* ►December 2008-January 2009 - The Gluten-Free, Casein-Free Diet in Autism: An Overview With Clinical Implications - journal article (Nutrition in Clinical Practice)

►December 2008-January 2009 - An Overview of the Ketogenic Diet for Pediatric Epilepsy - journal article (Nutrition in Clinical Practice)

* ►December 2008-January 2009 - Outpatient Nutrition Management of the Neurologically Impaired Child - journal article (Nutrition in Clinical Practice)

►December 2008-January 2009 - Nutrition Considerations in Traumatic Brain Injury - journal article (Nutrition in Clinical Practice)

* ►December 1, 2008 - Blame your genes for lengthy illness - The Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases via AAP via The Age, AU - "Genes could explain why some people recover from the flu overnight and others are still struggling with the dreaded lurgy two weeks on. Infectious disease experts in Sydney have discovered that people who carry certain high risk genes are eight times more likely to suffer from a severe and prolonged illness when they have an infection."

* ►December 1, 2008 - World AIDS Day - Manila Bulletin

►December 1, 2008 - Africa’s AIDS fight: Fresh focus on issue of multiple partners - New research is leading to new prevention programs focused on cultural change - Christian Science Monitor

►December 1, 2008 - HIV/AIDS sufferers coming out from shadows - China Daily

►December 1, 2008 - The kindest cut: How circumcision is the secret weapon in the battle against HIV/Aids - In Zambia, an experiment in the battle with HIV/Aids is producing staggering results. If this were a vaccine trial, the medical world would be hailing it as a miracle. But instead of a wonder drug, the secret weapon is circumcision. Jeremy Laurance reports - The Independent, UK

* ►December 1, 2008 - Doctors rethink costly vaccines - AP via Washington Times - "About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey."

* ►December 1, 2008 - Doctor blames media - Fiji Times - "Irresponsible journalism denied about 10,000 girls between the ages of nine and 12 years the chance of receiving the Gardasil vaccination, says Doctor Fiona Russell. She said only 63 per cent of young girls aged have completed the first dose of Gardasil vaccination."

►December 1, 2008 - More babies receive pneumococcal disease vaccinations - Channel News Asia

►December 1, 2008 - 98 pc under-5 children immunised in Rangpur - The New Nation, Bangladesh

* ►December 1, 2008 - 'Superflu' arrives in Scotland - The Scotsman - "Two cases of a so-called superflu which is resistant to a common type of anti-viral treatment have been identified in Scotland, it was reported last night. The patients have been diagnosed with the strain of the illness which does not respond to the drug Tamiflu, it was claimed."

* ►December 2008 - Can children with autism recover? If so, how? - journal article (Neuropsychology Review)

* ►December 2008 - Gastrointestinal symptoms in children with an autism spectrum disorder and language regression. - journal article (Pediatric Neurology)

* ►December 2008 - Low natural killer cell cytotoxic activity in autism: The role of glutathione, IL-2 and IL-15. - journal article (Journal of Neuroimmunology)

* ►December 2008 - Autism overflows: increasing prevalence and proliferating theories. - journal article (Neuropshchology Review)

►December 2008 - May genetic factors in fibromyalgia help to identify patients with differentially altered frequencies of immune cells? - journal article (Clinical and Experimental Immunology)

►December 2008 - Oxidative stress and its determinants in the airways of children with asthma. - journal article (Allergy)

* ►November 30, 2008 - NPR Drops Infinite Mind hosted by Dr. Fred Goodwin - Alliance for Human Research Protection - "Sen. Grassley’s investigation reveals that Dr. Goodwin concealed the fact that he earned at least $1.3 million between 2000 and 2007 by giving marketing lectures for drug makers. Indeed, he introduced a March, 2008 broadcast titled 'Prozac Nation: Revisited' by saying, 'As you will hear today, there is no credible scientific evidence linking antidepressants to violence or to suicide.' That same week, Dr. Goodwin earned around $20,000 from GlaxoSmithKline, the company that for years suppressed studies showing that its antidepressant, Paxil, increased suicidal behaviors."

* ►November 30, 2008 - FDA Officials Have Corrupted Scientific Process - Alliance for Human Research Protection

* ►November 30, 2008 - Children and Antipsychotics --FOX News Transcript - Alliance for Human Research Protection

* ►November 30, 2008 - New study indicates smallpox vaccination effective for decades - Implications for vaccine distribution in event of bioterrorist attack - Elsevier Health Sciences via EurekAlert!  - "In a study published in the December 2008 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers found that lifetime protection is obtained from just one vaccination, even when that vaccination occurred as much as 88 years ago. They conclude that in the event of a smallpox bioterrorist attack, vaccinia smallpox vaccine should be used first on individuals who have not been vaccinated previously."

►November 30, 2008 - Of all things to avoid, Vaccination is not on the list - Montreal Gazette via Canada.com

* ►November 30, 2008 - Adverse court ruling could doom vaccines - opinion - The Sun News via Myrtle Beach Online

* ►November 30, 2008 - Canadian Immunization Conference Highlights Innovation, Education and Partnership - press release - Canadian Immunization Conference via Market Wire via Comtex via MarketWatch

* ►November 30, 2008 - 12/1: 2nd National Stakeholder Meeting. Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan. - Age of Autism

* ►November 30, 2008 - The List Keeps Growing: David Kirby on the Autism Vaccine Connection By David Kirby - Age of Autism

* ►November 30, 2008 - Antibiotics and Autism By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. - Age of Autism

* ►November 30, 2008 - Brain Waves Are Window into Autism Language Woes - AP via First Coast News

* ►November 30, 2008 - Study shows families' financial strain from autism - AP via AZCentral.com

►November 30, 2008 - Autism research 'ominous but inconclusive' - The Bloomington Alternative

►November 30, 2008 - Jersey's disabled wait years for homes - State's letter delivers a cold dose of reality - Star-Ledger via NJ.com

►November 30, 2008 - Lehigh Valley families work to overcome difficulties of autism - The Express-Times via LehighValleyLive.com

►November 30, 2008 - Profile: Stock car driver, autism activist Marc Miller - The Grand Rapids Press via MLive.com

►November 30, 2008 - Autism and the Happy Medium: Yes, It Is Possible! - Autism Blog via http://autism.about.com

►November 30, 2008 - Baby Talk mag dumps on Denis Leary’s shtick - Boston Herald

* ►November 30, 2008 - IDB signs two Agreements for US$169 million with Egypt - Zawya.com - "The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) signed recently two agreements with Egypt to provide US$169 million to finance two projects for electricity and bird flu vaccine production."

* ►November 30, 2008 - Report Sounds Alarm Over Bioterror - Bipartisan Study Finds Insufficient Laboratory Safeguards, Loose Regulation - The Washington Post - "Due for release next week, a draft of the study warns that future bioterrorists may use new technology to make synthetic versions of killers such as Ebola, or genetically modified germs designed to resist ordinary vaccines and antibiotics."

* ►November 30, 2008 - Melamine scare shows difficulty of policing food - The Philadelphia Inquirer

* ►November 30, 2008 - Glutathione For General Health - American Chronicle - "The first thing that consumers should know about, is that Gluthathione is an antioxidant. It's primary function is to eliminate harmful substances that are toxic from the body. Toxic substances are slow killers. An individual may not feel the harmful effects immediately when the body is exposed to small doses of toxic substances. But as time goes by, the harmful toxins start to break down the cells in the body, bit by bit. At first, there are no visible symptoms. So it is very difficult to tell if someone is being injured by poisonous toxins. On the surface, everything looks fine."

* ►November 30, 2008 - Business gets serious about the flu bug - In attempt to preserve productivity, 88% of companies are offering immunizations; aging work force is a factor - Financial Week

►November 30, 2008 - Beware A Rapidly Emerging Healthcare-Associated Infection: Acinetobacter Baumannii - Lancet Infectious Diseases via Medical News Today

* ►November 30, 2008 - Efforts to properly dispose of medicine increase - Detroit Free Press

* ►November 30, 2008 - Pregnant women warned off make-up - Study links birth defects to mothers' use of cosmetics - The Independent, UK

►November 30, 2008 - Markey & Smith: Health care faces a perfect storm - The MetroWest Daily News

►November 30, 2008 - Presidential Rx for health - The Washington Times

►November 30, 2008 - Health care system shows symptoms of downturn - The Times

►November 30, 2008 - Creating boundaries, not barriers - Jimmy Ebersole uses special techniques to help him cope with autism’s effects - The Winchester Star

►November 30, 2008 - Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so - AP via International Herald Tribune

►November 30, 2008 - Overuse of antibiotics presents public health threat in Turkey - Today's Zaman

►November 30, 2008 - Merck finds fighting hunger sticks to its corporate ribs - The Star-Ledger via NJ.com - "We make products for people, and we have to care about their well-being. I also think it's important because we all need to feel good about doing something. We all need to think we can make a difference. There was a point in time when philanthropy was a competitive issue for corporations. I don't think it's that way any longer."

►November 30, 2008 - Plant foods and cancer prevention - Eat more of a variety of vegetables and fruits, cereals and pulses such as beans to help prevent cancer. - The Star, Malaysia

* ►November 30, 2008 - Flu shots a tough sell to some health care workers - AP via North County Times

►November 30, 2008 - Hepatitis C is curable - AAP via The Post - "Sixty to eighty percent of hepatitis-C patients in the world manage to fully recuperate after proper treatment and this is possible if the disease is detected in its early stages, said senior physician Dr Shabana Solangi."

