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2002

• US Says Red Cross Broke Blood Safety Rules - AP 21dec02

• Vaccines Need a Closer Look - Harold Buttram, MD  / Santa Fe New Mexican 20dec02

• Sperm Damage From Phthalates in Many Plastics & Cosmetics - Reuters 10dec02

• Thimerosal-Mercury: Assessment of the Pichichero Thimerosal Study - Safe Minds 3dec02

• Infant Homicide Rates Doubled Since 1970  - Child Trends DataBank 3dec02

• State-Specific Trends in U.S. Live Births to Women Born Outside the 50 States and the District of Columbia: US, 1990 & 2000 CDC / MMWR 6dec02

• High Security Trips Up Some Irradiated Patients  -  NY Times 4dec02

• Fertility Decline is Economic 'Window of Opportunity'  - New Scientist 4dec02

• Submission of Health Impacts of GM Crops. - Dr. ARPAD PUSZTAI / Submission to Scottish Parliament 3dec02

• What Do Condoms Mean to the Chinese?  - People's Daily (China) 2dec02

• Invasive Cervical Cancer Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Women — United States, 1992–1999  -  CDC / MMWR 29nov02

• Nut and Peanut Butter Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women  (abstract) - JAMA v.288 n.20, 27nov02

• Homeland Security Legislation Provision Protects Pharmaceutical Outfits from Mercury Lawsuits -Editorial / NY Times 25nov02

• Bayer Corporation Urged to Drop Poultry Antibiotic  - ENS 19nov02

• Black Cohosh Herbal Treatment for Menopause Works - The Wires 18nov02

• Growth Hormone Changed Older Bodies, for Better and Worse  - NY Times 13nov02

  • Growth Hormone and Sex Steroid Administration in Healthy Aged Women and Men (abstract) - JAMA v.288, n.18, 13nov02

• Geographic Differences in Semen Quality of Fertile US Males - Environmental Health Perspectives 11nov02

• The Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory  - Sunday New York Times Magazine 10nov02

• Inside the Womb  - Time 11nov02

• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Birth — California, 1996–2000 - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Weekly  8nov02

• Biotech Drug Eprex causing Deadly Anemia  - UPI 2nov02

• Unneeded Open-heart Surgeries, and Complex, Expensive Diagnostic Probes  - SF Chronicle 2nov02

• How Safe Is Airline Water? Bring Your Own Bottle!  - Wall Street Journal 1nov02

• Review Boards Pose Threat To Social Scientists' Work  - Wall Street Journal 1nov02

• Paracetamol [acetaminophen, Tylenol ] use in pregnancy and wheezing in early childhood (abstract) - Thorax 2002;57:958-963 Nov02

• Grandpa's Diet May Affect Grandkids' Disease Risk  - Reuters 31oct02

  • Cardiovascular and diabetes mortality determined by nutrition during parents’ and grandparents’ slow growth period  - EJHG Nov02

• Marijuana: Government Can't Revoke Drug Licenses of Doctors Recommending Marijuana to Patients  - (with excerpt of opinion) AP 30oct02

• WHO Ranks Top Health Hazards - AP 30oct02

• The Whole Foods Cure for Herpes -  The Austin Chronicle 25oct02

• Alarming Breast Cancer Rates: California Urges Study  - Reuters 25oct02

• Diabetes: Environment and Diet are Factors in Rising Adult-onset Diabetes - E Magazine 24oct02

• Breast Cancer & Environment: Committees Examine Cancer Link  - AP 24oct02

  • Plan to Test Mothers' Milk for Carcinogens  - SF Chronicle 23oct02

• In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Safety to be Examined - BBC 22oct02

• Proteasome Inhibitors: New Class of Cancer Drugs Could Cause Brain Damage  - Wall Street Journal 18oct02

• Autism in California - Report to the Legislature on the Principal Findings from The Epidemiology of Autism in California MIND Institute, UC Davis 17oct02

• Cancer Rates: New Statistics Show Increase, Not Decline - The Wall Street Journal 16oct02

• Brain Size Linked to Stress Disorder - AP 15oct02

• Taking 'Beneficial' Bacteria Could Improve Your Health  - Wall Street Journal 15oct02

• Bush's Science Advisers Drawing Criticism  - NY Times 10oct02

• Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus — Pennsylvania, 2002 - (with Interim Guidelines for Prevention) CDC Public Health Dispatch / MMWR 11oct02

• Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2000  - JAMA v.288, n.14, 9oct02

• Tommy Thompson Stacks CDC For Lead Industry - Email 8oct02

  • Turning Lead Into Gold: How the Bush Administration is Poisoning the Lead Advisory Committee at the CDC - Rep. EDWARD J MARKEY (D-MA) 8oct02

