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VeriChip... Read-write capability
The chips are designed to include patient-specific information such as allergies or previous procedures that would be scanned at a hospital emergency room wirelessly
http://www.engadget.com/entry/3586150958426715/
http://www.engadget.com/entry/7288520206441507/

More read-write capabilities --Nov. 3, 2004
As we understand it, this chip is a device carrying pertinent information about an individual for use during a routine examination or in an emergency. Once the scan is made, the data pops up on a screen. No waiting for someone to dig the details out of a file. Everything the physician may require, other than a few tests and, of course, his or her diagnostic skills, might be available in minutes.
http://www.joplinglobe.com/story.php?story_id=139645&c=96
http://www.heraldonline.com/24hour/opinions/story/1732987p-9556485c.html

Ed. note: Chip: Speaking out of both sides of the mouth
( Chip only good if integrated health system goes with it ) --Nov. 1, 2004
"If health care providers don't have a consistent database of patient information they call up at key moments during the treatment process, properly identifying the patient is meaningless"
http://www.reed-electronics.com/eb-mag/article/CA475425?industryid=2119

Bio- chip featured at Government Health Show -- April 2004
The VeriChip Corporation, maker of the microchip, was invited to participate in Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson's "Technology Showcase"
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38262

$139 million e-health Grants for HHS -- Oct. 13, 2004 (same day FDA approved VeriChip)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced $139 million in grants to help make real President Bush's push for electronic health records for most Americans within a decade.
William A. Pierce, an HHS spokesman, could not say whether VeriChip and its accompanying secure database of medical records fit within that initiative.

To kickstart the chip's use among humans, Applied Digital will provide $650 scanners for free at 200 [ $130,000.00 ] of the nation's trauma centers.
Because the VeriChip is invisible, it's also unclear how health care workers would know which unconscious patients to scan.
{ Guess we will need an external tattoo to identify "joiners"}
Company officials say if the chip use becomes routine, scanning triceps for hidden chips would become second nature at hospitals.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041013/D85MQF780.html

Isaiah 27:1

Health Chip Implant OK'd -- Oct. 13, 2004
Because this product is inherently safe, it did not have to go through three years of clinical trials," said a Digital Angel official, who requested anonymity.
The so-called VeriChip Health Information Microtransponder System consists of the implantable computer microchip
The chip is the key to the database. It allows the opening up of a person's medical file," the Digital Angel official said
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041014-121508-6862r.htm
The chip itself contains no patient information, just 256 characters of memory, a radio transceiver, and a tiny antenna.
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-bzchip144005707oct14,0,5882290,print.story?coll=ny-health-headlines

FDA Approval under the Bush-Watch-- Oct. 20, 2004 Chuck Baldwin
http://www.covenantnews.com/baldwin041020.htm

Pharma RFID : aggressive promotion -- Aug. 25, 2004
During the next 18 months, the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology within the pharmaceutical industry will outstrip RFID usage in consumer packaged goods (CPG). This data point came from new research from Meta Group, which emphasizes the value of tracking in the vertical. "The business case goes beyond inventory visibility," says analyst Bruce Hudson of Meta. "Pharma companies lose billions a year due to drug diversions, the gray market, and the inability to authenticate products to prevent counterfeiting."
http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=5905

Future uses for Verichip : Military, health and financial transactions --July 16, 2004
In addition, Fulcher suspects many are being tested in humans for military and governmental intelligence applications. We can't talk about some applications," she said.
Another application noted by Fulcher has similar security overtones: to use the chips as a secondary means of identification for credit-card users. She said VeriChip has been discussing that possible application with credit-card companies.
The application with the most potential for use in humans is in the healthcare field. An RFID chip implanted in a human can be easily read by a scanner and then referenced back to a central medical database. The unique ID--the company calls it the "VeriChip Subscriber Number"--is matched with the Global VeriChip Subscriber Registry. The password-protected data is maintained on two VeriChip database registry operations, one in Riverside, CA., the other in Owings, MD.
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=23901077

ePrescribing :BluefishRx and EpocratesRx (biometric signature)
BluefishRx is an eprescribing application for Palm handhelds that streamlines the prescription writing process. With BluefishRx, physicians can manage patient details and drug history, choose from a database of over 2,500 drugs, and
write prescriptions directly on their handheld in seconds with a few strokes of the stylus. BluefishRx is now fully integrated with EpocratesRx. Look up drug dosing , formularies, check for drug interactions and more, all while you write prescriptions.
http://bluefishwireless.com/products/sample_applications.htm

