 'prime' the body's immune system so a second shot of a different avian flu vaccine can protect against avian flu infection, the school said....It will include up to five study sites. Of the 500 volunteers who are being recruited nationally, up to 167 people will be in St. Louis.

* ?September 8, 2008 - Supari accuses rich nations of creating viruses for profit - CIDRAP News

* ?September 8, 2008 - Shot down? - Researchers question flu shot's ability to protect from pneumonia - Telegraph Herald

* ?September 8, 2008 - Flu vaccine reality check - A good rule to remember: medical studies declaring incredible benefits should always be viewed with greater skepticism than those with modest findings. - The Ottawa Citizen via Canada.com  - "The overall rates of hospitalization and death, one could reasonably assume, must have fallen proportionally -- but they didn't fall at all. Yet health officials continued to claim that older people who are vaccinated reduce their risk of winter-time death by 50 per cent. In the research world, people hope for findings that are 'statistically significant.' Fifty per cent is very significant. In fact, it's huge. It is also, in this case, highly implausible."

* ?September 8, 2008 - More flu vaccine aimed at key flu spreaders: Kids - AP via Google

?September 8, 2008 - Who needs flu vaccine - AP via Google

?September 8, 2008 - Program Educates Parents About the Flu - Rochester R News - "'We are looking for families to fill out a web site every week about whether anyone in the family has symptoms.' says Dr. John Treanor, University Of Rochester Medical Center."

?September 8, 2008 - Seniors' Issues: It’s smart to get a flu vaccination before season - Muskogee Daily Phoenix

?September 8, 2008 - Virogen, Inc. Activates $500,000/Yr. Minimum Contract With Vet Cure Pharma of Pakistan - Virogen, Inc. via Market Wire via Comtex via MarketWatch - "The company's flagship product is its Innovo Newcastle Vaccine."

* ?September 8, 2008 - Guidance for Industry General Principles for the Development of Vaccines to Protect Against Global Infectious Diseases - FDA/CBER

* ?September 8, 2008 - Medical Establishment Raising Concerns About Gardasil - Oasis Advanced Wellness Blog

* ?September 8, 2008 - Prevention and control of influenza. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2008. - MMWR via www.guideline.gov

?September 8, 2008 - Congress likely to delay health care overhaul - Congress will continue needling health care companies; likely to bide time on major reforms - AP via CNN Money

?September 8, 2008 - Managing Pharma’s Dilemma: MacAllister Explains - As the pharmaceutical industry grapples with the double whammy of patent and pipeline challenges, the key question being asked is how do drugmakers adapt? Neil MacAllister, who heads the AVOS Life Sciences consulting firm, tells us the undertaking will not be easy, because he says pharma has less experience than other industries in managing such structural changes. Here is an excerpt of our conversation… - Pharmalot

?September 8, 2008 - How Sanofi-Aventis Silenced Its Rooster (video) - Pharmalot

?September 8, 2008 - Vytorin Confusion Leaves Patients Wondering - NEWSInferno

* ?September 8, 2008 - Family Doctor: Do statins weaken immune system? - Canton Repository - "The results showed that the medications appeared to modify the immune response. The findings were cited in many medical journals, including International Immunology, the Journal of Immunology, the Journal of Clinical Oncology and several others."

?September 8, 2008 - Amendments to the Current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations for Finished Pharmaceuticals - FDA/CBER

?September 8, 2008 - Another FDA Safety Warning (Yawn) - The Motley Fool

?September 8, 2008 - Strong Performance Of Novartis Pharmaceutical Company Paves Way For Continued Growth - Pharmaceutical Online

?September 8, 2008 - Wyeth says 2nd half this year to be challenging for pharma cos - Wyeth via Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX via Trading Markets

?September 8, 2008 - System fails with autoimmune diseases - News-Leader

?September 8, 2008 - Competitive Intensity Grows in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Development Race - Big Pharma Seeks to Boost Pipelines, Shorten Development Times, According to New MedPredict Report - PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

?September 8, 2008 - Middle East's only pharmaceutical sales force effectiveness conference sets the agenda - Business Intelligence Middle East

?September 8, 2008 - Healthline: Fall is sneezing season - The Daily Journal

?September 8, 2008 - Study Demonstrates That AHCC® Provides Immune Enhancement Against The West Nile Virus - Maypro Industries via NPI Center

