Annual Vaccinations for Pets Unnecessary Says Veterinarian
Holistic veterinarian Dr. Michele Yasson is not a fan of vaccinating pets. She believes that vaccines cause or worsen chronic diseases in animals. Among the animals she treats in her practice, the dogs and cats that have been vaccinated year after year tend to have more chronic problems in old age than those that were either minimally vaccinated during their first…
Deadly Medicines and Organized Crime | Peter Gøtzsche, MD
Book Review | How We Do Harm
Reading “How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America” gives you a sneak behind-the-scenes peak into the broken health care system. Dr. Otis Webb Brawley—who never introduces himself to a patient as “doctor”—escaped the gang-ridden streets of black Detroit, graduated from the University of Chicago, did his residency at the University…
Japan, U.S. Poles Apart on Harmful HPV Vaccine
Over the last few years, Japan has experienced a sharp decline in their fertility rate—one of the lowest rates in the world. Coupled with its low fertility rate is an aging population that continues to grow rapidly. For obvious economic reasons, it comes as no surprise that Japan’s government has expressed legitimate concerns over its declining population. In response to this predicament, in 2009, the government began offering monetary incentives to women that bear children…
Merck Fraud Case Raises MMR Efficacy Questions
The measles outbreak in the United States this year has fueled fear within the public and among legislators throughout the country intent on eliminating or severely restricting the right to informed consent by people who have questions about the efficacy, safety, and scheduling of certain vaccines. Referring to the outbreak, the director of CDC’s National Center…
What Would Jesus Do About Measles?
On February 10, 2015, The New York Times published an Op-Ed piece by Dr. Paul Offit titled “What Would Jesus Do About Measles?.” The thrust of the article holds that allowing parents to choose not to vaccinate their children against measles on the basis of religious belief would be akin to child abuse, and thus would be something Jesus of Nazareth would’ve disdained.