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The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion - Energy Bulletin 11jan05

• Stem Cell: Promoters of California's Stem-Cell Plan Acknowledging Measure Contains Great Potential for Abuse -  San Francisco Bay Guardian 22dec2004
• Perchlorate: Reporter's Article in Popular Government Health Journal was Modified, Deleting Details of Controversy -  The Press-Enterprise 19dec04
• PTSD and Iraq Veterans: Thousands of Iraq War Veterans Come Home to Face Serious Psychological Problems and System [unable] to Help Them  - San Francisco Bay Guardian 15dec04
• Thyroid drugs: Mom’s Pills Might Turn Daughters into Lesbians, study suggests - World Science 14dec2004
• FDA: The Curse of Too Much Caution - Henry I. Miller / Wall Street Journal 26nov04
• Attempt to Stop Mandatory Mental Screening Fails - WorldNetDaily 24nov04
• Congress Funds Mandatory Psychological Tests for Kids - Newsmax 23nov04

• FDA Official Assails Agency On Monitoring of Risks - Wall Street Journal 19nov04

• Scientist Says FDA System 'Broken' -  USA Today 18nov04

• Save the Fetus: In a world awash in pollutants, what exactly is our obligation to protect the health of the unborn? -  Science & Spirit Nov/Dec 1nov04

• U.S. Barred From Forcing Troops to Get Anthrax Shots -  Washington Post 28oct04

• 1918 Flu Experiments Spark Concerns About Biosafety - Science & New Scientist 22oct04

• Mandatory Mental Health Screening: Critics See Drug Industry Behind Mental Health Plan -  Inter Press Service (Italy) 20oct04

  • The Coming of the Psychotherapeutic State? -  CNSNews.com 20oct04

  • Bush Plans to Screen Whole US Population for Mental Illness -  British Medical Journal 19jun04

  • The 2004 Progress Report: The President's New Freedom Initiative for People with Disabilities - Bush Administration / White House Domestic Policy Council 1mar04

• FDA to Require Warning Label For Antidepressants -  Wall Street Journal 18oct04

  • FDA Launches a Multi-Pronged Strategy to Strengthen Safeguards for Children Treated With Antidepressant Medications - FDA 15oct04

  • Labeling Change Request Letter for Antidepressant Medications - FDA 15oct04

  • Suicidality in Children and Adolescents Being Treated With Antidepressant Medications - Public Health Advisory / FDA 15oct04

• Cell Phones Could Cause Noncancerous Tumors: Acoustic Neuroma - South Florida Sun-Sentinel 14oct04

• Premature Birth Rate Increasing: Born Too Soon -  Time 11oct04

• FDA Official Alleges Pressure to Suppress Vioxx Findings -  Washington Post 8oct04

• Sensitivity to Oxidative Stress in DJ-1-Deficient Dopamine Neurons: An ES- Derived Cell Model of Primary Parkinsonism (synopsis & link) - PLoS Biol  5oct04

• Stem Cell: California's Prop. 71 Stem-Cell 'Scam': Supporters of cloning embryos for research have $11 million to convince state voters -  Christianity Today 29sep2004

• Paxil, Zoloft and Effexor: FDA Told Its Analyst to Censor Data on Antidepressants -  Washington Post 24sep04

• Participation in High School Physical Education --- United States, 1991--2003 - MMWR / CDC 16sep04

• Device Can Track Drugs: Limiting access to imports is part of companies' plan - AP 7sep04

• Biosword, Bioshield -  Gene Watch 1sep04

• Full-Body CT Scans: More Cancer Risk: The radiation from one exam is equal to that in some atomic-bomb survivors - LA Times 31aug04

  • Estimated Radiation Risks Potentially Associated with Full-Body CT Screening - D.J. Brenner & C.D. Elliston / Radiology 1sep04

• Premature Babies Show Long-Term Effects - Reuters 10aug04

• Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior - I.C.G. Weaver et al / Nature Neuroscience 1aug04

• Researchers in Oakland Accidentally Exposed to Live Anthrax -  AP 10jun04

• Global Gray Market for Body Parts: What is a Kidney Worth?  - Christian Science Monitor 9jun04

• Fluoride: A Kick in the Teeth  - The Guardian (UK) 8jun04

• Large Study on Mental Illness Finds Global Prevalence  - NY Times 2jun04

• Fighting Obesity, by Design -  Denver Post 31may04

• Is Our Water Drugged?   30-70% of the medicine goes down the toilet  - Toronto Star 29may04

