Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure Pdf Reviews

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Edition: 1
Release: 2010-03-29
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 023114637X
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Autism's False Prophets pdf
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A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was responsible for the disease. If mercury caused autism, they reasoned, eliminating it from a child's system should treat the disorder. Consequently, a number of untested alternative therapies arose, and, most tragically, in one such treatment, a doctor injected a five-year-old autistic boy with a chemical in an effort to cleanse him of mercury, which stopped his heart instead. Children with autism have been placed on stringent diets, subjected to high-temperature saunas, bathed in magnetic clay, asked to swallow digestive enzymes and activated charcoal, and injected with various combinations of vitamins, minerals, and acids. Instead of helping, these therapies can hurt those who are most vulnerable, and particularly in the case of auti Download Autism's False Prophets for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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Risky Trade: Infectious Disease in the Era of Global Trade Pdf

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Edition: 1
Release: 2006-05
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0754642968
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The current value of global trade has reached a staggering annual figure of trillion in merchandise crossing borders. Such prolific global trading has, at the same time, begun to raise fears of pandemics and concerns for global health. Yet, investment in public health infrastructure and disease control was never envisaged to cope with international trade of this volume and diversity. Indeed, most health systems lag far behind, especially in poor countries. This has created new vulnerabilities for global populations to the introduction and amplification of infection through trade. Public fears have been further heightened by frightening news reports of deadly diseases such as Mad Cow disease and E.Coli. "Risky Trade: Epidemic Infectious Disease in the Era of Global Trade" provides a thorough examination of the actual risks posed by disease in the age of globalization. Drawing on the economics of international trade and epidemiology, the author explores the critical health issues aris Download Risky Trade for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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