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2005

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The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion - Energy Bulletin 11jan05

Get Plastic Out Of Your Diet Paul Goettlich / Living Nutrition 16nov03
What are Endocrine Disruptors? Why Should I Care? - Paul Goettlich
Stay Healthy By Wasting Your Time - Invaluable Advice from Funny Times Jun01
All Life is Connected: Cancer in Humans and Wildlife - Janette Sherman, MD / Life's Delicate Balance 2000
For her it's sexy. For baby, it could really be poison.
10 Leading Causes of Death, United States 1999 - CDC
Cancer Statistics Cancer Incidence and Mortality, 1950-99 - SEER

2005

Corporate Ties: University of Cincinnati Doctor Rebuked for Not Divulging Financial Tie to AtriCure - Cincinnati Business Courier 28dec2005
Barbarism Begins with Barbie, the Doll Children Love to Hate - The Times (UK) 19dec2005
Stem-Cell Scientist Asks for Retraction: US Partner Urges Korean Cloner to Retract Landmark Paper - Nature 14dec2005
Human Health Threat From Ecosystem Degradation: Threats particularly acute in poorer countries - WHO 9dec2005
US Life Expectancy: Boomers May Put Brakes on Longevity - AP 9dec2005
Feeding Tube Now Figures In End-of-Life Debate - Wall Street Journal 8dec2005
Your Brain at the Mall: Why Shopping Makes You Feel So Good - Wall Street Journal 6dec2005
Free-Range Poultry May Be The First Casualty In Our War on Avian Flu - East Bay Express 30nov2005
Former Bush Adviser Criticizes Drug Plan - Wall Street Journal 30nov2005
Digital Dental X-Rays: Lead Apron Still Required - Wall Street Journal 29nov2005
Hospitals Try to Break a Deadly 'Code': Rapid Response Teams Helping to Save Lives - Boston Globe 27nov2005
Wild Turkeys Attack Humans in Suburbia: Toms, Seeing People as Low In Pecking Order, Commit Fowl Play With Spurs - Wall Street Journal 23nov2005
U.S. Seeks Stronger Quarantine Regulations - AP 23nov2005
Tamiflu Child Deaths Raise Bird Flu Drug Fears - The Times (UK) 19nov2005
In Vitro Field Facing Slowdown: Aging baby boomers, costs, success rates cited - Boston Globe 14nov2005
Big Drug Makers See Sales Decline With Their Image - New York Times 14nov2005
Congress Debates Incentives And Liability Protection For Vaccines, Antibiotics Trial Lawyers - Wall Street Journal 9nov2005
Kidney Dialysis: The Choice: Years on Dialysis Brought Joe Mole To a Crossroads: Treatment Kept Him Alive, But Always Exhausted - Wall Street Journal 3nov2005
Brief Summaries of Medicare & Medicaid: Title XVIII and Title XIX of The Social Security Act - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services / HHS 1nov2005
Bush Unveils Pandemic Flu Plan - MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour / PBS 1nov2005
- Flu Pandemic Could Prompt Travel Ban, Drug Rationing - Wall Street Journal 2nov2005
Novartis to Buy Rest of Chiron In Deal Valued at $5.1 Billion - Dow Jones Newswires 31oct2005
Tamiflu: Taiwan Breaks Patent Law to Produce Generic Tamiflu - ABC (Australia) 24oct2005 (including other related articles)
U.S. Gives Florida a Sweeping Right to Curb Medicaid - New York Times 20oct2005
IVF Embryos Found to Carry Higher Than Expected Genetic Defects - The Guardian (UK) 19oct2005
FDA Questions Use of Antibacterial Soaps: Hearing Will Probe Possible Link To Drug-Resistant Bacteria; No Clear Benefit Over Plain Soap? - Wall Street Journal 18oct2005
Are We Fruit Eaters? - Living Nutrition 15oct2005
West Nile Virus Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients --- New York and Pennsylvania, August–September, 2005 - MMWR 14oct2005
IBM to Put Genetic Data of Workers Off Limits - New York Times 10oct2005
1918 Spanish Flu Virus: Back From the Dead - Guardian Weekly (UK) 10oct2005
Danger of Flu Pandemic Is Clear, if Not Present - New York Times 9oct2005
Multiple Births Persist as Doctors Buck Guidelines: At Some Clinics, Women Get Five or More Embryos, Raising Risks to Health - Wall Street Journal 7oct2005
Gonorrhea Lectim Warning - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 7sep2005
More Americans Left Uninsured for Health - Detroit Free Press 31aug2005
Privacy: The Water Cooler, a Font of Good Medicine - New York Times 30aug2005
Cosmetics: USDA Reverses Itself on Organic Seals - AP 24aug2005
Dr. Scott Gottlieb: Wall Street Biotech Insider Gets No. 2 Job at the FDA - Seattle Times 24aug2005
Embryonic Stem Cells from Skin Cell: - Boston Globe 22aug2005
Most Want Complete Smoking Ban: Survey - Daily Mail (UK) 22aug2005
- Overwhelming Public Support for Comprehensive Smoke-free Law: New Poll Reveals - ASH/Cancer Research UK Media Release 22aug2005
