Boston.com March 20, 2011 FOLLOWING A number of high-profile drug safety scandals in recent years — such as Vioxx and Avandia — the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug Administration are spending a great deal of energy trying to uncover, as early as possible, rare side effects that make a drug too risky. Sometimes, […]
Children Die Minutes After Measles Vaccine in India
Vactruth
By Christina England | March 21st, 2011
Reports are coming in of four infants under the age of one dying minutes after the measles vaccine. The vaccination programme has been suspended and the batch has been sent for testing.
The children all from a slum colony in Adipur town in the Kutch district died soon after being given vaccines by the district health department. The bodies of the four infants have been sent for post mortem to determine the exact cause of death and a high level inquiry has began.
If any negligence is found Narendra Modi the Chief Minister has promised to take strong action. The chief added that if any staff member is found to be guilty they would be ‘severely punished’. (http://www.zeenews.com/news693699.html) and (http://www.sify.com/news/4-gujarat-children-die…)
Gardasil: Fear or Facts?
Hudsonspinalhealth
Fear or Facts? On which will you base your decision to vaccinate? While we will not try to convince anyone to get vaccinated or decline vaccination, we do encourage making an educated decision and to NEVER make a major decision out of fear. One of the most disturbing cases of fear-mongering is that which revolves around the Gardasil vaccination. The Gardasil vaccine is targeted to females ages 9-26 in hopes of”preventing” cervical cancer.
Here are some facts you need to know about HPV:
* When detected in the early stages, the HPV virus is easily treated and rarely proceeds to cancer.
* Not all women with HPV develop cervical cancer.
* HPV is just one of several potential causes of cervical cancer.
* At least 50% of sexually active men and women acquire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives — and 90% of the time the virus clears up on its own within two years, and does not lead to cancer.
School vaccination fears multiply
6minutes By Michael Woodhead on 21 March 2011 Teenage girls may develop an overwhelming fear of school-based vaccinations such as Gardasil because of a ‘domino-effect’ that magnifies the fears of others when large groups are being vaccinated in one session. Girls who saw their classmates sobbing, screaming and fainting while waiting for vaccination also developed […]
Protein found in brain cells may be key to autism
Scientists have shown how a single protein may trigger autistic spectrum disorders by stopping effective communication between brain cells. The team from Duke University in North Carolina created autistic mice by mutating the gene which controls production of the protein, Shank3. The animals exhibited social problems, and repetitive behaviour – both classic signs of autism […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 343
- 344
- 345
- 346
- 347
- …
- 575
- Next Page »
