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India: 11 Tipaimukh children die of mysterious disease

At least 11 children aged below six years died Thursday at villages in Tipaimukh sub-division of Churachandpur district due to an unknown disease, a report said.

Among the 11 children, six were from Lhangthelen village, three were from Laishan and one each from Parbung and Patpuihmaun, the first official report received here said.

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New strain of deadly water-borne disease found in Amazon

A new strain of a deadly water-borne disease has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, researchers said Tuesday.

This emerging bacteria may be responsible for up to 40 percent of the region's cases of leptospirosis, a deadly disease transmitted from animals to humans which can cause jaundice, renal failure, lung hemorrhage and other symptoms.

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Fertiliser and hydrochloric acid found in wine in Italy

It appears several wine scandals have been uncovered in Italy more or less simultaneously, which may have an extent similar to the ill-fated methanol additions of some 22 years ago. It is claimed some 70 million litres of Italian wine contain fertiliser and hydrochloric acid, while in the case of Brunello di Montalcino the allegations are focused on large-scale illegal blending.

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5 things you didn't know about Narcissistic personality disorders

This relatively newly defined disorder first appeared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1980 and the diagnostic criteria was revised in 1987 and 1994. Dr. William Samek, a clinical and forensic psychologist in Miami, explains the disorder:


Comment: We can add Dr. Samek to the list of psychopathy apologists.

Interesting that the diagnosis was invented in 1980, but that fits. Can't have the successful psychopaths classified as psychopaths, now can we?


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Maine Middle School May Drug 11 Year Old Girls with Birth Control Patches

A middle school in Portland, Maine is considering a proposal to provide birth control pills and patches to students as young as 11 years old. King Middle School launched a reproductive health program after five of the 135 students who visited the school's health center in 2006 reported being sexually active. The program already provides condoms to students, but the new proposal would expand this to include prescriptions for birth control pills and patches (which would then have to be purchased at a pharmacy).

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Ex-drug salesman: We lured docs with gifts

We all want to think that our doctors prescribe pain pills for our aching backs because it's what we need, and not because a charming ex-cheerleader turned drug company sales rep has invited him to a Red Sox [team stats] game.

Syringe

Vaccines, Autism and Our Daughter, Hannah

To the Editor:

Re "Inoculated Against Facts," by Paul A. Offit (Op-Ed, March 31):

Our daughter, Hannah, developed normally until receiving nine vaccines at once. She immediately developed a fever and encephalopathy, deteriorating into what was diagnosed, based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or D.S.M. IV, as autism.

Syringe

CDC Has Lost Control of the Autism Argument

On Wednesday, CNN's Larry King hosted Jenny McCarthy, myself, and several others to discuss the growing evidence of a link between childhood vaccines and autism. The CDC refused to send someone to appear on the show. Instead, on Thursday, the agency issued a statement meant to reassure the American public that all vaccines are safe for all kids.

Evil Rays

Vets 'at risk from miscarriage'

Female vets over-exposed to the anaesthetics, X-rays and pesticides they use could be raising their chances of miscarriage, research suggests. The Australian study, in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, found regular exposure to workplace hazards was linked to a doubling of risk.

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Antidepressant Drugs Linked to School Shootings

A parents' rights organization has called on Congress to investigate a potential link between psychiatric drugs and school shootings, and called for parents to be better informed about the risks of such medications. New York-based Ablechild accused the mental health industry of "[continuing] to downplay the risks of drugs widely prescribed to millions."

According to statistics from Medwatch, the drug reporting system maintained by the FDA, there have been 63,000 cases of people on antidepressants committing suicide in the United States.