Pediatrician Larry Palevsky tells Mercola that what he saw in practice stopped matching the vaccine safety and efficacy he was taught in medical school, and that reading the research convinced him the studies were not designed to test safety and some ingredients went untested.
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Shocking Swine Flu Vaccine Miscarriage Stories
Mercola notes the swine flu vaccine package inserts say safety in pregnant women has not been established, points to miscarriage reports arriving from women who received the shot, and urges pregnant women to avoid the vaccine, wash their hands and stay out of public places instead.
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Effectiveness of swine flu vaccine - CDC
CDC's case-cohort analysis of adults in eight states put the 2008-09 seasonal flu vaccine's effectiveness against pandemic H1N1 illness at -10 percent, with a confidence interval of -43 to 15 percent: no evidence it lowered or raised risk.
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Was an Eight-Year-Old's Death Caused by His Flu Shot?
New York's health department is investigating the October 11 death of an 8-year-old boy who had a flu shot the week before; Stony Brook Hospital sent records and fluid samples to Albany but would not comment. Mercola lists other deaths and disabilities reported soon after flu vaccination.
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AMA urges clinical studies of marijuana
The AMA voted to urge the federal government to move marijuana off Schedule 1 so cannabis-based medicines can be studied more easily. Its statement says this endorses neither state medical marijuana programs nor legalization, nor that the evidence meets prescription product standards.
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Why Antidepressants Don't Work
Northwestern researchers reported at Neuroscience 2009 that depression appears to begin further up the chain of brain events than neurotransmitter levels, and found almost no overlap between stress-related and depression-related genes, concluding antidepressants treat stress rather than depression.
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Eggs Vital to Vaccine Manufacture
Flu vaccine virus grows in fertilized eggs, which is why providers ask about egg allergies. This year's H1N1 seeds grew more slowly at the manufacturers than expected, contributing to a shortage: 32 million doses had been released against the CDC's promised 120 million by mid-October.
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More Cancer Screening Controversy
The American Cancer Society told the New York Times it had overstated the benefits of breast cancer screening. Other reports question screening women aged 40 to 50 and the reliability of Pap smears, and a UCLA team found colonoscopies before noon turned up 27 percent more polyps.
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Will Anyone in Their Right Mind Actually Buy Into These Three New Vaccines?
Dr. Mercola reviews three contested vaccines: an AIDS vaccine trial in Thailand called modestly effective and since questioned, a Cytos nicotine vaccine that failed to reduce smoking, and an obesity vaccine researchers say could reach market in five years.
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A Review of Four Approved Swine Flu Vaccines’ Ingredients
Mercola says he is not against vaccines but wants ingredients proven safe over the long term, noting thimerosal remains in most multi-dose flu vaccine vials while single-dose vials go to infants under three and pregnant women. He then explains what adjuvants do in a vaccine.
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A Test for Brain Injury Creates Its Own Risks in Children
Reviewing hospital records from thousands of children with head injuries, researchers found one in five children over two, and nearly one in four under two, had a low risk of serious injury but received a CT scan anyway. They propose rules for deciding when to scan.
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Radiation therapy cuts relapse risk in cancer patients
In a five-year Australian study of 217 patients whose cancer had reached the lymph system, 19 percent of those given radiation right away relapsed, against 31 percent who waited. Timing did not change overall survival, and researchers say more work is needed to explain why.
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H1N1 Vaccine: One Dose Adequate for Pregnant Women, Two Doses for Kids
The CDC says pregnant women with healthy immune systems need one dose of the swine flu vaccine while children under 9 need two. The piece notes 30 million doses were available that morning, up 3.9 million since Friday, easing a shortage that has worried parents.
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Vaccine "critical" for protecting mother and infants: study
A review of vaccinations given to pregnant women between 1964 and 2008 found no evidence of increased maternal or fetal complications. Senior author Saad Omer calls vaccination critical for women and infants, and notes pregnant women accounted for 13 percent of H1N1 deaths.
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What cosmetics are also drugs?
A USA.gov explainer noting that dandruff shampoo, fluoride toothpaste and antiperspirant deodorant count as both cosmetics and drugs, signalled by an active ingredient listed first, plus what to do and whom to call after a bad reaction to a cosmetic.
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Why antidepressants don't work for so many (Press Release)
Northwestern researcher Eva Redei reports almost no overlap between stress-related and depression-related genes in a rat model of severe depression, evidence she says undercuts both the idea that stress generally causes depression and the neurotransmitter imbalance theory.
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Antipsychotic Drug Use Linked to Immediate Weight
A forthcoming JAMA study of 255 adolescents taking Seroquel, Abilify, Zyprexa or Risperdal found they all gained 8 to 15 percent of their body weight in under 12 weeks, with Zyprexa the worst. Doctors also prescribe the drugs off-label for ADHD and anxiety.
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Diabetes drug may also help weight loss*
In a Lancet trial of 564 obese people on a reduced-calorie diet, those taking the diabetes drug liraglutide lost 15 pounds against six on placebo and nine on orlistat, and three quarters on the highest doses shed at least 5 percent of body weight. Nausea and vomiting were reported.
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