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Wakefield's Lancet Paper Vindicated - [Yet Again]



 
 
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Old May 7th 10, 06:25 PM posted to misc.health.alternative,misc.kids.health,sci.med
john[_5_]
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Wakefield's Lancet Paper Vindicated - [Yet Again]

http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.c...%A0vindicated/

New independent research presented at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies
Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada confirms unequivocally the findings of
Dr Andrew Wakefield's 1998 Lancet paper of an association between autism and
serious gastrointestinal disease in children.

The new study was conducted by the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network
and covered data from 15 treatment and research centers in the United States
and Canada. Of 1185 children aged 2 to18 years with an autistic condition
45% were reported to have GI symptoms. Abdominal pain was most common (59%)
followed by constipation (51%), diarrhea (43%), other (40%), nausea (31%)
and bloating (26%). Reports of GI symptoms increased with age. Sleep
problems occurred in 70% of children with than those without GI symptoms
(30%). The problems affected all children regardless of gender, ethnic
background or intelligence.

This is not the first time Wakefield's research has been confirmed by
independent researchers around the world. Read a previous article and see
the list of papers replicating Wakefield's Lancet paper research: Sunday
Times' Discredited - Wakefield's Autism Research Verified

Additionally, one of the witnesses in the GMC proceedings against Dr
Wakefield writing to the British Medical Journal confirmed the validity of
the histopathology on which the paper was based and illustrated how Sunday
Times journalist Brian Deer had misrepresented her evidence. Dr Susan E
Davies, Consultant Histopathologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
stated in the British Medical Journal regarding a BMJ article by Brian Deer
that "There is some misrepresentation .. and lack of understanding of the
process in studies involving histopathology." and that there were
significant findings "While a clinical gastroenterologist might consider
caecal active inflammation with incipient crypt abscess formation to be
normal in children (1), this is a significant finding to be recorded by
pathologists": "Caution in assessing histopathological opinions." BMJ Rapid
Responses 30 April 2010.

So will Dr Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet now "unretract" The Lancet
paper?


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Old May 7th 10, 08:35 PM posted to misc.health.alternative,misc.kids.health,sci.med
dr_jeff
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Default Wakefield's Lancet Paper Vindicated - [Yet Again]

john wrote:
Wakefield's Lancet Paper Vindicated - [Yet Again]

http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.c...%A0vindicated/

New independent research presented at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies
Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada confirms unequivocally the findings of
Dr Andrew Wakefield's 1998 Lancet paper of an association between autism and
serious gastrointestinal disease in children.


No study confirms something unequivocally. Period.

The new study was conducted by the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network


Very biased network.

and covered data from 15 treatment and research centers in the United States
and Canada. Of 1185 children aged 2 to18 years with an autistic condition
45% were reported to have GI symptoms. Abdominal pain was most common (59%)
followed by constipation (51%), diarrhea (43%), other (40%), nausea (31%)
and bloating (26%). Reports of GI symptoms increased with age. Sleep
problems occurred in 70% of children with than those without GI symptoms
(30%). The problems affected all children regardless of gender, ethnic
background or intelligence.


This was a survey, which is notoriously inaccurate, at best.

The author is grasping at straws.

Jeff

This is not the first time Wakefield's research has been confirmed by
independent researchers around the world. Read a previous article and see
the list of papers replicating Wakefield's Lancet paper research: Sunday
Times' Discredited - Wakefield's Autism Research Verified

Additionally, one of the witnesses in the GMC proceedings against Dr
Wakefield writing to the British Medical Journal confirmed the validity of
the histopathology on which the paper was based and illustrated how Sunday
Times journalist Brian Deer had misrepresented her evidence. Dr Susan E
Davies, Consultant Histopathologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
stated in the British Medical Journal regarding a BMJ article by Brian Deer
that "There is some misrepresentation .. and lack of understanding of the
process in studies involving histopathology." and that there were
significant findings "While a clinical gastroenterologist might consider
caecal active inflammation with incipient crypt abscess formation to be
normal in children (1), this is a significant finding to be recorded by
pathologists": "Caution in assessing histopathological opinions." BMJ Rapid
Responses 30 April 2010.