• Research of Mercury Contamination leaves huge gaps in knowledge  - AP 8oct02

• Pharm Phresh Frankenfoods  - LA Weekly 7oct02

• Children: The Lead Effect?  - Environmental Health Perspectives  Oct02

• ADHD: Preadolescent Girls With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - (Abstract) Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology v.70, n.5, Sep02

• The Next Wave of HIV/AIDS: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, India, and China (Summary) - National Intelligence Council ICA 2002-04D Sep02

• Percent of People Without Health Insurance 1999-2001 - US Census Bureau 30sep02

• Inmates Used As Medical Guinea Pigs Get No Compensation - AP 25sep02

• Popularity of Breast Implants Rising: Health Impact, FDA Oversight Questioned  - Washington Post 22sep02

• Core Functions and Capabilities of State Public Health Laboratories: A Report of the Association of Public Health Laboratories  - CDC 20sep02

• Dense Breasts May Need Sonograms to Detect Cancer  - NY Times 19sep02

• Santa Cruz Marijuana Giveaway at City Hall -  AP 18sep02

• Chemical Link to Sex Attraction: Drosophila fruit fly  - SF Chronicle 17sep02

• HHS Seeks Science Advice to Match Bush Views: The Restructuring of Health  -  Washington Post 17sep02

• Two Divergent Views of US Health  - AP 13sep02 & Paul Goettlich / Letter to the SF Chronicle Editor 16sep02

• New Designation for Terror Deaths - NY Times 10sep02

• FDA Sets Plans to Act Faster On Biotech-Drug Approval  - Wall Street Journal 6sep02

• West Nile Virus Infection in Organ Donor and Transplant Recipients - Georgia and Florida, 2002 - MMWR/ CDC 6sep02

• HIV Reinfection Surprises Scientists - AP 5sep02

  • A Patient with HIV-1 Superinfection - New England Journal of Medicine 5sep02

• EPA Says Diesel Exhaust Probably Causes Lung Cancer  - AP 3sep02

• OMB Reviewing EPA Report on Children's Health  - OMB Watch 3sep02

• Lariam (Mefolquine): Army Instituting Broad Inquiry at Fort Bragg After 4 Killings AP 24aug02

• CNN to Reveal When Guests Promote Drugs for Companies - NY Times 24aug02

• Female and Male Hormone Therapy Popular but Untested - NY Times 19aug02

• Particulate Air Pollution and Risk of ST-Segment Depression ...w/ Heart Disease - Circulation 20aug02

• Breast Cancer Study - Janette D Sherman, MD / Commentary /  NY Times 17aug02

• Mice Grow Human Sperm Factories  - Nature 15aug02

• Diets High in Calories and Fat May Boost Risk of Alzheimer's AP 15aug02

• Preterm Birth: Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes of School-Aged Children Who Were Born Preterm  - (Abstract & Comment) JAMA 14aug02

• Birth Control: Effect of Mandatory Parental Notification on Adolescent Girls' Use of Sexual Health Care Services -  JAMA 14aug02

• Breast Cancer: Lessons from Long Island Barbara A Brenner / SF Chronicle 13aug02

• Young and Bipolar  - Time 11aug02

• Looking for the Link Between Environmental Toxins and Cancer  - NY Times 11aug02

• Bush Rolls Back Rules on Privacy of Medical Data - NY Times 10aug02

• Genetic Link to Violence: Environment of Abused Children may Trigger Gene that Influences Antisocial Behavior  - SF Chronicle 2aug02

• Cellular and Cordless Telephones and the Risk for Brain Tumours - (abstract) European Journal of Cancer Prevention Aug02

• Bush to Restrict Malpractice Insurance Costs -  AP 25jul02

• Revolutionary Test for Lung Cancer ... the medical establishment doesn’t want you to have. Yet. -  SF Weekly 24jul02

• Antibiotics- Caused  E. Coli in Premies: Has Overtaken Strep as Leading Preemie Infection  - AP 24jul02

• Polio Virus: IDT Provided DNA for Manmade Polio Virus: Urged Government to Oversee Shipments  -  AP 19jul02

• horizontal gene transfer: GM Genes Found in Human Gut - The Guardian (UK) 17jul2002

• AIDS: Whistling Past the Global Graveyard -  NY Times 14jul02

• Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight Among Black and White Infants — United States, 1980–2000 - MMWR/CDC 12jul02

• Hormone Replacement Therapy Study Halted: Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer - NY Times 9jul02

  • Women's health loses out to greed -  Atlanta Journal-Constitution 11jul02

  • The Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy - National Women's Health Network Newsletter Jul/Aug02