?September 8, 2008 - Childcare cuts hurting disease prevention - Jerusalem Post

* ?September 8, 2008 - Study Findings Could Explain Innate Resistance to HIV Infection - Other Research Links African Gene to Increased Infection Risk - AAFP News Now

?September 8, 2008 - Science & Medicine | Study Identifies Proteins That Help Provide Immunity Against HIV Among Commercial Sex Workers in Kenya - www.kaisernetwork.org

* ?September 8, 2008 - Rx for Children’s Colds: Leave Over-the-Counter Medicines on the Shelf - Saint Louis University Medical Center via Newswise - "'Cough and cold medicines were first approved many years ago under the assumption that children’s bodies worked like adult ones, but on a smaller scale,' Haller explained. 'They were never tested for safety and effectiveness in children. There are a lot of side effects associated with these medicines.'"

?September 8, 2008 - How to Navigate the Cold and Flu Aisle - Doctors Explain What Works, What's Hype, and How to Keep Tiny Tots Safe and Healthy - ABC News

?September 8, 2008 - Best Ways To Avoid The Office Bug - Forbes

?September 8, 2008 - CDC Launches Campaign to Fight MRSA - Infection Control Today

?September 8, 2008 - The Pitfalls of Linking Doctors’ Pay to Performance (requires registration) - The New York Times

?September 8, 2008 - Antenatal Care: How Effective? - editorial - Gorkhapatra 

* ?September 8, 2008 - Tragic mum’s plea to wise-up to meningitis - A Cumbrian mum whose baby son died of meningitis has pleaded with other parents to be vigilant against its fast-acting symptoms. - Cumberland News

* ?September 7, 2008 - Parents of special-needs children divided over Palin's promise to help - International Herald Tribune

?September 5, 2008 - GPs to take on HPV vaccination - The HPV vaccination programme is to be administered entirely by GPs in some parts of the country, after warnings some areas have too few school nurses to support a schools-based programme. (requires registration and search at site) - Pulse, UK

?September 5, 2008 - Bayer Pesticide Plant Explosion Reveals Shaky Safety Record - CNN, The State Journal, The Charleston Gazette, Huntington News, CBG via Beyond Pesticides

?September 4, 2008 - Federal Court Upholds Ban on Genetically Engineered Alfalfa - Beyond Pesticides

?August 31, 2008 - Doctors missed deadly signs my baby was dying from Meningitis - Heather Homes, 33, was heartbroken when her baby son Joshua died after hospital staff failed to recognise he had meningitis. Grieving and confused, she enlisted a lawyer and, more than a year later, has found peace of mind.. - The Mirror, UK

?August 23, 2008 - AAC Members Submit Questions to the '08 Presidential Candidates* - Originally Published January 2, 2008 Autism Organizations Join With AAC in Querying Candidates - See Our Questions Here - Read Sen. Barack Obama's  Response Here - Read Sen. Joseph Biden's Response Here - Autism Action Network/Autism Action Coalition

?August 21, 2008 - Intercell says US army to purchase JE vaccine - Reuters

?AdvanceTEC wins Merck contract for HPV Program - Virginia Biotechnology Association

* ?October 1, 2008 - Predominant Role of Bacterial Pneumonia as a Cause of Death in Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (free full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ?October 1, 2008 - Planning for an Influenza Pandemic: Thinking beyond the Virus (free full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ?October 1, 2008 - Increasing Doses of an Inactivated Influenza A/H1N1 Vaccine Induce Increasing Levels of Cross-Reacting Antibody to Subsequent, Antigenically Different, Variants - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases) - "Potential conflicts of interest: W.A.K. has received research support from Protein Sciences, Inc., and research support from Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline is pending. R.B.C. has served as a consultant to GlaxoSmithKline and Dynavax."

?October 1, 2008 - Young Infants Can Develop Protective Levels of Neutralizing Antibody after Infection with Respiratory Syncytial Virus - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 1, 2008 - Initial and Subsequent Response to Pneumococcal Polysaccharide and Protein-Conjugate Vaccines Administered Sequentially to Adults Who Have Recovered from Pneumococcal Pneumonia - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ?October 1, 2008 - Persistence of Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection in a Long-Term Follow-Up Study of Female University Students - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 1, 2008 - Acute Chemokine Response in the Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Children with Enterovirus 71–Associated Brainstem Encephalitis - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 1, 2008 - Innate Immunity to Pneumococcal Infection of the Central Nervous System Depends on Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR4 - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 1, 2008 - Drug Interactions Involving Combination Antiretroviral Therapy and Other Anti-Infective Agents: Repercussions for Resource-Limited Countries (free full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 1, 2008 - Mice That Overexpress CC Chemokine Ligand 2 in Their Lungs Show Increased Protective Immunity to Infection with Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 1, 2008 - Virus and Antibody Dynamics in Acute West Nile Virus Infection - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 1, 2008 - Interferon and Interferon-Induced Chemokine Expression Is Associated with Control of Acute Viremia in West Nile Virus–Infected Blood Donors - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 1, 2008 - High Prevalence of Prolonged Norovirus Shedding and Illness among Hospitalized Patients: A Model for In Vivo Molecular Evolution - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 2008 - Intravenous immunoglobulins in the treatment of immune neuropathies. - journal article (Current Opinion in Neurology)

