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* ►May 4, 2010 - New lab to keep control of drugs - Medical scientists will be able to keep greater control of breakthrough drugs such as Ian Frazer's cervical cancer vaccine, rather than having to sign away the rights to pharmaceutical companies early in the development process. - The Australian

* ►May 3, 2010 - Multiple vaccines overloading infant's immune systems? by Hilary Butler - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity - "'Not possible!' said Dr Paul Offit who believes that the medical profession can happily inject babies with up to 100,000 vaccines at any one time, and the baby's immune system will be just fine. This 'dogma' is repeated by all and sundry, including GP's, IMAC and many other medics on autopilot. The theoretical 'mathematical model' Dr Offit touted, has just taken it's second 'hit' in two years."

* ►May 3, 2010 - DNA referees - Scientists are just beginning to understand the effect lifestyle choices and other environmental factors have on altering gene behavior, a rapidly emerging field called epigenetics. - Los Angeles times - "'The thing I love about epigenetics is that you have the potential to alter your destiny,' says Randy Jirtle, who studies epigenetics at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C."

* ►May 3, 2010 - Can you master your own epigenetics? - Some authors say so. Epigenetics researchers say it’s probably too early to be certain. - Los Angeles Times - "It's true that diet or medication might change patterns of gene activity, says Dana Dolinoy, a toxicologist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor. But, she notes, those changes could be good or bad, and it's too soon to make broad recommendations on such a young science. She also notes that so far most epigenetics research has been conducted in mice. 'What's good for a mouse may not be good for me,' Dolinoy says."

* ►May 3, 2010 - ‘Why we resorted to DNA test for Pfizer victims’ - Daily Sun - "The Board of Trustees of Meningitis Trust Fund in Kano has explained why it resorted to the use of a DNA as a means to ascertain the veracity of the claims of the applicants who have filed up as victims of the Trovan Clinical Trial as a result of the 1996 meningitis epidemic in the state. The board, which was set up in the wake of the out-of- court settlement between the Kano State Government and the multinational pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, is to implement the agreement and ensure payment of the money to the qualified victims."

* ►May 3, 2010 - Please call NY Senators today for autism health insurance reform - Your calls make a difference - Autism Action Network

* ►May 3, 2010 - Nicotine vaccine shows promise: WFU looks into why addiction levels vary - Winston-Salem Journal

* ►May 3, 2010 - Suit: HPV Vaccine Injured Teen - Albuquerque Journal via PharmaLive - "A vaccine intended to protect women from cervical cancer severely injured an Albuquerque girl who received the three-shot series in 2007 and 2008, a federal lawsuit contends. The lawsuit, filed last month, alleges the 16-year-old girl was diagnosed with a seizure disorder, encephalitis and other health problems after she received Gardasil injections beginning at age 13. 'She was a normal 13-year-old, a normal kid,' the girl’s mother, Tracy Wolf, said in an interview. 'Now she’s like an unruly toddler.' Alexis has run away on occasion and has uncontrolled fits of anger, her mother said."

* ►May 3, 2010 - 'Holy grail' of cancer vaccines one step closer - New Zealand Herald - "Wellington's Malaghan Institute of Medical Research director, Professor Graham Le Gros, said today New Zealand's own research into cancer vaccines had got 'tantalisingly close' to achieving its promises. A vaccine for a brain tumour was halfway through a trial, while a vaccine for melanoma had been developed and was awaiting trial, Professor Le Gros said."

* ►May 3, 2010 - The First Cancer Vaccine - The Science Business Blog via Forbes - "One disappointing part of the recent news is the price: Dendreon announced that it will charge $93,000 per patient. That’s an awful lot of money, and it’s not clear yet if insurance will cover this. No doubt desperate patients will be glad to pay for the few extra months of life. In fact, Dendreon said that its price is based on the assumption that people will pay $23,000 per extra month of life, based on the cost of other cancer drugs. We can only hope the price will drop dramatically as the company improves its manufacturing process, but (unfortunately) lower production costs don’t always get passed on to patients."

