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WDDTY e-News Service - 27 March 2003

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WHAT DOCTORS DON’T TELL YOU - E-NEWS BROADCAST No.28 - 27 Mar 03

 

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THIOMERSAL: Why is this poison still in our vaccines?

 

Mercury is one of the most toxic substances around, yet it has been used for 60

years as a preservative—called thiomersal—in vaccinations we give to our

children.

 

When challenged, health authorities around the world have always pulled out the

usual rejoinder, presumably taught at medical school, “there is no conclusive

evidence that points to a link between thiomersal and ill health”.

 

Now that all rather depends on who’s looking, and how they’re looking, as these

factors have a big influence on what it is that’s found.

 

It’s an issue that has been exercising the minds of the American health

authorities in recent years (while their UK counterparts slumber on, so nothing

new there, then). A study last year repeated the usual mantra of there being no

causative link, a finding that has been challenged by no less an authority than

the Food and Drug Administration, the US’s drug regulator.

 

To be accurate, the challenge comes from Eric Colman, one of the FDA’s leading

officials speaking in an individual capacity, but it remains a major challenge

nonetheless.

 

In effect, Mr Colman says there has never been a thorough, systematic study that

has proven the safety of thiomersal (and, surely, that has to be where the

burden of proof should lie). Furthermore, last year’s researchers took blood

samples only seven days after the vaccine had been administered. Had they done

so within three days, they would have found a mercury concentration in the

infants’ blood that was far beyond recognized safety levels.

 

In the UK, thiomersal is still present in the triple DTP vaccination. The

Department of Health has taken an interesting line on the whole business:

because the MMR jab doesn’t contain thiomersal, and it’s the vaccine linked to

autism, the DTP jab must be safe, they argue. Eh?

 

(Source: Lancet, 2003; 361: 698).

 

 

 

MS: A treatment too far

 

Multiple sclerosis is a terrible, disabling disease, and medicine is trying to

combat it with some very powerful drugs. The favoured treatment, especially

when the MS goes into remission, is to use the anti-viral drug, interferon.

 

Interferon has been tested on MS patients for about 10 years, a therapy that has

increased following some early, hopeful studies. Not that this is a unique

approach. Interferon has become the great hope in treating a range of chronic

diseases, including cancer.

 

But does it really work, and what does the drug do to the quality of life of the

sufferer? A meta-review of seven trials suggests that the early optimistic

soundings were premature. Worse, the side effects from the treatment were

common and, in some cases, made the patient seriously ill.

 

Half of all patients given interferon suffered ‘flu-like symptoms, while

one-third had fever or myalgia. Nearly half had headaches or reported hair

loss, and 20 per cent had serious psychiatric disorders.

 

And to add insult to the injury, the treatment was ineffective, especially after

the first year.

 

(Source: The Lancet, 2003; 361: 545-52).

 

 

 

ARTHRITIS? So let’s try this cancer therapy on you. . .

 

Methotrexate is a powerful drug that’s used in chemotherapy for cancer patients.

It can cause serious suppression of bone marrow, and it can also damage the

lungs and liver, even at low doses.

 

Extraordinarily, it’s also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The dose is

peculiar—just one 30 mg tablet should be taken once a week—yet, even so, it

still claims more than its fair share of victims. One hospital in the Midlands

has reported three cases of elderly people who were taking methotrexate for

their rheumatoid arthritis. They all needed intensive care after they

experienced a sudden drop in bone marrow levels. Two recovered, but one died,

as did two others over a similar period.

 

All had taken the correct dosage, and yet the drug still had fatal consequences.

The drug is a more frequent killer if the arthritis patient takes the drug too

frequently, such as daily instead of weekly.

 

The hospital staff suggests that folic acid could be taken with the drug to

counteract its worst excesses of bone marrow suppression. Or perhaps the

sufferer could just take something safer.

 

(Source: British Medical Journal, 2003; 326: 266-7).

 

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LIVING THE FIELD: A final alert

We’re now taking the last bookings for our two-day conference, Living The Field,

which is being held in earl’s Court, London over the weekend of April 5-6.

 

There are a few seats still available (but only a few), although some of the

workshops are fully booked. There are no seats left, on either day, for the

Animal Communication workshop, and Remote Viewing is full for the Saturday.

Still, if you want to hear Lynne McTaggart, Larry Dossey and Rupert Sheldrake

talking about the new science and the ways its discoveries can change your life,

then book your place today. Online bookings can be made by visiting our website

http://livingthefield.com

 

 

 

 

 

READERS’ CORNER

Bioflavonoids:

We have reported on the Italian government’s ban of bioflavonoids for pregnant

women because of a possible link to childhood leukemia (Enews no. 24). One

reader points out that the culprit could be the other additives in the

bioflavonoid supplements. Anything among the binders, fillers, colourants,

flavourings or preservatives could be responsible. Even a search for aspirin,

which her husband needs to take for a heart complaint, has been unable to

uncover a product that doesn’t contain salt, saccharin, hydrogenated vegetable

oil or sodium lauryl sulphate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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