  • HRT Affects Mammography Readings - National Women's Health Network Newsletter Jul/Aug02

• New AIDS Drug T-20: The Most Expensive Yet $12,000-$15,000 per year  -  Wall Street Journal 8jul02

• Neotame Artificial Sweetener Approved by FDA: But is is Safe? - mindfully.org 6jul02

• One in 12 Children in US Disabled: Census Reflects Increase Of Handicapped Youth  -  Washington Post 5jul02

• Hormone Therapy Study Finds Risk for Some -  NY Times/SF Chron. 3jun02

• Frightful AIDS warning: Experts say tidal wave of death is gathering force in India and China  - SF Chronicle 3jul02

• Test Selects Genetically Damaged Sperm May Be Usable in Near Future  -  AP 1jul02

• Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) in Your Pipes -  Time  1jul02

• Electrical Sensitivity - Arthur Firstenberg & Susan Molloy / Latitudes 1jul02

• Cost of Environmental Pollutants and Disease in American Children - Environmental Health Perspectives  Jul02

• Water: Good Health Depends on Getting Enough of it  - Delicious Living Jul02

• Malignant Melanoma Mortality "Changed Little" BUT Incidence Rises 303% for Men in Scotland  - DGReview 25jun02

• Hard Facts of Hypertension Elude Too Many  -  NY Times 25jun02

• Human Cells May Be Affected By Mobile-Phone Radiation  - Wall Street Journal 20jun02

• Antibiotics: Dynamics of Antibiotic Prescribing for Children  - JAMA 19jun02

• Antibiotic-Tainted Milk Recalled: People Allergic to Antibiotics are at Risk  - AP 15jun02

• New England Journal of Medicine Relaxes Conflict-Of-Interest Rules  -  Berkeley Daily Planet 13jun02

• Escalating Incidence of Childhood Cancer Ignored by NCI and ACS - EPSTEIN and YOUNG / Bay Area Business Woman v.9, n.9, Jun02

• Putting Cancer in Perspective  - Scripps Howard News Service 9jun02

• Breastfeeding and Lowering the risk of Childhood Obesity  - The Lancet  8jun02

• EMFs: Risks From Electric & Magnetic Fields (EMFs) From Power Lines, Internal Wiring, Electrical Occupations and Appliances  - CA EMF Program Jun02

• Estradiol levels associated with cognitive impairment in post-menopausal women after 10 years of implants - (abstract) Psychopharmacology May02

• Rubber Bullets: Blunt and penetrating injuries caused by rubber bullets during the Israeli-Arab conflict in October, 2000 - The Lancet  25may02

• ADHD: Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disability: United States, 1997-98 - NCHS Press Release and Tables 21may02

• Mercury and the ADA: American Dental Association sues lawyer for defamation over Mercury -  AP 15may02

  • Retrograde degeneration of neurite membrane structural integrity of nerve growth cones following in vitro exposure to mercury - NeuroReport 26mar01

• Growing Up  TOO FAT: Kids suffer adult ailments as more become dangerously obese - SF Chronicle 12may02

  • Obesity in America

• Nonoxynol-9 Spermicide Contraception Use -  United States, 1999 - CDC/MMWR 10may02

• Escalating Incidence of Childhood Cancer Ignored SAMUEL EPSTEIN, MD, and QUENTIN YOUNG, MD / News Release 9may02

• Association Between Duration of Breastfeeding and Adult Intelligence -  JAMA  8may02

• Timing of New Black Box Warnings and Withdrawals for Prescription Medications - JAMA 1may02

• To Make a Zombie - a poem by STAAJABU / Straight Out Scribes 1may2002

• Dairy Consumption, Obesity, and the Insulin Resistance Syndrome in Young Adults (Abstract) - JAMA v.287, n.16, 24apr02

• Breastmilk, PCBs, Psychodevelopment - Lancet 20apr02

• Viagra: Increased risk of HIV and STD transmission among gay or bisexual man who use Viagra - AIDS 2002 v.16, n.10

• Parental periconceptional smoking and male: female ratio of newborn infants - Lancet 20apr02

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality Rates - 60 Largest U.S. Cities, 1995–1998 CDC / MMWR 19apr02

• Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Foodborne Illnesses -2001 CDC / MMWR19apr02

• CDC's Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Health-Care Settings - CDC / MMWR19apr02

• Cancer Rates for Young Canadians Increase: Thyroid and Reproductive Cancers  - Globe and Mail 18apr02

• Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 1. Taking an exposure history - Canadian Medical Association Journal  16apr02

• Toothless Germs Can't Bite: Scientists Research Antitoxins  - Wall Street Journal 11apr02

