So, Imagine This . . . You’re sitting in the ER, waiting for a small stitch after an incident with the not-so-friendly neighborhood chinchilla, and you overhear a doctor talking to a mother whose child has nephrotic syndrome. The doctors suggestion? He would like to give the child measles. Okay, this would not actually happen. …
CAUTION: Flu Shots May Double Your Chance Of Getting Sick
Should I get my 9-month old son a flu shot or not? Seems to be a little bit of debate on this one… ~ Andrew Great question, Andrew! I am not qualified to give medical advice so I cannot say what you should do, but personally there are several reasons I do not vaccinate my …
A Dose of Reality: Tetanus Vaccines Fail To Protect
“If you don’t do the DTaP (diptheria, tetanus and acellullar pertussis vaccine), what do you do if your child steps on a rusty nail? Do you choose to wait until that happens and go get a tetanus shot at that time instead of doing it as prevention?” ~ Comment from Lisa K. on this post …
Do Vaccines Cause SIDS?
When Oxford Physician Alice Stewart . . . Began investigating the alarming rise of childhood cancer in the 1950s, she had a bold idea: She would ask the mothers. Though today such an approach would be laughed at as “anecdotal” and “circumstantial,” Dr. Stewart believed mothers are tuned into details that doctors might overlook. Only …
Pox Parties: Proven Immunization or Russian Roulette?
I might have asked about this before but you should do a post on chicken pox parties, risks of NOT having it as a child and the risk of shingles in later life if you have had chicken pox, etc….you get my drift! {I’ll admit that I’m not too hot on exposing my kiddos on …
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