Compulsory mental health screening coming
There is a new major U.S. mental health initiative on the docket, based on a report of the New Freedom in Mental Health Commission, which recommends mental health screening for adults and children as young as preschool age, in primary care health settings, schools, and correctional facilities. It also includes expanding school-based mental health programs requiring specific treatments for specific conditions, including the use of specific medications.

Despite a growing public opposition to universal mental health screening, states are being encouraged by the federal government to adopt the measure. Last month Illinois bureaucrats began pushing through a plan passed into law by their legislature to screen the mental health of all pregnant women and children up to 18 years of age in their state. The plan also includes discounted psychotropic drugs.
http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/hughes.htm

Bush plan : mental screening for all plus pharmaceuticals and treatments
So it's a cozy political/pharmaceutical alliance that's taking over the mental health care of your children and, eventually, all of us who aren't politicians.
All pregnant Illinois women will be screened for depression as well. As Dr. Karen R. Effrem warns,
"Merging screening with the academic standards required by No Child Left Behind, as is happening in Illinois, will lead to diagnosis for political reasons.

School mental health and violence prevention programs funded by NCLB and government counter-terrorism operations are already using such criteria as 'homophobia' and 'defenders of the US Constitution against the federal government and UN' to label children and US citizens as mentally unstable and violent." Now you know what "culturally relevant" means
http://www.journalstandard.com/articles/2004/09/18/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter03.txt

Mass medication in Britain for those with High Blood Pressure --Aug. 26, 2004
NICE, Bryan Williams; hypertension; strokes
Although no estimate has been made of the cost of extra drug treatment, he said it was "highly likely to be cost effective" because of the saving in treatment for heart attacks and strokes. He denied that Nice was promoting the use of drugs that could cause side effects for a symptomless condition. Even treatment with a single drug could cut heart disease by 20 per cent and the drugs had few side effects, he said.
Wendy Ross, a GP in Newcastle who helped devise the guidelines, said: "Once people start treatment they are likely to be taking tablets for the rest of their lives. Most are quite keen to avoid that and want to find out what they can do [about changing their lifestyle]."
The guidelines would lead to more people taking more drugs, she said. "There are still a lot of people out there taking one or two drugs who are not very well controlled. They need three or four drugs," she said.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=554807

Massive plan for flu outbreak --Aug. 26, 2004
http://www.indystar.com/articles/5/173305-6895-010.html

EU orders Health ID cards -- August 15, 2004
However, since the cards are likely to be replace driving licences and passports, they would in effect become compulsory for anyone who wants to drive, travel abroad, use the NHS, or receive state benefits.
His plans were criticised by the CBI last week, because the Government is not prepared to accept responsibility when companies use information that appears on the ID registry which then turns out to be incorrect.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=551564

Wireless Healthcare and Data .... e-prescriptions--July 28, 2004
The FocalPoint Group (www.thefpgroup.com), a San Francisco-based market research and strategic advisory firm, has just completed a leading-edge study on the impacts of wireless data applications in the U.S. healthcare industry. The FocalPoint study entitled “WIRELESS IN HEALTHCARE: A study tracking the RFID, wireless sensor solutions, and telemetry technologies” provides a comprehensive view of the latest applications of wireless data in the healthcare space and the ways in which these applications are being used to improve the overall quality and costs of providing healthcare

Technologies, including WiFi, RFID, and low-rate ZigBee modules will be used to improve asset tracking,
patient monitoring, and emergency response situations. In each case, these technologies are being implemented in health environments today and expected to reshape the ways hospitals are organized and to process patient needs.
For more information on this report, please follow this link -
http://www.thefpgroup.com/FocalPoint_Healthcare_Report.htm
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/7/prweb144274.htm