• Baby is Born From Sperm Kept Frozen Since 1979 - The Independent (UK) 25may04

• Pollution Increases Twin Births: Women who live in areas with high levels of pollution are more likely to have twins, research suggests. BBC News (+ journal abstract) 24may04

• Pollution Alters DNA in Mice, Study Finds - AP 18may04

• Corn Syrup Linked to Diabetes: Epidemic Reflects Rise in Refined Sugars -  Nature 12may04

• Brominated Flame Retardants: Dust Full of Toxic Chemicals Found All Over Houses -  Scripps Howard News Service 11may04

• Artemisinin: Herbal Drug Is Embraced in Treating Malaria  -  NY Times 10may04
• Breastfed Babies Less Likely to Die, Study Finds - Washington Post 3may04
• Questions About Some Cosmetics: Activists want to restrict Phthalates. FDA has no plans to review safety  -  LA Times 3may04
• World Trade Center Air 'Intensely Toxic' - Newsday 4may04
  • Health and Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Disaster -  Environmental Health Perspectives 1may04
• EMF: Magnetic-Field-Induced DNA Strand Breaks in Brain Cells of the Rat -  Environmental Health Perspectives v.112, n.6, 1may04
• SUVs, Motorcycles Blamed for Rising Death Toll -  AP 29apr04
  • DOT Releases Preliminary Estimates Of 2003 Highway Fatalities - DOT Press Release w/ link to report 28apr04
• McDonald's: 'Plan' Winner, New Chief Says Customer Count Shows Big Jump at McDonald's -  Chicago Tribune 29apr04

