In a move that has already ignited a firestorm of criticism from doctors’ groups, ABC still plans to premiere its new legal drama “Eli Stone” tonight (January 31, 2008) in which a mother, whose child allegedly developed autism after receiving a mercury-containing vaccine, wins a $5.2 million dollar lawsuit against a fictional drug company. The show’s premise is based on a long-standing belief held by childhood immunization critics that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, formerly used in vaccines, is a primary cause of autism in children.
There are just two basic problems with this. First, countless medical studies have failed to show any link between vaccination and autism. But let’s say you don’t care about scientific studies or just don’t believe them. Well, the second, and more important fact, is that since 2001 no childhood vaccines have contained thimerosal or any other mercury-containing product! And autism rates […]
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Adult obesity-related health conditions could cost Minnesota at least an additional $900 million per year by 2010 and $3.7 billion more per year by 2020.
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BOSTON, N.Y. (UPI) — Salsalate, an inexpensive
anti-inflammatory drug similar to aspirin, may prevent type 2 diabetes,
researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston say.
The study, published in the February issue of Diabetes Care, says the
double-masked, placebo-controlled study of 20
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LONDON (UPI) — A report from Britain’s Office for National
Statistics reveals that in 2007, an estimated 8,758 people died as a
result of binge drinking-type behaviors.
The number of 2006 deaths from excessive alcohol intake represented
twice the amount of binge-drinking deaths in Britain in
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LONDON (UPI) — A U.S. watchdog group says Botox injections
have been linked to 16 deaths, including four children.
Botox is used by millions to reduce wrinkles and to treat rigid necks,
The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group in the United States, is
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPI) — A tiny, implantable device can pull
adult stem cells out of a living rat with greater purity than any
present technique, a U.S. study found.
The device was designed by Michael R. King, who was studying how white
blood cells, called neutrophils, know how to migrate to a
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DURHAM, N.C. (UPI) — Caffeine in coffee, tea or soft drinks
increases blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes and may
undermine disease control, a U.S. study found.
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., measured
participants’ glucose — sugar — levels on a
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LOS ANGELES (UPI) — A study of attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder in Finnish children found half with the disorder showed
cognitive deficits.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, also found children with cognitive deficits don’t
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SAN ANTONIO (UPI) — A study of more than 800,000 U.S. seniors
found more than 25 percent received the wrong dosage or type of
medication.
Lead author Mary Jo Pugh of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System
in San Antonio and colleagues used Veterans Administration pharmacy and
patient care
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