►January 26, 2004 - Coping with needs of two boys with autism - Toronto Star - "Lillian wanted to tell me a little about life with her beautiful boys, both of whom are autistic...She also wanted — very kindly and gently — to talk a little about the rest of us, about the judgments we make and the little things we do that can be very painful to parents of special needs children."

►January 26, 2004 - Mom Urges School To Protect Allergic Kids - AP via www.intelihealth.com

►January 26, 2004 - Anti-Clotting Drug May Be More Effective Than Aspirin In Preventing A Third Stroke Or Heart Attack - American Heart Association via www.intelihealth.com

►January 22, 2004 - Agent Orange study finds raised cancer risks - Air Force veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War have a higher-than-average risk of prostate and skin cancer, military researchers reported on Thursday. - Reuters via CNN

►January 22, 2004 - Sleep boosts lateral thinking - Study shows the value of sleeping on a problem. - Nature

►January 22, 2004 - How fluoride firms up teeth - Computer models show that fluoride locks calcium into your pearly whites. - Nature

►January 26, 2004 - Aggressive action helps HK stave off bird flu -  The Standard, China

►January 26, 2004 - Women’s health and safety risks at work “underestimated” - A new report published by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, entitled Gender Issues in Safety and Health — A Review, claims that health and safety risks of women at work tend to be underestimated and neglected. - www.healthandsafety-centre.net

►January 26, 2004 - Tea's Benefits From Head to Toe - Lessons about Health From the Latest Research - PRNewswire via Yahoo!

►January 26, 2004 - Doctors Fear Untreatable Russia Tuberculosis Boom - Reuters

►January 26, 2004 - Recipe for Recovery - Rita Myers fought cancer by returning to the Garden of Eden - The Daily Times

►January 26, 2004 - Miracle In A Bottle - Dietary supplements are unregulated, some are unsafe—and Americans can’t get enough of them. - The New Yorker

►January 26, 2004 - Rise in biotech lawsuits Industry blames law firms looking for new targets, but some investors claim companies misled them - San Francisco Chronicle

►January 25, 2004 - Fears Grow as Drug Firms Quit Antibiotic Research - Reuters - "With 'superbugs' stalking hospitals and old killers such as tuberculosis re-emerging, the world badly needs more powerful antibiotics...Yet the pipeline of new treatments is drying up as drug firms -- citing poor financial returns -- focus instead on chronic conditions, such as high cholesterol, where medicines are taken for years rather than curing patients in one or two weeks...The shrinking of the medical armory is a growing worry for healthcare officials and has sparked a debate between regulators and pharmaceutical companies over ways to kick-start investment."

Comment:  Is it really poor financial returns which are keeping the pharmaceutical industry from developing new antibiotics?  Or is it the knowledge that we will make it worth their while if they balk at doing so?

►January 25, 2004 - Holistic medicines call for dose of good sense -  Do your homework when turning to natural remedies for winter ailments - www.sunspot.net

►January 26, 2004 - Health: WHO links SARS virus to animals - Daily Times, Pakistan

►January 26, 2004 - India remains one of last polio outposts - The Times of India

►January 25, 2004 - Ohio National Guard Member Charged For Refusing Anthrax Vaccine - AP via www.wcpo.com - "An Ohio National Guard member has been charged by the Army with disobeying a lawful order after he again refused to take the anthrax vaccine...Hickman could go to jail and be discharged if convicted...Pfaff said the charge is separate from Hickman's court martial in Ohio last month."