I don't agree with this article, but to each their own.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
300 children "saved" by vaccine?!!!
hmm.....so before the vaccine healthy kids were dropping out like flies due to pneumonia and meningitis?
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Flu Shot; Not all it's cracked up to be?
Link to a story on: Vaccine for Everyone (Universal Flu Vaccine)
"A report out of Canada last week reveals that two of the three strains (Soloman Islands A, Wisconsin A, Malaysia B) selected by doctors at the World Health Organization and the CDC for North America "appear to be drifting and mutating, raising questions about how much protection this year's flu vaccine will offer." ARTICLE LINK The Public Health Agency of Canada reports that the Wisconsin strain has already mutated into a different form than is contained in the vaccine and the Malaysia strain is also showing signs of mutating. This is similar to what happened in the 2003-2004 flu season when there was a mismatch of circulating flu strains with the ones selected for the flu vaccine. ARTICLE 2 LINK
So just how effective will the flu shot be at preventing death and illness from the flu this year, especially for children, the chronically ill and the elderly?
Probably not any more effective than it has ever been, which is not very effective according to yet another study in the medical literature ( Lancet Infect Dis. 2007;7:658-666). The Lancet reported this month that the elderly over age 70, who have always been targeted for flu vaccination because they account for 90 percent of all flu related deaths, may not be protected at all from dying from complications of the flu. Flu vaccine use by the elderly and those with chronic diseases has increased from 15% to 65% in the US and other high-income countries since 1980 but there has been no decrease in influenza-related mortality among these groups. The few clinical trials that have included elderly people have indicated there is a decrease in antibody responses and clinical benefits of flu vaccination as people age beyond 70 years.
This new report reinforces an analysis of flu vaccine clinical trials published last year in the British Medical Journal by Cochrane Collaboration researchers POLICY vs. EVIDENCE The 2006 Cochrane Collaboration analysis found that the majority of published influenza vaccine studies were methodologically flawed with selection biases, cofounders and heavy reliance on non-randomized studies. Authors pointed out that potential confusion between respiratory infections caused by flu viruses and those caused by non-flu viruses can result in a misdiagnosis and gross overestimation of the true impact of influenza on death and illness in a given flu season (CDC officials have never produced documented evidence for the 36,000 deaths they attribute to the flu every year).
The 2006 study concluded that too few clinical trials have been conducted to prove flu vaccine safety and current evidence indicates that use of inactivated influenza vaccine has only a modest or no effect on preventing flu in children or the elderly. Co-author Tom Jefferson, an Italian epidemiologist said "There is a big gap between policies promoting annual influenza vaccinations for most children and adults and supporting scientific evidence."
Missing Strains
Flu Shots not Beneficial for the elderly
Courtesy of:
National Vaccine Information Center
email: news@nvic.org
voice: 703-938-dpt3
web: http://nvic.org/
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Living in a Toxic World
Interesting Blog didn't have time to read much...gotta take care of the kids.
Have a great day listeners!
Produce Codes
Ever wonder what those numbers on your fruits and veggies meant? Well here's what I found out!
Five numbers starting with a 9 = Organic
Five numbers starting with an 8 = Genetically Modified
Five numbers starting with a 3 or 4 = Conventionally Grown
There you have it! Check your produce.
Natural Beauty for Mothers
WARNING! If you click outside of the article you might see a nakie cartoon doll in an add...she's decent but nakie...if that is even possible. Just wanted to give you a head's up.
Cloth Diapers in the News etc.
New Business Targets Cloth Diapers
Diaper Companies Wrap Up Funding
So which do you think are worse; sposies or cloth on the enviroment?
"The 18 billion diapers thrown away each year may take 500 years to break down in a landfill, according to the National Association of Diaper Services, a trade group for the cloth diaper industry. Although cloth diapers create less material waste, however, their ecological impact includes copious amounts of water and detergent for laundering."
Diapering to Save Money
Diaper rush
Diaper Duties
These are some great articles! I hope you enjoy!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Misoprostol/Cytotec
This is a very controversial drug used as common practice in inductions. Thought you might find the links interesting.
http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2002/19268slr037.pdf (scroll down to labor and delivery)
http://www.fda.gov/Cder/drug/InfoSheets/patient/MisoprostolPIS.pdf
UPDATE!
Happy Holidays to my beloved Listeners! I hope this holiday season has been treating you well.
Ours got off to a rocky start but is slowly becoming a little more healthy.
We started the night before Thanksgiving with the stomach flu. This morphed into a sinus trouble. Everyone got better except for Malachi and me. Then Malachi had a week of 105 degree fevers. He came out of those last Monday and by Wednesday night, Asher had a whopper of a fever. On Thursday, Lydia joined him. By yesterday, Asher was feeling better and poor Lydia worse. She had contracted herpes-I when she was little, I actually think one of her grandparents gave her a kiss while they had a coldsore and now whenever she gets a repressed immune system she breaks out. She was also presenting with terrible bad breath, a white coated tongue and general malaise. We did decide to visit the Naval Hospital last night and she, in fact, has strep throat. She was a brave trooper and didn't even cry getting a shot in her behind. She's been sleeping all day today and I hope this is the last bout with the sickies we'll have to endure this year.
We have stepped up our nutrition routine. We've been taking liquid vitamin C, collodial silver, apple cider vinegar and raw honey and trying desperately to eat a lot more raw foods.
We are looking forward to Christmas! We'll be going to visit family in Central Kentucky and Southern Ohio.
What does all of this mean for the podcast!? Well, after the new year we will have a wonderful new episode about childbirth education and maybe even a surprise show.
So stay tuned!
Personal Aside for my friends at Diaper Traders
I will not be posting there much anymore due to petty issues with several moderators. It seems that one can't speak their mind if it isn't butterflies and sunshine.
So, please feel free to leave comments and ask your questions here and please keep in touch with me. I will miss your comaradarie, however, I must say that I have more time to focus on the podcast.
You can reach me at barefootmoms [at] gmail.com
Have a great week!
Ever thought about eating your placenta?
IF you have please leave a testimonial here. I think I should have with my postpartum hemmorhage and all.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Infant vaccine recalled
Thought this was pretty interesting. The head of the CDC said this incident "is not a health threat in the short run, but it is an inconvenience."
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
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