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Drug company gifts undermine confidence in FDA and medical journals including BMJ, JAMA, NEJM and The Lancet Toxicity re-testing madness erupts in Europe Scientific A-V groups oppose EU proposed toxicity testing (scroll down) Xenotransplantation experiments in Mexico and Cook Islands Progress in organ procurement (scroll down) Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may be overused Cow milk as a cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Proctor & Gamble's Iams promotes vivisection Unvaccinated French troops free of Gulf War Syndrome US Defense Department acknowledges Gulf War illness GM corn invades Mexico Green pigs and ham courtesy Japanese scientists Bushmeat trade potential for another AIDS-like disease Amalgam filling fight in New Hampshire No more chimpanzee experiments in Europe Europe to stop testing cosmetics on animals UK and NZ grant chimpanzees human rights Viagra good for seals Curing disease in mice and rats ON THE DRUG SCENE Super aspirin kills as well as cures Ghost-writing doctors help promote drug sales Drug enforcement agency urges control of OxyContin Supreme Court denies nausea relief of marijuana More aggressive us of cholesterol-lowering drugs 15 states sue Aventis for high drug prices RESEARCH WITHOUT ANIMALS Ear tubes fail to improve child development Butter vs. margarine Chelation fails to reduce high lead levels No lead rather than low led --childhood study Brits achieve breakthrough in pain research World Trade Center dogs to be monitored REVIEWS The Homeopathic Treatment of Influenza by J. Perko reviewed by Dorothy Kendall SCIENCE FICTIONS, A Scientific Mystery, A Massive Cover-up, and the Dark Legacy of Robert Gallo by John Crewdson excerpt from review by Helen Epstein in Los Angeles Times LETTERS Dr Stuart and Terry Hirschberg, Short Hills NJ David Brainerd, Surprise AZ Gill Williamson, Scotland email from student Lura B. Irish, Home WA Connie Matthews, Pittsfield MA |
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The Civil Abolitionist Spring 2002 v.13 no.1 |