Socialized medicine: Canadian premiers demand fed pays for drug coverage -- July 31, 2004
"Pharmacare"
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. - Canada's premiers want Ottawa to take full responsibility for drug programs, a move they said would be the first major innovation in health care in a generation.
Mr. Hamm said the prime minister [Paul Martin ] talked about a national pharmacare program during the campaign and the premiers have responded.
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, who opposes Ottawa's wish to attach conditions to federal health-care dollars, credited British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell with a "stroke of brilliance" in coming up with the national pharmacare idea.
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/07/31/f322.raw.html

Boston to get meds from Canada --July 25, 2004
The city of Boston has launched a pilot program that will enable current and retired employees with Blue Cross Blue Shield coverage to purchase prescription medications from a Canadian mail-order pharmacy.
Medications in this pilot will come from Total Care Pharmacy (TCP) of Alberta, Canada, a certified member of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA), which is licensed by the Canadian government. The City of Boston selected TCP through a competitive bidding process that included an on-site facility inspection", according to a statement published in the brochure "City of Boston Meds By Mail."
http://www.healthtalk.ca/boston_prescriptions_07252004_9232.php

Maximus (USA) to deliver Pharmacare plan -- July 29, 2004
On March 31, 2004 the BC Government announced that it had selected Maximus, an American based company, as a contractor to administer the BC Medical Services Plan and Pharmacare. This has serious confidentiality implications for everyone in BC.
http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20040728195854249

IBM - ISM and pharmacare http://www.bcgeu.ca/2430
Can. Med. Service Plan and the U.S. Patriot Act
The BCGEU filed an expert legal opinion in B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria February 24 indicating that all U.S. companies as well as their Canadian affiliates could be required to turn over all data to which they have access to U.S. authorities under the provisions of the USA Patriot Act, adopted after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
http://www.bcgeu.ca/2423

euobserver
Pharmaceuticals to lead in rfid itemizing -- July 13, 2004
Although retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. are considered the heavy hitters when it comes to radio-frequency identification technology, the pharmaceutical industry may be the first to put passive RFID tags on individual items, according to a new study released this week by the ARC Advisory Group.
The supply chain research and consulting firm expects that by 2007, pharmaceutical manufacturers will be tagging items in addition to cases and pallets.
http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=23900545

Last week, Exavera Technologies Inc. introduced a system combining wireless networking and RFID-based bracelets that could hold patient information. The pharmaceutical industry will move faster than others to adopt RFID, predicts James Hintlian, head of consulting firm Accenture's health and life-sciences supply-chain practice, because more-accurate tracking could help combat a huge counterfeit problem. As much as 7% of U.S. prescription drugs are counterfeit.
http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20900361

(we know you by your meds )
Imagine a jar of prescription medication produced at a pharmaceutical company, and an RFID tag is adhered to it. Its movements are tracked so that (drugmakers) know exactly where it is all along the supply chain until it gets to
the consumer," said Jack Grasso, spokesman for EPCglobal, a nonprofit venture of the Uniform Code Council that is spearheading the adoption of radio-frequency identification standards.
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B45C2963B-0DC5-4AE5-A0A3-EEBDFCE205A3%7D&siteid=google&dist=google

Siemans to pilot rfid bracelets --July 28, 2004
Siemens Business Services announced this week a pilot project with Jacobi Medical Center in New York to
track patients by incorporating RFID chips into the ubiquitous plastic band strapped onto patients' wrists during hospital admissions.

Encoded on the band is patient name, date of birth, gender, and a medical record number, linked to the hospital network that connects the patient record to labs, billing, and the pharmacy.

Doctors and nurses will be equipped with a tablet-style PC with an RFID reader and a Wi-Fi connection to access the network.
The RFID project includes software and rolls of wristbands already embedded with RFID chips. When admitted, the basic patient information is put into the application and run through a printer encoder that impresses the patient data onto the RFID chip.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/23/HNrfidimplants_1.html

VeriChip readied for US Marketing -- July 27, 2004
VeriChip, the company that makes radio frequency identification--RFID--tags for humans, has moved one step closer to getting its technology into hospitals.
The Federal Drug Administration issued a ruling Tuesday that essentially begins a final review process that will determine whether hospitals can use RFID systems from the Palm Beach, Fla.-based company
to identify patients and/or permit relevant hospital staff to access medical records,
said Angela Fulcher, vice president of marketing and sales at VeriChip.

