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If you don’t vaccinate your kids, should your kids be kept away from school, team sports, and youth groups? I vote “yes”!
I’ve told you in the past that when parents choose to not vaccinate their children, not only are their children at risk, but so are other children in the community. Here’s more proof of that.
Posted in Bioethics, Children's Health, Infectious Disease, Parenting
Tagged vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, vaccines
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Those around babies need whooping cough vaccine
The whooping cough vaccine has been a rite of childhood for decades, but rising rates of the disease have health officials urging pregnant women and all adults who will be caring for the baby to step up to the needle … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Infectious Disease, Parenting
Tagged diphtheria, DTaP, tetanus vaccine, vaccination, whooping cough, whooping cough vaccine
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IOM: Vaccines safe and unrelated to autism
The print media devoted major coverage to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report showing that the benefits of vaccines far exceed their risks. In addition, the IOM assures professionals, researchers, policy makers, and, most importantly, parents, that vaccines are NOT associated with … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Infectious Disease, Parenting
Tagged autism, autism spectrum disorder, MMR vaccine, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine effectiveness, vaccine myth, vaccine myths
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Vaccinations should be required
In an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times, Author David Ropeik writes that the government should regulate and require vaccination.
Posted in Children's Health, Infectious Disease, Parenting
Tagged immunization, vaccination, vaccination rates, vaccinations
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Rising Costs Complicate Vaccine Guidelines
The group that advises the U.S. government on vaccination thinks some new vaccines may NOT be worth the cost.
Posted in Children's Health, Medical Economics, Parenting
Tagged immunization, vaccination, vaccinations
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Pediatric society rejects ‘personal belief’ exemption for vaccination of kids
Research has shown that children who are exempted from vaccinations have a 35-fold higher risk for measles, a 23-fold higher risk for pertussis and a nine-fold higher risk for varicella than do vaccinated children.
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Bioethics, Children's Health, Infectious Disease, Parenting
Tagged immunization, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, vaccine safety
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Alternative Medicine and Children – Part 6 – Vaccination and Alternative Medicine
The anti-vaccination movement has no better friends than in the alternative medicine world. In the Massachusetts study mentioned in my last blog, less than one-third of the homeopaths recommended immunization, and almost 10 percent actively opposed immunization. In England, the most … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Children's Health, Infectious Disease, Parenting
Tagged Alternative Medicine, alternative medicine and children, alternative therapies, alternative therapy, alternative treatments, complimentary and alternative medicine, delayed vaccines, DPT vaccine, homeopath, homeopathy, measles vaccine, vaccination, vaccination rates, vaccine, vaccine effectiveness, vaccine myth, vaccine safety, vaccine schedule, vaccines, whooping cough vaccine
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Health officials urging adolescents, adults to get whooping cough booster shot
The Chicago Tribune reports that “whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory infection marked by violent coughing, has made a comeback in Chicago and in other parts of the country. Health officials are urging adolescents and adults — especially those who interact … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, General Health, Parenting
Tagged diptheria, dT, DTaP, immunization, pertussis, tetanus, vaccination, whooping cough, whooping cough vaccine
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New Practice Guideline Takes Aim at Pain of Childhood Immunizations
Pain surrounding childhood immunizations can have long-term consequences, including preprocedural anxiety and needle fears in both the child and parent. Worse yet, these consequences can lead to avoiding immunizations altogether. As a result, Dr. Anna Taddio, of the Hospital for … Continue reading
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Tagged vaccination, vaccination pain, vaccinations
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Whooping Cough Epidemic Hits California: Six Babies Die
In several of my past blogs, including two earlier this week (Low immunization rates linked to epidemic spread of whooping cough and Parents who refuse vaccines put other people’s children in harm’s way), I’ve warned of the potential dangers, including death, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged DTaP, missed vaccination, pertussis, Tdap, unvaccinated children, vaccination, whooping cough
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Misinformation About Vaccine Safety Puts Kids at Risk of Illness
Vaccine Myth #1: Vaccines Cause Autism Misinformation About Vaccine Safety Puts Kids at Risk of IllnessAbout one-third of U.S. parents surveyed had delayed or refused early childhood immunizations. As I’ve told you in previous blogs, this is a decision that … Continue reading
Survey Shows Parents Still Worry Unnecessarily About Vaccines
Most parents believe vaccination is a good way to protect their children from potentially deadly diseases, but a study shows more than half still worry about the possibility of vaccine side effects. The study concludes: Although parents overwhelmingly share the … Continue reading
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Tagged MMR vaccine, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, vaccine myth
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Using acetaminophen (Tylenol) following vaccination may reduce efficacy
When children and adults in my practice receive a vaccine, I recommend ibuprofen or acetaminophen to reduce discomfort, inflammation, or low-grade fever. Now comes a study that will change my practice.
