Posts Tagged ‘vaccines’
Weekend Reading
Summer feels like it’s finally here in Canada (well, Toronto at least). Here’s what I’ve been reading.
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Tags: drug safety, GMOs, supplements, vaccines, vitamins
Weekend Reading
The photo above is from a pharmacy in Toronto. Acid base nonsense? Check? Cancer quackery? Check. Endorsed by a pharmacist? Check. Send me your own pictures of ludicrous pseudoscience and quackery for sale in a pharmacy, and I may feature it in a future post. Here’s today’s updates to engage, inspire and possibly infuriate you…
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Tags: andrew wakefield, antibiotic resistance, black salve, coconut oil, conspiracy theories, crystal meth, dr. oz, evening primrose oil, GMOs, homeopathy, pharmacy practice, vaccines
The risks we face in our lives have been utterly transformed by vaccines. With the exception of clean water, no other health intervention has been as effective: More than 20 million lives in the past 25 years have been saved. Our parents and grandparents faced the risk of illness and death from diseases like smallpox, diptheria, […]
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Tags: antivaccinationism, Australian Vaccination Network, AVN, public health, stopAVN, vaccines
Weekend Reading
Here’s what’s keeping this pharmacist engaged and sometimes outraged: Health Canada explicitly puts the financial interests of homeopathy manufacturers above broader public health goals. From the BC Medical Journal, Health Canada licenses homeopathic vaccines: Remarkably, at the same time as Health Canada focuses on influenza education, flu shots, and other proven prevention measures, that same […]
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Tags: CCSVI, GMOs, health canada, homeopathy, naturopathy, public health, vaccines
It’s tempting to blame the re-emergence of measles in the United Kingdom squarely on Andrew Wakefield. After all, Wakefield’s 1998 paper in the Lancet (now retracted) attempted to link the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine with autism. This research was later shown to be fraudulent. His actions was so heinous that he was eventually stripped […]
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Tags: andrew wakefield, MMR, vaccines
(Long) Weekend Reading
If you’re lucky to have a long weekend, enjoy. Here’s an extra dose of reading:
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Tags: gluten free diet, paleo diet, vaccines
Weekend Reading
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Tags: detox, health fraud, homeopathy, naturopathy, quackery, vaccines
The loss of a child is unimaginable to most of us. What if if the cause was completely preventable? For thousands of children, it is. Want to give a really meaningful gift this year? Why not save the life of a child? It’s possible if you give a gift of vaccines. Your gift of $42 […]
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Weekend Reading
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Tags: measles, public health, vaccines