►November 30, 2008 - Man with tuberculosis allowed into El Paso 20 times - El Paso Times

►November 30, 2008 - Longer Life For HIV Kids, But What Future? - audio - Weekend Edition via NPR

►November 30, 2008 - HIV no.s may hit record high - The Straits Times

►November 30, 2008 - UN coordinator urges to eliminate discrimination against HIV patients - Xinhua via China View

►November 30, 2008 - Our View: HIV/AIDS fight continues - Norwich Bulletin

►November 30, 2008 - CNN Student News Learning Activity: World AIDS Day - Students will learn about the history of the AIDS pandemic and the status of AIDS in the United States. Students will create ways to inform various demographic groups in the U.S. about the risk of HIV/AIDS. - CNN

►November 30, 2008 - Growing up with HIV - Times of India

►November 30, 2008 - Could An End to AIDS Be in Sight? - HealthNews

►November 30, 2008 - South Africa's hidden epidemic - Al Jazeera

* ►November 30, 2008 - U.S. Health Care Workers Granted Right to Refuse "Morally Objectionable" Treatments or Pharmaceuticals - NaturalNews.com

►November 30, 2008 - Homeland Security in disarray, officials warn - Delayed projects, reforms in limbo await Obama (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►November 30, 2008 - 'FDA special agent' calls are frauds (requires registration) - Baltimore Sun

* ►November 29, 2008 - Boynton Beach vet's life a battle since Gulf War - Palm Beach Post - "The horror began for Pintos when he was first deployed to Iraq and received antitoxin injections and pills to protect him from sarin, mustard gas and other poisons. Almost immediately, he had muscle cramps and pain that has never gone away. About two years after the war, Pintos realized he would never recover, and it's only gotten worse. "A couple of years later ... thousands started getting sick, and many of the Gulf War guys were having kids that were deformed," Pintos said. "Every day is a constant struggle. I can't work, and the neurological problems are the hardest. I'm 51 years old and I have Parkinson's and I struggle all the time to control it."

* ►November 29, 2008 - City eyed for HIV vaccine facility - Winnipeg Free Press - "Winnipeg is one of four Canadian cities that have been shortlisted by the federal government to host an $88-million HIV vaccine manufacturing facility funded in part by software billionaire Bill Gates."

* ►November 29, 2008 - Triumph - www.truthout.org - "The senior EPA analyst whose historic anti-discrimination case led to legislation protecting whistleblowers is being fired from her job at the Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo sees her ouster as the ultimate act of retaliation, a payback for continuing her fight to protect federal employees who speak out against wrongdoing in government agencies."..."Change was in the air, but not for long and not for everyone. "I have been the continued target of reprisal and harassment, a common fate of whistleblowers," she says.     "Many of us with a long history of service in federal agencies are now seeing an intentional personnel purge, especially at more senior staff levels. It seems that those who express initiative, creativity, and new ideas are the first to go," said Coriolana Simon, another former EPA employee."

* ►November 29, 2008 - Expert or Shill? (requires registration) - The New York Times - "Now, internal drug company e-mail and documents that surfaced in a lawsuit have sketched out what looks like an unsavory collaboration between Dr. Biederman and Johnson & Johnson to generate and disseminate data that would support use of an antipsychotic drug, Risperdal, in children, a controversial target group. The various documents indicate that Dr. Biederman repeatedly asked a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary to fund a research center at Massachusetts General to focus on children and adolescents with bipolar disorders and that the company provided almost $1 million. Disturbingly, one of the center’s publicly stated missions, along with improving the psychiatric care of children, was to “move forward the commercial goals of J.& J.”

►November 29, 2008 - Bush Aides Rush to Enact a Rule Obama Opposes (requires registration) - The New York Times - "The Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by President-elect Barack Obama, that would make it much harder for the government to regulate toxic substances and hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed on the job."

►November 29, 2008 - Top Five Medical News of the Week: November 24th to 29th - HealthJockey.com

* ►November 29, 2008 - 90 Percent of U.S. Infant Formula May Be Contaminated with Melamine; FDA Abruptly Declares Chemical Safe for Babies - NaturalNews.com

* ►November 29, 2008 - Antipsychotic Use in Children: FDA Panel Rejects FDA Soft-Peddle Approach - Alliance for Human Research Protection

* ►November 29, 2008 - Nevada Travesty--Foster Children Subjected to Brain CT Scans Then Drugged - Alliance for Human Research Protection

* ►November 29, 2008 - Pharma Marketing Tactics Threaten Public Health and Wealth - Alliance for Human Research Protection

►November 29, 2008 - Michigan medical marijuana act leaves patients in limbo - The Saginaw News via MLive.com

* ►November 28, 2008 - Medical Students Fed Up with Professors' Secret Financial Ties to Big Pharma - NaturalNews.com

* ►November 28, 2008 - Curing Diversity - FrontPage Magazine - "Boundless diversity is ungovernable as well as costly. Setting national health-care priorities in Washington and herding people into line was straightforward when infectious germs threatened everyone and everyone could beat them with the same handful of vaccines and antibiotics. Most of today’s drugs aim at differences within the herd itself. The fragmentation of diseases and cures leads inevitably to fragmentation of economic and political interest. That leaves drug companies in control of which patients—or make that biochemical profiles—the health-care system will help next, and companies are free to favor profiles that pay their bills. The global war against germs reached that point some time ago: the World Health Organization is very interested in malaria, but U.S. investors aren’t. Genes are next. Progress toward universal health care now depends on a pipeline of drugs controlled by Wall Street, not Washington."

►November 28, 2008 - Childhood Anxiousness and Disruptiveness May Predict Adult Suicide Risk (requires registration) - The Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine via Medscape Medical News

►November 28, 2008 - Explanation For 'Face Blindness' Offered - For the first time, scientists have been able to map the disruption in neural circuitry of people suffering from congenital prosopagnosia, sometimes known as face blindness, and have been able to offer a biological explanation for this intriguing disorder. - Nature Neuroscience via ScienceDaily

►November 28, 2008 - Selenium may slow march of AIDS - Penn State via EurekAlert!

►November 28, 2008 - Obama to broaden role of genetics in medical care - AP via Yahoo!

►November 27, 2008 - St. Jude identifies genomic causes of a certain type of leukemia relapse - New study finds the majority of acute lymphoblastic leukemia relapse cases arise from a cell already present at the time of diagnosis - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital via EurekAlert!

* ►November 27, 2008 - Fighting the flu (shot) frenzy - Declining a flu shot this season is an option for some students; others don’t get a choice - Queen's Journal - "However, not all students have the choice of whether or not to get the flu shot if they want to fulfil requirements for their program. Denise Elliott, Nurs ’10, said nursing students can’t attend their hospital placements if they haven’t had their flu shots."

►November 27, 2007 - 15M People suffering from hepatitis B & C in Pakistan: Experts - A Pakistan News

►November 27, 2008 - Bristol-Myers launches Hepatitis B awareness drive - Trade Arabia

►November 26, 2008 - Mother accused of murdering 16-month-old baby son after changing her mind over having him adopted - Daily Mail, UK

►November 26, 2008 - Children with hepatitis demolish hospital in Czech town Prostějov - Prague Daily Monitor

►November 26, 2008 - Helping Parents Of Autistic Children Put The Pieces - NewsChannel5.com

►November 26, 2008 - Patient-led drug trials defy medical establishment - www.patientslikeme.com via AP via Yahoo! - "My ultimate frustration that drove this site into existence was an overall feeling that there was a lack of transparency and speed or urgency" by the medical system, said Jamie Heywood, who co-founded PatientsLikeMe months before his own brother died of ALS."

* ►November 26, 2008 - Study: Childhood constipation just as serious as asthma - Treatment costs $4 billion per year, equal to asthma or ADHD - Nationwide Children's Hospital via EurekAlert!

►November 26, 2008 - Improving Diagnosis in Pediatric Schizophrenia (requires registration) (video) - Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health

* ►November 26, 2008 - Section 912 harms probiotics, fish oil, vitamins: Comments filed - The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) revision of its Amendments Act (FDAAA) could discourage clinical research and wipe out whole categories of functional foods and dietary supplements, say industry organizations. - Nutraingredients-usa.com

►November 25, 2008 - Nigeria to Launch Mass Polio Immunisation Drive (requires registration) -  via Reuters via Medscape Pediatrics

* ►November 25, 2008 - Encephalitis Seen in School Outbreak of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae (requires registration) - Journal of the Infectious Diseases via Reuters Health via Medscape Pediatrics

►November 25, 2008 - Researchers recreate SARS virus, open door for potential defenses against future strains - UNC News

* ►November 25, 2008 - Synthetic virus supports a bat origin for SARS - Studies establish response strategy for emerging infections - Vanderbilt University Medical Center via EurekAlert!

►November 25, 2008 - Study says HIV could be eliminated in a decade - The Lancet via AP via Yahoo!