The approval process does not center on health risks or implications, Fulcher said. VeriChip can already sell implantable RFID chips in the United States for standard security applications and the financial market. The company's basic technology has also been used in animals for years.
Instead, the FDA may mostly examine privacy issues, Fulcher indicated. In other words, the agency will look at whether the technology will lead to situations where confidential information can get improperly disclosed.
The Italian Ministry of Health kicked off a six-month trial of the chips for hospitals in April.
http://news.com.com/Under-the-skin+ID+chips+move+toward+U.S.+hospitals/2100-7337_3-5285815.html?tag=nefd.hed

Could be implanted in both patients and staff -- July 27, 2004
http://hardware.silicon.com/storage/0,39024649,39122659,00.htm

Applied Digital to Market VeriChip in the US
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/040727/applied_digital_solutions_fda_1.html

FDA set to approve VeriChip for US health care info applications -- July 27, 2004
This assures the Company that the FDA will determine, in a relatively short period of time, whether we can introduce the VeriChip to the health care market in the United States.
VeriChip is the world's first implantable microchip designed for human use. Digital Angel Corporation filed the 510(K) application with the FDA in October 2003 on behalf of VeriChip seeking the agency's approval to market VeriChip's healthcare information applications in the United States.

In October 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that VeriChip is not a regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal identification/safety applications but that VeriChip's healthcare information applications are regulated by the FDA. VeriChip Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/jul/1059952.htm
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040727/275212_1.html

July 20-22 TRAX 2004 Drug Summit Washington DC
Legalizing drugs from Canada and Europe
http://www.usingrfid.com/events/index.asp#22

Bush plans mental illness screening for all 'consumers'; even pre-school --June 19, 2004
Ed. note: Everybody on a pill ?
A sweeping mental health initiative will be unveiled by PresidentGeorge W Bush in July. The plan promises to integrate mentallyill patients fully into the community by providing "servicesin the community, rather than institutions," according to aMarch 2004 progress report entitled New Freedom Initiative (www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/newfreedom/toc-2004.html).While some praise the plan's goals, others say it protects theprofits of drug companies at the expense of the public.

Bush established the New Freedom Commission on Mental Healthin April 2002 to conduct a "comprehensive study of the UnitedStates mental health service delivery system." The commissionissued its recommendations in July 2003. Bush instructed morethan 25 federal agencies to develop an implementation plan basedon those recommendations.

The commission also recommended "Linkage [of screening] withtreatment and supports" including "state-of-the-art treatments"using "specific medications for specific conditions." The commissioncommended the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP) as a"model" medication treatment plan that "illustrates an evidence-basedpractice that results in better consumer outcomes."
Dr Darrel Regier, director of research at the American PsychiatricAssociation (APA), lauded the president's initiative and theTexas project model saying, "What's nice about TMAP is thatthis is a logical plan based on efficacy data from clinicaltrials." http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7454/1458
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/newfreedom/toc-2004.html
http://psychrights.org/Drugs/AllenJonesTMAPJanuary20.pdf

"Obesity" .... opening the door for government invasion
But is it in the genes or in the food ? ( heredity or environment ? )
http://www.iht.com/articles/524696.html

WHO -- World Health Organization : 3 by 5 plan ... May 19, 2004
Health experts are due to begin debating the proposed
Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
on Wednesday.
The blueprint, which has been in the works for two years, emphasises the importance of eating vegetables, fruit and low-fat food, as well as reducing sugar and salt intake and boosting exercise.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4942778

Government Department of Human Health Services ( HHS) T. Thompson
US Surgeon General-- Richard Carmona
CDC-- Center for Disease Control-- Atlanta, Georgia
United Health Foundation
NIH National Institutes of Health ; NDEP etc.
"Steps to a Healthier US"

Health Insurance for the uninsured--May 11, 2004
The companies--including McDonald's Corp., Sears, Roebuck and Co., Caterpillar Inc., Ford Motor Co. and General Electric Co.--on Monday said they could eventually offer coverage to 4 million uninsured workers and their dependents by next year.
When you have 44 million people uninsured in the nation, you shouldn't stop any effort to cover some of those individuals while working on a solution for all," said Diane Rowland, executive director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
Workers could begin getting benefits in early 2005, according to the HR Policy Association, a Washington-based lobbying group comprising human resources executives.
Greg Lee, senior vice president of human resources for Sears, said backers hope to create a flexible plan.

