Picks of the Day May 9, 2010


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* June 2010 - Effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines for prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis-associated hospitalizations in Israel: A case-control study. - journal article (Human Vaccines)

* June 2010 - Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Results from the Autism Treatment Network - journal article (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)

* June 2010 - Variety is Not the Spice of Life for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Frequency Ratings of Central, Variable and Inappropriate Aspects of Common Real-life Events - journal article (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)

* June 2010 - mRNA and Protein Levels for GABAAα4, α5, β1 and GABABR1 Receptors are Altered in Brains from Subjects with Autism - journal article (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)

* June 2010 - Predicting Friendship Quality in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typical Development - journal article (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)

* May 10, 2010 - Blumenthal's Lyme Smackdown - Contact.com

* May 10, 2010 - Cancer linked to our food - AN alarming US cancer report calls for the removal of toxins from food and water, warning the risk from chemicals and pesticides had been hugely underestimated. - Herald Sun, AU

* May 9, 2010 - Autism coverage bill advances - AP via Times Argus

* May 9, 2010 - It's not apples to apples Costs per pupil dependent on many factors - The-Daily-Record - "Students may even require services to be delivered in a different school or location; and even though students may attend a special school for the blind or autistic, costs still come back to the district, Tefs said. A student attending the Learners School for Autism could incur tuition of $30,000-$70,000 a year, he said, clarifying Wooster additionally provides its own autism unit and autism services."

* May 9, 2010 - Family Matters: Asperger's doesn't make one more prone to violence - Eagle-Tribune

* May 9, 2010 - Ugly Truth About the American Cancer Society - American Cancer Society argues new findings, that dangers from environmental toxins are greatly underestimated. - Salem-News.com - "The jig is up on the real danger of contracting cancer from environmental contamination; it is as real as the struggle of every servicemember in the nation who has fought this deadly affliction. The same as every mother, father, son and daughter."

* May 9, 2010 - Judge Mental By Cathy Jameson - Age of Autism

* May 9, 2010 - Just What Does It Take To Get The Wretched David Southall Struck Off? - Daily Mail via The One Click Group

* May 9, 2010 - Killer Doctor Cleared By General Medical Council - Shropshire Star via The One Click Group

* May 9, 2010 - Teva plans appeal of hepatitis verdict - Jury awarded man $356 million in lawsuit - Las Vegas Review-Journal

* May 9, 2010 - Exposure To Flood Water Does Not Carry Risk Of Tetanus - No Immediate Need to Get Tetanus Shot Before Recovery Work Begins - Clarksville Online

May 9, 2010 - Ideas for modern living: uncertainty - Neither religion nor science has all the answers. Step forward… intellectual humility - The Observer via The Guardian, UK

* May 8, 2010 - A Candidate H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Elicits Protective Immunity in Mice - PLoS One via Elites TV

* May 8, 2010 - Good News At Codex This Week - National Health Federation via The One Click Group

* May 8, 2010 - Too Many Jumped On Swine Flu Hoax Bandwagon - letter - The Intelligencer via The One Click Group

* May 8, 2010 - How many H1N1 doses are being wasted? - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* May 8, 2010 - Anti-psychiatry conference aims to bring about end of psychiatry (includes video) - Digital Journal - "PSYCHout is a global conference being held in Toronto on May 8th and 9th, ...  There are 55 presenters and four keynote speakers. The one presenter making a splash in conventional media is David Carmichael. Carmichael's presentation is titled 'Taking our health back from big pharma controlled governments.' Carmichael is known in Canada for having murdered his 11 year old son in 2004, while under the influence of Paxil, prescribed to him by his doctor to treat depression. Carmichael experienced psychotic breaks as a result of the drug, during one of which he had killed his son. Carmichael was found to not be criminally responsible."

