Mother accused of killing baby son goes free
Tears as three-year battle to prove innocence ends when judge rules out
retrial over Dylan’s death
Olwen Dudgeon
02 February 2007

http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&Articl…

A WOMAN accused of shaking her baby son to death walked free from court
yesterday after a three-year ordeal to prove her innocence.

Victoria Scott’s legal battled ended when a judge ruled she would not have
to face a retrial for the manslaughter of 10-week-old baby Dylan, who died
on May 7, 2003.

The 21-year-old now hopes to rebuild her shattered life after the judge said
it was not in the public interest for her to face another trial. An earlier
jury failed to reach a verdict last May at Sheffield Crown Court.

"It would have been Dylan’s fourth birthday on February 23. I have not been
able to grieve for him properly with all this hanging over me. I haven’t
even buried him yet. It is only now that I can start planning his funeral,"
said Miss Scott.

She sobbed in court as Mr Justice Holland ordered the indictment stayed,
halting proceedings, following submissions by her defence lawyers that a
retrial would be an abuse of process.

The judge concluded: "The public interest was wholly satisfied, some might
say more than satisfied, by the first trial."

Speaking of her relief after the hearing, Miss Scott, known as Viki, said
she could not wait to be reunited with her boyfriend, Darren Wareing, and
his daughter and spend a night at home in her own bed.

That will not happen immediately as she has to ensure social services will
allow her to live back at their home in Goole full time.

There have been restrictions on access to her partner’s daughter which meant
she had to live with her grandparents near Ilkley while on bail.

Her boyfriend stood by her throughout her ordeal. "I have had wonderful
support from him, family and friends but this destroyed everything else.

"I’ve not had a life. I’ve gone from 17 to 21 without having anything at
all," she said.

"I used to be so funny, I always had so much energy but I’m so tired now and
feel so poorly."

The judge heard there had been serious effects on Miss Scott’s health from
the stress of the case, including the acceleration of a gynaecological
condition which will leave her unable to have more children.

"I have been told for medical reasons I can’t have kids any more. We wanted
children and I am devastated that even that has been taken from me."

Miss Scott’s ordeal began when she found Dylan was not breathing on May 6,
2003 and she rushed into the street screaming for help.

She says he had not been well for a couple of days after receiving his MMR
immunisation.

He was taken to Goole District Hospital where doctors managed to restart his
heart but after he was transferred to Leeds General Infirmary doctors
concluded he had suffered irreversible brain damage and his life support
system was switched off the next day.

The police were involved after allegations that Dylan had been shaken and,
after extensive medical inquiries, Miss Scott was initially charged with
murder and spent a month in custody.

But she always protested her innocence and a medical expert consulted by her
defence maintained the baby could have died from an infection or sudden
infant death syndrome.

Miss Scott, who works as a telephone customer adviser for a bank, said she
believed police were right to investigate such allegations but questioned
the way it was handled.

"It needs to be investigated. There are kids out there who have been hurt.
It is not right and I understand they have to do that.

"They have got to do their job. I would be devastated if somebody hurt my
kids.

"But it is the way it is handled. It just feels as though they are against
you and that nobody is listening when you say you are innocent."

She said she felt overwhelmed when the judge ruled in her favour. "After
being treated that way for so long for someone to actually acknowledge the
situation and look at it sensibly is incredible."

She thanked her solicitor, Colin Byrne, for his constant support and hard
work on her behalf.

She said: "He has been wonderful and went way beyond what you would expect."

Last night after the judge ruled the solicitor’s costs should be repaid, Mr
Byrne said he was delighted for Miss Scott and her family.

He said the judge had acknowledged there was no evidence of assault and that
the defence case that the baby may have died from infection or sudden infant
death syndrome could not be ruled out.

After the decision Detective Chief Inspector Sharon Fielding, of Humberside
Police, said it had been a complicated case to investigate and there were no
winners.

"We must not forget that a baby has lost his life and it was absolutely
right it was thoroughly investigated."

 "What we have come to the conclusion on . is that next fall no paramedic
get the flu shot, period. And then what’s management going to do?" Baker
said.

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 Twenty paramedics sent home for not having obtained a flu shot.

Jordan Press

Monday, January 29, 2007 – 00:00

Local News – By Jordan Press

Whig-Standard Staff Writer

The number of paramedics in the city is down dramatically after
approximately 20 were sent home without pay for not having obtained a flu
shot.

The move has forced management to take over for those taken off duty;
part-time workers have been called in; and remaining full-time workers are
being offered more overtime to compensate for the loss of bodies.

"And they’ve already had problems staffing the vehicles," said Terry Baker,
president of OPSEU Local 462, which represents about 120 paramedics in the
area.

"The scenario it creates is it could . limit the amount of vehicles needed
for emergency coverage."

The County of Frontenac, which oversees ambulance operations for this
region, keeps nine vehicles on the road during the day and five at night.

Each ambulance has two paramedics assigned to it.

There are 62 full-time paramedics and about 40 part-time staff. There are
also 22 volunteers on Wolfe Island.