►November 25, 2008 - Formaldehyde Emissions from Pressed-Wood Products to be Investigated - EPA

►November 25, 2008 - Altered Mental Status in a 3-Year-Old CME/CE (requires registration) - Medscape

►November 25, 2008 - Social Class Linked to Transcription of Genes Tied to Pediatric Asthma (requires registration) - Thorax via Reuters Health via Medscape Pediatrics

* ►November 25, 2008 - ANH Press Release: FDA defies DSHEA in latest threat to dietary supplements - ANH Press Release

►November 25, 2008 - Subchronic inhalation toxicity of silver nanoparticles. - journal article (Toxicology Sciences)

►November 25, 2008 - CDC, NIH Say Nothing New About Causes of Autism - Autism Blog via http://autism.about.com

►November 25, 2008 - Autism findings aided by $3.25M (requires registration) - Durham Herald Sun

►November 25, 2008 - Delivery of Hepatitis C DNA Vaccine Via Inovio’s Electroporation Technology Significantly Reduces Viral Load (requires registration) - Medinewsdirect.com

►November 25, 2008 - Dynavax Announces Listing Transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market from The Nasdaq Global Market - press release - Dynavax Technologies Corporation via Business Wire

►November 25, 2008 - Schering-Plough to develop new oral hepatitis drug - Schering-Plough, a science-based healthcare company, has announced that it is developing a highly potent next-generation oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor that has future best-in-class potential. - Pharmaceutical Business Review

►November 24, 2008 - Valeant says hepatitis C drug trial results encouraging - Reuters

►November 24, 2008 - Sixth student diagnosed with hepatitis A - Portsmouth Herald News via SeacoastOnline.com

►November 24, 2008 - Keep up immunization guard - letter - Orlando Sentinel - "But we must go one step further and advocate for all children by making sure that nothing and no one can weaken our strong immunization program by allowing loopholes that could threaten the safety of our children. - MOBEEN H. RATHORE Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology Wolfson Children's Hospital Jacksonville"

►November 24, 2008 - UNC Autism Study Expanded; More Than 540 Infants To Be Studied - MyNC.com

* ►November 24, 2008 - Sweden to offer all girls free cervical cancer vaccines - Sweden will offer vaccines against cervical cancer to all primary school girls as part of the country's free vaccination programme, the National Board of Health and Welfare said Monday. - AFP via PhysOrg.com

* ►November 24, 2008 - Would you let your girl get the cancer jab? - Herald.ie

►November 24, 2008 - Schizophrenia in Childhood and Adolescence: Applying New Evidence CME (requires registration) - Medscape

* ►November 24, 2008 - The End of Peer Review and Traditional Publishing as We Know It (requires registration) (video) - Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health

►November 24, 2008 - Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory - Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may boost a sophisticated kind of memory that helps us see the big picture and get creative. - AP via Physorg

* ►November 22, 2008 - Increased Risks of Congenital, Neurologic, and Endocrine Disorders Associated with Autism in Preschool Children: Cognitive Ability Differences. - journal article (The Journal of Pediatrics)

►November 21, 2008 - The burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children presenting to a paediatric hospital - journal article (Epidemiology and Infection)

* ►November 18, 2008 - Going Viral - When you work in a vaccine factory, getting dressed is half the job. Inside one of the two American labs that produce millions of flu shots every year. - Newsweek - "People also ask me if I think vaccines are safe, given my up-close experience with making them. The short answer is somewhat contradictory: yes they are safe, and no you probably don't need one (though many doctors will send me hate mail for the latter part of that statement). While I have fond memories of helping to make the flu vaccine (which was my first job out of college), I've also developed a sort-of working rationale against their utility."..."Despite my faith in the good people of the vaccine plant and despite my deep faith in science, I have never actually been injected with the flu vaccine myself. In fact, every time someone asks me whether they should get a flu shot, I almost always tell them no, even if they are elderly. Especially if they are elderly. It's actually a misconception that older people stand to gain the most from the influenza vaccine. Yes, like the very young, people over the age of 65 tend to have weaker immune systems. And yes, that means that they face a greater risk of contracting whatever devious bugs happen to be flying around. But studies have shown that, unlike infants and toddlers, the immune systems of elderly people are less adept at converting the influenza vaccine—meaning the shot does not trigger in them an immune response strong enough to protect against subsequent infection. In fact, a 2005 analysis by the National Institutes of Health suggested that giving the flu shots to elderly people has not saved any lives over the past three decades."

►November 18, 2008 - Sorting Through the Diagnosis of Physician Dyscompetence CME The Impaired Physician (requires registration) (full text) - Medscape Internal Medicine

►November 18, 2008 - Diagnosis Can Miss ADHD Symptoms In Girls - NPR Radio

►November 18, 2008 - Exercise in the Prevention and Treatment of Adolescent Depression: A Promising but Little Researched Intervention (requires registration) (full text) - American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine via Medscape Pediatrics

►November 5, 2008 - A scientific review of multiple chemical sensitivity: identifying key research needs. Working Draft Report prepared by the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) and the Office of Chemical Safety (OCS) - Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

►November 9, 2008 - Tyson Foods Injects Chickens with Antibiotics Before They Hatch to Claim "Raised without Antibiotics" - NaturalNews.com

►November 3, 2008 - False results put drug tests under microscope - USA Today

►October 15, 2008 - Novel Diagnosis of Lyme Disease: Potential for CAM Intervention. (full text) - journal article (Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

* ►October 8 - November 30, 2008 - Rapid Responses to: Becoming Ben - journal article (BMJ)

* ►October 2008 - Commonalities in the neurobiology between autism and fragile X. - journal article (Journal of Intellectual Disability Research)

►October 2008 - Nutritional and dietary influences on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. - journal article (Nutrition Reviews)

►March/April 2008 - The Pathogenesis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis: From Infection to Inflammation (full text) - journal article (Molecular Medicine)

►December 1, 2008 - US gets low marks for rise in premature birth rate - March of Dimes score is a D. Fueling the rise could be later motherhood, more multiple births and an increase in C-sections. (requires registration) - Los Angeles Times

►December 1, 2008 - What methods don't work to reduce stress (requires registration) - Aromatherapy and drinking may offer some relief, but they don't help the immune system deal with pressure. - Los Angeles Times

►December 1, 2008 - Ways to relieve stress (requires registration) - When things get to be too much, exercise, sleep, deep breathing or going out can help, experts say. - Los Angeles Times

►November 30, 2008 - Hospital a risky place when death just a whiff away - The Age, AU

* ►November 30, 2008 - Harney pressed to offer cervical cancer vaccine - Drug companies fly in experts to persuade government to reverse decision - The Sunday Times, UK

* ►November 30, 2008 - Briefing: Antibiotic resistance - How did Irish people come to have widespread resistance to antibiotics, and have we left ourselves more open to disease? - The Sunday Times, UK - "Up to 20% of pneumococcal infections are now resistant to penicillin, claims Robert Cunney, a consultant microbiologist."

►November 30, 2008 - Plan for blanket Aids screening, as one in four carriers don't know they have HIV - Scotland on Sunday

►November 30, 2008 - £6bn HIV plan 'short on detail' - There is no evidence that a £6 billion UK drive to tackle the Aids epidemic abroad will meet its early targets, according to a committee of MPs. - BBC

►November 30, 2008 - Laboratary sealed, quack booked - Daily Times, Pakistan - "NWFP Health Regulatory Authority (HRA) on Saturday sealed a laboratory and handed over a quack to the police for producing fake Hepatitis-C reports and providing spurious injection to hepatitis patients."

►November 30, 2008 - Schoolies warned of meningococcal danger - Sunshine Coast Daily, Australia - "It all happened so fast. One day 18-year-old Sarah Correy was a vibrant young woman with the world at her feet. The next day she was gone."

►November 30, 2008 - Measles outbreak warning - There is potential for outbreaks of measles in Qatar given the large number of unvaccinated children, especially expatriates, in the 1-14 years age group, a study has revealed. - Gulf Times
 
* ►November 29, 2008 - FDA Sets Melamine Guide for Baby Formula - FDA sets standard for melamine in baby formula higher than level found in US-made product - AP via ABC News - "Less than two months after federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in baby formula, they announced a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in U.S.-made batches of the product."

* ►November 29, 2008 - FDA sets melamine standard for baby formula - AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer - "Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday set a threshold of 1 part per million of melamine in formula, provided a related chemical is not present. They insisted the formulas are safe."

* ►November 29, 2008 - Autism fears lead some parents to not immunize children - Fear that shots cause autism leads some to wait or forgo them - Indianapolis Star - "After doing extensive research, Fishers father Dave Tuckman thinks vaccines contributed to both of his sons' autism, as well as many others'. His 8-year-old was fully vaccinated, and his 4-year-old was exposed to the flu vaccine, which contained thimerosal, in utero....'There's this medical dogma that vaccines are the greatest boon to mankind and nothing can be wrong about them,' he said. 'If your child has already been damaged, you don't want to take a chance on making it worse.' Both Tuckman boys have medical waivers. And Tuckman has no intention of continuing vaccinations for his younger son. 'Let me put it this way,' he said. 'I'll take the chickenpox or the measles over autism any day of the week.'"

* ►November 29, 2008 - NJ Vaccine 'Choice' - Ross Rosen's Blog - "We are quickly approaching the Jan.1 deadline for NJ’s mandated flu shot We just don’t know how many kids will be excluded from daycare & pre-school if they don’t have their flu shot as of January 1, 2009."

* ►November 29, 2008 - Giving Thanks By Wendy Fournier - Age of Autism

* ►November 29, 2008 - Adventures in Autism: History of Eli Lilly's Thimerosal and Autism - Age of Autism

►November 29, 2008 - Creating boundaries, not barriers - Jimmy Ebersole uses special techniques to help him cope with autism’s effects - The Winchester Star

►November 29, 2008 - UK Autism: UKAF welcomes Chancellor Darling’s help in PBR - Blogger News Network

* ►November 29, 2008 - John H. Menkes dies at 79; doctor established UCLA's pediatric neurology program - obituary (requires registration) - Los Angeles Times - "Menkes alienated some of his colleagues by serving as a witness in several trials, particularly some in which parents claimed that the diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus, or DPT, vaccine catastrophically damaged their children."

* ►November 29, 2008 - Pinnochio's nose and Peter Flegg - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

* ►November 29, 2008 - MMR vaccination teams move in amid measles outbreak fears - The Times, UK - "Vaccination teams will move into 177 primary schools and 33 secondary schools from next Wednesday. But they will not inoculate children without parental consent."

►November 29, 2008 - Mass Jabs To Stop Measles Deaths - A measles outbreak is threatening lives, prompting a mass vaccination programme in one of the country's worst-hit areas. - Sky News, UK

►November 29, 2008 - ‘Children should be immunised’ - Bolton News, UK

►November 29, 2008 - ‘Advantages outweighed my fears’ - Daily Post, UK - "Mother Charlotte Evans of Bagillt, who has a six-year-old son, Ieuan, echoed the calls to encourage other parents to take up the jabs, saying the advantages outweighed the disadvantages."

