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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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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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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