Paramedics who didn’t get a flu shot were sent home without pay after the
public health unit declared an influenza outbreak last week.

On Thursday, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health declared
an influenza outbreak at Providence Continuing Care Centre’s Mental Health
Services site. At last count, there were three linked cases of the flu, said
medical officer of health Dr. Ian Gemmill.

The outbreak was the first of the season and the first declared outbreak in
recent years.

"We’ve been very lucky. We had two years of no declared outbreaks in
Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington," said Paul Charbonneau, the
county’s chief of paramedic services.

Paramedics were given three options: get the flu shot, take an antiviral
such as Tamiflu, or stay home for the duration of the outbreak without pay.

"So those options were presented," Charbonneau said. "What choices they
decided to make I can’t discuss."

Some paramedics don’t take the flu shot because they are allergic to it,
Baker said. There are also concerns about taking Tamiflu because of
potential side-effects from the antiviral drug, he said.

"And the drug plan will not cover it. The employee would have to pay for the
medication on their own."

At first, four paramedics from the day shift were sent home and two from the
night shift were told to not come to work, Baker said. More were sent home
over the ensuing days.

By law, paramedics don’t have to get the flu shot. In 2002, the province
pushed for legislation that would have forced personnel to get the flu shot,
but backed down after a strong union response.

Instead, wording was put in place that didn’t require a flu shot, but
required some action in the event an influenza outbreak was declared.

No other medical profession is required to have a flu shot, Baker said.

Local paramedics are upset over the situation, he said, adding the union is
prepared to take action next year to make its point.

"What we have come to the conclusion on . is that next fall no paramedic get
the flu shot, period. And then what’s management going to do?" Baker said.

"We all entered the job to take care of the sick, ill and injured, but at
some point you’ve got to make a stand."

Gemmill said all medical professionals should get the flu shot for health
and legal reasons.

"This is the ambulance policy and we support them 100 per cent," Gemmill
said.

Lawmakers erred when they singled out paramedics for mandatory vaccinations
five years ago, Gemmill said.

The vaccine is safe and helps prevent spread of the disease, he said. Last
week, workers from the public health unit spoke with paramedics about the
shot, Gemmill said.

He said he, too, has problems with Tamiflu, but not the same ones as the
union. The antiviral drug shouldn’t be used in lieu of the flu shot, but to
control outbreaks, he said.

Using it otherwise would encourage resistance, Gemmill said.

The situation also comes as the county and the union representing paramedics
are close to ratifying a new contract – the first one for emergency workers
in three years.

Members of OPSEU Local 462 have been without a contract since the province
downloaded ambulance service to the county three years ago.

On the weekend, the two sides met from 8 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. yesterday
to reach an agreement. The union wanted wording in place regarding flu shots
and influenza outbreaks.

Nothing, however, was resolved on that point, Baker said. Nonetheless, Baker
said the union’s bargaining unit will recommend the deal to members at a
general meeting next month.
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Beware GARDASIL
by Helen Lobato

Gardasil is the new vaccine being intensely marketed to the parents of young
girls from the age of nine. The vaccine is said to protect against two
strains of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which it is believed, cause
about 70 per cent of cervical cancers. However there are many facts
concerning this form of cancer that are not being presented to the now
fearful public.

Recently the alarm bells have been ringing about the risks of dying from
Cervical cancer. But HPV, the virus that is blamed for this disease is very
common and can be found in about 80% of both men and women. Most of us have
had, at one time or another, the HPV virus but most of us do not suffer or
die from Cervical cancer. In fact, only one percent of women do develop
cervical cancer with the year 2000 figures on the mortality rates for
cervical cancer being 3.3 women per 100,000 population in the US and 4 women
per 100,000 population in Australia. In Australia there are about 740 cases
of cervical cancer each year and around 270 deaths from the disease.
Mortality rates generally increase with age with the highest number of
deaths occurring in the 75-79 age group.
Less than 6 per cent of cervical cancer deaths occur in women under 35 years
of age.

The US national cancer institute says that direct causation has not been
proven In a controlled study of age-matched women, 67% of those with
cervical cancer and 43% of those without were found to be HPV-positive.
These cancers are observed on average only 20-50 years after infection. 1

So what is going on?

Does this virus cause cervical cancer?

Nicholas Regush  wrote in VACCINE MADNESS
Back in 1992, however, a question was raised about the dominant and
increasingly-entrenched theory that HPV causes cervical cancer. It came from
Peter Duesberg and Jody Schwartz, molecular biologists at the University of
California at Berkeley. Among the various issues they raised about the
acceptance of HPV as the cause of cervical cancer was their fundamental
concern that there was a lack of consistent HPV DNA sequences and consistent
HPV gene expression in tumors that were HPV-positive. They instead suggested
that "rare spontaneous or chemically induced chromosome abnormalities which
are consistently observed in HPV DNA-negative and positive cervical cancers
induce cervical cancer."
In short, Duesberg and Schwartz were pointing to the possibility that
"carcinogens may be primary inducers of abnormal cell proliferation rather
than HPV." And here’s the key point: "Since proliferating cells [cancer
cells dividing wildly] would be more susceptible to infection than resting
cells, the viruses would just be indicators rather than causes of abnormal
proliferation."2.

