Re: Child Health Alert Feb/2008

[Guest guest]

The second " study " , if you want to call it that, is based on a very big lie:

" Mercury hasn't been used in childhood vaccines since 2001. "

If those responsible for this man made epidemic are allowed to get away

with this lie... they win.

Simple as that.

There have been some independent groups testing vaccines to show this is

a lie, but their message doesn't get very far.

wrote:

>

> RX Medications

>

> Some Encouraging News:

>

> Stimulants For Hyperactivity

> Don't Seem To Have Major

> Heart Side Effects...

>

> Stimulant medications (such as Ritalin and

> others) are widely used to treat attention

> deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.

> They have long been known to mildly and

> temporarily increase heart rate and blood pressure,

> but m the last few years a number of cases were

> reported of children who had heart attacks or

> sudden death while they were on these drugs. Two

> years ago, two committees that advise the U.S. Food

> and Drug Administration looked into the question

> of whether these rare problems could actually be

> caused by the drugs, and while one committee

> thought a serious warning should be issued about a

> possible risk of these side effects, the other

> committee thought the evidence that the drugs

> caused such problems was quite weak, while the

> effectiveness of the drugs was well established.

> Now, researchers have examined data from

> Florida Medicaid files, where they were able to

> identify children between 3 and 20 years of age who

> were prescribed stimulants for newly-diagnosed

> ADHD. They also looked at whether any of these

> children had cardiac problems that resulted in

> death, admission to hospital, or an emergency

> department visit. Among over 55,000 children in

> the database. 5 children died of cardiac causes, but

> there were no cardiac deaths among children on

> stimulants. Stimulants also werent associated with

> an increased risk of hospital admission for cardiac

> reasons. Of interest, the researchers found that

> children on stimulants were about 20% more likely

> to have an emergency department visit for cardiac

> problems, which the authors think might reflect the

> fact that these drugs can indeed increase heart rate

> and blood pressure.

> Even though the authors call for more research in

> this area, they find it reassuring that they did not

> find stimulant drugs to be a signthcant cause of

> heart problems that are serious enough to require

> hospital admission or lead to death. (Winterstein

> AG et al: Pediatrics, January, 2008, pp.el494-

> el501)

>

> COMMENT: Its hard to know why children on

> stimulants may have slightly higher risks of coming

> to an ED for cardiac problems, but over 60% of the

> children had either fainting or unusual heart rates---

> problems which might be as much related to the

> child's ADHD as their medication. We should keep

> in mind that these kinds of problems weren't the

> ones that made headlines a couple years ago---the

> concern focused on much more serious cardiac

> problems, such as heart attacks and deaths, and in

> this rcgatxl, the current study pro\idcs reassurance

> that stimulants lor ADHD are unlikely to be causing

> serious heart problems in children.

>

> ...And Another Study

> Suggests Vaccination Isn't

> Causing The Epidemic Of

> Autism

>

> Theres little debate that the rates of autism

> among children have climbed steadily in recent

> years, and researchers, anxious parents, and others

> have searched for what might be causing this

> problem. One controversial suggestion has been

> that autism is caused by children's vaccines, and

> many have pointed to one ingredient in a number of

> vaccines---a mercury-based preservative (called

> thimerosal). A major piece of evidence supporting

> that theory was that autism cases increased as use of

> mercury-containing vaccines increased. Mercury

> hasn't been used in childhood vaccines since 2001.

> and if that were the cause of autism, researchers

> predicted that we would see the number of new

> autism cases drop as the mercury-free vaccines

> became more common.

>

> A new study from California found that autism

> cases continued to increase after thimerosal was no

> longer given to children. Researchers from the

> California Department of Public Health found that

> among 3 year olds, autism cases increased from 0.3

> per 1,000 children born in 1993 to 1.3 per 1,000

> children born in 2003. and similar trends were

> Child Health .4/.£'/?7'

> Ffbruar\- 2008

> found in older children. The researchers wrote tbat

> these time trends are inconsistent with the view that

> thimerosal is a major cause of autism.

> Others seem to agree; a spokesperson for the

> advocacy group Autism Speaks called the research a

> " very important study " and said ati possible causes

> of autism, whether genetic or environmental, need

> to be aggressively considered. (Associated Press,

> January 8, 2008; Schechter R & Grether JK:

> Archives of General Psychiatry, January, 2008, pp.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I know, it makes me so mad every time I read it. I just wanted to

share because these are the kinds of things our health care providers

are reading/have access to. They actually believe it.

