Hypochondria - An Ignorance-Based Medical Weapon of  Mass Devastation Used Against Large numbers of  Patients with symptoms not easy to diagnose (requires subscription) - by Nicholas Regush - www.redflagsdaily.com 

December 7, 2003 - Revealed: how drug firms 'hoodwink' medical journals - Pharmaceutical giants hire ghostwriters to produce articles - then put doctors' names on them - The Guardian, UK - "Hundreds of articles in medical journals claiming to be written by academics or doctors have been penned by ghostwriters in the pay of drug companies, an Observer inquiry reveals...The journals, bibles of the profession, have huge influence on which drugs doctors prescribe and the treatment hospitals provide. But The Observer has uncovered evidence that many articles written by so-called independent academics may have been penned by writers working for agencies which receive huge sums from drug companies to plug their products."

December 4, 2003 - Doctors given osteoporosis warning - The Herald, UK - "Doctors were yesterday warned by government health advisers to stop using hormone replacement therapy as their first choice of treatment to prevent women suffering osteoporosis."

December 7, 2003 - Stealth Merger: Drug Companies and Government Medical Research Some of the National Institutes of Health's top scientists are also collecting paychecks and stock options from biomedical firms. Increasingly, such deals are kept secret. (requires registration) - The Los Angeles Times - BLOCKBUSTER ARTICLE!

December 4, 2003 - Whooping cough on rise, parents warned - Asbury Park Press - "'But I'd say about 99.9 percent of school-age children have their shots,' Meddis said. 'Some of these kids who have been affected have been immunized four times or more in their lives, but not every vaccine is 100 percent effective, and sometimes the protection wanes over time.'"

December 6, 2003 - With Flu Cases Spreading, Demand for Vaccine Grows - The New York Times (registration and/or subscription required) - "With influenza cases surging in at least 10 states, vaccine makers said yesterday that they had shipped out their entire supplies, and health officials said they were trying to determine whether there was enough vaccine left to immunize people who still want flu shots. More vaccine cannot be made in time for this year's flu season."

December 3, 2003 - U.S. Proposes Easing Rules on Emissions of Mercury - The New York Times (registration and/or subscription required) - "The Bush administration is proposing that mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants should not be regulated in the same way as some of the most toxic air pollutants, reversing a stance on air pollution control taken by the Clinton administration in 2000...The administration proposal would make legally mandated mercury regulation fall under a less stringent section of the Clean Air Act that governs pollutants like those that cause smog and acid rain, which are not as toxic to humans. The administration says this would be a more efficient and faster way to reduce mercury in the environment."

December 3, 2003 - China Tells Its Public of Enormity of AIDS Toll - The New York Times (registration and/or subscription required) - "The disease was initially confined to intravenous drug users, sex-trade workers and farmers infected by a tainted blood-selling operation in central China, but it is now spreading into the general population...Part of the problem is a widespread lack of public awareness."

Comment:  It is known that hepatitis B has spread via the use of re-usable needles in Asia, and AIDS has spread the same why in Africa.  Why not AIDS in China?  For more on this, go to:  Scandals: "But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last." (update and "flashback")

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