Dr J Classen, April 7,: Diabetes linked to TB vaccine.

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BALTIMORE, April 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctor who opposes vaccinating

diabetics, said type 2 diabetes decreased in children after a single

vaccine for tuberculous was omitted.

Data, published in the The Open Endocrinology Journal, revealed a 50

percent reduction of type 2 diabetes occurred in children in Japan

following the discontinuation of a single vaccine to prevent

tuberculosis.

Dr. J. Barthelow Classen of Classen Immunotherapies of Baltimore

proposes a theory that vaccines or other strong immune stimulants may

lead to the development of hyperactive immune systems.

In the case of type 1 diabetes, this leads to the autoimmune

destruction of insulin secreting cells or in the case of type 2

diabetes, the increase of a immune suppression hormone -- cortisol,

Classen said. Cortisol secretion -- linked to metabolic syndrome linked

to diabetes and heart disease -- increases after immunization more in

Japanese children than Caucasian ones, Classen noted.

"The current data shows that vaccines are much more dangerous than the

public is lead to believe and adequate testing has never been performed

even in healthy subjects to indicate that there is an overall

improvement in health from immunization, " Classen said in a statement.

"The current practice of vaccinating diabetics as well as their close

family members is a very risky practice."