?October 2008 - Drug-induced myopathies. - journal article (Current Opinion in Neurology)

?October 2008 - How to assess new drugs for neuropathies: advances in trial design and methodology. - journal article (Current Opinion in Neurology)

?October 2008 - The flavivirus polymerase as a target for drug discovery - journal article (Antiviral Research)

?October 2008 - Complementary and alternative treatments for childhood headaches. - journal article (Current Pain and Headache Reports)

* ?September 8, 2008 - WHO pushes prohibitively costly vaccine - Times of India - "If a disease can be treated for Rs 10, why would you spend Rs 12,000 for it? That is the question being raised by some doctors on a move to make a vaccine against pneumonia part of the immunisation programme."

* ?September 8, 2008 - On guard for Gardasil shots - Howick and Pakuranga Times via Times Online, New Zealand - "A women's health organisation is advising parents and their daughters against the Ministry of Health’s Gardasil programme that’s designed to help prevent cervical cancer. Auckland Women’s Health Council coordinator Lynda Williams says the Gardasil vaccine should be used only by girls aged 16 or more, and it should only be done with informed consent."

?September 8, 2008 - India may approach OIA due to ‘no bird flu’ reports - Financial Express

?September 8, 2008 - Prescription Drug Advertising Subject of New FDA Web Site for consumers - press release - EthicAd via PR-USA.net - "Michael S. Shaw, M.D., executive director of EthicAd, notes that the primary goal of the new site is to help the public obtain accurate, science-based information about prescription drugs and to understand the role and nature of DTC advertising."

?September 8, 2008 - Polio Sunday depends on community participation - Morung Express

?September 8, 2008 - Hendra virus fears cause vets to turn backs on bats - Wildlife carers fear veterinarians have turned their backs on injured flying foxes for fear of contracting the deadly Hendra virus or lyssavirus. - Courier-Mail via www.news.com.au

?September 8, 2008 - Pharmaland: sometimes it’s all in the name - Economic Times, India

?September 8, 2008 - Global Fund to suport HIV patients get antiretroviral drugs - Joy Online

?September 8, 2008 - All-clear for boy in virus scare - Sunderland Echo - "Nathan Cunnington, 13, was stabbed with a tattoo gun outside Boldon School in May....The youngster, from Galsworthy Road in Biddick Hall, South Shields, was taken to hospital and given vaccinations."

?September 8, 2008 - Weekly jab offers hope for diabetes sufferers - A new once a week treatment for diabetes could end the misery of twice a day injections for millions of sufferers - The Telegraph, UK

?September 8, 2008 - Prof Peter Colman with cancer cell suicide research - Tough cancer cells would be stopped with a drug designed to flick the death switch, says an eminent scientist. - Herald Sun via www.news.com.au

?September 8, 2008 - Two disabled patients infected with HIV were believed to be raped - Haaretz

?September 8, 2008 - DAISY: Helping persons with autism to read - Manila Bulletin

* ?September 8, 2008 - Latest study of MMR/autism link is flawed - letter - The Herald, UK - "The fact is, this study does not really address whether MMR causes autism, let alone rule it out, as the authors erroneously claim. It does, however, confirm the presence of distressing and painful bowel disease in many autistic children. One author has specifically pleaded that autistic children be urgently given treatment for the intolerable pain of their bowel disease. A plea that has been made repeatedly by parents over many years only to fall on the deaf ears of a compassionless medical hierarchy. - Bill Welsh, President, Autism Treatment Trust, Edinburgh."

