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... GLOBAL NEWS ... NEWS being the best) are: Japan, Sweden, Canada, France, Australia, Spain, Finland, The Netherlands, UK, Denmark, Belgium, USA and Germany. US estimates of the combined effect of errors and adverse effects that occur because of iatrogenic damage not associat- ed with recognisable error include: * 12,000 deaths/year from unnecessary after deaths from heart disease and cancer. (Source: JAMA 284[4], 26 July 2000, http://jama.ama-asan.org/issues/) political and now military implications of uncovering a vaccine industry-linked cause of AIDS, future publications and open dialogue regarding this hypothesis in the mainstream and scientific media may be increasingly difficult to achieve. (Source: By Dr Leonard Horowitz, Idaho Observer, USA, July 2000) aye US estimates of the combined effect of CIA OVERSEES "WAR ON AIDS" errors and adverse effects that occur O: 30 April, the Washington Post because of iatrogenic damage not associat- announced a National Security Agency ed with recognisable error include: (NSA) move to place AIDS science, and all * 12,000 deaths/year from unnecessary public health agencies conducting it, under surgery; the command of the Central Intelligence * 7000 deaths/year from medication Agency (CIA). errors in hospitals; Curiously, this move follows South * 20,000 deaths/year from other errors African President Thabo Mbeki's decision in hospitals; to include the testimonies of "dissident" * 80,000 deaths/year from nosocomial scientists in his country's review of infections in hospitals; HIV/AIDS treatment practices and the epi- ¢ 106,000 deaths/year from non-error, demic's origin. adverse effects of medications. President Clinton, advised by the These total 225,000 deaths per year from National Intelligence Council (NIC) to for- iatrogenic causes. mally declare global AIDS a US “national It should be noted that most of the data is _ security threat", signed this policy into law. derived from studies of hospitalised The action foreshadows the likely persecu- patients, and that these estimates are for _ tion, if not incarceration or assassination, deaths only and do not include adverse _ of "dissident" AIDS scientists. effects that are associated with disability or The CIA warned in its report to the discomfort. If the higher estimates are President and press: "The persistent infec- used, the deaths due to iatrogenic causes _ tious disease burden is likely to aggravate would range from 230,000 to 284,000 per and, in some cases, may even provoke eco- year. nomic decay, social fragmentation, and In any case, 225,000 deaths per year political destabilization in the hardest-hit from iatrogenic causes constitutes the third countries..." leading cause of death in the United States, The study defined "instability" as revolu- tionary wars, ethnic wars, genocides and disruptive regime transitions. Dramatic declines in life expectancy, the study said, are the strongest risk factor for "such threats to national security". Killing two birds with one stone—pro- moting vaccination and medication—the propagandist report stated that such threats and "deterio- / : : ration" might be fol- L ) \ \ S&S. lowed by "limited ce improvement...owing to better prevention "I'll have an entrée of emulsifiers and control efforts, followed by some lightly grilled mercury, new drugs, and vac- with a side order of gently oxidised "Given the preservatives and the lady will have potentially grave anything that's genetically modified." socio-economic, BRITISH DRUG-REGULATOR DOCTORS IN SHARES SCAM MM of the experts who advise the UK government on the safety of medi- cines have shares in the drug companies which benefit from their decisions. According to UK media reports, more than two-thirds of the doctors and acade- mics who serve on committees of the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) have investments in the pharmaceutical industry or benefit from drug company cash. Some doctors have huge shareholdings worth more than £100,000 in major compa- nies such as SmithKline Beecham and AstraZeneca. Many others are dependent on consultancies, fees and research grants from the industry giants. Nicholas Harvey, the Liberal Democrats' health spokesman, has called for a tighten- ing-up of the regulations governing the advisers' interests and has condemned the secrecy in the committees' meetings, which are all held behind closed doors. The Sunday Express found that more than 170 of the MCA's 248 members have financial links with pharmaceutical compa- nies. A total of 42 own shares in a variety of companies. (Source: By Jonathan Calvert and Lucy Johnston, Sunday Express, London, 6 August 2000, website www.lineone.net/express/) surgery; * 7000 deaths/year from medication errors in hospitals; * 20,000 deaths/year from other errors in hospitals; * 80,000 deaths/year from nosocomial infections in hospitals; * 106,000 deaths/year from non-error, adverse effects of medications. These total 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes. It should be noted that most of the data is derived from studies of hospitalised patients, and that these estimates are for deaths only and do not include adverse effects that are associated with disability or discomfort. If the higher estimates are used, the deaths due to iatrogenic causes would range from 230,000 to 284,000 per year. In any case, 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes constitutes the third leading cause of death in the United States, LIMITED DEBT RELIEF MAY MAKE POOR NATIONS WORSE OFF nternational efforts to cut the debts of the world's poorest countries are leaving some of these paying tens of millions of dollars more to their Western creditors, says Oxfam. The aid agency described the debt relief package which the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are offering Zambia, one of the most impoverished countries in Africa, as a "fraud". Confidential papers from the IMF, obtained by Oxfam, show that Zambia's interest payments are set to rise from US$136m (£91m) in 1999 to $235m in 2002, even though it is expected to enter followed by some lightly grilled mercury, with a side order of gently oxidised preservatives and the lady will have anything that's genetically modified." the 8 - NEXUS "I'll have an entrée of emulsifiers OCTOBER —- NOVEMBER 2000