The plan will be designed by Lincolnshire-based benefits consulting firm Hewitt Associates, which will work with employers to reduce costs by handling enrollment and other administrative duties.
Some of the nation's largest health insurers are expecting to bid to provide the coverage. They include Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp. and UnitedHealth Group, Hewitt said.

"The group is seeking guaranteed issue of some coverage benefits regardless of pre-existing conditions, and will work with the consulting firm and the health plan to streamline underwriting to cut costs," said Tom Beauregard, lead health-care strategy consultant for Hewitt.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/chi-0405110173may11,0,2016560.story?coll=sfla-business-front

ABC, TIME : "Obesity Summit"... telling us what to eat
Working with experts from a wide range of fields, TIME and ABCNEWS are joining together for a special Summit on Obesity, set for June 2-4, in Williamsburg, Va. The summit is presented by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition to the Summit, ABCNEWS will broadcast special reports on obesity beginning Sunday, May 30. TIME will feature in-depth coverage in its May 31 issue. Additional reports and interactive coverage will be provided by www.ABCNEWS.com and www.TIME.com , as well as by ABCNEWS Radio and ABCNEWS Live. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/US/obesity_summit_promo_040405.html?HEALTHAd=true

Just my opinion: being a little overweight is good for the body. In times of sickness, it is the reserve that the cells call upon for extra strength to fight disease and fatigue.
On cold days, the extra weight keeps the body warm.
Being slightly overweight is like having a savings account.

Having "standard" weight is like a checking account --- something you draw upon each day.
What will you draw upon in times of need, if you only have "just enough" ?

Peer-pressure and mandates may want the "Twiggy" look; but my common sense tells me to keep some reserve on hand for when needed.

HHS, Coca-Cola, Kraft Target the Youth of America ( to age 18) -- April 28, 2004
BGCA -- Boys and Girls Club of America; Triple Play ... controlling mind, body and soul.
NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation focuses on encouraging healthy lifestyles, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), The Coca-Cola Company and Kraft Foods Inc. have announced a new initiative to empower young people to make informed decisions about their physical, mental and social well-being.

The organizations today unveiled TRIPLE PLAY, an after-school health and wellness program that will be offered at Boys & Girls Clubs (BGC) beginning in January 2005. TRIPLE PLAY, supported by a combined five-year, $12 million commitment from The Coca-Cola Company and Kraft Foods, is the largest health and wellness endeavor ever undertaken by BGCA and the first youth-focused program of its kind developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040428/cgw013_1.html

"And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee" Rev. 18:14

Targeting anyone between 18- 45
"Go Active !" Control over our meals in restaurants, industry -- April 29, 2004
The announcement and a presentation by McDonald's executives at the National Press Club in Washington signaled the company's biggest public-relations push yet on obesity and diet concerns that are forcing changes in the U.S. food and restaurant industries.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/living/food/8545758.htm?1c
http://www.forbes.com/business/healthcare/newswire/2004/04/16/rtr1335094.html
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Apr/04162004/business/157600.asp

Churches featuring Health Clinics -- April 29, 2004
Targeting Seniors ( 45 and older ): "Small Steps, Big Rewards"
"45" is now a senior ?
Tommy G. Thompson, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, will be making a similar pitch for preventative health care Thursday [Ed. note: April 29, same place as VeriChip-promo by ADS ] during the second annual
"Steps to a Healthier U.S." summit in Baltimore.

Women are the key to getting the messages out that motivate their families to make lifestyle changes," she said.
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20040426-094727-1302r.htm

"Steps" Targeting employers and workers (CDC)
The first element of this new research initiative targets projects that will provide employers with the evidence they need to promote the health of their workforce. CDC has found employers need more science-based evidence to choose the best options among various benefit programs and workplace health promotion programs.