►November 29, 2008 - Fears of measels epidemic in North Wales - Daily Post, UK

* ►November 29, 2008 - Aids trials to start in the US - News24.com - "The trial, called Saavi 102/HVTN 073, will test two vaccines developed by the University of Cape Town and jointly funded by Saavi and the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of the US National Institutes of Health. "The development of these vaccines is the culmination of eight years of research and development which has involved scientists across South Africa and globally," Saavi said in a statement." "It is the first HIV test vaccine developed in Africa to make it into human clinical trials."

* ►November 29, 2008 - CDC: Better Tracking of Hib Needed - Exploring Vaccines - "The vaccine shortage began in December 2007 when Merck recalled 1.2 million doses of the vaccine. The voluntary recall began after the Merck found a bacterial contamination, Bacillus cereus on vaccine manufacturing equipment at its Pennsylvania plant."

* ►November 29, 2008 - Arkansas Department Of Health Sets New Record For Mass Dispensing Flu Exercise - The Arkansas Department of Health via Medical News Today

* ►November 29, 2008 - Chiropractor's Work With Autistic Children Draws Attention - The SunCoast News - "Needham said Ryken acted like any other precocious little boy until he turned 2 and received a required series of immunizations. He suddenly began to act-out impulsively, lost the ability to speak and control bodily functions."

►November 29, 2008 - Prevention of MRSA stressed at conference - Lexington Herald-Leader

►November 29, 2008 - Singapore: Fewer Dengue Cases; TB Rising - The New Straits Times

►November 29, 2008 - Doctors, researchers on quest for a cure - The News-Herald

►November 29, 2008 - Pharmaceuticals to join county recycling-waste collection list next year - Reading Eagle - "Recycling and waste collections in Berks County will expand in 2009 to include pharmaceuticals."

* ►November 29, 2008 - Ridgewood Water warns users of lead levels - The Record via NorthJersey.com

►November 29, 2008 - ‘Detective' deciphers health clues - Monroe News

* ►November 29, 2008 - Big Tobacco settlement is helping to save lives - Statesman Journal - "The agreement, at bottom, forced the companies to stop lying about their record of spreading death and disease for profit. It put public health ahead of private gain, a rare achievement in an era that has been shaped so indelibly by the pursuit of wealth rather than the promotion of the general welfare."

►November 29, 2008 - Greener living | Personal care products might contain harmful chemicals - The Kansas City Star

►November 29, 2008 - Can tea, massage beat a cold? - The Wilson Times

►November 29, 2008 - Public health: It's time to think about flu shots - Omak Okanogan County Chronicle

►November 29, 2008 - Get a flu shot now, officials urge - The vaccine isn't being rationed this year, and a shot now could help during the holiday season. - HeraldNet

►November 29, 2008 - 12,000 birds culled in Assam after bird flu outbreak - The Hindu

* ►November 29, 2008 - Students could face suspensions if immunizations aren't up to date - Orillia Packet & Times - "'Whether the parents opt to have the immunizations for their kids or obtain valid exemption forms, we need up-to-date records to protect the health of all students in school,' says Laurie Stanford, manager of the vaccine preventable disease program at the health unit."

* ►November 29, 2008 - Despite budget cuts Gila County still offering vaccines - Payson Roundup - "Faced with $4.3 million in cuts to vaccine programs, the Arizona Immunization Program Office said beginning in January, it would no longer purchase recommended vaccines like the one for chicken pox. It will continue to pay for required vaccines like the one for polio."

►November 29, 2008 - Vaccines Are Emerging As the Profitable Segments in the Pharmaceutical Industry - New Report from Bharatbook - Bharatbook.com included a new report "Global Vaccine Market Forecast to 2012" which provides information on the future scenario of global market for vaccines. - press release - Bharat Book Bureau via Free Press Release Center

►November 29, 2008 - China's drug authority orders audit of injection producers - Xinhua via China View

►November 29, 2008 - Cell Receptor Identified As Target For Anti-inflammatory Immune Response - Invading pathogens provoke a series of molecular heroics that, when successful, muster an army of antibodies to neutralize the threat. Like with any close-quarter combat, however, an aggressive immune response runs the risk of friendly fire accidents. For the last decade, immunologists have intensively studied mechanisms evolved by the immune system to avoid these accidents by shutting off the immune response once the invaders have been eliminated. - Rockefeller University via ScienceDaily

* ►November 29, 2008 - Selenium may halt AIDS spread, claims NRI - Indian Express - "'We have found that increasing the expression of proteins that contain selenium negatively affects the replication of HIV,' said K. Sandeep Prabhu, Penn State assistant professor of immunology and molecular toxicology. 'Our results suggest a reduction in viral replication by at least 10-fold,' the expert added."

►November 29, 2008 - Enduring pain of son's death underscores AIDS wrath - Columbus Dispatch

►November 29, 2008 - ER to screen for AIDS virus Waterbury Hospital to keep free test's results confidential - Republican American

►November 29, 2008 - World AIDS Day - A Reminder That HIV Has Not Gone Away - eFluxMedia

►November 29, 2008 - New HIV Cases Could Be Reduced By 95% With Universal Voluntary Testing And Immediate Treatment, Mathematical Model Shows - Universal and annual voluntary testing followed by immediate antiretroviral therapy treatment (irrespective of clinical stage or CD4 count) can reduce new HIV cases by 95% within 10 years, according to new findings based on a mathematical model developed by a group of HIV specialists in WHO. - World Health Organization via ScienceDaily

* ►November 29, 2008 - Abusive HIV plan rejected by Indonesia - TopNews - "Indonesian AIDS commission has rejected a plan by the lawmakers of Papua province which requires microchips to be implanted in  HIV/ AIDS patients to monitor the spread of disease."

►November 29, 2008 - SA rewrites medical history - Pretoria News via Independent Online - "In a major coup for South African medicine, clinical tests on two locally developed HIV vaccines will start in the US next week."

►November 29, 2008 - Cheap food may bring next health crisis - San Francisco Chronicle

►November 29, 2008 - Sacramento Animal Shelter Tackles Fatal Feline Virus Outbreak - News10.net

►November 29, 2008 - Some Pets Escape Threat of Flu, Others At-Risk - Zootoo.com

►November 28, 2008 - Richard Ellis on ‘Diagnosis: Mercury’ - book review - Truthdig

* ►November 28, 2008 - Should the MMR jab be compulsory? - Measles – which in 1 in 15 cases leads to serious complications – is rising because of low uptake of the MMR vaccine, though studies have concluded it is safe. Should the jab be compulsory? - Comment is free via The Guardian, UK

►November 28, 2008 - Low MMR vaccine uptake prompts HPA measles epidemic warning - Low uptake of the MMR vaccine has caused a 6% increase in cases of measles and prompted a warning of an epidemic from the HPA (Health Protection Agency). - Nursing Times

►November 28, 2008 - Birthday tributes to tragic Ryedale meningitis victim - Gazette & Herald, UK

►November 28, 2008 - State Public Health Director, Illinois, Reminds Of Cough Etiquette And Respiratory Hygiene - Illinois Dept. of Public Health via Medical News Today

►November 28, 2008 - Public cautioned about pertussis cases - Grand Island Independent

►November 28, 2008 - School chickenpox cases increase - Another unconfirmed case of the contagious disease would bring the total to 18 at Salem Woods Elementary School in Monroe. - HeraldNet

►November 28, 2008 - Asthma link to flu season babies - Children born four months before peak flu season have a greater risk of developing asthma than those born at any other time of the year, US research suggests. - Am J Respir Crit Care Med via Healthcare Republic

►November 28, 2008 - Melamine Contamination in China - FDA

* ►November 28, 2008 - Passive immunization against highly pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) strain H7N3 with antiserum generated from viral polypeptides protect poultry birds from lethal viral infection - journal article (Virology Journal)

* ►November 28, 2008 - Immunomodulatory effects of recombinant BCG expressing pertussis toxin on TNF-alpha and IL-10 in a bladder cancer model - journal article (Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research)

* ►November 28, 2008 - Whooping cough threat to unvaccinated - International Medical News from Englemed - "Tough measures to prevent infection may be the only effective way to protect unimmunised infants from catching whooping cough, experts warned today, revealing details of two tragic deaths."

* ►November 28, 2008 - Doctor is cleared of manslaughter for prescribing penicillin to man who said he was allergic - journal article (BMJ)

►November 28, 2008 - Hunters can help keep out bird flu - State program tests for virus - Florida Today

►November 28, 2008 - "Schmevidence" is hampering benefits of change in the health service - journal article (BMJ)

►November 28, 2008 - What should clinicians do when faced with conflicting recommendations? - Find guidelines that are systematic and transparent, and make informed judgments - journal article (BMJ)

►November 28, 2008 - Guidance for Industry Submission of Patent Information for Certain Old Antibiotics (pdf) - FDA/CDER

►November 28, 2008 - EPA ready to start tests for carcinogen in Garfield - The Record via NorthJersey.com

* ►November 28, 2008 - New E.U. law to require safer chemicals - Chemical producers have until Monday to comply with a sweeping European law requiring proof that products they export are safe. Sarah Gardner reports. - Marketplace Public Radio

►November 28, 2008 - Cost of reducing emissions by 2030 likely to surge: UN report - AFP via Yahoo!

►November 28, 2008 - Children's jewelry has excessive levels of lead: Health Canada - The Canadian Press via HealthZone.ca

►November 27, 2008 - Impact of a new national screening policy for Down’s syndrome in Denmark: population based cohort study - journal article (BMJ)

►November 27, 2008 - College students in mumps outbreak - Herald.ie - "The number of cases of mumps reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) this year is approaching the 1,000 mark."

