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An Extended Tragedy by Alan Yurko medley of medical errors that led to life imprisonment Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine sues FDA to stop worthless animal tests Campaign for Responsible Transplantation wins court decision re information disclosure Dirty Secrets by Karen Dawn -an anti-vivisectionist's slant on two articles in The New York Times, September 27, 2002 The Problem with Vaccines (for animals) by Catherine O'Driscoll Smallpox Vaccine: Health Care Workers' Pledge by Meryl Nass, MD A Doctor's Viewpoint on toxins in the home environment by Phil Landrigan, MD UK Biobank promoters will be seeking solutions for diseases Viagra May Be Saving Seals SHAC announces withdrawal of Huntingdon Life Science insurance provider Independent Judicial Inquiry into Vivisection Demo to be held in London April 5, 2003 ON THE DRUG SCENE *Drug companies dominate published research *Ad agencies acquire interest in clinical research firms *Study finds medication errors occurring 19% of the time *St John's Wort effective as Zoloft for depression disorders *Lovastatin lowers more than cholesterol *Patients sue Glaxo-SmithKlein claiming Seroxat is addictive *Department of Health and Human Services deems steroidal estrogens to be carcinogenic *Letter (unpublished) from Irwin D. Bross to The New York Times RESEARCH WITHOUT ANIMALS *Human (as opposed to rodent) male infertility study *Mercury in fish indicted for human infertility problems *The future of medicine: teaching the body to heal itself *Eat your broccoli *Study shows vitamin C may help reduce the risk of strokes *Butter vs. margarine *UK to create genetic data base BOOK REVIEW SPECIOUS SCIENCE How Genetics and Evolution Reveal Why Medical Research on Animals Harms Humans Continuum 2002 288 pages, $26.95 referenced, index by C. Ray Greek, M.D. and Jean Swingle Greek, DVM LETTERS Phillip Duckworth, England Marguerite Wegner, Australia To obtain a print copy: send SASE to Civitas, POB 26, Swain NY 14884 |
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The Civil Abolitionist Winter 2002-03 v.13 no. 3 |