We know that there are many steps that all Americans, including workers, can take to protect their health, such as not smoking, making healthier food choices, and staying active,” said Department of Health and Human Service Secretary Tommy G. Thompson. “This new initiative will help us to better understand just how effective these steps are and what else can be done to help more Americans make these kinds of healthier choices.”

An additional $1 million has been allocated to establish a Center for Excellence in Health Promotion Economics.
Is this where THE chip comes in ??
This new academic research center would apply economic theory and methods to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of health protection programs in priority areas.
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040427.htm

Toddlers too? -- April 28, 2004
WIC -- Federal Nutrition Program
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some 22 percent of 2- to 4-year olds participating in a New York City nutrition program are overweight, and another 18 percent are dangerously close to becoming so, new research shows.
"Even these very young children are already overweight," study author Dr. Mary Ann Chiasson told Reuters Health.
These findings suggest that intervention programs designed to ward off weight gain in kids should start early, she noted. "Waiting until children start school may be too late," said the researcher, who is based at the Medical and Health Research Association of New York City.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=4977668

Wi Fi ( rfid ) in the hospitals April 29, 2004
If you look at healthcare,
one of the things they are doing now is trying to use wireless for tracking patients and people," Richard Howe, vice president of VHA Inc. in Irving, Texas, a cooperative that serves more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals, told United Press International.
Hospitals have lagged corporate America in the use of wireless networking technologies, but the situation is changing, said Aaron Dobrinsky, chief executive officer of RoomlinX, a WiFi firm in Vancouver.

Hospitals today are using wireless networking technology for an array of applications, from pharmacies to operating rooms, to WiFi-enabled lab tests,
taken by technicians at a patient's bedside and relayed to a central database in the hospital.
"This is called point-of-care testing," said Steve Juett, director of clinical systems and planning at EQ International, a medical technology systems integrator in Dallas. "That enables efficiency. They're cutting footsteps out of the work day, and saving time and money on labor," Juett told UPI

One hospital client of Siemens is considering imbedding RFID chips in carts with surgical instruments or, possibly, on the instruments themselves
"They're also using RFID technologies -- and wireless networks -- to track drugs in IV bags," Howe said.
"The RFID chips can signal the nurse that it is time to change the IV. There used to be an issue with sending the wireless signals through fluids, but they've discovered a frequency that works."

Individual patients are being tracked with the wireless technologies, too, like those suffering from senile dementia. If a patient wanders too far from the psychiatric ward, he or she can be located through the network via an RFID bracelet.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040429-101218-5859r.htm

e-health in Europe
E-health means family doctors can book hospital appointments online or quickly access electronic records on patients' treatments in the past.
But the Commission also envisages a "European e-health area", involving the development of common electronic standards for exchange of patient information, allowing citizens to be helped more effectively in other member states.

By 2005, the EU's own public health portal should be up. It will resemble the British "NHS Direct" service which has attracted six million people over 2 years looking for information on illnesses and health services.

It has been suggested that the vaccines given to military personnel may have caused ill health by altering the levels of key immune system chemicals known as cytokines.
http://euobs.com/?aid=15441&rk=1

Australia

EHR Electronic Health Records using DSTC computerized system
It focuses on testing the HealthConnect business architecture called openEHR as an approach which has the potential to change the way in which health records are created, stored, managed and communicated.
This is the first major implementation of the open standards approach in a production grade systems environment anywhere in the world.
There is also the potential for DSTC to commercialise some of the intellectual property we are developing. Countries such as the US and UK are now exploring the open standards approach to electronic health records making our Australian technology a prime candidate for vast export potential,” [ Mark ] Gibson said.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1997573756;fp;16;fpid;0

Interesting articles:

bbc
US to spend 5.6 billion dollars to stock pile vaccines...May 21,2004
http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=146928

Mind-control chips "manchurian candidate"
http://www.buzzflash.com/farrell/04/07/far04025.html

CHESS -- Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System ( Wisconsin-- home of Tommy Thompson)
http://chess.chsra.wisc.edu/Chess/

Vaccinations are mandated by law : D. Icke
In the Wisconsin law, it is a $10,000 fine AND/OR nine months in prison if a person refuses the
forced vaccinations.
http://www.davidicke.net/emagazine/vol30/news/chipsdeluxe.html

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/markets/stocksinmotion/10178964.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

SARS more contagious than thought -- May 8, 2004
from mere handshake
The deadly SARS virus might be more contagious than previously thought and possibly transmitted by contaminated food or water, droplets of mucus, urine, faeces and sweat, scientists reported today.
Researchers at the Groningen University Hospital in the Netherlands and the First Military Medical University in Guangzhou, China, said their findings emphasised the need for more stringent infection-control measures.