* ►May 3, 2010 - Emergent BioSolutions to Participate on Vaccine Panel at BIO International Convention 2010 - press release - Emergent BioSolutions Inc. via Business Wire via MarketWatch - "The scientific session, part of the Innovations in Vaccines track, will explore new vaccine technologies and describe new vaccine candidates in development and their potential impact on global health. Other companies expected to present include Merck, Sanofi Pasteur, Vical, and Syntiron."

* ►May 3, 2010 - BioSante Pharmaceuticals Announces Reinitiation of Prostate Cancer Vaccine Development - press release - BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. via Business Wire via MarketWatch

* ►May 3, 2010 - Vaccination team held hostage by man in pain - Saudi Gazette

* ►May 3, 2010 - No adverse reactions - Sunraysia Daily, AU - "Chief executive officer Dr Lydia Senior, said yesterday that none of the division’s practices had reported children developing a fever, high temperature and going into convulsions after a flu jab with the this year’s vaccine."

* ►May 3, 2010 - A little knowledge: How research scientists were caught out by swine flu - Why was the swine flu pandemic so much milder than expected? The truth is that research scientists were caught out by this mysterious virus, writes Jeremy Laurance - The Independent, UK

* ►May 3, 2010 - Poor response to H1N1 jabs - Malaysia Star - "The poor response to the free Influenza A(H1N1) vaccine jabs is likely due to the people’s worry about the possible side effects."

* ►May 3, 2010 - Swine flu vaccines going to waste - New research suggests a large percentage of the free swine flu vaccine is being thrown away. - www.abc.net.au - "Researchers from Sydney University and from within the New South Wales Health Department surveyed 300 general practices in Sydney's south-west. The survey showed 42 per cent of the overall doses were thrown away. The letter goes on to say that if similar wastage occurred nationally, more than 7.5 million of the 19 million doses available could be wasted."

* ►May 3, 2010 - Almost half of swine flu vaccine wasted - A study has confirmed vast wastage of the pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine, distributed free in general practice last year by the government. - 6minutes.com.au

* ►May 3, 2010 - Comprehensive analysis of the global vaccines market - Bharatbook added a new report on "Global Vaccines Market 2010-2025" which gives a detailed analysis of the human vaccines market, predicting how and why it will expand in coming years. - Global Vaccines Market 2010-2025 Clinical needs driving technological progress and commercial growth - Bharat Book Bureau via PR Minds

* ►May 3, 2010 - Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D. Of Autism Speaks Appointed To NIH Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee - Autism Speaks via Medical News Today

* ►May 3, 2010 - Health plan gains bring higher pay packages for CEOs - Company statements with the SEC reveal only two insurance executives saw declines in compensation. - www.ama-assn.org

* ►May 3, 2010 - Parents of Autistic Children Turning to Alternative Treatments - HealthDay News via MentalHelp.net

* ►May 3, 2010 - U.S. to review safety of cough medicine ingredient - Health regulators are concerned about the potential for people to abuse a key ingredient in many cough suppressant medications, calling for a public meeting in September to weigh the issue. - Reuters

* ►May 3, 2010 - AstraZeneca PR Man, Bloggers And Hacking - Pharmalot

* ►May 3, 2010 - The World’s Biggest-Selling Drug In 2016 Will Be… - Pharmalot

* ►May 3, 2010 - US Trade Rep Criticized For Medicines Policy - Pharmalot

* ►May 3, 2010 - Glaxo Tells Journal Editors To Censor Steve Nissen - Pharmalot

* ►May 3, 2010 - Is Merck Engaged? - The Huffington Post - "But here's where I differ with Merck Engage. On a site that is so comprehensive, so compellingly simple in its explanations of how easy it is to adopt a healthy lifestyle, there is nothing about prevention of disease...the key element in living healthfully. Now I know they are a pharmaceutical giant and their bread and butter is based on treating illness with drugs, but on a website so clearly designed for living healthy, active lives, the omission of prevention is glaring and the biggest reminder that you are, in fact, on a website designed by a pharmaceutical giant. Once you are in need of their medications, then they are happy to help you deal with it, but prevention? As Jon Stewart says, "not so much."