Video Games Linked to Aggression in Boys - Reuters 19aug2005
M.R.I.'s Strong Magnets Cited in Accidents - New York Times 19aug2005
Secondhand Smoke Costs U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually, According to New Study by Society of Actuaries - Press Release / SOA / PRNewswire 17aug2005
Cornell Doctor Blows Whistle Over Use of Federal Funds, Alleging Phantom Studies - Wall Street Journal 16aug2005
AARP: Cost of Top Drugs Rose Twice Inflation Rate - Indianapolis Star 16aug2005
Fertility Clinics in California: Are They Safe? For Infertile Couples, it's California or Bust - San Francisco Chronicle 15aug2005
Self-Reported Asthma Among High School Students — United States, 2003 - MMWR 12aug2005
- Asthma May Increase Stroke Risk - Reuters Health (plus abstract) 9aug2005
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Hmong Refugees Resettling from Thailand into the United States, 2004--2005 - MMWR 5aug2005
Flu Pandemic Concerns: Exercises Reveal Flaws in Delivery System of Vaccine - AP 3aug2005
Race and Genes: An Imperfect Science and a Less Perfect Theory - Gene Watch 1aug2005
Bayer Baytril: FDA Bans Bayer Antibiotic for Poultry Use - Reuters 29jul2005
Welding Fumes Cause Parkinson's Disease: Whiff of US Lawsuit Hits Charter - The Guardian (UK) 27jul2005
Pesticides Damage American Children's Health - PRAVDA (Russia) 27jul2005
- Acute Illnesses Associated With Pesticide Exposure at Schools - JAMA 27jul2005
Cervical Cancer Rates are Highest Among Poor and Minorities: Feds push program to education and MDs blame lagging health services - AP 26jul2005
‘Is my baby a boy? Is it a girl?’ No one could tell me: Reproductive Disorders Rising Rapidly - The Times (UK) 26jul2005
Common Industrial Chemicals In Tiny Doses Raise Health Issue: Are Standards Too Lax? Getting in Way of Hormones - Wall Street Journal 25jul2005
Medicare: Reviews Are Part of Flawed Inspection System: Investigators Blamed for Missing Problems at Hospitals; Conflicts of Interest Cited - Washington Post 25jul2005
Medicare: Waste in Medicare Spending: Bad Practices Net Hospitals More Money - Washington Post 24jul2005
Medicare: When Geography Influences Treatment Options: Physicians in Some Regions Are More Likely to Advise Surgery Over Less-Invasive Alternatives - Washington Post 24jul2004
From Web-Savvy Patient To a 'Cyberchondriac' - Wall Street Journal 19jul2005
CAFTA And Dietary Supplements - Rense 19jul2005
Abortion: Just the Data With High-Court Debate Brewing, New Report Shows Procedure's Numbers Down - Washington Post 19jul2005
Conflict of Interest: NIH Review Finds Scientists With Ties to Companies - New York Times 15jul2005
FDA Inspects Chiron Fluvirin Plant: Biotech Firm also Cuts Outlook for Begrivac Flu Vaccine - MarketWatch 15jul2005
11,668 hospital-acquired infections / 1,510 deaths / 205,000 extra hospital days / $2 billion in hospital charges last year in Pennsylvania - Wall Street Journal (Agency press release included) 13jul2005
Cancer Drugs Offer Hope, but at a Huge Expense - New York Times 12jul2005
Dead Dogs Brought Back to Life: University of Pittsburgh Scientists Resurrect Hope of Cheating Death - Pittsburg Tribune-Review 29jun2005
Bill Gates Gives Millions - The Times (UK) (and others) 28jun2005
Japan vCJD Case Poses Blood-donor Concerns - UPI 23jun2005
Patients Give New Insurance Mixed Reviews: Consumer-Directed Health Plans Can Cut Costs, but Early Users Cite Problems Comparing Price - Wall Street Journal 14jun2005
Mad-Cow: Tyson, McDonald's Shares Fall on U.S. Mad-Cow Concern - Bloomberg 13jun2005
Drug-Resistant TB Hits New Group: Cases Among Immigrants Rise in U.S., Report Says; California Is Most Affected - Wall Street Journal 8jun2005
Stem Cell Regulations Face Uphill Climb - San Francisco Examiner 6jun2005
horizontal gene transfer: University of Newcastle Research on the Transfer of DNA from GM Food Into Bacteria in the Human Gut - Soil Association (UK) 1jul2005
Stem Cell: California Stem Cell Agency Faces Threats in State Legislature - AP 5jun2005
Dr. Bronner's & Sun Dog's Magic To Continue Displaying USDA NOP Organic Seal - Press Release 2jun2005
Personal-Care Products To Lose 'Organic' Stamp - AP 1jun2005
Stem Cell: SCA 13 Relating to Biomedical Research: Stem Cell Research - California State Senate 31may2005
Despite Vow, Drug Makers Still Withhold Data - New York Times 31may2005
Pesticide Link to Parkinson's Disease Has Strengthened: Study - Agence France-Presse 25may2005
Guidant Flaw Not Disclosed for 3 Years: Short circuit found in heart device after Minnesotan's death - New York Times (and others) 24may2005
The Next Wave Of Sex Drugs: In Wake of Viagra, Pharmaceutical Industry Targets Another Male Malady - Wall Street Journal 24may2005