* ►November 26, 2008 - €400,000 wasted on returned vaccines - Irish Medical Times - "'We’re seeing a huge number of returned vaccines to the National Immunisation Office,' she told the ICGP Winter Meeting, which took place last Saturday in the Irish Management Institute in Sandyford. 'These are due to vaccines going out of date, fridges breaking down and also some leftover influenza vaccines from last year.'"

* ►November 26, 2008 - In the News: Ask Your Doctor? (includes video) - FRONTLINE via PBS.org - "Dr. Joseph Biederman, an influential child psychiatrist, made embarrassing news last June when it was revealed that he had failed to disclose over a million dollars in fees from drug companies whose antipsychotic medications he had promoted to treat bipolar disorder in children. Now the controversial Dr. Biederman is back in the headlines, this time over new conflict of interest questions regarding his financial ties to pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson."

►November 26, 2008 - HIV testing should rise in areas of high prevalence, report says - journal article (BMJ)

►November 26, 2008 - Drugmakers Servier and Teva targeted in EU raids - Reuters via CNBC

* ►November 25, 2008 - US GPs are unhappy, underpaid, deluged by paperwork, and want to retire, study says - journal article (BMJ)

►November 25, 2008 - Confusion from analyses and conflicts of interest - journal article (BMJ)

►November 25, 2008 - HIV and AIDS The invisible epidemic - journal article (BMJ)

►November 25, 2008 - HIV and AIDS AIDS and the irrational - journal article (BMJ)

►November 25, 2008 - Prescribing placebos Illusion is disease mongering - journal article (BMJ)

►November 25, 2008 - Prescribing placebos Value in the placebo response - journal article (BMJ)

►November 25, 2008 - Cancer Rates Drop in the U.S. - TIME Magazine

►November 25, 2008 - Roche to buy biotech co Memory Pharma for $50 million - Reuters

* ►November 25, 2008 - Doctor answers your questions about vaccines - St. Petersburg Times via TampaBay.com

►November 25, 2008 - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Awarded Broad New U.S. Patent for Anti-Viral Applications of Phospholipid-Targeting Antibodies - Patent for Antibodies that Directly Bind to Phospholipid Targets Covers All Viral Infections and All Combination Regimens - Patent Issuance Follows Nature Medicine Publication Confirming the Broad Anti-Viral Potential of Anti-Phospholipid Approaches - press release - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. via PRNewswire

* ►November 24, 2008 - Chattanooga: Bacterial infection growing stronger - Chattanooga Times Free Press - "Until recently, local infectious disease specialist Dr. Mark Anderson almost never saw patients die from a bacterial infection known as Clostridium difficile, or c. diff. That’s changed. 'I’m actually seeing deaths now, and on a pretty regular basis in this area,' Dr. Anderson said."

* ►November 24, 2008 - RH Reality Check Interviews Nobel Prizewinner Herald zur Hausen - RH Reality Check - "Zur Hausen's research paved the way for the first vaccine against cancer in medical history. Two HPV vaccines are available, Merck's Gardasil and GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix."

►November 24, 2008 - Monday Medical: Pneumococcal vaccine protects against disease - Steamboat Pilot & Today

►November 24, 2008 - Staunton Licensed Child Care Inspections - News Leader - "The updated immunization information for Child A was due by Sept. and was not obtained. Details: The provider will request and obtain an updated immunization record for Child A. The provider will request an updated immunization record every six months for any child under the age of two."

►November 24, 2008 - "AIDS cure" good for only 1 per cent of patients, say experts - Monsters & Critics - "Headlines in November heralded an 'AIDS cure' after Dr Gero Huetter and Dr Eckhard Thiel, blood-cancer specialists at Charite Hospital in Berlin, reported that they had seemingly cured a 42-year- old US patient of HIV/AIDS by giving him a bone-marrow transplant whilst treating him for cancer."

►November 24, 2008 - From melamine to cocaine, they see it all - Food safety scares could give Peabody firm's state-of-the-art testing a much higher profile (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►November 24, 2008 - Navigating the MSG maze - FDA says the popular food additive is safe. But what about the chest pains, headaches and rapid heartbeat 'an unknown percentage' experiences? (requires registration) - Chicago Tribune

►November 24, 2008 - Drug use in children: cohort study in three European countries - journal article (BMJ)

* ►November 24, 2008 - Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Mental Models Study of Health Care Providers' Understanding of Prescription Drug Effectiveness - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►November 24, 2008 - Notice: Office of Dietary Supplements 2010-2014 Strategic Plan - Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health via www.pharmcast.com

►November 24, 2008 - Yankee Doodling Our perfectly designed US healthcare system - journal article (BMJ)

►November 24, 2008 - Generic substitution of drugs to be introduced in 2010 - journal article (BMJ)

►November 21, 2008 - Whooping cough on the rise - North Platte Telegraph

* ►November 20, 2008 - Tough Choices for Tough Children - Judith Warner Blog via NYTimes.com

►November 20, 2008 - Free flu vaccines prevent campus outbreak - InsideVandy

►November 11, 2008 - Title: Systems and methods for screening pharmaceutical chemicals (patent) - Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) via www.pharmcast.com

►November 11, 2008 - Title: Attenuated gram negative bacteria (patent) - Merial Limited (Duluth, GA) via www.pharmcast.com

►November 11, 2008 - Title: Assays for assembly of Ebola virus nucleocapsids (patent) - The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, DC) via www.pharmcast.com

►November 11, 2008 - Title: Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease with IFN-.gamma. inhibitors (patent) - Genentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►November 2008 - Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Based Ebola Vaccine Is Well-Tolerated and Protects Immunocompromised Nonhuman Primates - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - A Critical Role of a Cellular Membrane Traffic Protein in Poliovirus RNA Replication - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►November 2008 - Influenza A Virus Inhibits Type I IFN Signaling via NF-κB-Dependent Induction of SOCS-3 Expression - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►November 2008 - Resistance of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Prions to Inactivation - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - The Bicarbonate Transporter Is Essential for Bacillus anthracis Lethality - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►November 2008 - Alteration of Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity by Retroviral Infection - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►November 2008 - Newly Discovered Ebola Virus Associated with Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Uganda - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - Broadening of Neutralization Activity to Directly Block a Dominant Antibody-Driven SARS-Coronavirus Evolution Pathway - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - Urea-Mediated Cross-Presentation of Soluble Epstein-Barr Virus BZLF1 Protein - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - A Structural Model of the Staphylococcus aureus ClfA–Fibrinogen Interaction Opens New Avenues for the Design of Anti-Staphylococcal Therapeutics - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - The Host Cell Sulfonation Pathway Contributes to Retroviral Infection at a Step Coincident with Provirus Establishment - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - Immunological Mechanisms Mediating Hantavirus Persistence in Rodent Reservoirs - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - Foamy Macrophages from Tuberculous Patients' Granulomas Constitute a Nutrient-Rich Reservoir for M. tuberculosis Persistence - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - Extracellular DNA Chelates Cations and Induces Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - The Hyphal-Associated Adhesin and Invasin Als3 of Candida albicans Mediates Iron Acquisition from Host Ferritin - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►November 2008 - Functional Polymorphisms in PRODH Are Associated with Risk and Protection for Schizophrenia and Fronto-Striatal Structure and Function - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

* ►December 1, 2008 - Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination and Asthma-like Disease in Early Childhood - journal article (American Journal of Epidemiology)

* ►December 1, 2008 - Identification of Human T Cell Antigens for the Development of Vaccines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis - journal article (Journal of Immunology)

* ►December 2008 - Safety and Immunogenicity of a Prepandemic Influenza A (H5N1) Vaccine in Children. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►December 2008 - Revisiting the Need for Vaccine Prevention of Late-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: A Multistate, Population-Based Analysis. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►December 2008 - Lyme Neuroborreliosis in Children: A Prospective Study of Clinical features, Prognosis, and Outcome. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal) - "Persistent nonspecific symptoms, such as headache and fatigue, were not more frequently reported in patients than in controls. Influence on daily life was reported to the same extent in patients and controls. Consequently, persistent headache and fatigue at follow-up should not be considered as attributable to NB. No prognostic factors could be identified."

* ►December 2008 - Risk of Varicella Complications in Children Treated With Inhaled Steroids: A Population Study. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►December 2008 - Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, Polio, and Haemophilus Influenzae Type b - BC Health Files

►December 2008 - A Novel Active Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance System in the United States: Variability in the Local and Regional Incidence of Infection. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►December 2008 - Pediatric Antifungal Utilization: New Drugs, New Trends. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►December 2008 - Risk for Bipolar Disorder Is Associated With Face-Processing Deficits Across Emotions. - journal article (Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

►December 2008 - Primary Tuberculosis Infection in 35 Children at a Swedish Day Care Center. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►December 2008 - Interferon Gamma, Interferon-Gamma-Induced-Protein 10, and Tuberculin Responses of Children at High Risk of Tuberculosis Infection. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►December 2008 - Aberrant Neural Function During Emotion Attribution in Female Subjects With Fragile X Syndrome. - journal article (Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

►December 2008 - Is the randomized controlled drug trial in Europe lagging behind the USA? - journal article

►December 2008 - Increase in Clostridium Difficile-Related Hospitalizations Among Infants in the United States, 2002-2005. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►December 2008 - Branched Chain Fatty Acids Are Constituents of the Normal Healthy Newborn Gastrointestinal Tract. - journal article (Pediatric Research)

►November 29, 2008 - India struggles to contain equine influenza - Horsetalk, New Zealand

* ►November 29, 2008 - Outbreak: could a million-killing superbug really happen? - A lethal virus infects 90 per cent of the population on new BBC One drama Survivors. Science-fiction... or is it? - The Times, UK

* ►November 29, 2008 - Don't let fear overshadow vaccines' real value - letters - St. Petersburg Times via Tampabay.com

* ►November 29, 2008 - Hormone one hope for autistic - Australian researchers are trialling what they hope might prove to be the first treatment for one of the core symptoms of autism, writes Adam Cresswell - The Australian - "The research, funded by the federal Government's National Health and Medical Research Council to the tune of $180,000 over two years, is testing the ability of a naturally-occurring human hormone, oxytocin, to improve the ability of people with autism to recognise and react to emotions and to interact socially."