* ?September 7, 2008 - GOP Autism Dad: Biomedical Treatments Are Helping My Son By David Kirby - Age of Autism

* ?September 7, 2008 - UK's Cry Shame on New MMR Autism Study - Age of Autism

* ?September 7, 2008 - Talk About Curing Autism Family Scholarships Available - Age of Autism

* ?September 7, 2008 - A Mysterious Disorder - Autism numbers experience explosive growth, but causes remain anything but definitive - Telegraph Herald

* ?September 7, 2008 - Linking autism, vaccinations - letter - San Angelo Standard Times via GoSanAngelo.com - "3. If vaccines are safe, then why is it that not one medical doctor or pharmaceutical company CEO has come forward to publicly drink a mixture of standard vaccine additive ingredients in the same amount as a six-year-old child is recommended to receive, even when the offer to do so has increased from $20,000 in 2001 to $155,000 today?"

?September 7, 2008 - Local dad in convention spotlight - Chambersburg Public Opinion

* ?September 7, 2008 - 2 Studies--Antipsychotics Induce Stroke and Diabetes - Alliance for Human Research Protection

* ?September 7, 2008 - Growing number of parents refuse vaccines - Officials say most children in county immunized in '07 - Ventura County Star - "Dr. Robin Bernhoft, who practices environmental and functional medicine in Ojai, leaves the decision to parents but questions the value of vaccinations himself. Functional medicine focuses on the causes and prevention of disease rather than symptoms. 'Parents are concerned,' he said. 'There's surprisingly little evidence they (vaccinations) do much.'"

* ?September 7, 2008 - Pneumonia vaccine useless, increases asthma risk: WHO - IANS via Thaindian.com - "Raising questions over India’s decision to include a new pneumonia vaccine in the national immunisation programme, a report in a WHO bulletin has said the vaccine has 'no effect' on the disease and on the contrary increases the risk of asthma among vaccinated children....'Even after increasing the costs, if we give our children ineffective vaccination which in turn hikes the asthma risk, it is clearly not worth it. The cost evaluation of the vaccine has to be done carefully,' Puliyel added."

?September 7, 2008 - Childhood vaccines prevent diseases, not cause them - opinion - Cherry Hill Courier Post

?September 7, 2008 - Media bias and vaccine compliance - ZDNet Healthcare - "The good news is that the vast majority of parents trust their doctors, not the media, and not activists. And the reason for most non-compliance is easy to fix. Use money."

?September 7, 2008 - CDC: 75% of Arizona toddlers have gotten recommended shots - Cronkite News Service via Arizona Republic

?September 7, 2008 - 'Insulin Doesn't Lead to Cupcake Binges, so Trust HPV Jab' - The Independent on Sunday via redOrbit

* ?September 7, 2008 - If the case is solved, why isn’t it solved? - Anthrax Vaccines -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* ?September 7, 2008 - Early anthrax suspect doubts guilt of Ivins - Frederick News-Post

* ?September 7, 2008 - Malnutrition kills 20 kids in MP village - NDTV.com - "A Korku couple lost their daughter to measles. She couldn't fight a common childhood infection because she was severely malnourished. She could barely stand even though she was three years old....Twelve children, all between one and three, have died in the last two weeks in Kalna, a tribal village in Khandwa district. All of them were severely malnourished....Nearly 700 km away in Satna distict, 20 children have died in August. Malnutrition was the underlying cause in each and every case."

* ?September 7, 2008 - Alarm as Indonesia thumbs nose at West over bird flu - AFP via Google - "Supari told a rapturous crowd at a book discussion last week that rich nations were creating 'new viruses' and sending them to developing nations in order create markets for drug companies to sell vaccines. 'Indonesia sends a virus to the WHO but it suddenly it ends up with the US government. Then the US government turns the virus into dollars and we don't know what kind of research,' Supari said. 'Then the virus is turned into vaccines (that are sent to) Indonesia and Indonesia has to buy them and if they don't buy them, it turns and turns again, and in the end developed countries make new viruses which are then sent to developing countries,' she said. 'The conspiracy between superpower nations and global organisations isn't a theory, isn't rhetoric, but it's something I've experienced myself.'"

?September 7, 2008 - New meningitis treatment to help curtail disease - Wavah Broadcasting Company, Uganda

?September 7, 2008 - 'Silent disease' eating at Hawaii's health - Hawaii has seen major jump in cases in past decade - Honolulu Advertiser - "Nearly 8 percent of Hawai'i's adult population has been diagnosed with diabetes, up from 6 percent five years ago, and 5 percent a decade ago, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

?September 7, 2008 - Rabies vaccine is scarce in Wayne, Macomb, Oakland - 3 counties reserve supply for accidental exposure - Detroit Free Press

* ?September 7, 2008 - Entering the nut-free zone - Are food allergies on the rise in Canada? Studies suggest -- yes - Toronto Sun - "'In the developing countries, the immune system is busy fighting infection, whereas in the developed countries, North America being one, the immune system is not so busy fighting infection and is more busy causing the individual to develop allergies.'"