So will Dr Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet now "unretract" The Lancet
paper?


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Old May 7th 10, 10:11 PM posted to misc.health.alternative,misc.kids.health,sci.med
Peter Parry
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Default Wakefield's Lancet Paper Vindicated - [Yet Again]

On Fri, 7 May 2010 18:25:07 +0100, "john" wrote:

Wakefield's Lancet Paper Vindicated - [Yet Again]


It has not yet been vindicated once, never mind "yet again". Nor is it
ever going to be because it was founded upon dishonesty.

New independent research presented at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies
Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada confirms unequivocally the findings of
Dr Andrew Wakefield's 1998 Lancet paper of an association between autism and
serious gastrointestinal disease in children.


The presence of GI symptoms in autistic children is not new and was
not discovered by .Wakefield.

What he falsely reported was the presence of measles virus in their
gut when there was none.

This is not the first time Wakefield's research has been confirmed


Well it would be if it did - but it didn't.

Additionally, one of the witnesses in the GMC proceedings against Dr
Wakefield writing to the British Medical Journal confirmed the validity of
the histopathology on which the paper was based


She did not, you should read before misquoting.

So will Dr Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet now "unretract" The Lancet
paper?


Why? The paper was based upon a dishonest representation of the
choice of participants. It was based upon a false report of measles
virus in the children when there was none. It neglected to point out
the link between Wakefield and the MMR litigants. It was dishonest.

It belongs where it is in the dustbin.
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Old May 8th 10, 06:41 AM posted to misc.health.alternative,misc.kids.health,sci.med
Peter B.[_2_]
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"john" wrote in message
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Wakefield's Lancet Paper Vindicated - [Yet Again]

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New independent research presented at the 2010 Pediatric Academic
Societies Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada confirms unequivocally the
findings of Dr Andrew Wakefield's 1998 Lancet paper of an association
between autism and serious gastrointestinal disease in children.

The new study was conducted by the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network
and covered data from 15 treatment and research centers in the United
States and Canada. Of 1185 children aged 2 to18 years with an autistic
condition 45% were reported to have GI symptoms. Abdominal pain was most
common (59%) followed by constipation (51%), diarrhea (43%), other (40%),
nausea (31%) and bloating (26%). Reports of GI symptoms increased with
age. Sleep problems occurred in 70% of children with than those without GI
symptoms (30%). The problems affected all children regardless of gender,
ethnic background or intelligence.

This is not the first time Wakefield's research has been confirmed by
independent researchers around the world. Read a previous article and see
the list of papers replicating Wakefield's Lancet paper research: Sunday
Times' Discredited - Wakefield's Autism Research Verified

Additionally, one of the witnesses in the GMC proceedings against Dr
Wakefield writing to the British Medical Journal confirmed the validity of
the histopathology on which the paper was based and illustrated how Sunday
Times journalist Brian Deer had misrepresented her evidence. Dr Susan E
Davies, Consultant Histopathologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
stated in the British Medical Journal regarding a BMJ article by Brian
Deer that "There is some misrepresentation .. and lack of understanding of
the process in studies involving histopathology." and that there were
significant findings "While a clinical gastroenterologist might consider
caecal active inflammation with incipient crypt abscess formation to be
normal in children (1), this is a significant finding to be recorded by
pathologists": "Caution in assessing histopathological opinions." BMJ
Rapid Responses 30 April 2010.

So will Dr Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet now "unretract" The Lancet
paper?


It is not uncommon for some to ride the coat tails of others, even to death.
You have to remember the origin of these findings was well before Wakefield
was found flawed, so they simply were joining his chorus then and not the
song dies out. Same flaws, but the gullible grasp at straws till their dying
breath.


 




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