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…
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…
Vaccination May Derail Development of Infant Immune System
Dr. Suzanne Humphries does not feel it is her place to advise people not to vaccinate themselves or their children, but she does agree with NVIC that everyone deserves access to the full spectrum of information about vaccines and vaccination in order to make an informed decision. Unfortunately, she also says, “I’ve yet to meet a pediatrician who is informed enough…
Killing Cancer Like the Common Cold
It’s a new frontier in the fight against cancer: An experimental therapy aims to “teach” a patient’s own immune system to recognize and kill cancer cells. For Nick Wilkins, a now 15-year-old boy whose leukemia had defied all other attempts at treatment, the investigational therapy was a game-changer: He has now been cancer-free for six months. As reported at the annual…
Understanding the Syndrome Known as ASIA
Professor Yehuda Shoenfeld, a prominent researcher and clinician specializing in autoimmune and rheumatic diseases, talked with BioMed Central about his observation of a correlation between autoimmune disorders and one of four distinct conditions associated with previous exposure to an adjuvant, which is an agent added to intensify a desired reaction.
Using Personalized Medicine to Lower Risk of Drug Adverse Reactions
Traditionally, treatment is determined by what works for the majority of people. However, the majority is not everyone. And, the flip side of life-saving effects of a popular medicine is the possibility of harmful effects from that same medicine. In the era of personalized medicine, there may be a way to lower the risk of prescription drug reactions through genomics. The…