* ?September 7, 2008 - Flu vaccine debated - New York Times News Service via Lexington Herald-Leader

* ?September 7, 2008 - Flu news from Down Under doesn't bode well here - The Nashua Telegraph - "Flu vaccine manufacturers are well on their way to shipping a record 143 million doses to doctors, pharmacies and clinics, with a goal of having most of the serum in place by the end of October."

?September 7, 2008 - Funding cut for fight against 'superbug' - The Sydney Morning Herald

?September 7, 2008 - When bugs outwit drugs - The battle against bacteria is far from over as we scramble to keep up with the resilience of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. - StarMag via TheStar.com

* ?September 7, 2008 - Insurers spending millions on lobbying - Blues have spent $2.4 million since they announced deal - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - "Highmark, Pittsburgh's largest health insurer, has been spending more than a quarter-million dollars every three months, according to its filings with Pennsylvania's Department of State -- $291,500 from April to June 2007, $256,500 from July to September 2007, $307,900 from October to December, and $304,500 from January to March. In the most recent quarterly filing, which covers spending from April to June, it spent $259,904. Independence Blue Cross, meanwhile, spent more than $963,000 lobbying lawmakers between April 2007 and the last filing. Combined, Highmark and IBC have spent nearly $2.4 million lobbying the state since the merger was announced, according to state records."..."Insurers were against the state law, approved this summer, that mandates a certain level of insurance coverage for children with autism. Apart from the merger and the autism law, Highmark also lobbied on issues ranging from the statewide smoking ban to a proposed colorectal cancer screening mandate to the reauthorization of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council to universal health care."

* ?September 7, 2008 - Bisphenol A affects brain, reproductive system, immune system - Reproductive Toxicology via FoodConsumer.org

?September 7, 2008 - Palin's advocacy claim stirs debate - The New York Times Via The Wichita Eagle

?September 7, 2008 - Measuring the Performance of Telephone-Based Disease Surveillance Systems in Local Health Departments - American Journal of Public Health via redOrbit

?September 7, 2008 - SC dismisses pharma major Wyeth plea - The Economic Times

?September 7, 2008 - Sky-high stress: Are new rigors of air travel taking a medical toll? - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

?September 7, 2008 - Cost of diabetes threatens to bankrupt health system - Growing elderly and minority populations mean problem is getting worse - Honolulu Advertiser

?September 7, 2008 - Pharmaceutical Mergers - This is an ongoing attempt to list pharmaceutical mergers and major subsidiaries.The columns are sortable (in ascending or descending order) by clicking on the arrows in the headers. - TheJabberWock

?September 7, 2008 - Two-Thirds Of Adult Americans Willing To Pay Higher Taxes To Fund Chronic Disease Prevention Programs, Survey Finds - National Association of Chronic Disease Directors via Medical News Today

?September 7, 2008 - Exercise, a Natural Medicine! - HealthNewsDigest

* ?September 6, 2008 - Should Nurses Replace GPs As Frontline Providers Of Primary Care? - Should nurses be the frontline providers of primary care, taking the place of general practitioners as the first point of patient contact? Two experts debate the issue on the British Medical Journal website. - University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, via AlphaGalileo via ScienceDaily

* ?September 6, 2008 - ‘Environmental factors have deep links with acute, chronic diseases’ - Express News Service, India

* ?September 6, 2008 - Natural Substance Knock Offs in the FDA Pipeline Could be Dangerous - American Association for Health Freedom via Foodconsumer.org - "It is quite possible that the FDA granted Wyeth's petition not primarily to help Wyeth but rather to reward Pipex for bringing a bio-identical estriol through the approval process. Pipex's Trimesta is supposed to be for treating multiple sclerosis (MS). But the FDA knows that doctors can prescribe it for other conditions after approval. The bottom line: pay up to the FDA. If you do, the Agency will try to reward you with monopoly control of the market."