* ►May 3, 2010 - These detectives solve medical mysteries - book review - The Boston Globe - "For example, in the quest to find vaccines for hepatitis A and B — which can be fatal or lead to chronic liver disease and cirrhosis — both the viruses and the experimental vaccines were injected into “mentally disabled’’ children at the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island during the 1950s, all of whom lacked the ability to give informed consent or assent to participate. Another example provided is the response of the authorities to reports of cases of paralytic polio that occurred in some people following their inoculation with the polio vaccine in 1955, which was being given to prevent this. While the cases were ultimately traced back to a faulty batch made by one manufacturer, [Alexander] Langmuir suppressed this information, fearing lawsuits and a public backlash against a mass vaccination campaign that was meeting severe resistance from various groups, including the American Medical Association, which viewed it as socialized medicine."

* ►May 3, 2010 - HPV vaccine being offered in schools - Fond du Lac Reporter - "Julie Roloff, a parent of a Lakeshore Elementary School student, said she has concerns about the safety of the vaccine, including an ingredient that is known to cause infertility. Roloff opted not to give her child the vaccine. 'I think 95 percent of the people have no idea what is in Gardasil or what the potential side effects are,' she said."

* ►May 3, 2010 - Restraint and Seclusion in Special Education By Adriana Gamondes - Age of Autism

* ►May 3, 2010 - Autism Disorders and Intellectual Disability: Claim that 75-80% of Persons with Autistic Disorder are Intellectually Disabled is Based on Credible Authorities - Facing Autism in New Brunswick

* ►May 3, 2010 - FDA Rejects Request to Remove Tobacco Panelists - Last month, Philip Morris had asked the agency to kick four members off the panel because of conflicts of interest.- NACS Online

* ►May 2, 2010 - Dr. Proffit (Offit) and his rotavirus vaccine. Will this Doctor Hurt your Baby? - Fighting Autism and Winning! via Chicago Now

* ►May 2, 2010 - Parents in Surat claim polio drops killed infant - TopNews

* ►May 2, 2010 - Parents not a reliable source for determining children’s vaccination status - Parents’ inability to recall children’s immunization history resulted in underreporting of vaccination status, significant net reporting biases and high numbers of false-negative and false-positive reports, according to a presenter at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. - Pediatric SuperSite

* ►May 2, 2010 - Bioject Announces Results Of Intradermal Dose Sparing Influenza Study Conducted By The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention - Bioject Medical Technologies via Medical News Today

* ►May 2, 2010 - Book review: The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic - Daily Kos

* ►May 2, 2010 - Families Threaten Lawsuit Over Care For Autistic Children - Parents In Windward School District Claim Noncompliance - KITV 4 News

* ►May 2, 2010 - Vitamin E Effective For "Silent" Liver Disease - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center via Medical News Today

* ►May 2, 2010 - PAS: Pandemic Claimed 317 US Kids - Pediatric Academic Societies via MedPage Today - "'The take-home message is vaccinate,' ... 'The vaccine is safe and there's definitely a risk of death.'"

* ►May 2, 2010 - Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory (BL4) March to Irrelevance/ HuffPo - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* ►May 2, 2010 - From Bonnie's Files: World Groups and Vaccination - New Yorkers for Vaccination Information and Choice

* ►May 1, 2010 - Children's vaccine fits remain mystery - The Age

* ►May 1, 2010 - Bangladesh world leader in lifesaving diarrhea remedy; millions continue to die globally - A pinch of salt. A fistful of sugar. A half liter of water. - AP via FOX News

* ►May 1, 2010 - Sompting mum raising meningitis awareness - Worthing Herald, UK - "Jodie, who works at Southdown Squirrels Day Nursery, in Squadron Drive, Worthing, said she wants to raise awareness of meningitis as she thought her at 13-month-old daughter was protected because she had been given the vaccine for the C strain of meningitis. 'I thought I had done everything right, she had all of her jabs and I thought she was safe,' said Jodie, of West Street, Sompting."