"As a result of our work, we recommend new infection control measures, which include getting patients to wear gloves, disposable gowns and eye protection... and to avoid kissing or touching other people," the journal quoted Dr Yanqing Ding, the researcher who led the Chinese study, as saying.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/08/1083911444751.html

Multiple vaccines cause ill-health ( MMR ) ; Gulf-war syndrome
http://listserv.nodak.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0005C&L=co-cure&P=R585

Vaccines made from animal material
The reason for the BBC interest, by the way, is fear that polio vaccine manufactured in the UK that used tissue from calf fetuses could potentially be contaminated with BSE. There are already strict controls to monitor cows used for this purpose to avoiding any viruses, and at the moment the risk remains very theoretical -- the procedures involved in purifying the vaccines should destroy all of the proteins that would contain any BSE.
http://www.animalrights.net/articles/2000/000089.html

Dr. Joseph Mercola warns about animal-material vaccines
http://www.mercola.com/2000/dec/24/vaccine_production.htm

Edible vaccines
http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20030915/006616.html

Cuba: maker of vaccines ( along with China, India and Russia )
also Canada, Germany and Spain
In the 1980s millions of dollars were invested by the Cuban government in developing modern vaccines laboratories and a massive centre for biotechnology. Cuba has invested millions in developing vaccines. Since the end of Soviet aid in 1989, and the acute economic crisis of the 1990s, Cuba has seen the excellence of its medico-scientific institutions as a strategic resource for developing new medical products for export.

Cuba maybe judged poor by material living standards, but its medical sector is a strong demonstration of its wealth in human resources. Joint ventures with China, India and Russia have been established to set up vaccine plants in their countries based on a transfer of Cuban technology.

Now most supplies of raw materials for the manufacture of antibiotics and other drugs are sourced from China, but production still has not recovered to pre-1990s levels. Many drugs are supplied to hospitals by international aid from Cuba Solidarity Groups around the world.

The special obstacles to Cuba breaking into the western market have led to a policy of trying to find joint venture partners, which currently include a Canadian, German and a Spanish company.
http://gndp.cigb.edu.cu/News%20BBC%20NEWS%20&%20Cuban%20Biotechnology.htm
http://havanajournal.com/culture_comments/P1047_0_3_0/

SARS cases in China-- May 2004
http://www.voanews.com/SpecialEnglish/article.cfm?objectID=0310F418-D6F0-45DC-89BFC5F0CFE35D05#

WNV West Nile Virus in Central and Southern California-- May 5, 2004
Avoid spending time outside at dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are active. They are especially active for two hours after sunset.
When outdoors, wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts and other protective clothing.
http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2004/05/04/news/local_state/news02.txt

Since this is not used for buying and selling, it is not the mark of the beast implant, as we see it.
IF it requires a unique identifying number accessing one's personal information in a database, then I would not
take it. Yhat would be too invasive for me.
DIABETES IMPLANT
Researchers at Penn State University have been working on developing a tiny sensor that could be implanted under a patient's skin to monitor the blood's chemistry and wirelessly report back its findings

Specifically, the markers — or "magnetoelastic tags" — are thin ribbons of plastic that vibrate when passed through a magnetic field. Radio scanners tuned to the correct frequencies can pick up the vibrations which occur too fast to be felt or heard.
To make their experimental glucose sensor, [Craig] Grimes and his team modified these magnetoelastic tags with special chemical compositions.

Grimes, for example, envisions a biosensor array where different lengths of the magnetoelastic material are coated with different chemical agents — say one to detect E.coli, another for ricin, and another for staph bacteria. "The sensor platform can be used for any chemical or biological analysis," says Grimes. "You're limited only by the ability of chemists to make the proper surface coating."
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/SciTech/FutureTech/wireless_biosensor_futuretech_040727-1.html

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