►November 29, 2008 - Autism sufferer dealt a double blow - Illawara Mercury - "For the past 10 days autism sufferer Kate Southern has been pulling her hair out in clumps, terrified at the prospect of being separated from her family. Ms Southern, 35, lost her mother and primary carer Dorothy to brain cancer on Tuesday."

►November 29, 2008 - Autism: Learning, loving, living - This complex and chronic developmental disorder has its fair share of controversies regarding causes and treatments - Deccan Herald - "According to Action for autism, an Indian advocacy group, there are nearly 1.7 million individuals with Autism in India."

* ►November 28, 2008 - David Kirby: NEW STUDY - "Mitochondrial Autism" is Real; Vaccine Triggers Cannot Be Ruled Out - The Huffington Post - "The widespread misconception that Hannah's case was 'unique,' and without any bearing on other autism cases, was promulgated by opinion leaders such as CDC Director Julie Gerberding and the newly rich vaccine inventor Dr. Paul Offit, (who told Newsweek that his share of the royalties from the vaccine was 'like winning the lottery.') But on Wednesday, a new chart-review study was published showing that 'mitochondrial autism' is not rare at all."

* ►November 28, 2008 - Elie Ward and the AAP Fighting for the Rights of Vaccine Makers By Katie Wright - Age of Autism

* ►November 28, 2008 - A New Inquisition? By Louis Conte - Age of Autism

►November 28, 2008 - Florida looks at mercury contamination in fish - Levels in fish are a dietary concern - Florida Times-Union via Jacksonville.com

* ►November 28, 2008 - Obama to broaden role of genetics in medical care - AP via Google

* ►November 28, 2008 - Is Cervarix going to be the Gardasil for the UK? By Cynthia A. Janak - Renew America - "As many of you know I have been writing about the side-effects of Gardasil for over a year and a half. The emails that I have been receiving have been mainly from the US with a few from Australia until now. I am starting to get emails from the UK now. Their vaccination program for HPV just started in August of 2008. The difference and now the only difference is that the UK is using Cervarix and not Gardasil."

* ►November 28, 2008 - GSK cuts price of cervical cancer vaccine by 60% - Philippine Star

* ►November 28, 2008 - A vaccine for disinformation - Rumoured side effects and a lack of information appear to have doomed an ambitious plan to inoculate Romanian girls against HPV. - Southeast European Times - "A 23m-euro vaccination campaign initiated by Romania's health ministry has sparked widespread confusion. Under the programme, around 100,000 fourth-grade girls were supposed to be immunised against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer....However, many families have refused the vaccine after hearing rumours that it was not tested adequately and could lead to death."

►November 28, 2008 - Advice on vaccine - Rutland and Stamford Mercury

* ►November 28, 2008 - Toddler sent home by hospital dies the next day - A family want answers after their 23-month-old boy died a day after being sent home from Wanganui Hospital -  Dominion Post via Stuff.co.nz

* ►November 28, 2008 - Measles jabs for 10,000 children - Manchester Evening News - "Dr Guy Hayhurst, the trust's public health consultant, said: "We identified children who had no record of full MMR immunisation and wrote to their parents to seek consent for them to be vaccinated in school."

* ►November 28, 2008 - MMR vaccination teams move in amid measles outbreak fears - The Times, UK

* ►November 28, 2008 - Measles epidemic warning as cases hit 13-year high - Cases of measles are at the highest level since 1995, sparking a 'real risk' of an epidemic, Government experts have warned. - The Telegraph, UK

* ►November 28, 2008 - Fears of measles epidemic as cases soar to 13-year high in wake of MMR scare - Daily Mail, UK

* ►November 28, 2008 - Measles cases surge to new high - Measles cases in England and Wales have topped 1,000 in a year for the first time in more than a decade, Health Protection Agency figures show. (includes video) - BBC

►November 28, 2008 - Q&A: Measles - Measles can cause very severe symptoms Cases of measles are rising, figures show, amid continuing poor uptake of the MMR vaccine. Catch-up campaigns to immunise schoolchildren are being carried out around the country in a bid to prevent an epidemic. - BBC

►November 28, 2008 - Fear of a measles epidemic: Autism theory to blame? - Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog

* ►November 28, 2008 - Swine flu: not common, but there - ScienceBlogs - "On December 7, 2005, a previously healthy 17-year-old boy with no history of recent travel became ill; symptoms were headache, rhinorrhea, low back pain, and cough without fever. He had received inactivated influenza vaccine administered intramuscularly on November 11, 2005. During an outpatient clinic visit on December 8, 2005, a nasal wash specimen was obtained and tested positive for influenza A by rapid influenza diagnostic test (BinaxNow A&B, Binax, Inc., Scarborough, ME, USA)."..."This is a case that would almost certainly have gone unreported without systematic surveillance and new diagnostic tools. Whether his relatively mild experience is related to his having just been vaccinated we don't know."

* ►November 28, 2008 - ImmuRx keys in on cancer vaccine - journal article (The Journal of New England Technology) - "The immune system is composed of an ancient line of “innate” defenses conserved from the distant past, and an “acquired” set of selective defenses that can generate billions of permutations to fight a pathogen. ImmuRx’s vaccine candidate is intended to activate both parts of the system."

* ►November 28, 2008 - How Vaccinations Work - Exploring Vaccines - "In order for vaccinations to be helpful and not harmful, we must know beforehand in each individual to be vaccinated whether the Th1 function or the Th2 function of the immune system predominates. In individuals in whom the Th1 function predominates, causing many acute inflammations because the cellular immune system is overreactive, a vaccination could have a balancing effect on the immune system and be helpful for that individual."

* ►November 28, 2008 - Why can't Johnny adapt? - The Globe And Mail - "A disturbing measure is the increasing number of children diagnosed with mental-health conditions characterized by rigid and self-harming attitudes and behaviours, such as bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, eating disorders and "conduct" disorders. Hundreds of thousands of American children under 12 are being prescribed heavy-duty antipsychotic medications to control behaviours deemed unacceptable and unmanageable."

* ►November 28, 2008 - Transform the FDA - Experts agree that the agency desperately needs new leadership and resources - Las Vegas Sun

►November 28, 2008 - England fears measles epidemic - The West Australian

* ►November 28, 2008 - Fate and effects of the drug Tamiflu in the environment - The research council FORMAS in Sweden has granted 574 000 euro to a new research project that will study the environmental fate and effects of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on the development on influenza resistance. - alphagalileo via innovations report

* ►November 28, 2008 - Indonesia to Drugmakers: Build Factories Here, Or Get Out - The Wall Street Journal

* ►November 28, 2008 - Lilly Withdraws Application for Additional U.S. Indication for Cymbalta(R) for Chronic Pain - Resubmission to FDA Planned for First Half of 2009 with Additional Data - Lilly Newsroom

* ►November 28, 2008 - How A Big Clinical Trial Made Little Difference - Pharmalot

►November 28, 2008 - Pills to prevent HIV? - Health24.com

* ►November 28, 2008 - HIV As Sole Cause Of AIDS Challanged - For almost a quarter-century the AIDS establishment has drummed into our heads that the HIV virus is the sole cause of AIDS, an epidemic that has already killed more than 25 million people worldwide since 1981. AIDS research is entirely consumed with the development and sale of expensive "anti-virals", which many can't afford. - PRWeb

►November 28, 2008 - McGarity: Court takes up pre-emption doctrine - The Austin American-Statesman

►November 28, 2008 - Nurses Need Better Protection From The Threat Of Catching Infectious Diseases Via Needles - Royal College of Nursing via Medical News Today

* ►November 28, 2008 - EU says drug makers blocked cheaper medicines - AP via University of Miami

►November 28, 2008 - New Clues to the Cause of Epilepsy - Nature Medicine via HealthNews

►November 28, 2008 - Warrior Moms and Autism Revisited - Autism Blog via http://autism.about.com

* ►November 28, 2008 - Daily News: Joint Commission Seeks Flu-Shot Program Examples - Nurse.com - "In 2007, The Joint Commission implemented a new standard requiring hospitals and long-term care facilities to offer immunizations to staff and practitioners. But 'Simply offering vaccination is not sufficient to increase immunization rates,' said Jerod M. Loeb, PhD, who oversees quality measurement and research for The Joint Commission. The publication it plans, funded in part by vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur, will cover the impact and prevalence of flu in the healthcare workplace, and promising practices and strategies to over barriers to healthcare staff immunization."

►November 28, 2008 - Predicting Flu outbreaks weeks before the CDC - Google search for flu symptoms becomes public health tool - Cape Cod Today

►November 28, 2008 - Flu Shots: Consider A Different Perspective - EVLiving.com

* ►November 28, 2008 - Clinic lacks funding for flu shots - Deseret News - "As with all costs in health care, the cost of flu vaccines have increased — doubled, actually — over a year ago. So the lack of financial support has twice the negative impact, Ainsworth said. At $7 to $10 per dose compared to $4.40 a year ago...."

