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The Ten Commandments of Preventive Medicine – Part 4 – Marriage

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Walt Larimore

In my newest book, 10 Essentials of Happy, Healthy People, I teach people how to utilize ten essentials that are necessary to live a happy and highly healthy life. Under The Essential of Self-Care, teach what I call “The 10 … Continue reading →

Doctors and Families Asked to “Just Say no to New Aborted Fetal Vaccine!”

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Walt Larimore

LifeSiteNews.com is reporting that a pro-life group, Children of God for Life, is calling on the Medical Profession to “just say no” to the newly US licensed aborted fetal vaccine, Pentacel, made by Sanofi Pasteur. On June 26th the Advisory … Continue reading →

Posted in Bioethics, Children's Health, Health Headlines, Parenting | Tagged Catholic Medical Association, Chicken Pox, Children of God for Life, Christian Medical and Dental Association, CMA, CMDA, diptheria, DTaP, Havrix, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hib, mmr, MMR-II, MRC-5, Pediarix, Pentacel, pertussis, polio, tetanus, Vaqta, Varivax, WI-38, Wistar Institute | Comments Off

Vaccine Myth #13: Vaccinations are made from aborted babies

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Walt Larimore

This is the end of my 13-week series on Vaccine Myths. I hope the series has been helpful to you. Today, I’d like to address the fact that some people have questioned whether the use of fetal cells in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bioethics, Children's Health, Health Headlines, Parenting | Tagged Catholic Medical Association, Children of God for Life, Christian Medical and Dental Association, CMA, CMDA, DTaP, Havrix, Hepatitis B, Hib, mmr, MMR-II, MRC-5, Pentacel, vaccine myth, Vaqta, Varivax, WI-38 | 3 Comments

Vaccine Myth #7: Vaccines Weaken the Immune System

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Walt Larimore

Natural infection with certain viruses can weaken the immune system. So when children are infected with one virus, they can’t fight off other viruses or bacteria as easily. This happens most notably during natural infection with chicken pox or measles. Children … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Health, Parenting | Tagged diptheria, DPT, DPT vaccine, DTaP, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis B vaccine, Hib, Hib vaccine, IPV, OPV, pertussis, polio, tetanus, vaccine, vaccine myth, vaccine safety | Comments Off

Vaccine Myth #6: It’s Better to Be Naturally Infected Than Immunized

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Walt Larimore

It is true that natural infection almost always causes better immunity than vaccination. In fact, only the Hib and tetanus vaccines are better at inducing immunity than natural infection. Natural infection causes immunity after just one infection, but vaccines usually … Continue reading →

Vaccine Myth #5: Infants Are Too Young to Get Vaccinated

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Walt Larimore

The Myth – Infants are too young to get vaccinated. The Truth – It’s very important to make sure that infants are fully immunized against certain diseases by the age of six months.