Immunization Safety Review - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Immunization Safety Review write by Institute of Medicine. This book was released on 2004-09-30. Immunization Safety Review available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This eighth and final report of the Immunization Safety Review Committee examines the hypothesis that vaccines, specifically the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and thimerosal-containing vaccines, are causally associated with autism. The committee reviewed the extant published and unpublished epidemiological studies regarding causality and studies of potential biologic mechanisms by which these immunizations might cause autism. Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism finds that the body of epidemiological evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism. The book further finds that potential biological mechanisms for vaccine-induced autism that have been generated to date are only theoretical. It recommends a public health response that fully supports an array of vaccine safety activities and recommends that available funding for autism research be channeled to the most promising areas. The book makes additional recommendations regarding surveillance and epidemiological research, clinical studies, and communication related to these vaccine safety concerns.
MMR and Autism
MMR and Autism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook MMR and Autism write by Michael Fitzpatrick. This book was released on 2004-08-02. MMR and Autism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The MMR controversy has been characterized by two one-sided discourses. In the medical world, the weight of opinion is overwhelmingly in favour of MMR. In the public world, the anti-MMR campaign has a much greater influence, centred on the fears of parents that the triple vaccine may cause autism in their children. Both professionals and parents struggle to cope with the anxieties this creates, but find it difficult to find a balanced account of the issues. In MMR and Autism Michael Fitzpatrick, a general practitioner who is also the parent of an autistic child, explains why he believes the anti-MMR campaign is misguided in a way that will reassure parents considering vaccination and also relieve the anxieties of parents of autistic children. At the same time, this informative book provides health care professionals and health studies students with an accessible overview of a contemporary health issue with significant policy implications.
Immunization Safety Review
Immunization Safety Review - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Immunization Safety Review write by Institute of Medicine. This book was released on 2003-11-26. Immunization Safety Review available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Immunization Safety Review Committee was established by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to evaluate the evidence on possible causal associations between immunizations and certain adverse outcomes, and to then present conclusions and recommendations. The committee's mandate also includes assessing the broader societal significance of these immunization safety issues. While all the committee members share the view that immunization is generally beneficial, none of them has a vested interest in the specific immunization safety issues that come before the group. The committee reviews three immunization safety review topics each year, addressing each one at a time. In this fifth report in a series, the committee examines the hypothesis that exposure to polio vaccine contaminated with simian virus 40 (SV40), a virus that causes inapparent infection in some monkeys, can cause certain types of cancer.
Autism's False Prophets
Autism's False Prophets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Autism's False Prophets write by Paul A. Offit. This book was released on 2008-09-18. Autism's False Prophets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was responsible for the disease. If mercury caused autism, they reasoned, eliminating it from a child's system should treat the disorder. Consequently, a number of untested alternative therapies arose, and, most tragically, in one such treatment, a doctor injected a five-year-old autistic boy with a chemical in an effort to cleanse him of mercury, which stopped his heart instead. Children with autism have been placed on stringent diets, subjected to high-temperature saunas, bathed in magnetic clay, asked to swallow digestive enzymes and activated charcoal, and injected with various combinations of vitamins, minerals, and acids. Instead of helping, these therapies can hurt those who are most vulnerable, and particularly in the case of autism, they undermine childhood vaccination programs that have saved millions of lives. An overwhelming body of scientific evidence clearly shows that childhood vaccines are safe and does not cause autism. Yet widespread fear of vaccines on the part of parents persists. In this book, Paul A. Offit, a national expert on vaccines, challenges the modern-day false prophets who have so egregiously misled the public and exposes the opportunism of the lawyers, journalists, celebrities, and politicians who support them. Offit recounts the history of autism research and the exploitation of this tragic condition by advocates and zealots. He considers the manipulation of science in the popular media and the courtroom, and he explores why society is susceptible to the bad science and risky therapies put forward by many antivaccination activists.
Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism
Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism write by Peter J. Hotez. This book was released on 2021-01-05. Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "—from the foreword by Arthur L. Caplan, NYU School of Medicine