►November 28, 2008 - Japan to Double Anti-Flu Drug Stockpile for Pandemic - Bloomberg

►November 28, 2008 - Parents of new babies should have whooping cough booster - OnMedica

►November 28, 2008 - UNICEF spends sh665m on Karamoja children - New Vision, Uganda

►November 28, 2008 - Chickenpox outbreak strikes Snohomish County school - Another suspected case of chickenpox would make 18 since October reported at Salem Woods Elementary School in Monroe. - AP via Seattle Times

►November 28, 2008 - Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada's National Biotechnology Champion, Speaks about the Value of Vaccines at Canadian Immunization Conference - press release - BIOTECanada via Business Wire via MarketWatch

* ►November 28, 2008 - Company Answers Call For Anthrax Vaccine - Investor's Business Daily - "In the past year alone, Emergent has signed two large contracts to deliver more than 33 million dosages of its vaccine over the next three years at almost $25 each. The price increases to about $27 per dose if the company can deliver vaccines with a four-year shelf life instead of the current three years."

* ►November 28, 2008 - Malda faces DPT vaccine crunch - The Statesman - "'I have heard from my seniors that the Central authorities had cancelled contract of some suppliers for DPT and other vaccines after detection of poor quality of vaccines supplied by them. The Central authorities, however, could not make any alternate arrangement to supply required vaccines to the states,' said Dr Roy."

* ►November 28, 2008 - New Meningitis Vaccine Found - Modern Ghana - "The new vaccine, Meningococcal 'A' Vaccine, yet to be introduced, is said to be more effective than the existing Polysaccharide vaccines introduced about two decades ago."

* ►November 28, 2008 - ImmuRx keys in on cancer vaccine - Mass High Tech

* ►November 28, 2008 - Sierra Leone: Minister Questions Credibility of HIV Results - Concord Times (Freetown) via AllAfrica.com

* ►November 28, 2008 - Trial of HIV vaccine 'a milestone for SA' - Clinical testing of the first HIV vaccine developed in Africa will start in the United States next week, the South African Aids Vaccine Initiative (Saavi) said on Friday.  - Mail & Guardian Online - "The trial, called Saavi 102/HVTN 073, will test two vaccines developed by the University of Cape Town (UCT) and jointly funded by Saavi and the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of the US National Institutes of Health."

* ►November 28, 2008 - Lawmakers in Papua, Indonesia Seek Microchip Monitoring for HIV Patients - eFluxMedia.com

►November 28, 2008 - UK funds for S Africa Aids fight - The UK is to give South Africa's new Health Minister Barbara Hogan £15m to help combat Aids in the country. (includes video) - BBC

►November 28, 2008 - German Innovation for HIV/AIDS Diagnostics has Been Used 2.5 Million Times in 2008 - "CyFlow" From Partec Expands Leadership in Developing and Emerging Countries - press release - Partec GmbH via PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►November 28, 2008 - Duke Gets $3M Gates Grant to Discover Genetic Roots of HIV Resistance in Hemophilia (requires registration) - GenomeWeb News

* ►November 28, 2008 - Pig virus concern for Solvay enzyme -FDA - Reuters - "U.S. health regulators are concerned about the risk of patients contracting viruses from pig glands used to make Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc's pancreatic enzyme product Creon, according to documents released on Friday."

* ►November 28, 2008 - Nigeria tests drug after deaths - All paracetamol-based drugs prescribed in Nigeria are being tested after the deaths of 29 children, who had taken contaminated medicine, officials say. - BBC

* ►November 28, 2008 - Small Melamine Amounts in Formula Are Safe, FDA Says - Bloomberg - "The industrial chemical melamine is safe in baby formula in small amounts, U.S. regulators said, revising their earlier recommendations."

►November 28, 2008 - Duke doctor mentioned for FDA post - Califf also heads up a project at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. - Charlotte Observer

►November 28, 2008 - Updated 3-Month FDA Decision Calendar - Motley Fool

►November 28, 2008 - The FDA's Killing Bug Killers - Motely Fool

►November 28, 2008 - Salmonella in ConAgra Pot Pies Sickened 401 - Newsinferno

* ►November 27, 2008 - FDA Hid Names of Melamine Contaminated Infant Formula Products from the Public - NaturalNews.com - "When the FDA discovered melamine in U.S. infant formula products, it made a conscious decision to withhold that information from the public. Instead, it called a teleconference with the infant formula manufacturers to warn them about its findings! The truth about the melamine only became public after the Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request, demanding the test results from the FDA. Absent that request, this whole issue would have continued to remain an FDA secret."

* ►November 27, 2008 - Health Canada tests find melamine in baby food (requires registration or subscription) - Globe and Mail

* ►November 27, 2008 - Flu vaccination rates low in high-risk teens - Reuters Health - "'The persistence of poor influenza vaccination rates demands a different approach to influenza vaccination for adolescents with high-risk conditions,' Nakamura and Lee conclude. 'Universal vaccination may be such a strategy, but issues must be addressed to make universal vaccination feasible.'"

* ►November 27, 2008 - The Minimal Impact of a Big Hypertension Study (requires registration) - The New York Times - "The surprising news made headlines in December 2002. Generic pills for high blood pressure, which had been in use since the 1950s and cost only pennies a day, worked better than newer drugs that were up to 20 times as expensive."

* ►November 27, 2008 - FDA Draws Fire Over Chemicals In Baby Formula (requires registration) - Washington Post

* ►November 27, 2008 - New York Water Supply Threatened By Mercury Found In Eagles - New York Times via The Huffington Post

►November 27, 2008 - Autism services lacking - Regina Leader-Post via Canada.com

►November 27, 2008 - Third-quarter jump for PharmAthene - Maryland Gazette via HometownGlenBurnie.com - "PharmAthene, an Annapolis-based biodefense firm, announced earlier this month that its revenue jumped to $10.7 million in the third quarter compared with $3.4 million for the same quarter last year. Company officials attributed the increase to U.S. government contracts for the development of its Protexia, SparVax and RyVax vaccines."

►November 27, 2008 - Whooping cough cases found in McHenry Co. - Cary Grove Countryside via Pioneer Press

* ►November 27, 2008 - The Brave New World of Vaccine Technology (includes video) - Prepared Citizens - "I have been asked to  trust in the ability of our scientists and researchers, our physicians, and other professionals. Time and time again my trust is shaken. The older that I get the more I realize that I should not be blindly trusting in such things. I simply urge extreme caution on the eve of a pandemic when people will want to grasp at any straw in order to save their life or the life of their child."

* ►November 27, 2008 - Phase I Clinical Trial To Test Combination Of Two HIV Vaccine Candidates Starts In London - The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the St. Stephen’s AIDS Trust at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital have initiated a Phase I clinical trial in London, UK to test a prime-boost combination of two HIV vaccine candidates. - International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, via AlphaGalileo via ScienceDaily

* ►November 27, 2008 - Rapidly fatal invasive pertussis in young infants—how can we change the outcome? - journal article (BMJ)

* ►November 27, 2008 - Terrorists could strike Britain by infecting country with bird flu - Terrorists could strike Britain by infecting the country with bird flu or Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a leading group of security experts has warned. - Telegraph, UK

►November 27, 2008 - Experimental TB drug explodes bacteria from the inside out - Research advance may lead to new ways to attack latent TB and other bacteria - NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases via EurekAlert!

* ►November 27, 2008 - Absence of evidence - Do drug firms suppress unfavourable information about new products? - The Economist

►November 27- 2008 - More hospitals embrace laughter therapy - AP via Newsday

* ►November 27, 2008 - Immune System Kick-Started in Moist Nasal Lining in Sinusitis, Asthma and Colds - Scientists at Johns Hopkins have outlined a new path for potential therapies to combat inflammation associated with sinusitis and asthma based on a new understanding of the body’s earliest immune response in the nose and sinus cavities. - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology via Bloodindex Times

* ►November 26, 2008 - Financial assistance sought for child with meningitis - Largo Leader via Tampa Bay Newspapers - "Tina said her daughter had all vaccinations but the strain of virus is a type the medical team treating the little girl has never seen before. So far the strain has no known origin. “We were told it is a new strain,” Tina said."

* ►November 26, 2008 - Immunizations at all-time low in local schools - South Whidbey Record Reporter via www.pnwlocalnews.com - "Records show that 99 students in the district are out of compliance, which means they haven’t received their shots or claimed exemptions, Workman said. More important, 19 percent of the primary school’s approximately 300 students are in that group, not counting an additional 10 percent whose families have claimed exemptions. “State regulations have changed several times in the past few years,” Workman said. “It’s more and more difficult to keep up.”

* ►November 26, 2008 - Ailing FDA May Need a Major Overhaul, Officials and Groups Say - The Washington Post - "FDA is close to being at a tipping point -- the agency is hanging on by its fingertips in protecting us," said William K. Hubbard, who worked for the agency for 27 years. "If something is not done, they could become a failed institution, and no one wants that. The FDA is not only important to protecting the public health but also to the industries it regulates."

►November 26, 2008 - Are You One Of The 260 Million Americans Who Needs Flu Vaccine? American College Of Physicians - Medical News Today

* ►November 26, 2008 - New Research Provides Insight Into 'Face Blindness' - Carnegie Mellon University via Medical News Today

* ►November 26, 2008 - Update: New report says which formulas tested positive for melamine - WalletPop Blog - "The report doesn't give information on which baby formula tested positive, or which manufacturers are involved. It also doesn't give out any recall information or call to action for parents, as the government determined the level of melamine was not dangerous."

* ►November 26, 2008 - Research Reveals Mechanism Linking Serotonin with Regulation of Food Intake - Cell Press via Biocompare

* ►November 26, 2008 - Is the Effect of Prenatal Paracetamol Exposure on Wheezing in Preschool Children Modified by Asthma in the Mother? - journal article (International Archives of Allergy and Immunology) - "The frequent usage of paracetamol during pregnancy is associated with the prevalence of wheezing in offspring during preschool years. Asthma in the mother might modify this association."

