Human growth hormone: the wonder stuff (Times Online) On Harley Street, doctors and their celebrity clients are hailing human growth hormone as a miracle anti-ageing treatment. But does the science back up their claims? [News Source]

Lessons learned from largest U.S. meat recall (AG Weekly) Not since Upton Sinclair’s 1906 book “The Jungle” has the American meat market been this shaken. [News Source]

U.S. hopes ROK leader’s visit will end beef feud. South Korea in 2006 ended a total ban on US beef imports, imposed in 2003 due to concerns over mad cow disease. [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer) Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]

More News (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin) Assemblyman Paul Krekorian's bill on downer cattle has a hearing today in the Assembly Committee on Public Safety. We'd like to see the measure approved by that committee so that it can move quickly through the legislative process in Sacramento. [News Source]

Defining Dementia (Westerly Sun) Karen Hawthorn of Westerly Adult Day Services reviews this group of brain disorders affecting so many over age 65. [News Source]