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Nemeroff & The First House That Glaxo Built?

By VT / January 5, 2010

. . . Ed Silverman Pharmalot 01/05/09 Yesterday, we wrote that Charles Nemeroff, the controversial psychiatry professor at Emory University in Atlanta, had just purchased a $1.9 million, six-bedroom, seven-bath home in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, as he prepares for his new job at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, where […]

Are Vaccinations Good Parenting?

By VT / January 4, 2010

. . . LoseTheBackPain.com 1/04/2010 While shopping near the kids section of a clothing store last week, a brochure caught my eye. The front was adorned with a very large picture of a baby caught in wide-eyed surprise. The title read, “Whooping cough sounds scary. Promise me you’ll get vaccinated.” As a father of 8, […]

Garlic prices soar in China amid flu fears

By VT / January 3, 2010

. . . By Calum MacLeod USA TODAY BEIJING Wrapped up in earmuffs and a heavy jacket to fight the Beijing winter, Liu Zhan shows little sign of soaring wealth. Until he removes his gloves — and reveals a large gold ring. At the Chinese capital’s biggest vegetable wholesale market, other traders call him “Millionaire […]

Repeated immunization with antigen causes systemic autoimmunity in mice

By VT / January 2, 2010

. . . Repeated immunization with antigen causes systemic autoimmunity in mice otherwise not prone to spontaneous autoimmune diseases For the full article visit: Self-Organized Criticality Theory of Autoimmunity Background The cause of autoimmunity, which is unknown, is investigated from a different angle, i.e., the defect in immune ‘system’, to explain the cause of autoimmunity. […]

WHO chief says worst of swine flu pandemic is over in U.S., Europe

By VT / December 31, 2009

. . . By Eliane Engeler Associated Press GENEVA — Many more people could become sick with swine flu this winter even though it has peaked in North America and some European countries, the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The worst of the swine flu outbreak is over in the United States, […]

Demand down for swine flu shots

By VT / December 31, 2009

. . . By Josh Goldstein Philly.com Karen Williams had tried to get her twins, Liam and Declan, immunized against the swine flu virus as soon as they were old enough, but a Burlington County clinic in November was postponed for lack of the vaccine. So yesterday, Williams arrived with her 8-month-old boys an hour […]

Germany Aims to Cancel 50% of Swine Flu Shots, Ministry Says

By VT / December 31, 2009

. . . By Rainer Buergin Bloomberg Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — Germany aims to accept only half the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine doses it ordered from GlaxoSmithKline Plc because the disease has proven less severe than expected, the Health Ministry in the state of Thuringia said today. The order of 50 million doses was based […]

Child Protection stole Christmas from families around the world with SBS accusations

By VT / December 30, 2009

. . . Christina England American Chronicle December 30th, 2009 Christmas time is a time for families and a time for children but sadly many families this year faced a Christmas without their children because child protection agencies and paediatricians misdiagnosed very real conditions, opting instead to accuse parents of shaking their babies. As a […]

Thimerosal: A vaccine ingredient’s toxic legacy

By VT / December 30, 2009

. . . Written by Roman Bystrianyk Health Sentinel Wednesday, 30 December 2009 02:28 April, 1948 an article is published in the journal Pediatrics: “Inspection of the records of the Children’s Hospital for the past ten years has disclosed 15 instances in which children developed acute cerebral symptoms within a period of hours after the […]

WHO chief yet to be vaccinated against swine flu

By VT / December 30, 2009

. . . Yahoo News Tue Dec 29, 12:20 PM GENEVA (AFP) – World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan revealed Tuesday that she has yet to be vaccinated against the swine flu virus, which has killed over 11,500 people world-wide. “I have asked my medical service to enquire where I can go to get my […]

Toxic metals may influence autism severity

By VT / December 29, 2009

Children with higher levels of metals – such as lead and antimony – in their urine had more severe autism, suggesting that metal levels in their bodies may contribute to its seriousness.

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