Showing posts with label Tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tragedy. Show all posts

Saturday, October 9, 2010

FDA Consulting and Vaccinations

Modern science and vaccinations have led to several of the world's deadliest diseases among infants being wiped out in developed countries like Britain and the US. However they are only effective when the whole population is vaccinated, otherwise infections and diseases like smallpox and measles can attack those most vulnerable. The development of new vaccines is governed by strict regulations, and FDA consulting is vital to ensure that public safety is maintained. The regulating bodies test every lot of vaccines that is produced before it is given to the public as this reduces the chance of any adverse side effects caused by the vaccine.
Recently there has been public concern over the safety and effectiveness of the Gardasil/Cervarix vaccine used to prevent Human Papillomavirus or HPV and cervical cancer in girls aged between 9 and 26. The FDA in the US has promised to keep a close eye on any adverse effects reported to health care officials following a vaccination, but so far their results have found no common causes to the side effects reported.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines: The Truth Behind a Tragedy

Andrew Wakefield reveals the the inside story of the vaccine-autism connection, and his controversial research. As Andrew Wakefield states in his prologue, “If autism does not affect your family now, it will. If something does not change—and change soon—this is almost a mathematical certainty. This book affects you also. It is not a parochial look at a trivial medical spat in the United Kingdom, but dispatches from the battlefront in a major confrontation—a struggle against compromise in medicine, corruption of science, and a real and present threat to children in the interests of policy and profit. It is a story of how ‘the system’ deals with dissent among its doctors and scientists.”

In the pursuit of possible links between childhood vaccines, intestinal inflammation, and neurologic injury in children, Wakefield lost his job in London’s Royal Free Hospital, his country of birth, his career, and his medical license. A recent General Medical Council ruling stated that he was “dishonest, irresponsible and showed callous disregard for the distress and pain of children.” Maligned by the medical establishment and mainstream media, Wakefield endeavors to set the record straight in Callous Disregard. While explaining what really happened, he calls out the organizations and individuals that are acting not for the sake of children affected by autism, but in their own self-interests.

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