The chances are good that you know someone who has food allergies. In fact, most of us know at least one person (often a child) who has a serious anaphylactic reaction to food—often, tree nuts or peanuts. Schools have banned peanuts from lunchboxes to protect students...
What is “herd immunity,” and are vaccines a good way to achieve it? You’ve probably heard the term before, and (aside from the indignity of being compared to cattle) it seems to make good sense. The idea is that when everyone is vaccinated against a contagious...
Did you know that the Mayo Clinic has come out with a scripted method to convince parents to vaccinate their children? The method is designed to shut down arguments about the safety of vaccines and manipulate parents into complying immediately in the office....
Did that title confuse you? Once you read this, I promise…you’ll be even more perplexed! What do African Green monkeys have to do with vaccines? Certain childhood vaccines (DTaP and Rotavirus) contain “Vero cells,” an ingredient that sounds innocent enough…...
Pregnancy is an amazing thing—it’s truly a complex miracle, and although we are learning more about fetal development every day the truth is that there’s much more that medicine has to discover. As a result, medical advice for pregnant women has shifted dramatically...