• Just How Tainted has Medicine Become? Editorial / Lancet 6apr02

• Chemicals Linked to Chronic Fatigue -  Sydney Morning Herald 1apr02

• Persistent Organic Pollutants in Poland: Study on Human Breast Milk  - Waste Prevention Association "3R" Kraków Apr02

• Synergism between allergens and viruses and risk of hospital admission with asthma - British Medical Journal v324 30mar02

• Surveillance for Asthma --- United States, 1980--1999  - CDC / Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 29mar02

  • Parent-Reported Environmental Exposures and Environmental Control Measures for Children With Asthma - Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. Mar02

• Diseases With Links to Environmental Exposures Draft 21mar02

• Huge Rise in Babies Born with Defects  - The Independent 18mar02

• British Men are less Fertile than Hamsters  - The Independent 17mar02

• Unmet Needs in Public Health  - Science 15mar02

• Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer's - AP 14mar02

• First International Nutrigenomics Conference in Noordwijk aan Zee (Netherlands) - Commentary / Wytze de Lange / Staatscourant 13mar02

• Test Tube Babies: Treatments for Fertility Said to Lead to Problems - NY Times 7mar02

  • The Risk of Major Birth Defects After Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection and In Vitro Fertilization - New England Journal of Medicine 7mar02

• Renewing the Fight Against Bacteria Scientists are trying to re-harness the power of antibiotics -  The Scientist  4mar02

• Rashes Among Schoolchildren --- 14 States, October 4, 2001--February 27, 2002 - CDC / Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1mar02

• Asthma - Identification of Population Subgroups of Children and Adolescents With High Asthma  Prevalence - Arch Pediatr Med Mar02

• ADHD - Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Is It Common? Is It Overtreated? - Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. Mar02

• Antenatal Corticosteroids Associated With Early Severe Lung Disease in Preterm Neonates - (abstract)  Journal of Perinatology Mar02

• Hormone swings affect men too - New Scientist 27feb02

• Childhood Lead Exposure Linked to Osteoporosis -  Democrat and Chronicle 25feb02

• Trough oestradiol levels associated with cognitive impairment in post-menopausal women after 10 years of oestradiol implants - Psychopharmacology 21feb02

• Endogenous Estrogen Exposure and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk in Postmenopausal Women - American Journal of Epidemiology 15feb02

• Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology: United States, 1996 and 1998 - CDC / MMWR 8feb02

• ExxonMobil Pledges $1M to Asthma Center: But doesn't ExxonMobil cause asthma in the first place? - Dallas Morning News 4feb02

• Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood by Sandra Steingraber / Book reviewed in Science Magazine 1feb02

• Dow: Cause-Specific Mortality Among Michigan Employees of a Chemical Company: 1940 to 1994  - (Abstract) Jour.Occ.Env.Med Feb02

• Electromagnetic Fields: On A Power Trip -  Delicious Living Feb02

• Paternally inherited HLA alleles are associated with women’s choice of male odor. - Nature Genetics v.30 Feb02

• One Out of 10 Boys Taking ADHD Medication - Am. J. Pub. Health Feb02

• Cidex (Glutaraldehyde) Disinfectant withdrawn over Safety Fears - BBC News & NTP Abstract 22jan02

• Father's Genes Affect Daughter's Smell Preferences -  Reuters Health 22jan02

• Hormones on Trial: Medical wisdom about menopause therapy is coming under question -  US News 21jan02

• Elucidating the DNA Damage Pathway - The Scientist 21jan02

• Antibiotics Overtreatment is creating dangerously resistant germs -  Time V.159, N.3 21jan02 

• Nolvadex: AstraZeneca Unit Is Ordered by the FDA To Stop Running Misleading Advertising  -  Wall Street Journal 16jan02

• Graphic Cigarette Pack Labels Curb Canadian Habit  -  Reuters 9jan02

• Maternal Cigarette Smoking, Metabolic Gene Polymorphism, and Infant Birth Weight  -  JAMA 9jan02

• The Tooth Fairy Project: Tooth Donors Need a Checkup - Jay M Gould  / St Louis Post-Dispatch 8jan02

• Adverse Reactions to Drugs Increase -  British Medical Journal 5jan02

• Ambient Air Pollution and Risk of Birth Defects in Southern California  - American Journal of Epidemiology  1jan02

• Fasting Insulin and Outcome in Early-Stage Breast -  Journal of Clinical Oncology Jan02

• Impaired insulin signaling in the liver of transgenic rats with low circulating growth hormone levels - Journal of Endocrinology  Jan02

• IGF-1: Dysregulation of insulin-like growth factor-I signaling in uterine leiomyoma  - Journal of Endocrinology Jan02