* ?September 6, 2008 - NRI doctor banned from practising - DNA Daily News & Analysis, India

?September 6, 2008 - Ticks, Lyme disease a continuing concern in Texas - The Plain Dealer via Cleveland.com

?September 6, 2008 - Medical Wellness: Holistic alternatives to Western medicine - Q-Notes

* ?September 6, 2008 - On Behalf of Parents of Autistic Children Responding to New Study Refuting Wakefield Findings of Measles Virus In Gut of Autistic Children With Bowel Disease - CryShame - "Whereas Wakefield and O'Leary in 2002 looked at bowel biopsies of 91 children whose autism and bowel disease followed the MMR vaccination, Hornig et al examined biopsies of only 5 children who had MMR before the onset of these symptoms. The remaining 20 children had MMR after onset. This is a very small sample from which to conclude that there is no link between MMR, autism and bowel disease. It is substantially smaller than Wakefield's earlier study."

* ?September 6, 2008 - VA Secretary Apologizes over Vet Who Refused Research Study - Alliance for Human Research Protection - "When medicine veers from its therapeutic focus and physicians and hospitals engage in commercially-driven drug trials, patients' VA needs are sacrificed."

?September 6, 2008 - Regina family gets precautionary vaccination after rabid bat found in home - Canadian Press via Google - "Medical officials say the vaccination doesn't mean anyone in the house was actually bitten by the bat."

?September 5, 2008 - Yellow fever vaccine arrives in Guyana from Brazil - Caribbean Net News

?September 5, 2008 - DNA vaccines for H5N1 virus in development - WorldPoultry.net

?September 5, 2008 - Parents report progress with kids in new autism program - Daytona Beach News-Journal East Volusia News

?September 5, 2008 - Nevada family might lose the only state-funded program to help autistic child - KRNV.com

?September 5, 2008 - Exeter parents' meningitis warning - Devon 24

?September 5, 2008 - Lilly Zyprexa Group Buyers Win Class Action Status - Bloomberg

?September 5, 2008 - FDA lists drugs under safety probes - Reuters

?September 5, 2008 - Fire Retardant Chemicals Found In Toddler - http://tristatehomepage.com

* ?September 5, 2008 - New Law Lets Pharmacists Administer Flu Vaccinations (requires registration) - The New York Times - "Starting Dec. 4, New York pharmacists who complete state training and certification will be permitted to give the shots with a prescription from a physician or nurse practitioner. Three-year certifications will cost $100."

?September 5, 2008 - Early shots key in fight against flu, doctors say: Vaccines are already here and some groups will offer immunizations this month. They're typically not available this soon. - Reading Eagle - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX via Trading Charts

* ?September 5, 2008 - List of medications with potential safety problems - AP via Yahoo!

?September 5, 2008 - East Africa: Situation Worsening for Horn of Africa's Children, Warns UN Agency - UN News Service (New York) via www.allafrica.com

* ?September 5, 2008 - Lilly Faces Zyprexa Class Action By 3rd-Party Payors - Pharmalot

* ?September 5, 2008 - Lilly Does Not ‘Owe A Duty To The World’ - Pharmalot

?September 5, 2008 - Notice: Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration; Request for Nominations - Food and Drug Administration, HHS

?September 5, 2008 - Notice: Publication of Guidances for Industry Describing Product-Specific Bioequivalence Recommendations - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

?September 5, 2008 - Notice: International Drug Scheduling; Convention on Psychotropic Substances; Single Convention on arcotic Drugs; Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid; Ketamine; Dextromethorphan; N-benzylpiperazine; 1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine; 1-(3-chlorophenyl)piperazine; 1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)piperazine; 1-(3,4-ethylenedioxybenzyl)piperazine; Gamma-butyrolactone; 1,4-Butanediol - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

?September 5, 2008 - Cancer Still #2 Cause Of Death For New Yorkers - North Country Gazette

?September 5, 2008 - America's Pediatrician Dr. Berry Brazelton to Kick Off ZERO TO THREE's National Training Institute - Child Development Experts Will Gather to Discuss the Latest Research and Practices to Promote Healthy Development - PRWeb

?September 5, 2008 - JCI online early table of contents - Editor's Pick: How STDs increase the risk of becoming infected with HIV - Journal of Clinical Investigation via EurekAlert!

