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Dear HPA Affiliate, Welcome to our practitioner e-Newsletter. We are open to receive news submissions you find noteworthy for practitioners of Family Wellness. Current News Update from our President In response to the recent NJ fiasco on vaccines: I am writing this in response to Larry Rosen's letter and Bill Rutenberg's response below. The New Jersey legislature has mandated the administration of thimerosal containing vaccines, without creating a dialogue with the medical community as to the medical pros and cons of such a policy. I would hope this becomes a major concern to physicians in any state, and a concern that a policy such as this one will serve as a precedence for any state to mandate what it can forcefully do to our bodies. Thimerosal is a neurotoxin. There are over 15,000 articles in the literature explaining the deleterious effects of thimerosal on the nervous system. To say that thimerosal is safe to inject into any human being is to defy the true science behind the biochemistry of thimerosal. To say that thimerosal is safe to inject into any human being is to fail to acknowledge what has already potentially been done to millions of children over the last 60+ years. Where is the science by the vaccine manufacturers and the scientific community to understand the inherent detoxification mechanisms at each age at which a child receives thimerosal, addressing states of maturity and immaturity of liver and lymph enzyme activities, and whether young infants and children can remove it from their bodies safely and effectively? Does thimerosal specifically do anything harmful when injected into the growing infant, child, adult? Does it accumulate? Are the answers to these questions at all important? Additionally, where is the science that helps us understand the chemical interactive nature of the injected thimerosal with other vaccine ingredients (aluminum, antibiotics, antifreeze, MSG, polysorbate-80) and ingested/inhaled exposures (PVCs, antimony, arsenic, bisphenol A) already in the bodies of children and adults? (http://archive.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/) How is exposure to these substances handled by our infants and children when injected, vs when they're ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin? And lastly, where is the science that explains the effects of injected thimerosal on the developing nervous or immune systems (neuronal migration, replication and pruning, T cells, NK cells, antibodies, cytokines, prostaglandins, etc)? Until these studies are done, by independent sources who are not invested in the outcomes of the studies, and are not employed by the very agencies that would stand to lose a lot by reporting the harmful effects of thimerosal, we cannot say that thimerosal is safe to inject into humans, and we should not stand behind policies that mandate that we as physicians do the injections. The amount of thimerosal in the flu vaccine today is the same as it used to be in the DTP, DTaP, Hep B and HIB vaccines before 1999 when the AAP made its recommendation, and by 2003 when the last of the vaccines in stock were used up. Despite the AAP recommendation, these vaccines still have trace amounts of thimerosal, and we continue to inject our children with mercury. Thimerosal is placed in the vaccines to prevent the growth of contaminants already living in the vaccine vial once the vial is sealed. It acts as a bacteriostatic substance that attaches to the walls of DNA containing organisms, and essentially halts their replication mechanism. My concern here is that human cells, which are DNA containing organisms, are always replicating; in young children the rates of replication are accelerated. Therefore, we're essentially creating a potential cessation of cellular replication in our children when we inject them with thimerosal. The greater the rate of cellular replication, the greater the potential damaging effect of thimerosal on growing tissues. How do we know if this theory is true if we don't do the science to find out? And what about the effect on the fetus when mothers are given thimerosal containing flu vaccines, even though there have never been studies looking at safety and efficacy of administering the flu vaccine to pregnant women? How does the injection of even trace thimerosal affect the brain, the lymph, the GI tract, when replication is potentially being halted?? And in which child is this halting of replication fatal, or leading to permanent and irreversible damage along with other unknown contributing factors?? There is a plethora of literature to shed light on the damaging interaction of heavy metals on nerve cells. There are scientific studies that elaborate on the delayed detoxification of heavy metals from the body in the presence of antibiotics; antibiotics are in the vaccines, and many parents of children that I have worked with report their children received vaccines with heavy metals within close proximity to receiving oral antibiotics for some condition. Where is the medical voice of reason to become a part of this important discussion in New Jersey, (and who knows which state is next), before all policy making about medical interventions is taken out of our hands completely? We owe it to the kids. I hope more pediatricians step up to support Larry Rosen with his letter. Lawrence B. Palevsky, MD, FAAP, ABHMHPA President www.HolisticChildHealth.com Experts Change Advice on Kids' Allergies www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Diet-Babies-Allergies.html Member Commentary One of our members has this to say about the article: This comes up again and again in the Cochrane reports (where clearly there is no evidence for anything!) and is a form of circular logic. limited research = lack of convincing evidence= dismissal of causality. So true... Unfavorable drug studies don't get into print Nearly a third of antidepressant drug studies are never published in the medical literature and nearly all happen to show that the drug being tested did not work, researchers reported on Wednesday. In some of the studies that are published, unfavorable results have been recast to make the medicine appear more effective than it really is, said the research team led by Erick Turner of the Oregon Health & Science University. Read full story here: http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/drugs_studies_dc.htm Excellent PBS clip on ADHD and the drugging of our children www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild/#postcard US among worst in world for infant death As midwifery care is being threatened, we have these stats to assure us we are in the right direction... Read the article excerpt here. Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids' bodies An
interesting article revealing the amount of industrial toxins in
children. FDA says meat, milk from clones Another reason to eat organically, locally raised
meats...Read article
here: Dangerous MRSA Bacteria Now Killing More People Than AIDS in the USA: Here is How to Avoid It www.sixwise.com/newsletters/07/11/07/ Pine Bark Extract May Effectively Treat ADHD in Boys www.medscape.com/viewarticle/537214 More Natural Preventions for Flu On a holistic forum, one
practitioner submitted this advice: 1. [Zakay-Rones Z, Thom E, Wollan T, Wadstein J. Randomized study of the efficacy and safety of oral elderberry extract in the treatment of influenza A and B virus infection. J Int Med Res. 2004;32(2):132-140.] Acupuncture and Herbal Advice for Colic CV-16, St-36, Sp-6 can work wonders, no needle retention. Show parents how to massage these points using chamomile essential oil as well. Suggest probiotics, digestive enzymes, and sips of chamomile tea or an herbal formula by Kan Herbs called Tummy Tamer. These tips can help wean a child from the antacid medication they may be on or may even prevent the need to use them at all. Jeanne Ohm, DC Visit www.hpakids.org for numerous resources and membership benefits. It is not, and never will be, our intention to send unsolicited e-mail or spam of any kind. Please accept our apologies if you have received this email without subscribing to our list. If you do not wish to receive further email communications from HPA, please unsubscribe at the bottom of this email. |