* ►May 1, 2010 - Vitamin D reduced pregnancy risks - Mothers who took high doses of vitamin D during pregnancy experienced lower preterm labor, preterm birth and infection rates compared with mothers who did not, according to a speaker at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. - Pediatric SuperSite

* ►May 2010 - Formaldehyde-releasers: relationship to formaldehyde contact allergy. Formaldehyde-releasers in clothes: durable press chemical finishes. Part 1 - journal article (Contact Dermatitis)

* ►May 2010 - Children with frequent infections: A proposal for a stepwise assessment and investigation of the immune system - journal article (Pediatric Allergy and Immunology)

* ►April 30, 2010 - Nonpharmaceutical Interventions may Limit Transmission of Pandemic Flu (requires registration) - American Journal of Infection Control via Medscape Medical News

* ►April 30, 2010 - Oslo court backs Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health in PD vaccine patent row - fishnewseu.com

* ►April 30, 2010 - Whose Fault is Autism? A Historical View of Placing Blame - Can history explain the vaccine theory of autism? - Child Myths Blog via Psychology Today

* ►April 30, 2010 - Moms Share Their Personal Autism Stories - Toddler on the Stir by CafeMom

* ►April 30, 2010 - Teacher, Aide Charged In Restraining Boy With Autism - Police: Boy Strapped Down, Left On Floor (includes video) - WRTV Indianapolis

* ►April 29, 2010 - SickKids Wins $8.8M Grant for Autism Genomics - GenomeWeb Daily News

* ►April 29, 2010 - Promise Seen in Drug for Retardation Syndrome (requires registration) - The New York Times - "The Novartis trial results were not published or peer reviewed, and for commercial reasons Dr. Fishman refused to divulge many details. Dr. Luca Santarelli, head of neuroscience at Roche, confirmed that Roche is in the midst of testing a similar medicine in fragile X patients at four sites in the United States."

* ►April 29, 2010 - Mom: Son With Autism Tied Up By Teacher's Aide - IPS Policy, Indiana Law Allows Children To Be Restrained (includes video) - WRTV Indianapolis

* ►April 28, 2010 - CDC Commentary: Screening for Autism and Developmental Delays -- Learn the Signs (requires registration) (includes video) - Medscape Pediatrics

* ►April 27, 2010 - Chief doctor Prof Jim Bishop defends flu jabs for kids - Australia's chief medical officer has defended the safety record of flu vaccinations as he struggles to determine how many children have suffered bad reactions. - Herald Sun

* ►April 24, 2010 - Cross-Contamination of Foods and Implications for Food Allergic Patients - journal article (Current Allergy and Asthma Reports)

* ►April 21, 2010 - Folate and methionine metabolism in autism: a systematic review. - journal article (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition) - "The review concluded that further research is required with appropriately standardized and adequately powered study designs before any definitive conclusions can be made about the role for a dysfunctional folate-methionine pathway in the etiology of autism. There is also a need to determine whether functional benefits occur when correcting apparent deficits in folate-methionine metabolism in children with autism."

* ►April 20, 2010 - Trends in the consumption of antidepressants in Castilla y León (Spain). Association between suicide rates and antidepressant drug consumption - journal article (Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety)

* ►April 19, 2010 - Microbiota in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease - journal article (The Journal of Pediatrics)

* ►Volume 2 Issue 1, 2010 - A Patient Safety Issue: Mandatory Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers - journal article (Procedia in Vaccinology)

* ►March 26, 2010 - Guest Blogger: Novella Gets it Wrong...Big Surprise - My Socrates Note

* ►March 13, 2010 - Monsanto's Global Pollution Legacy - SourceWatch