* May 8, 2010 - New Alarm Bells Re: Chemicals & Cancer - Alliance for Human Research Protection

* May 8, 2010 - Our toxic bodies: Historian’s book explores chemicals’ health effects - The Capital Times via Madison.com - “Toxic Bodies: Hormone Disruptors and the Legacy of DES” by Nancy Langston"

* May 7, 2010 - Benefits of Contaminated Rotavirus Vaccine Outweigh Risks, Says FDA Panel (requires registration) - FDA via Medscape Medical News

* May 7, 2010 - Africa: Cattle Disease Vaccine Launched 30 Years After Invention - SciDev.Net via allAfrica.com

* May 7, 2010 - Emergent BioSolutions Hosts Biopreparedness Forum for Members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly - Emergent via BusinessWire

* May 7, 2010 - DA Rice Urges Emergency Responders to Train Members on Symptoms of Autism - Developmental Disorder Affects Communication; Could Impede Rescue Operations - Hicksville Illustrated News via Antonnews.com

* May 7, 2010 - Mum says flu vaccine made son seriously ill - A Darwin woman has told of her week of trauma after her young son contracted a blood disease after being vaccinated for swine flu. - Northern Territory News, Australia - "After tests at Royal Darwin Hospital could not diagnose the illness, Jayke was flown to Melbourne. Doctors said it could be leukaemia, or even HIV, but could not find the cause. ... Ms de Vries suspects it may have been an interaction with an earlier exposure to glandular fever or parvovirus but doctors were unable to give her an answer. Ms de Vries said the experience meant she would not let her children get vaccinated any more. 'I don't believe we know the whole story on the side effects, and do the side effects for some people outweigh the good for everyone?' she said. 'I'll never know (for sure) if it was the vaccine. But I'll never take the chance.'"

* May 7, 2010 - CDC Finds Rotavirus Vaccine Coverage Is Increasing - But 72 percent rate is still lower than that for DTaP and PCV7 vaccines - HealthDay via ModernMedicine

* May 7, 2010 - Recall of RotaTeq vaccine - HKSAR Government via 7thSpace Interactive - "Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Department of Health (DH) has today (May 7) ordered a recall from the shelves, hospitals and doctors of a registered rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq, on quality grounds."

* May 7, 2010 - Health Canada warns of possible contaminant in rotavirus vaccine - CanWest News Service via Vancouver Sun - "Health Canada said it's working closely with the manufacturers, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck Frosst, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization to 'facilitate an international response to this issue.'"

* May 7, 2010 - Cancer Vaccines: Part III - Vaccinating with Embryonic Tissues - Santa Barbara Independent

* May 6, 2010 - New Atherosclerosis Vaccine Gives Promising Results - A new study by researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows that the immune defence's T cells can attack the 'bad' LDL cholesterol and thereby cause an inflammation that leads to atherosclerosis. By producing a vaccine against the T cell receptors, the researchers have managed to inhibit the development of atherosclerosis in animals. - Karolinska Institutet via ScienceDaily

* May 6, 2010 - West Nile horse vaccine recalled just as Michigan's vaccination season begins - Kalamazoo Gazette via MLive.com

* May 6, 2010 - Childhood vaccination concerns becoming more common (includes video) - WKBT.com

* May 5, 2010 - A Candidate H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Elicits Protective Immunity in Mice - journal article (PLoS One)

* May 4, 2010 - Sen. Grassley Wonders What Will Happen To Swine Flu Vaccine - Shots Blog via NPR

* May 3, 2010 - UT study: No proof that eliminating gluten, casein from diets of autistic children is effective - "The diet doesn't have anything to do with autism," researcher says. - Austin American-Statesman

* May 3, 2010 - Retinal Findings Differ Between Abusive and Accidental Head Trauma in Children (requires registration) - American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus via Medscape Medical News

* Volume 3, 2010 - Designing the Optimal Vaccine: the Importance of Cytokines and Dendritic Cells - journal article (The Open Vaccine Journal)   

* Volume 3, 2010 - Rotavirus Hospital Surveillance in the Era of Immunization - journal article (The Open Vaccine Journal)   

* Volume 3, 2010 - Assessing the Environment for Introduction of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in India - journal article (The Open Vaccine Journal)