Water: The Essence of Life
Water is the essence of life. The human body cannot survive without water because it is so critical for all bodily functions. In fact, on average, the body of an adult human being contains 60 percent of water. Not drinking adequate amounts of water can have such a detrimental effect on overall health that a reduction in 10 percent of your normal body water percentage…
Acute Flaccid Myelitis and Routine Childhood Vaccinations: This is Nothing New
In the last several weeks there has been a growing concern about the number of children who have developed Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), which the media has reported is a “mysterious polio-like illness.” Daniel Ramirez died on Sunday, Oct. 30, after being hospitalized for two weeks with paralysis. The doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital…
Children Suffer Vaccine Side Effects
In 2005, Hu Haitoa took his son, Hu Bing, to a local clinic in East China’s Shandong province. There, the four and a half month old baby received a vaccination to prevent polio. But 14 days later the infant showed signs of a serious reaction. The child slipped into a brief coma and also experienced […]
Why Mandatory Vaccination Laws Won’t Work
It seems like mandating vaccines for all children in schools would have an obvious outcome of eliminating vaccine preventable diseases. It seems as if denying families vaccine exemptions would keep these diseases from infecting students or others in the community. It seems as if these types of laws are actually necessary to keep kids safe. But what if you…
Chronic Illness and the State of Our Children’s Health
Approximately 27 percent of U.S. children live with chronic health conditions that can affect their daily lives and normal activities. These maladies often contribute greatly to school absenteeism and require continual medical attention. Many studies suggest chronic health problems…
Allergens in Vaccines Are Causing Life-Threatening Food Allergies
It would probably surprise few people to hear that food allergies are increasingly common in U.S. children and around the world. According to one public health website, food allergies in children aged 0-17 in the U.S. increased by 50 percent from 1997 to 2011. Although food allergies are now so widespread as to have become almost normalized, it is…