* ?September 4, 2008 - Post-marketing Studies Finding Adverse Events In Drugs Used In Children - The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA, 1997), designed to stimulate more drug safety studies in children, has resulted in more than 130 label changes since its inception nearly six years ago, according to researchers at Duke Children's Hospital. - Duke University Medical Center via ScienceDaily

* ?September 4, 2008 - NC judge awards $57 million to Durham drug company - Business Week

* ?September 4, 2008 - Bisphenol A Causes Health Issues In Primates - eFluxMedia

* ?September 4, 2008 - Roman Empire 'raised HIV threat' - The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe could help explain why those living in its former colonies are more vulnerable to HIV. - BBC

?September 4, 2008 - University of Virginia Study Reveals Promising Method for Reducing MRSA Infections in Hospital Intensive Care Units - University of Virginia

?September 4, 2008 - Studies spot numerous undiscovered gene alterations in pancreatic and brain cancers - Howard Hughes Medical Institute via EurekAlert!

?September 4, 2008 - Weight Gain Predicts Blood Pressure - Hypertension via Ivanhoe

* ?September 4, 2008 - Give Granny (and her caregivers) the flu shot (requires registration or subscription) - The Globe and Mail

* ?September 4, 2008 - No link between Autism and Vaccines? - News Anchor Mom - "This is the criticisms posted today of this CDC funded study: from SafeMinds:
SafeMinds Statement on Measles Virus and Autism Study - A scientific study released today examined the hypothesis that measles virus persisting in the intestinal tract from the MMR vaccine causes or exacerbates autism."

?September 4, 2008 - The only MMR experiment worth doing - The Great Beyond via Nature.com Blogs

?September 4, 2008 - Karen is backing cancer campaign - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

* ?September 3, 2008 - Gender-selective toxicity of thimerosal - journal article (Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology) - "The present study was originally undertaken to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of thimersosal in male and female CD1 mice. However, during the limited MTD studies, it became apparent that thimerosal has a differential MTD that depends on whether the mouse is male or female."

* ?September 3, 2008 - Notice: International Conference on Harmonisation; Draft Guidance on M3(R2) Nonclinical Safety Studies for the Conduct of Human Clinical Trials and Marketing Authorization for Pharmaceuticals; Availability - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ?September 3, 2008 - Notice: National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Request for Information - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

?September 3, 2008 - Monitoring immune responses in disease - Elsevier via EurekAlert!

?September 3, 2008 - Higher rates of cervical cancer amongst immigrants - Gynaecological screening tests for cervical cancer have been available to all women in Sweden for almost four decades. Despite this, many immigrant women have a higher risk of developing the disease than Swedish-born women, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. - Karolinska Institutet

?September 3, 2008 - 25 years of conventional evaluation of data analysis proves worthless in practice - Elsevier via EurekAlert!

?September 2, 2008 - Notice: Over the Counter Cough and Cold Medication for Pediatric Use; Notice of Public Hearing; Correction - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

?September 2, 2008 - Study: Teen suicide spike was no fluke - After an alarming 1-year spike, study finds suicide rates remain high for kids - Nationwide Children's Hospital via EurekAlert!

?September 2, 2008 - Cell division study resolves 50-year-old debate, may aid cancer research - Oregon State University via EurekAlert!

?September 2, 2008 - The truth about modern health care - it's in your capable hands - WomentoWoman.com

* ?September 2, 2008 - PsychRights Sues State of Alaska to Stop Its Massive, Harmful Psychiatric Drugging of Alaskan Children (pdf) - press release - Law Project for Psychiatric Rights via http://psychrights.org

* ?September 2, 2008 - Some parents reject vaccinations for children - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - "For Timothy and Patty Groenendaal, the decision not to vaccinate their two children was not made lightly. The Hamlin parents said they had never questioned their doctor's suggestions before they took their 1-year-old son for his measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. But after that shot 13 years ago, the young couple said they noticed marked changes in the boy's behavior. 'In photographs before the MMR vaccine, he was focused, smiling, looking at the camera,' Timothy Groenendaal said. 'Afterward, he lost his motor function and speech. There had to be something that triggered him to change, and this was the only possible thing at the time.'"

* ?September 2, 2008 - Vaccination campaign ends amid reservations - Guardian via IppMedia.com - "'The first day was terrible because very few children were brought here for vaccination. Radio and TV reports that some children fainted soon after being vaccinated made some people have second thoughts about the whole exercise,' she said."

