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1. The Unmaking of Bradley Manning, Part V: 'The White-Haired Dude,' the Chat Logs, and the 'New Yorker' Writer

As I wrote yesterday, the influential PBS Frontline series presents a full hour on WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning. They’ve posted three teasers and excerpts already. What might be most significant, and controversial, about Tuesday’s show -- which appears almost one year from the day of Manning's arrest -- is what appears to be an attempt to link Manning to Assange (or someone else at WikiLeaks) in a more direct way than what has emerged to date. The idea that Assange did not simply receive massive, anonymous uploads from a military intelligence officer forms the heart of the U.S. government’s attempt to prosecute him under the Espionage Act. To carry that off, the Department of Justice probably has to convince a grand jury that Assange directed or assisted Manning in his leaking or had some other intimate contact.
Greg Mitchell, The Nation

2. UK government censors YouTube videos

Big Brother Watch has been alerted to the fact that the UK government have been submitting requests to Google asking for certain YouTube videos and search results to be censored. When trying to access a blocked video, an error message is shown instead: “This content is not available in your country due to a government removal request.” YouTube Help gives the following explanation: "YouTube occasionally receives requests from governments around the world to remove content from our site, and as a result, YouTube may block specific content in order to comply with local laws in certain countries." At the moment it is unclear what types of video are being selected by the government for blocking, however Google provides a website detailing how many requests each country’s government have made for the removal of data. One Click Note: The percentage of MPs in jail is currently double that of the general population@bbw1984 Big Brother Watch, Twitter.
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3. Drug regulators accused of risking patient safety by not publishing clinical trial data

Pressure is growing to ensure doctors and the public are fully informed about all clinical trials which are carried out to test the safety of medicines. The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which evaluates medicines licensed in the European Union, including Ireland, was recently criticised by the European ombudsman for failing to make all information it has accessible to public. Researchers writing in the 'British Medical Journal' say medicines regulators are protecting drug company profits rather than the lives and welfare of patients by withholding unpublished trial data. They call for access to trial reports to allow the benefits and harms of treatments to be independently assessed. Despite the existence of thousands of clinical trials, doctors are unable to choose the best treatments for their patients because research results are being reported selectively, said Prof Peter Gotzsche and Dr Anders Jorgensen from the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Denmark. Selective reporting can have disastrous consequences. For example, Rofecoxib (Vioxx) has probably caused 100,000 unnecessary heart attacks in the US alone.
Independent.ie

4. Adverse reactions lead US patients to ask just how safe are antibiotics?

Victims of antibiotic poisoning refer to it as the 'invisible illness' A growing number of American patients say they've been poisoned by fluoroquinolone antibiotics. Not only has this ruined lives, they say, it's exposed the unhealthy relationship between some drug manufacturers and medical regulatory bodies. While stories about fluoroquinolone poisoning have been published in the Inter Press Service News Agency, the Associated Press and numerous medical journals, the topic is not reported on frequently in the media, and people tend to be skeptical when first learning about it. This lack of knowledge has caused many sufferers to become activists, helping to educate people about the topic.
Carey Purcell, Ecologist

5. Rule shielding military doctors from liability faces legal battle

Opponents of the 60-year-old doctrine want it overturned to allow servicemen and women to pursue negligence claims against the government. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in June whether to hear a case challenging a decades-old doctrine preventing military members from suing the federal government for medical negligence. If the Feres Doctrine is reversed, experts predict that the government will face hundreds of millions of dollars -- if not billions -- worth of medical liability claims.
Alicia Gallegos, JAMA

6. Leeds girl's mystery illness linked to MMR vaccine?

Alicia Brook with her daughter Melody.
Medics have finally found answers over why a seven-year-old was struck down by a mystery illness which left her disabled. The YEP revealed in 2009 that Melody Brook suddenly lost her ability to walk, talk or feed herself. Doctors were baffled by her condition but, after years of tests, have discovered Melody was still suffering from an infection she picked up as a baby. Melody, from Belle Isle, Leeds, picked up an infection as a baby which caused brain inflammation encephalitis. In July 2008 she started to lose her speech and movement. Now a biopsy has shown her brain is still affected by the herpes virus, which medics thought had been treated successfully. Now her mum is also questioning why Melody was given the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination. The youngster’s deterioration started soon after she had the jab in 2008 and Mrs Brook has now found that her child’s medical records showed a doctor had recommended that Melody should not be given any live vaccines. She is now planning to seek answers over why she was not made aware of the recommendation.
Katie Baldwin, Yorkshire Evening Post

7. Detroit Mother Fights to Choose Daughter’s Medication

Maryanne Godboldo was said to have issues with the Detroit police and the Michigan’s Department of Human Services, owing to her refusal to administer certain drugs prescribed for her physically impaired daughter. She claimed that the drugs given to her daughter Ariana, only deteriorated her condition, which is as a result of the carelessness of some of the doctors who have prescribed drugs like; Risperdal, which had an adverse effect and complicated her condition. However, the Human Services Director, Maura Corrigan, has stated that their major course is to go to court and provide evidence that there is a “medical neglect” before further actions can be taken, regarding the case. After her mother’s aggressive encounter with the police, Ariana spent almost a month in a children's psychiatric facility, and now stays with Godboldo's sister, Penny, as a judge has ordered that other adult relatives should be present when she visits with her daughter.
Ria Patel, Top News
Related Links:

* Maryanne Godboldo's daughter released as state vs. parents wrangle over Risperdal & vaccines
Gina Damron, Detroit Free Press

* Criminal charges against Maryanne Godboldo stayed by district judge
By Eric T. Campbell, The Michigan Citizen

* Foster care in Michigan: Well what do you know? Maryanne Godboldo’s daughter doesn't need drugs after all
NCCPR, Child Welfare Blog

* Detroit Mother Jailed for Weaning Daughter Off Risperdal
Vera Hassner Sharav, AHRP
* Community Rallies Behind Mother Accused Of Stand-Off
Diane Bukowski, Voice Of Detroit
* Detroit Mother Jailed In Dispute Over Daughter's Medication - Vaccines, Psychotropics
Doug Guthrie, The Detroit News

8. Learn more about Lyme disease from award-winning film

Learn more about Lyme disease at a screening of the award-winning documentary, "Under Our Skin: The Untold Story of Lyme Disease," 7 p.m. Thursday at the NCC Fowler Family Southside Center in Bethlehem. Pennsylvania ranks No. 1 in United States in reported cases of Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that is carried by deer ticks and transmitted by bites to the humans and animals. It affects various parts of the body and, if untreated, can become persistent or long-term. With symptom such as rash, joint pain, neurological problems and feeling like you have the flu, it's often misdiagnosed as another illness, such as ADHD, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome or lupus."Under Our Skin" investigates the human, medical and political dimensions of Lyme disease. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in Features Documentary in 2009 and has received numerous awards at international film festivals.

Irene Kraft, The Morning Call

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