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EXTRA! FROM REDFLAGSDAILY.COM, AUGUST 21, 2003

 

" Nicholas Regush "

 

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2003

 

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http://www.redflagsdaily.com

 

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FREE SPECIAL PREVIEW

 

CROSSROADS

 

Two Powerful, Inspirational Songs About Life Changes

By RFD Columnist and Special Projects Editor, Barbara Lewis

 

" These songs have a great deal of personal meaning. I was in mid-town Manhattan

on September 11/2001. That day represented a powerful turning point in my life. "

 

LEAVING NEW YORK

 

I WILL FIND MY WAY

 

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MAD COW DISEASE ONLINE CONFERENCE AT RFD

 

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EXTRA!

 

SECOND OPINION

 

A FAST FOR FREEDOM IN MENTAL HEALTH

A hunger strike has begun to challenge international domination by biopsychiatry

and the forced drugging of patients

By RFD Editor, Nicholas Regush

 

WHAT IS GOING ON IN VANCOUVER?

More than 100 people have come down with respiratory disease symptoms and the

word, " SARS " is making a comeback even though there is still confusion about the

outbreak

 

THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION ISSUES A STATEMENT ABOUT " COMPULSIVE

SHOPPING DISORDER "

Relax, even though anti-depressants are a-popping to fight this condition, which

according to drug company experts apparently afflicts millions of Americans, the

APA says its manual on disorders won’t include compulsive shopping — " at this

time. " Well, maybe the APA should then take a bead on drug companies claiming

they have the antidote to the " disorder. "

 

 

 

SPECIAL REPORT

 

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN MONTREAL FROM 1871 TO 1880 AND THE

LATE OUTBREAK OF 1885

 

and in case you missed this....

 

SCREAM OF THE WEEK

 

IS THIS MEDICAL REPORTING OR HYPE?

CNN’s feature on " Levitra Versus Viagra. " RFD calls this hype. Almost no

attention to potential side-effects (quickly in passing) and no mention that

side-effects associated with a new drug often turn up as more and more people

take it. Making this clear is fundamental to good medical reporting — N.R.