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2006

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The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion - Energy Bulletin 11jan05

2006

• The Birth Control Pill May Raise Odds of Having Allergic Kids - Reuters Health 29dec2006
• Humans Show Unexpected Odor-Tracking Ability - AP / Seattle Times 18dec2006
• Navajo Neuropathy caused by Rain-filled uranium pits providing drinking water - Los Angeles Times 20nov2006
• Nail Salons May Have Cancer Link - East Bay Daily News 24nov2006
• U.S. Ends Ban on Silicone Breast Implants - New York Times 17nov2006
• Tamiflu Linked to Delirium and Suicide - Los Angeles Times 14nov2006
• Jet Lag Or Irregular Shifts May Shorten Life Span -  Medical News Today 7nov2006
• For a Fee, Doctors With Time to Listen - Wall Street Journal 29oct2006
• DNA Found in Drinking Water Could Aid Germs - LiveScience 23oct2006
• UNOS: Transplant Monitor Lax in Oversight: U.S. Organ Network Routinely Fails to Detect Problems - Los Angeles Times 22oct2006
• Israel: Four Senior Physicians Arrested for Illegal Non-consensual Medical Experiments on Their Patients - Haaretz (Israel) 10oct2006
• Zyprexa, Risperdal and Seroquel: Alzheimer's Study Rejects Zyprexa use: Off-label Doses of Lilly Drug, Rivals are Not Worth Risks - Indianapolis Star 12oct2006: 
• Hormone Therapy: Jury Finds that PremPro Causes Cancer Woman Wins First Phase of Prempro Breast Cancer Trial - AP 4oct2006
• Premature Births the Cause of 34% of Infant Deaths - AP 1oct2006
• Health Insurance Rate Increase is Twice Inflation Rate - AP 26sep2006
• Not Your Father’s PE: Obesity, Exercise, and the Role of Schools - Education Next 20sep2006
• Health-Care Consultants Reap Fees From Those They Evaluate - Wall Street Journal 18sep2006
• No Single Gulf War Syndrome, Study Says - New York Times / AP 13sep2006
• Medical Journal Editor Charles Nemeroff Steps Down Over Undisclosed Ties - Wall Street Journal 28aug2006
• Obesity: Just a Few Extra Pounds Could Mean Fewer Years, Study Finds - Washington Post 23aug2006
• Higher Than Expected Risk Found with Acne Drug Accutane: Need to Monitor Users - AP 22aug2006
• New FDA Leadership — Andrew von Eschenbach — has Strong Ties to Big Pharma - NewsTarget 18aug2006
• Ultrasound Might Affect Newborn Brain Development - Medical News Today (UK) 8aug2006
• 3,000,000 IVF Babies Born Worldwide Since 1978 -  BioNews 28jun2006
•  Secondhand Smoke Surgeon General's Report: 'Indisputable' Evidence Against Secondhand Smoke -  Los Angeles Times 27jun2006
• If It's Good for Philip Morris, Can It Also Be Good for Public Health? -  New York Times 18jun2006
• Bird Flu: It’s Not What You Think - Book Review by United Poultry Concerns 8may2006
• Plan to Build Children's DNA Database Raises Concerns -  Wall Street Journal 7jun2006
• Trapped by Rules, The Mentally Ill Languish in Prison  - Wall Street Journal 3may2006
• Freddie Boyce Survived Neglect and Radiation Experiments at Water E. Fernald School for the Feebleminded  -  Boston Globe 1may2006
• Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Undercounted by Bush Government - Wall Street Journal 1may2006
• FDA: Ex-Head of F.D.A. Faces Criminal Inquiry - New York Times (plus others) 29apr2006
• FDA: Study Rebuts Conflict Fears Around FDA Financial Ties of Panels -  Boston Globe 26apr2006
  • Financial Conflict of Interest Disclosure and Voting Patterns at Food and Drug Administration Drug Advisory Committee Meetings -  JAMA (abstract) 26apr 2006
• Massachusetts to Require Health Insurance - Detroit Free Press 13apr2006
• Vioxx: Merck Shares Fall On Vioxx Verdict - Forbes 5apr2006
• The ‘Plasticization’ of our Lifestyle - The Philippine Star (Manila) 21mar2006
• Mad Cow Madness - Editorial / Los Angeles Times 15mar2006
• PolyHeme: Blood-Substitute Study Is Criticized by U.S. Agency - Wall Street Journal 10mar2006
• AIDS: Why I Quit HIV - Rebecca V. Culshaw  3mar2006 
• Dogs Smell Cancer Better Than Technology: Canine Scent Detection of Lung and Breast Cancers -  Integrative Cancer Therapies 1mar2006
• Out Of Control: AIDS and the corruption of medical science - Celia Farber / Harper's Magazine 1mar2006
• Larry Brilliant: Doctor Looks to Use Technology to Aid Global Health Care - San Francisco Chronicle 24feb2006
• Smokers Pay More for Health Benefits: Employers Ask Smokers to Pay Higher Health-Care Premiums -  AP 17feb2006
• McDonald's Fries: More Fat, Possible Allergens -  Reuters 13feb2006
• Trans Fat Ignored in Study That Bashed Low-Fat Diet - Baltimore Sun 9feb2006
• Ritalin: U.S. Advisers Criticize FDA Drug Safety Board -  Reuters 10feb2006
• Bush's Medicare-Cut Proposal Would Slam Nation's Hospitals - Wall Street Journal 7feb2006
• Mad Cow: USDA Fought Retesting of Infected Cow - Washington Post 3feb2006
• Holding Loved One's Hand Can Calm Jittery Neurons -  New York Times 31jan2006
• Nearly 8 Million Babies are Born With Genetic Defects Yearly, Study Finds -  Los Angeles Times 31jan2006
• WHO Calls For End to "Single-Drug" Artemisinin Treatment - Mozambique News Agency (AIM) 20jan2006
• FDA Plan Would Aid Drug Makers in Liability Suits: Agency's Approved Labels Would Pre-empt State Law - Wall Street Journal 14jan2006
• Health-Care Spending Growth Slows: In 2004, Outlays Rose 7.9% Amid Pullback in Increase Of Prescription-Drug Sales -  Wall Street Journal 10jan2006
• Diabetes and Its Awful Toll Quietly Emerge as a Crisis -  New York Times 9jan2006
• Albert Hofmann: Nearly 100, LSD's Father Ponders His Problem Child -  New York Times 7jan2006
• Down Syndrome More Common Than Once Thought MIKE STOBBE / AP 5jan2006
  • Down Syndrome Higher Than Expected -- Improved National Prevalence Estimates for 18 Selected Major Birth Defects - United States, 1999-2001 - MMWR 6jan2006
• Gilberto Gil: Minister of Counterculture - The Guardian Weekly (UK) 5jan2006
• SUVs: Children No Safer in SUVs Than in Passenger Cars -  AP 3jan2006

• Pharmaceutcals: FDA Issues Advice to Make Earliest Stages Of Clinical Drug Development More Efficient - Press release / FDA 12jan2006

• Pharmaceutcals: FDA Announces New Rules To Expedite Testing of Drugs - Wall Street Journal 12jan2006

  • FDA Guidance for Industry, Investigators, and Reviewers Exploratory IND (Investigational New Drug ) Studies - CDER / FDA / HHS 1jan2006