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Act could turn the tide on common birth defect
I see your congressman (Dan Burton) and raise you a former First Lady.
Act could turn the tide on common birth defect By Peter Hotez and Rosalynn Carter McClatchy-Tribune News Service Published: Friday, August 18, 2006 [...] Passed unanimously by the Senate on Aug. 3, the Combating Autism Act will increase research funds for autism and offers new hope that a cure can be found for the nation's most common genetic disorder. [...] Equally important, the bill could finally lay to rest an unfounded theory propounded by a small group of physicians and parents, who claim a link between autism and the thimerosal preservative contained in many vaccines. Recently, five recent major studies examining the health records of hundreds of thousands of children in the United States, Britain, Denmark, Sweden and Canada found no link between autism and vaccines or thimerosal. The peer-reviewed studies - published in prestigious medical journals - show that the rates of autism either remained the same or increased after mercury-containing thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines. Unfortunately, misplaced media attention to this nonexistent link obscures the very real issues surrounding autism and shifts attention away from what is genuinely needed: federal funding for increased research into the disorder, advanced training for medical professionals, increased early diagnosis and improved services for autistic children and their parents. Given that autistic spectrum disorders are among the most common genetic conditions - occurring in one of every 166 live births - we should not waste any more time pursing what amounts to a dead-end speculation. [...] We do know it is a genetic disorder associated with structural changes in the brain that begin prior to birth. We also know that autism genes produce effects that lead to an excessive increase in head size at about one month of age, well before a baby receives its first set of pediatric vaccines. And we know heredity is the most important risk factor for these structural changes in autistic brains. [...] The Combating Autism Act is, indeed, an act of enlightenment. In addition to helping us to understand the root causes of autism, it should undercut those who inaccurately blame lifesaving vaccines for the disorder. That mistaken belief, if perpetuated, could create a public health crisis that will make urgently needed vaccines unavailable to our children. Already, there have been widespread demands by state legislatures to limit the use of vaccines in children or to change their mode of production. [...] In the meantime, it is important to remember that today's vaccines save lives. Some estimates indicate that the global use of childhood vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, Haemophilus influenzae meningitis and polio have saved 160 million lives over the last 25 years. That number is equivalent to all of the lives lost in all world wars during the 20th century. --------------- |
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Link Between Autism & Abnormal Blood-vessels & Oxidative Stress -title changed- Act could turn the tide on common birth defect
http://groups.google.com/group/autis...caaa4136de5977 [posted ONLY to autism]. Do look at the groups above. Poor Mark. "Mark Probert" wrote in message ... I see your congressman (Dan Burton) and raise you a former First Lady. Act could turn the tide on common birth defect By Peter Hotez and Rosalynn Carter McClatchy-Tribune News Service Published: Friday, August 18, 2006 [...] Passed unanimously by the Senate on Aug. 3, the Combating Autism Act will increase research funds for autism and offers new hope that a cure can be found for the nation's most common genetic disorder. [...] Equally important, the bill could finally lay to rest an unfounded theory propounded by a small group of physicians and parents, who claim a link between autism and the thimerosal preservative contained in many vaccines. Recently, five recent major studies examining the health records of hundreds of thousands of children in the United States, Britain, Denmark, Sweden and Canada found no link between autism and vaccines or thimerosal. The peer-reviewed studies - published in prestigious medical journals - show that the rates of autism either remained the same or increased after mercury-containing thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines. Unfortunately, misplaced media attention to this nonexistent link obscures the very real issues surrounding autism and shifts attention away from what is genuinely needed: federal funding for increased research into the disorder, advanced training for medical professionals, increased early diagnosis and improved services for autistic children and their parents. Given that autistic spectrum disorders are among the most common genetic conditions - occurring in one of every 166 live births - we should not waste any more time pursing what amounts to a dead-end speculation. [...] We do know it is a genetic disorder associated with structural changes in the brain that begin prior to birth. We also know that autism genes produce effects that lead to an excessive increase in head size at about one month of age, well before a baby receives its first set of pediatric vaccines. And we know heredity is the most important risk factor for these structural changes in autistic brains. [...] The Combating Autism Act is, indeed, an act of enlightenment. In addition to helping us to understand the root causes of autism, it should undercut those who inaccurately blame lifesaving vaccines for the disorder. That mistaken belief, if perpetuated, could create a public health crisis that will make urgently needed vaccines unavailable to our children. Already, there have been widespread demands by state legislatures to limit the use of vaccines in children or to change their mode of production. [...] In the meantime, it is important to remember that today's vaccines save lives. Some estimates indicate that the global use of childhood vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, Haemophilus influenzae meningitis and polio have saved 160 million lives over the last 25 years. That number is equivalent to all of the lives lost in all world wars during the 20th century. --------------- |
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Act could turn the tide on common birth defect
Mark Probert wrote:
I see that I neglected to post the URL: http://www.registerguard.com/news/20...ection=opinion Mrs. Carter has done wonderful work protecting children from dread diseases. Now she is protecting them from bull****. I see your congressman (Dan Burton) and raise you a former First Lady. Act could turn the tide on common birth defect By Peter Hotez and Rosalynn Carter McClatchy-Tribune News Service Published: Friday, August 18, 2006 [...] Passed unanimously by the Senate on Aug. 3, the Combating Autism Act will increase research funds for autism and offers new hope that a cure can be found for the nation's most common genetic disorder. [...] Equally important, the bill could finally lay to rest an unfounded theory propounded by a small group of physicians and parents, who claim a link between autism and the thimerosal preservative contained in many vaccines. Recently, five recent major studies examining the health records of hundreds of thousands of children in the United States, Britain, Denmark, Sweden and Canada found no link between autism and vaccines or thimerosal. The peer-reviewed studies - published in prestigious medical journals - show that the rates of autism either remained the same or increased after mercury-containing thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines. Unfortunately, misplaced media attention to this nonexistent link obscures the very real issues surrounding autism and shifts attention away from what is genuinely needed: federal funding for increased research into the disorder, advanced training for medical professionals, increased early diagnosis and improved services for autistic children and their parents. Given that autistic spectrum disorders are among the most common genetic conditions - occurring in one of every 166 live births - we should not waste any more time pursing what amounts to a dead-end speculation. [...] We do know it is a genetic disorder associated with structural changes in the brain that begin prior to birth. We also know that autism genes produce effects that lead to an excessive increase in head size at about one month of age, well before a baby receives its first set of pediatric vaccines. And we know heredity is the most important risk factor for these structural changes in autistic brains. [...] The Combating Autism Act is, indeed, an act of enlightenment. In addition to helping us to understand the root causes of autism, it should undercut those who inaccurately blame lifesaving vaccines for the disorder. That mistaken belief, if perpetuated, could create a public health crisis that will make urgently needed vaccines unavailable to our children. Already, there have been widespread demands by state legislatures to limit the use of vaccines in children or to change their mode of production. [...] In the meantime, it is important to remember that today's vaccines save lives. Some estimates indicate that the global use of childhood vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, Haemophilus influenzae meningitis and polio have saved 160 million lives over the last 25 years. That number is equivalent to all of the lives lost in all world wars during the 20th century. --------------- |
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