* ?September 1, 2008 - 'Gender bending' chemicals found in beer and wine - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry via NewScientist

* ?September 2008 - Calibration of replacement international standards of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids for use in flocculation test - journal article (Biologicals)

?September 2008 - Treatment of Invasive Candidal Infections: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - journal article (Mayo Clinic Proceedings)

* ?September 2008 - Fatty acid composition abnormalities in atopic disease: evidence explored and role in the disease process examined - journal article (Clinical & Experimental Allergy)

?September 2008 - Glutathione peroxidase 4 senses and translates oxidative stress into 12/15-lipoxygenase dependent- and AIF-mediated cell death. - journal article (Cell Metabolism)

?September 2008 - Sensitization to inhalant allergens between 4 and 8 years of age is a dynamic process: results from the BAMSE birth cohort - journal article (Clinical & Experimental Allergy)

?September 2008 - Relation Between Clinical Symptoms and Experimental Visceral Hypersensitivity in Pediatric Patients With Functional Abdominal Pain. - journal article (Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition)

?September 2008 - Contamination of the Hospital Environment with Gastroenteric Viruses: Comparison of Two Pediatric Wards over a Winter Season - journal article (Journal of Clinical Microbiology)

* ?August 31, 2008 - Govt reviews adverse effects of vaccines - DailyNewsOnline, Tanzania - "Rukwa Regional Commissioner, Mr. Daniel ole Njoolay called an emergency press meeting, where he announced the indefinite postponement of vaccination exercise....He said that all 400 patients were treated and that at least a third of them was discharged – and that no casualties had been reported so far."

?August 31, 2008 - KY Researchers Testing Smallpox Vaccine (includes video) - AP via WBKO.com

* ?August 29, 2008 - Court: Beef Exporters Can't Test for Mad Cow Disease - The Blog of Legal Times

?August 29, 2008 - Sex differences seen in response to common antidepressant - Women are 33 percent more likely than men to experience full remission with citalopram (Celexa), suggesting a biological basis for difference in response - University of Michigan Health System via EurekAlert!

?August 29, 2008 - Son- Rise a new dawn for Ed - Central Western Daily, Australia

* ?August 29, 2008 - Coverage for Autism Therapy Prompts State Mandates and Lawsuits Against Blues Plans - AIS Health

* ?August 29, 2008 - Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk (requires registration) - HealthDay via Washington Post

?August 28, 2008 - They said Kris would never talk or write. Just look at him now... - Gazette-News.co.uk

?August 24, 2008 - New approach needed to tackle child abuse and neglect - Research Australia via EurekAlert!

?August 19, 2008 - Title: Humanization of an anti-carcinoembryonic antigen anti-idiotype antibody as a tumor vaccine and for targeting applications (patent) - Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, NJ) via www.pharmcast.com

?August 19, 2008 - Title: Antigen transduced T cells used as a delivery system for antigens (patent) - MolMed SpA (Milan, IT) via www.pharmcast.com

?August 19, 2008 - Title: Cells and methods for estimation of effects on neurological dysfunction (patent) - Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Tokyo, JP) via www.pharmcast.com

?August 19, 2008 - Title: Conjugate addition reactions for the controlled delivery of pharmaceutically active compounds (patent) - Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich (Zurich, CH), Universitat Zurich (Zurich, CH) via www.pharmcast.com

?August 19, 2008 - Title: Transdermal therapeutic system for treating Parkinsonism (patent) - LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG (Andernach, DE), Schwarz Pharma Limited (Shannon, IE) via www.pharmcast.com

?August 1, 2008 - 10-Year Review of Pediatric Intestinal Failure: Clinical Factors Associated With Outcome - journal article (Nutrition in Clinical Practice)

?Volume 11 Issue 2, 2008 - Health-related quality of life problems of children aged 8-11 years with a chronic disease - journal article (Developmental Neurorehabilitation)

?Volume 11 Issue 2, 2008 - Correlates of therapy use and expenditures in children in the United States - journal article (Developmental Neurorehabilitation)

* ?Public Demand for Vaccine Safety, Appropriate Study, and Injury Compensation (petition) - www.petitiononline.com

* ?FDA Preemption = Bad Medicine - iPetitions.com - "We, the undersigned, petition Congress to guarantee the right to a day in court if a person is harmed or killed by an FDA-approved product. Specifically, we stand against the policy of FDA preemption."

* ?The Million Dollar Puzzle Piece Challenge - www.autismwebsite.com - "The Million Dollar Puzzle is an initiative to fund research through the Autism Research Institute, and keep Dr. Rimland's visionary work alive. We are solving the puzzle of autism by linking individuals, villages, towns, cities, states and countries with Puzzle Pieces."