• Dental X-Rays Linked to Underweight Babies -  LA Times 28apr04

  • Antepartum Dental Radiography and Infant Low Birth Weight  - JAMA 28apr04

• Smoke Cuts Anti-Inflammation Protein in Babies - Reuters Health 27apr04
• Pharmaceutical Companies Accused of Manipulating Drug Trials for Profit - Independent (UK) 23apr04
• Super Size Me: Love those trips to McDonald's? What if that was all you could eat for a month? -  SF Chronicle 21apr04
• Researchers Warn About Hormone Magnifiers: Chemicals May Boost Hormone Activity to Hazardous Levels -  AP 19apr04
• Just Too Loud: Car alarms! Boom boxes! Leaf blowers! If the noise isn't making you crazy, it may be making you sick -  Time 5apr04
• TV Linked to ADHD: Young Children Who Watch TV May Face Risk of Attention Problems -  AP 5apr04
  • Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children  - Pediatrics 4apr04
• Drugs to Prevent Painful Memories: The Quest to Forget  - NY Times 4apr04
• Obesity: Researchers Link Obesity to Hormone - The Oregonian 2apr04
• Obesity: Possible Connection Between Infant Hormone Exposure, Lifelong Weight Issues - OHSU Press Release 31mar04
• SV40 / non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: Monkey Virus May Hold Clue for Development of Common Blood Cancer -  University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 29mar04
• Toxic America: Tracking the hazardous chemicals that seep stealthily into our bodies -  SF Chronicle 28mar04
• Babies Are Larger After Ban on 2 Pesticides, Study Finds -  NY Times 22mar04
• New York City: 50% Increase Seen in Treatment for Firefighters for alcohol and drug since 9/11-  NY Times 20mar04
• Claritin: Evaluation of an Association Between Loratadine and Hypospadias — United States, 1997--2001 - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 19mar04
• Status of Defense Health Requirements for Fiscal Year 2004 - GAO-04-563R 17mar04
• Antibiotics: Judge Upholds Ban On Chicken Antibiotic -  Washington Post 17mar04
• Lead Paint: Mayor Michael Bloomberg Vetoes Stricter Lead Paint Bill That City Council Approved: Danger on the walls-  Newsday 14mar04
• Senate Confirms Nominee to Head Medicare: Dr. Mark B. McClellan -  NY Times 12mar04
• Flu Vaccine Makers Say Gov't Must Increase Demand -  Reuters 12mar04
• Cholesterol Levels Should Be Even Lower, Study Finds  - NY Times 8mar04
• Antibacterials Offer Little Protection - Washington Post 2mar04
  • Effect of Antibacterial Home Cleaning and Handwashing Products on Infectious Disease Symptoms  - Annals of Internal Medicine 2mar04
• Nonprescription Drugs Could Pose Risk in Pregnancy - Wall Street Journal 2mar04
  • Systematic Identification of Drugs That Cause Birth Defects — A New Opportunity - New England Journal of Medicine 25dec03
• Asthma: Latex Allergy and Occupational Asthma in Health Care Workers: Adverse Outcomes - Environmental Health Perspectives  1mar04 
• Asthma Prevalence and Control Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity — United States, 2002 - MMWR Weekly 27feb04
• New Medicare Benefit Is Likely to Be a Boon For Costliest Drugs -  Wall Street Journal 24feb04
• Stillborns Likely After Small Babies -  AP 19feb04
• Must I Have Another Glass of Water? Maybe Not, a New Report Says -  NY Times 17feb04
• Alcohol: 2 Drinks Can Harm Unborn Baby's Brain -  AP 16feb04
• Lead: Schizophrenia Link to Lead Petrol -  BBC News 14feb04
  • Prenatal Lead Exposure, d-Aminolevulinic Acid, and Schizophrenia - Environmental Health Perspectives 8jan04
• CBS Pulls Advertisement on Medicare Prepared by Administration -  NY Times 14feb04
• Amalgam Fillings Classed as Toxic Waste -  The Herald (UK) 11feb04
• Asthma Tops Childhood Illnesses: N.E. study examines environment, poverty as contributing factors -  Boston Globe 11feb04
• Censorship at Dialysis & Transplantation: Business, Science Clash at Medical Journal -  Washington Post 7feb04
• Get a Load of the Mono-2-Ethylhexyl-Phthalate In That Guy - Washington Post 3feb04
• U.S. Court Approves Cigna Settlement: $140M - Bloomberg News 3feb04
• Mystery Surrounds Increase in Rate of Premature Births -  Seattle Times 2feb04
• Aneuploidy: Peter Duesberg: Berkeley Biologist Back in Spotlight -  San Jose Mercury News 27jan04
• Hair Dyes: Study Links Some Hair Dyes to Kind of Cancer -  NY Times 24jan04
• Asbestos: US Government Knew of Threat from Asbestos at Plant Here -  St. Louis Post-Dispatch 24jan04
• The Sweet and Lowdown on Sugar - Kelly D Brownell & Marion Nestle / NY Times 23jan04
• Agent Orange Linked to Cancer Risk - AP & Reuters 22jan04
• Obesity Costs U.S. $75.1 Billion: Taxpayers Paid Half That - Philadelphia Inquirer 22jan04
• Biomonitoring: Toxins in Breast Milk: Studies Explore Impact Of Chemicals on Our Bodies -  Wall Street Journal 20jan04
• Farmed Salmon: A Gamble on a Plate -  Philadelphia Inquirer 19jan04
• New Research Indicates Human Form of Mad Cow More Complex than First Thought -  Canadian Press 18jan04
• U.S. Says It Will Contest WHO Plan to Fight Obesity - Washington Post 16jan04
• 1/3 of All Healthcare Money Spent on Paperwork: Dr. Red Tape - The Nation 16jan04
• Cosmetic Chemicals Found in Breast Tumours -  New Scientist 12jan04
• Parabens: Deodorant Linked to Cancer -  The Independent (UK) 12jan04
• John Graham: White House Seeks Control on Health, Safety -  St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11jan04
• Nanoparticles in the Brain: Tiny particles enter the brain after being inhaled -  Nature 9jan04
• Germany's Bayer Wins Right To Limit Supply to Discounters -  Dow Jones Newswires 7jan04
• Parabens: Concentrations of Parabens in Human Breast Tumours - J. Appl. Toxicol. 1jan04
  • Significance of the Detection of Esters of p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid (Parabens) in Human Breast Tumours EDITORIAL - J. Appl. Toxicol. 1jan04
• Prenatal HIV Testing and Antiretroviral Prophylaxis at an Urban Hospital --- Atlanta, Georgia, 1997--2000 - MMWR Weekly 2jan04
• Nanoparticles: Translocation of inhaled ultrafine particles to the brain - Inhalation Toxicology, (in press, 2004)
• Bull Market for Organic Beef: Mad Cow Scare Raises Awareness -  Washington Post 1jan03