Posted in Children's Health, General Health, Parenting
Tagged acetaminophen, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, diphtheria toxoid, diphtheria vaccine, DPT, DPT vaccine, dT, DTaP, fever, fever medicine, Hepatitis B vaccine, Hib vaccine, ibuprofen, pertussis, pertussis vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, pneumonia vaccine, Tdap, tetanus toxoid, tetanus vaccine, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, whooping cough, whooping cough vaccine
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Vaccine Myth #2: Vaccines Don’t Work
This is the second entry in a series from my book God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Child. Probably the best recent example of the positive impact of vaccines is the Hib vaccine, which prevents meningitis, ear infections, and other … Continue reading
HPV vaccine (Gardasil) expert questions vaccination for young girls
Dr. Diane Harper, a friend of mine, is one of the lead researchers for the HPV vaccine (Gardasil), and now “is speaking out about its risks, benefits, and aggressive marketing.”
Posted in Bioethics, Cancer, Children's Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged cervical cancer, cervical cancer prevention, Gardasil, HPV, HPV vaccine, immunization, vaccination, vaccine
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The Ten Commandments of Preventive Medicine – Part 1 – Primary Care
The Ten Commandments of Preventive Medicine – Part 1 – Primary Care In my newest book, 10 Essentials of Happy, Healthy People, I teach people how to utilize these ten essentials that are necessary to live a happy and highly … Continue reading
Posted in General Health, Men's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged cancer screening, colon cancer prevention, colon cancer screening, flu vaccine, immunization, influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, pneumonia vaccine, preventive medicine, vaccination
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More on the Risks of Not Vaccinating Your Children
A past blog, that has been very popular, was on the topic of the Risks of Not Vaccinating Your Children (Friday, 6 February 2009). In response to that blog, Kelly wrote, “Hello, I was just wondering if you could answer a … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, measles, missed vaccination, pertussis, unvaccinated children, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, vaccine myth, whooping cough
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Dr. Walt’s Most Popular Blog Entries – Quarter 1 – 2009
Here are the most popular blogs, based upon blogs that you’ve read, over the first three months of 2009. The most popular blog was “Is It a Cold or Sinus Infection? How to Tell the Difference” and the second most … Continue reading
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Tagged adult stem cell, Bible, cold, colds, discipline, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, embryonic-like stem cells, embryos, faith, fasting, herb, herbs, hot flashes, menopausal symptoms, menopause, missed vaccination, multivitamins, natural medications, sinus infection, sinusitis, spanking, spirituality, stem cell research, supplements, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, vaccine myth, vitamins
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News Flash: Experimental Ebola Vaccine Used On Human – this actual headline is part of the story line for Dr. Walt’s first novel
It was a nightmare scenario: A scientist accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus into lab mice. Within hours, members of a tightly bound, yet Atlantic telephone conference trying to map out a way … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Plague, Ebola, Ebola vaccine, England, Eyam, Paul McCusker, vaccination
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ABCs of Childhood Vaccine Safety
My blog, “Radio Listeners ‘Angry as Hornets’ About Dr. Walt’s Comments on Childhood Vaccination” raised howls of protest from blog constituents. Many of those who wrote comments simply do not understand how safe and effective vaccines are. They don’t seem … Continue reading
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Risks of Not Vaccinating Your Children
From 1958 to 1962, over a half a million cases of measles are reported each year. 432 measles-related deaths occur on average each year. But in 1963, the measles vaccine was licensed. By 2000, only 81 cases of measles are … Continue reading
Vaccines: Separating fact from fiction
When it comes to the arguments about the safety of vaccines, what’s a worried mom to do? Between the scary claims about shots themselves and the scary news about what can happen without them, you might feel like you need … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged autism, immunization, MMR vaccine, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine myth, vaccine safety
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Vaccine Myth #8: A Preservative Contained in Many Vaccines Harms Children
In 1999, a study revealed that the preservative thimerosal, a mercury-containing compound present in many vaccines, caused several infants to have levels of mercury in their blood that exceeded guidelines recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Preservatives are used in … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, CDC, EPA, FDA, mercury, thimerosol, vaccination, vaccine, vaccine myth, vaccine safety
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Should Parents Refuse Abortion-Based Vaccines?
There’s a news story out this week about a Coast Guard officer who was told that he must take a vaccine that was derived based on tissue from an unborn child that had been aborted. The officer refused the vaccine … Continue reading
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Tagged aborted tissue, abortion, Add new tag, Alliance Defense Fund, Chicken Pox, Coast Guard, Havrix, Hepatitis A, mmr, MRC-5, vaccination, vaccine, Vaqta, Varivax, WI-38
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Vaccine Myth #1: Vaccines Cause Autism
Tuesday, in my weekly interview with Mark Elfstrand on WMBI in Chicago, a woman called to inquire about the risk of autism from vaccinations. It reminded me of a chapter from my book, God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Child, … Continue reading
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Tagged ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorder, MMR vaccine, vaccination, vaccine, vaccine myth
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