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"In How to End the Autism Epidemic, Generation Rescue's co-founder J.B. Handley offers a compelling, science-based explanation of what's causing the autism epidemic, the lies that enable its perpetuation, and the steps we must take as parents and as a society in order to end it. While many parents have heard the rhetoric that vaccines are safe and effective and that the science is settled about the relationship between vaccines and autism, few realize that in the 1960s, American children received three vaccines compared to the thirty-eight they receive today. Or that when parents are told that the odds of an adverse reaction are "one in a million," the odds are actually one in fifty. Or that in the 1980s, the rate of autism was one in ten thousand children. Today it's one in thirty-six. Parents, educators, and social service professionals around the country are sounding an alarm that we are in the midst of a devastating public health crisis one that corresponds in lockstep with an ever-growing vaccine schedule. Why do our public health officials refuse to investigate this properly or even acknowledge it? In How to End the Autism Epidemic, Handley confronts and dismantles the most common lies about vaccines and autism. He then lays out, in detail, what the truth actually is: new published science links the aluminium adjuvant used in vaccines to immune activation events in the brains of infants, triggering autism; and there is a clear legal basis for the statement that vaccines cause autism, including previously undisclosed depositions of prominent autism scientists under oath. While Handley's argument is unsparing, his position is ultimately moderate and constructive: we must continue to investigate the safety of vaccines, we must adopt a position of informed consent, and every individual vaccine must be considered on its own merits. This issue is far from settled. By refusing to engage with parents and other stakeholders in a meaningful way, our public health officials destroy the public trust and enable the suffering of countless children and families"--
We've heard the rhetoric: vaccines are safe and effective, and the science is settled about the relationship between vaccines and autism. But few realize that in the 1960s, American children received three vaccines compared to the thirty-eight they receive today. Or that when parents are told that the odds of an adverse reaction are "one in a million," the odds are actually one in fifty. Handley confronts and dismantles the most common lies about vaccines and autism. He then lays out, in detail, what the truth actually is: new published science links the aluminium adjuvant used in vaccines to immune activation events in the brains of infants, triggering autism.--Adapted from publisher information.

How to end the autism epidemic / J.B. Handley.

'We often hear that "the myth is more potent than reality." Is that why myth continues to play such a significant role in medicine? Do some notions widely thought to be medical folklore actually have a scientific basis? Dr. Micheal Hefferon explores the interface when some of our traditional notions about health meet evidence based medicine'--Provided by publisher.

viii, 130 pages : illustrations (chiefly black and white) ; 20cm

Of plagues and vampires : believable myths and unbelievable facts from medical practice / Dr. Michael Hefferon.

Erreurs, superstitions, doctrines médicales.

The story of anti-vaccine activity in America, its origins, leaders, influences, and impact.

Deadly choices : how the anti-vaccine movement threatens us all / Paul A. Offit.

Medical Heritage Library

On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery / by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.

Des erreurs populaires relatives à la médecine / par A. Richerand.

2 unnumbered pages, ii, 25 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 4to (24 cm)

Remarks on some late animadversions of a licentiate upon the constitution of physick: intended to correct the misapprehensions of that author with regard to the College of Physicians and the English universities / by a Cantab.

viii, 167 pages : including frontispiece ; (8vo)

On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery / By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.

"Seamus O'Mahony writes about the illusion of progress, the notion that more and more diseases can be 'conquered' ad infinitum. He punctures the idiocy of consumerism, the idea that healthcare can be endlessly adapted to the wishes of individuals. He excoriates the claims of Big Science, the spending of vast sums on research follies like the Human Genome Project. And he highlights one of the most dangerous errors of industrialized medicine: an over-reliance on metrics, and a neglect of things that can't easily be measured, like compassion."--Provided by publisher.

Can medicine be cured? : the corruption of a profession / Seamus O'Mahony.

28 unnumbered pages, 860 pages ; 19 cm (8vo)

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Of plagues and vampires : believable myths and unbelievable facts from medical practice / Dr. Michael Hefferon.

Erreurs, superstitions, doctrines médicales.

Deadly choices : how the anti-vaccine movement threatens us all / Paul A. Offit.

On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery / by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.

Des erreurs populaires relatives à la médecine / par A. Richerand.

Remarks on some late animadversions of a licentiate upon the constitution of physick: intended to correct the misapprehensions of that author with regard to the College of Physicians and the English universities / by a Cantab.

On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery / By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.

Can medicine be cured? : the corruption of a profession / Seamus O'Mahony.

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Erreurs, superstitions, doctrines médicales.

Deadly choices : how the anti-vaccine movement threatens us all / Paul A. Offit.

On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery / by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.

Des erreurs populaires relatives à la médecine / par A. Richerand.

Remarks on some late animadversions of a licentiate upon the constitution of physick: intended to correct the misapprehensions of that author with regard to the College of Physicians and the English universities / by a Cantab.

On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery / By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.

Can medicine be cured? : the corruption of a profession / Seamus O'Mahony.

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