Finding the Fountain of Youth: Where will UCSF biochemist Cynthia Kenyon's age-bending experiments with worms lead us? - San Francisco Chronicle Magazine 29may2005
Plastics, Cosmetics and other Consumer Products May Stunt Growth Of Genitals in Prenatal Males - Wall Street Journal 27may2005
Viagra: Report Spurs Reaction: Jimmy Grant - CBS News 27may2005
Pheromones: Gay and Straight Men React Differently to Odors Linked to Sex - New York Times (w/abstract) 9may2005
- Brain response to putative pheromones in homosexual men - Ivanka Savic et al / PNAS 17may2005
Vioxx: How Marketing Drives the Pharmaceutical Industry: Firm misled doctors on Vioxx, panel says - San Francisco Chronicle 6may2005
Biodefense: A Plague of Researchers - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 1may2005
Cell Phone and Microwave Wake Up Call - Columns 1mar2005
Homicide and Suicide Rates — National Violent Death Reporting System, Six States, 2003 - MMWR 22apr2005
Breast Implants: Women Speak at FDA Breast-Implant Hearing - AP 11apr2005
Hunters Point Shipyard: Don't Drink the Water - Dennis Kyne / San Francisco Bay View 30mar2005
Cosmetic Warnings Mulled by FDA - Knight Ridder Newspapers 12mar2005
Tysabri: Death Prompts Withdrawal Of Promising MS Drug: Biogen Idec, Elan Recall Tysabri After Users Contract Rare Disorder - Wall Street Journal 1mar2005
Vietnamese Victims Sue Over Agent Orange in NYC Court - Democracy Now! 28feb2005
Roundup and placental cells: Differential effects of glyphosate and Roundup on human placental cells and aromatase - Environmental Health Perspectives 24feb2005
Identity Thieves Find Ways To Target Hospital Patients - Wall Street Journal 22feb2005
Novartis Aims to Corner Generics Market - SwissInfo 21feb2005
New Schools Being Built on Contaminated Sites -- Superfund Sites in New Jersey - Asbury Park Press 20feb2005
Primary Contraceptive Methods Among Women Aged 15–44 Years — United States, 2002 - MMWR18feb2005
Cancer Caused by Emissions from Nuclear Power Plants: Hopes Backing Will Lead to Funding - Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) 17feb2005
Infant Mortality Rates, by Selected Racial/Ethnic Populations — United States, 2002 - MMWR 11feb2005
- Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Multiple Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Stroke --- United States, 2003 - MMWR 11feb2005
- Disparities in Screening for and Awareness of High Blood Cholesterol --- United States, 1999--2002 - MMWR 11feb2005
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence and Impact of Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis — United States, 2002 - MMWR 11feb2005
- National Child Passenger Safety Week, February 12–18, 2005 - MMWR 11feb2005
W.R. Grace Indicted Over Mine's Asbestos - AP 7feb2005
ATM-Style Drug Kiosks Spark Debate - Marin Independent Journal 6feb2005
X-rays Added to Cancer List: 11th Report on Carcinogens by National Institute- SF Chronicle 1feb2005
Celebrex: Pfizer Says 1999 Trials Revealed Risks With Celebrex - NY Times 1feb2005
Everyday Chemicals Cause Infertility, Cancer and Birth Defects - Irish Examiner (Ireland) 20jan2005
Sick-Building Syndrome: Toxic Shock: Airtight Buildings, a Chemical-Soaked Environment, Stress Main Culprits - SF Chronicle 21jan2005
Sick-Building Syndrome: Caution: Some Buildings Can Make You Sick - SF Chronicle 16jan2005
Send a Message: Tell the FDA that Dietary Supplements are Important for Your Health - Health Action Center 14jan05
Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans: United States - MMWR Weekly 14jan05
Cell Phones: Mobile Phones Tumour Risk to Young Children - The Times (UK) 12jan05
Mental Health: The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion - Energy Bulletin 11jan05
Toxic Trouble by ZIP Code: Don't Panic, But Demand Cleanup of Toxic Sites - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 10jan2005
- Respiratory disease in relation to patient residence near to hazardous waste sites R. Kudyakov et al / Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 01dec2004
Toxic Breast Milk? - NY Times Magazine 9jan05
Sperm Magnet to Help Infertile Men - New Scientist 8jan05
Tsunami: Knowledge of Natural World Saves Primitive Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands From Tsunami - The Hindu (India) and other articles 5jan04
Estrogen-like Component of Plastic Stimulates Growth of Certain Prostate Cancer Cells - American Association for Cancer Research 3jan2005
Fetal exposure to prescription drugs and adult sexual orientation - Ellis & Hellberg / Personality and Individual Differences 1jan2005

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