> >

> > RX Medications

> >

> > Some Encouraging News:

> >

> > Stimulants For Hyperactivity

> > Don't Seem To Have Major

> > Heart Side Effects...

> >

> > Stimulant medications (such as Ritalin and

> > others) are widely used to treat attention

> > deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.

> > They have long been known to mildly and

> > temporarily increase heart rate and blood pressure,

> > but m the last few years a number of cases were

> > reported of children who had heart attacks or

> > sudden death while they were on these drugs. Two

> > years ago, two committees that advise the U.S. Food

> > and Drug Administration looked into the question

> > of whether these rare problems could actually be

> > caused by the drugs, and while one committee

> > thought a serious warning should be issued about a

> > possible risk of these side effects, the other

> > committee thought the evidence that the drugs

> > caused such problems was quite weak, while the

> > effectiveness of the drugs was well established.

> > Now, researchers have examined data from

> > Florida Medicaid files, where they were able to

> > identify children between 3 and 20 years of age who

> > were prescribed stimulants for newly-diagnosed

> > ADHD. They also looked at whether any of these

> > children had cardiac problems that resulted in

> > death, admission to hospital, or an emergency

> > department visit. Among over 55,000 children in

> > the database. 5 children died of cardiac causes, but

> > there were no cardiac deaths among children on

> > stimulants. Stimulants also werent associated with

> > an increased risk of hospital admission for cardiac

> > reasons. Of interest, the researchers found that

> > children on stimulants were about 20% more likely

> > to have an emergency department visit for cardiac

> > problems, which the authors think might reflect the

> > fact that these drugs can indeed increase heart rate

> > and blood pressure.

> > Even though the authors call for more research in

> > this area, they find it reassuring that they did not

> > find stimulant drugs to be a signthcant cause of

> > heart problems that are serious enough to require

> > hospital admission or lead to death. (Winterstein

> > AG et al: Pediatrics, January, 2008, pp.el494-

> > el501)

> >

> > COMMENT: Its hard to know why children on

> > stimulants may have slightly higher risks of coming

> > to an ED for cardiac problems, but over 60% of the

> > children had either fainting or unusual heart rates---

> > problems which might be as much related to the

> > child's ADHD as their medication. We should keep

> > in mind that these kinds of problems weren't the

> > ones that made headlines a couple years ago---the

> > concern focused on much more serious cardiac

> > problems, such as heart attacks and deaths, and in

> > this rcgatxl, the current study pro\idcs reassurance

> > that stimulants lor ADHD are unlikely to be causing

> > serious heart problems in children.

> >

> > ...And Another Study

> > Suggests Vaccination Isn't

> > Causing The Epidemic Of

> > Autism

> >

> > Theres little debate that the rates of autism

> > among children have climbed steadily in recent

> > years, and researchers, anxious parents, and others

> > have searched for what might be causing this

> > problem. One controversial suggestion has been

> > that autism is caused by children's vaccines, and

> > many have pointed to one ingredient in a number of

> > vaccines---a mercury-based preservative (called

> > thimerosal). A major piece of evidence supporting

> > that theory was that autism cases increased as use of

> > mercury-containing vaccines increased. Mercury

> > hasn't been used in childhood vaccines since 2001.

> > and if that were the cause of autism, researchers

> > predicted that we would see the number of new

> > autism cases drop as the mercury-free vaccines

> > became more common.

> >

> > A new study from California found that autism

> > cases continued to increase after thimerosal was no

> > longer given to children. Researchers from the

> > California Department of Public Health found that

> > among 3 year olds, autism cases increased from 0.3

> > per 1,000 children born in 1993 to 1.3 per 1,000

> > children born in 2003. and similar trends were

> > Child Health .4/.£'/?7'

> > Ffbruar\- 2008

> > found in older children. The researchers wrote tbat

> > these time trends are inconsistent with the view that

> > thimerosal is a major cause of autism.

> > Others seem to agree; a spokesperson for the

> > advocacy group Autism Speaks called the research a

> > " very important study " and said ati possible causes

> > of autism, whether genetic or environmental, need

> > to be aggressively considered. (Associated Press,

> > January 8, 2008; Schechter R & Grether JK:

> > Archives of General Psychiatry, January, 2008, pp.

> >

> >

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