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  • The Best of 2005
    28 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Wayne Besen
    This past year, my weekly column has opined on key issues affecting the American people. Heroes have been lauded, hypocrites exposed and crucial gay issues brought to the fore. Here is a snapshot of the tantalizing topics discussed in 2005:
    Adultery in the Military: It is time the military bring back adults who care more about winning wars than declaring a self-righteous war on adultery. We might be doing better in Iraq if the Pentagon started paying more attention to the (…)

  • RIGHTS: U.S. Vets Join Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims
    23 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Elisabeth Schreinemacher
    UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) - Vietnamese victims of the defoliant known as Agent Orange wound up a month-long visit to the U.S. at the invitation of veterans, Vietnamese Americans and peace activists, to press their case for reparations from the U.S. government and the companies that made the deadly chemical.
    They say an estimated 50,000 deformed children have been born to parents who were directly sprayed with Agent Orange or exposed through contaminated food and (…)

  • Mushrooming depleted uranium (DU) scandal blamed
    22 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Bob Nichols
    Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter charged Monday that the reason Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi stepped down earlier this month was the growing scandal surrounding the use of uranium munitions in the Iraq War.
    Writing in Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter No. 169, Arthur N. Bernklau, executive director of Veterans for Constitutional Law in New York, stated, “The real reason for Mr. Principi’s departure was really never given, however a special report (…)

  • Flashback: Judge Halts Mandatory Anthrax Shots- Troops shouldn’t be "Guinea Pigs"
    11 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON - A federal judge yesterday ordered the Pentagon to stop administering an anthrax vaccine to service members without their consent, ruling that defense officials cannot require troops to "serve as guinea pigs for experimental drugs."
    In blocking mandatory anthrax inoculations until a full trial can be held on the matter, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan agreed with the contention by six unnamed Defense Department plaintiffs. They say the anthrax vaccine is an experimental (…)

  • The Age of Autism: ’A pretty big secret’
    9 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (UPI) — It’s a far piece from the horse-and-buggies of Lancaster County, Pa., to the cars and freeways of Cook County, Ill.
    But thousands of children cared for by Homefirst Health Services in metropolitan Chicago have at least two things in common with thousands of Amish children in rural Lancaster: They have never been vaccinated. And they don’t have autism.
    "We have a fairly large practice. We have about 30,000 or 35,000 children that we’ve taken care of over the years, (…)

  • 20,000 Troops Hospitalized after given Anthrax Vaccine
    7 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Pentagon never told Congress about more than 20,000 hospitalizations involving troops who’d taken the anthrax vaccine, despite repeated promises that such cases would be publicly disclosed.
    Instead, a parade of generals and Defense Department officials told Congress and the public that fewer than 100 people were hospitalized or became seriously ill after receiving the shot from 1998 through 2000.
    They also showed Congress written policies that required public reports to be filed for (…)

  • To heal or to patch? Military mental health workers in Iraq
    6 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Stephen Soldz
    The Wall Street Journal has a new article on the role of mental health professionals in treating war trauma in Iraq Therapists take on soldiers’ trauma in Iraq. The military has caught on to how these workers can aid the war effort and has increased their per capita numbers. Rather than seeking the best treatment to help traumatized soldiers recover from their stressful and horrific experiences, these professionals attempt to patch soldiers in order to return them to (…)

  • WORLD AIDS DAY: How Many Millions More Will Die?
    3 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Haider Rizvi
    UNITED NATIONS, Dec 1 (IPS) - Millions of people living with HIV/AIDS in poor parts of the world could lose their lives in the next few years if governments fail to keep their promises to fight the deadly pandemic, warn U.N. officials and health advocacy groups.
    In the absence of treatment, as many as 74 million people could die from HIV/AIDS-related causes by 2015, according to the Geneva-based International Labour Organisation (ILO), which notes that young workers are (…)

  • Sense of failure: the scale of teenage self-harm
    3 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    – Study shows one in five girls has wounded herself ’Must-have’ culture brings feelings of inadequacy
    by Mark Honigsbaum
    Far more British teenagers than previously thought are inflicting injuries on themselves because of feelings of failure and social inadequacy, according to research by mental health experts.
    A survey published today by The Priory, which specialises in treating mental health problems and addictions, finds that as many as one in five girls between the ages of 15-17 has (…)

  • Former soldier wins landmark case over Gulf War Syndrome
    21 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A former guardsman suffering from Gulf War Syndrome has won a landmark legal case against the Ministry of Defence.
    Daniel Martin, 35, who has suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome, memory loss and impaired concentration since the 1991 conflict, will receive a disability award under the "umbrella term" of Gulf War Syndrome.
    He is one of 1,500 soldiers who made a claim for a disablement pension because of the syndrome, which, for the past 14 years, the MoD has said does not exist.
    A war (…)