Mercola describes religious exemptions to vaccination, which he says 48 states allow, arguing parents need not belong to a church that opposes vaccines but must be ready to explain sincerely held beliefs to state officials, and can go to court if a school district denies the right.
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The Dangerous Procedure Doctors Swear by (but Aren't Liable for)
Barbara Loe Fisher argues that people reporting complications after vaccination are dismissed rather than treated with compassion, and points to an Institute of Medicine report finding the published vaccine science too thin to say whether many routine vaccines cause brain and immune dysfunction.
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New Study Exposes the "60% Effective" Flu Shot as 98.5% Useless
Mercola argues the widely reported 60 percent effective flu shot figure describes relative risk: by the underlying numbers, the vaccine prevented type A or B influenza in only about 1.5 of every 100 adults vaccinated, or one case per 100 people immunized.
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Taking Just a Little Too Much Tylenol Can Be Deadly
A study led by Kenneth Simpson in Edinburgh found 37% of people who took a staggered overdose of Tylenol, slightly too much over days or weeks, died, against 28% of those who took a single large overdose. Mercola notes acetaminophen is the top US cause of liver failure.
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Breast implants linked to anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma
After France's Poly Implant Prothese used cheaper industrial-grade silicone in implants worn by about 300,000 women, French authorities advised removal and offered to pay. The piece notes studies linking implants, saline or silicone, to anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma, a rare non-Hodgkin's type.
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Why is the U.S. Doubling Its Protection Against this Non-existent Health Enemy?
Dr. Mercola questions a $433 million federal contract with Siga Technologies for 1.7 million doses of the experimental smallpox drug ST-246, noting the US already stockpiles 300 million vaccine doses and that Siga was the only company asked to bid.
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Studies of Fluoride Supplements: No Evidence of Safety - No Benefit Either (PR)
NYSCOF cites a Cochrane Oral Health Group review finding fluoride supplements fail to reduce decay in primary teeth, with dubious benefit for permanent teeth. Cochrane rated the trials weak evidence and found limited information on adverse effects.
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Dodgy Doctors Say: This Health Video Should be Banned
Mercola reports that the American Academy of Pediatrics, which takes money from vaccine makers, asked Delta Air Lines to pull an in-flight flu-prevention video made by the National Vaccine Information Center because it covered handwashing, sleep and diet rather than focusing on vaccination.
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Pediatric anticancer drugs, other drugs linked to heart disease
University at Buffalo researchers compared 487 childhood cancer survivors, 170 of them with anthracycline-related cardiomyopathy, and identified a gene variant tied to cardiotoxicity risk. They stress the work shows association, not cause, and that the drugs remain effective.
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FDA permits marketing of the first hand-held device to aid in the detection of bleeding in the skull
The FDA cleared the Infrascanner Model 1000, a hand-held near-infrared scanner meant to help providers decide who needs an immediate CT for bleeding inside the skull. Blood from a hematoma absorbs the light differently than surrounding brain tissue.
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FDA Targets Gastric Band Weight-Loss Claims
The FDA sent warning letters to eight California surgical centers and the marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN, saying their Lap-Band billboards and advertising inserts omit required warnings, precautions, side effects and contraindications, and print risk information too small for consumers to read.
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New, Simpler Way to Treat Latent TB Infection - U.S. advisory
New CDC guidelines back a 12-dose regimen of isoniazid and rifapentine, taken weekly under direct observation over three months, which a large randomized trial found as effective at preventing TB as 270 daily doses of isoniazid over nine months.
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Does mammography screening really save lives?
Suzie Otto's Rotterdam study found 5.3 percent of screened women were diagnosed at stage IV against 29.5 percent of unscreened women, and screened women were 39 to 84 percent less likely to die of breast cancer. A health observer counters that such figures ignore lead time.
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Potential Solution to Male-Pattern Baldness Found
USC researchers report that hair loss involves hormones in the tissue surrounding hair follicles, not only in the follicles themselves, and propose treatments aimed at that surrounding tissue. Lead author Cheng-Ming Chuong likens it to planting a tulip bulb in better soil.
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The Cancer-Causing Mistake 1 in 4 People Over 45 Make
Mercola cites a study finding statin use in any amount was associated with a significantly higher risk of prostate cancer, while noting earlier research on the link has been mixed. He argues statins deplete CoQ10 and do not change LDL particle size.
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If You Go to Church, Heed This Warning
Mercola reports on an invitation-only, off-the-record call in which the White House faith-based office, HHS, the Office of Minority Health and CDC encouraged church, synagogue and mosque leaders to sponsor Walgreens flu clinics and urge worshippers to be vaccinated.
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Biomarkers May Be Used to Diagnose and Monitor Alzheimer’s More Effectively
Kaj Blennow of Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Academy is developing new methods for diagnosing Alzheimer's and monitoring treatment, arguing that drugs aimed at clearing beta amyloid plaques have failed in major trials and that current mouse models link only tenuously to the common human form.
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Second Biopsy of Breast Cancer Helps Doctors Better Treat Disease
Princess Margaret Hospital researchers compared 121 biopsies of progressive or recurring breast cancer with the original tumours and found hormone and HER2 receptor status can change. Dr. Amir says matching treatment to the new biopsy gave survival similar to unchanged disease.
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