* ►November 26, 2008 - Household Exposure To Toxic Chemicals Lurks Unrecognized, Researchers Find - Although Americans are becoming increasingly aware of toxic chemical exposure from everyday household products like bisphenol A in some baby bottles and lead in some toys, women do not readily connect typical household products with personal chemical exposure and related adverse health effects, according to research from the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Brown University sociologist Phil Brown is a co-author of the study. - Brown University via ScienceDaily

* ►November 26, 2008 - Two Antidepressants Taken During Pregnancy Linked To Heart Anomalies In Babies - Women who took the antidepressant fluoxetine during the first three months of pregnancy gave birth to four times as many babies with heart problems as women who did not and the levels were three times higher in women taking paroxetine. - British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology via ScienceDaily

►November 26, 2008 - Communication Between Parents and Children About Inherited Genetic Conditions - Parents need more support to communicate developmentally appropriate information about genetic conditions to their children. - journal article (Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine)

►November 26, 2008 - Coping with Lyme disease - Local victims hope to warn others to take precautions - The Foxboro Reporter

►November 26, 2008 - Feed a cold, feed a fever: Research shows calorie cut makes it harder to fight flu - Michigan State University via EurekAlert!

►November 26, 2008 - Doctors given advice to guide sick youngsters to adulthood - The Scotsman

* ►November 26, 2008 - Interest of ImmunoCAP System to Recombinant omega-5 Gliadin for the Diagnosis of Exercise-Induced Wheat Allergy - journal article (International Archives of Allergy and Immunology)

►November 26, 2008 - Submitting to the Science of Prevention - The Wall Street Journal

►November 26, 2008 - XDR-TB in the U.S. - journal article (Journal Watch Infectious Diseases)

►November 26, 2008 - Bone formation goes with the gut, study finds - Cell Press via EurekAlert!

* ►November 26, 2008 - Mitochondrial Disease in Autism Spectrum Disorder Patients: A Cohort Analysis - journal article (PLos ONE)

* ►November 26, 2008 - So worth it - Local mom takes proactive steps to combat son's autism - Mas Magazine - "Like many children with autism, Manny’s symptoms came about slowly. Following his first birthday, Manny stopped responding to his name. He gradually lost eye contact, repeatedly spun objects and his language development was considered unprogressive....'I believe that our son, unfortunately, had a weakened immune system due to the antibiotics, food sensitivities and environmental toxins that we were completely unaware of at the time,' she said. 'Thus, when our son received vaccinations, his immune system was not strong enough to handle them.'"

►November 26, 2008 - In Transition: FDA Administrator (requires registration) - Washington Post

►November 26, 2008 - Remember your public health officials this week - letter - Chadron Record

►November 26, 2008 - Universal Testing, Prompt Treatment Could Slash HIV - Computer model suggests the strategy would lower infections by 95% within a decade - U.S. News & World Report

►November 26, 2008 - An end to the AIDS epidemic? Study provides new reason for hope - New York Daily News

►November 26, 2008 - AIDS Research Group Reports Significant Viral Load Drop in HIV/AIDS Infected Study Groups - press release - AIDS Research and Assistance Institute via PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

* ►November 25, 2008 - FDA to study phone number to report side effects - AP via FindLaw - "The regulatory agency is considering requiring TV promotions to carry a toll-free number where patients can report serious problems with their medication."

►November 25, 2008 - Americans Are Sicker Than They Think, C.D.C. Finds (requires registration) - The New York Times

►November 25, 2008 - New Cancer Cases Fall in U.S. Following Trend of Disease Deaths - Bloomberg

►November 25, 2008 - Study: Too Much Mercury In Catskill Region Bald Eagle Chicks, Adults - All Headline News

* ►November 25, 2008 - Mercury at day care prompts bill to allow prosecutions - The Philadelphia Inquirer - "More than two years after state officials shut down a day-care center operating inside a former thermometer factory, a state senator yesterday introduced a bill to allow prosecution of anyone who intentionally or recklessly causes others to be exposed to health-threatening pollutants."

* ►November 25, 2008 - CVS Caremark Presents Influenza Vaccine Data at Rescheduled 2008 DMAA Annual Meeting - CVS Caremark via RT Magazine - "The CVS Caremark study monitored the impact of influenza vaccination on subsequent hospitalization rates for all participants. Results indicated that for chronic disease patients who received the influenza vaccine there was a 19% reduction in hospitalization for all causes and a 24% reduction in flu and pneumonia-related hospitalizations."

* ►November 25, 2008 - Mother Sees Changes After Son's Experimental Treatment in China - UNMC Stem Cell Researcher Remains Skeptical - KETV Omaha - "A Falls City, Neb., couple recently traveled to China in September to get their son an experimental treatment not available in the U.S. Amanda and Robbie Sipple's son, Kasen, was born blind and autistic. His daily life is dominated by anger and isolation. His parents said they would do anything to improve his conditions. They heard about a treatment performed by Chinese doctors that hasn't been approved for human testing in the U.S. The treatment is a stem-cell procedure designed to nourish and replenish undeveloped neurons in Kasen's brain with blood taken from an umbilical cord."

* ►November 25, 2008 - Reporting of clinical trials: a review of research funders' guidelines (pdf) - journal article (Trials)

►November 25, 2008 - Six people in McLennan County being treated for rabies - The Waco Tribune-Herald

* ►November 25, 2008 - Girl Scouts Reject Girl With Autism (includes video) - Special-Needs Troop Claims 8-Year-Old Was a 'Danger' to Others - ABC News

►November 25, 2008 - Uganda national's medical hospitalization for parkinson’s disease treatment at Bangalore in India. - It was the devoted medical care and hard work of the Indian surgeon and his medical staff that enabled Jawanza to get recovery from Parkinson's disease. - PRLog

* ►November 25, 2008 - Americans Are Sicker Than They Think, C.D.C. Finds (requires registration) - The New York Times

►November 25, 2008 - Medical Tourism - TIME Magazine

►November 25, 2008 - Trading regulations and health foods - journal article (BMJ)

* ►November 24, 2008 - Doctors should receive compulsory training on human error, MPs told - journal article (BMJ)

* ►November 24, 2008 - Bald Eagles in Catskills Show Increasing Mercury (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►November 24, 2008 - Drug use in children: cohort study in three European countries - journal article (BMJ)

►November 24, 2008 - Escherichia Coli Bacteria Transferring Between Humans and Mountain Gorillas - Mismanagement of antibiotics in shared habitat to blame - Wiley-Blackwell via Biocompare

►November 24, 2008 - Scientists Build ‘Roach Motel’ for Nasty Bugs of the Bacterial Variety - The vacancy sign is on, but the lowlifes who check in never check out. - University of Florida via Biocompare

►November 24, 2008 - 21st Century Plague? Rat Fleas Spread Heart-damaging Bacteria - Bacteria that can cause serious heart disease in humans are being spread by rat fleas, sparking concern that the infections could become a bigger problem in humans. Research published in the December issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology suggests that brown rats, the biggest and most common rats in Europe, may now be carrying the bacteria. - Society for General Microbiology, via AlphaGalileo via ScienceDaily

►November 24, 2008 - CDC: Better Tracking of Hib Needed - InjuryBoard.com

►November 21, 2008 - Wyeth Names Kamarck to Run Factories - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

►November 21, 2008 - Scientists Discover New Species Of Ebola Virus - Public Library of Science via Biocompare

* ►November 21, 2008 - Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid and cerebrospinal fluid cells from patients with multiple sclerosis for detection of JC virus DNA - journal article (Multiple Sclerosis)

* ►November 21, 2008 - Higher levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are associated with a lower incidence of multiple sclerosis only in women - journal article (Multiple Sclerosis)

►November 19, 2008 - Impact of anesthetic agents on cerebrovascular physiology in children - journal article (Pediatric Anesthesia)

►November 15, 2008 - B cell-targeted therapy with rituximab and autoimmune neuromuscular disorders - journal article (Journal of Neuroimmunology)

* ►November 1, 2008 - Long-Term Persistence of Vaccine-Induced HIV Seropositivity among Healthy Volunteers - journal article (AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses)

* ►November 2008 - The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Current Status - Vaccinating girls early in adolescence against human papillomavirus is generating a heated controversy that is likely to continue for years to come. While confronting parents’ fears and prejudices, it is essential for health care professionals to keep in mind exactly what these vaccines can—and cannot—do. - The Female Patient

* ►November 2008 - Action on Immunisation. No data, no action - journal article (Archives of Diseases in Childhood)

* ►November 2008 - Immunological Efficacy of a Three-Dose Schedule of Hepatitis A Vaccine in HIV-Infected Adults: HEPAVAC Study. - journal article (Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes)

* ►November 2008 - Low levels of awareness, vaccine coverage, and the need for boosters among health care workers in tertiary care hospitals in India - journal article (Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

►November 2008 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) - BC Health Files

►November 2008 - Safe Sleeping for Babies - BC Health Files

►November 2008 - Feature Battling Bad Behavior (requires registration) - How do you convince people to do what's in their best interest? - The Scientist

* ►October 30, 2008 - Increasing incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in inflammatory bowel disease - journal article (Journal of Crohn's & Colitis)

►October 2008 - Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria associated with neurological disorders. - journal article (The Journal of Dermatology)

* ►Volume 23 Number 6, 2008 - Outpatient Nutrition Management of the Neurologically Impaired Child - journal article (Nutrition in Clinical Practice)

►8th Canadian Immunization Conference - Public Health Agency of Canada - "We invite you to attend the 8th Canadian Immunization Conference to be held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, November 30 to December 3, 2008."

►Compelling arguments against mammography screening..... - www.susunweed.com