This begs the question: Does a virus, any virus cause a cancer?

We now know that cancer results due to a complex mix of factors related to
environment, lifestyle, and heredity. Scientists estimate that about 80
percent of all cancers are related to the use of tobacco products, to what
we eat and drink, or, to a lesser extent, to exposure to radiation or
cancer-causing agents in the environment and the workplace.3

How then have we come to the conclusion that the Human Papilloma Virus
causes cervical cancer?
Maybe the truth lies in what Duesberg and Schwartz discovered. Rather it is
carcinogens not a virus that causes the abnormal cell proliferation.

One would hope and expect that Gardasil has been well tested and is safe to
inject into young girls and possibly boys.
BUT!
According to The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP) this is not
the case. AHRP say that the vaccine has not been proven safe and effective
in clinical trials. The fact is that the FDA allowed Merck to use a
potentially reactive aluminum containing placebo as a control for most trial
participants, rather than a non-reactive saline solution placebo.
They use this aluminum placebo because it can artificially increase the
appearance of safety of an experimental drug or vaccine in a clinical trial.
Furthermore the Gardasil vaccine contains 225 mcg of Aluminum and we know
that vaccine aluminum adjuvants can allow aluminum to enter the brain, as
well as cause inflammation at the injection site leading to chronic joint
and muscle pain and fatigue.
Around 60 percent of those who got Gardasil or the aluminum placebo suffered
side effects such as headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea,
myalgia and the Gardasil recipients had more serious adverse events such as
headache, gastroenteritis, appendicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease,
asthma, bronchospasm and arthritis.4

So with cervical cancer causing about one percent of all cancer deaths in
women and with the causation in doubt, not to mention the lack of safety
displayed by the vaccine trials we need to ask why parents are being urged
to get their young daughters vaccinated with Gardasil.

The obvious answer it that there is much hanging on the success of Gardasil.
It is predicted that Gardasil could be Merck’s most important money earner,
with expected sales of at least $2 billion.This is revenue that Merck badly
needs after the Vioxx scandals. To achieve this success Gardasil will be
required for school admittance.5

How can we remain silent on the issue of Gardasil?

1. http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/pdlatvir3.htm
2. http://www.redflagsweekly.com/second_opinion/2002_nov25.html
3. http://www.medicinenet.com/cancer_causes/page2.htm
4. http://www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/263/28/
5. www.honesthuman.com

9 Responses to "Beware GARDASIL" http://open.newmatilda.com/crosswire/?p=83
  1.. Lindsay Baldwin Says:
  December 26th, 2006 at 3:03 am
  I am a female who has suffered immensely in the past several years due to
this whole cervical cancer scare. I was diagnosed with cervical dysplasia.,
and was mandated to have a LEEP procedure then a cryo. i was NOT given a
choice. i was told i would die of cancer if i did not. what LIES. i assure
you that doctors lie. it is meant to shame women and treat them like they
are stupid whores. what. all for having had sex? these people ruined my
life. if i had known what i know now about cervical dysplasia and all that,
i NEVER would have allowed these people to treat me like a human lab rat. as
for now, i have had all normal pap smears for the past four years. but
wait!!! i tested postive for the HPV! oh no. i have ANTIBODIES to HPV. and
antibodies are a sign of good health. but this is NOT something these
doctors want you to figure out. i had to figure it out on my own. there is
also no woman in my family who has had cervical cancer. and face it, a
retrovirus, such as HPV, simply CANNOT cause cancer. YOUR GENETICS are what
determine if you will get cancer. not a harmless chemical LAB TEST like HPV.
FUCK THE SYSTEM.

  Regards,

  LINDSAY GRIFFITH BALDWIN

  2.. Helen Says:
  December 26th, 2006 at 1:21 pm
  Lindsay, I too suffered from the whole scare program re cervical cancer
twenty years ago. Was told i would get cervical cancer and must have my
uterus removed. Sought another opinion and very soon the pap smears became
normal.
  It is a scam!
  thanks for your comments
  Helen

  3.. Nancy Says:
  January 11th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
  Wow. Thanks for this post. I discovered I had HPV nearly ten years ago
through an abnormal pap. Six months later, everything was fine. My doctors’
attitudes have always been that it’s no big deal as long as I get my yearly
Pap.

  I wish the rest of the world could be this calm in their approach. Instead
it’s TV, magazine, Internet ads, fake health articles everywhere from
Guardisal and Digene raising alarm bells. Even Dr. Drew, who once stated on
Loveline that it’s safe to say that HPV has completely gone away after 10
years without symptoms, has changed his tune, and now calls it a lifelong
issue.

  It makes me sick to my stomach that everyone is cashing in on this
hysteria.

  4.. Rachel Says:
  January 30th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
  It does seem like an alarmist reaction in the media since Gardasil was
launched. It’s nice to see some opinions that aren’t so "chicken little" on
the topic!

  5.. Jill Edmonds Says:
  January 31st, 2007 at 12:55 am
  Please do not trample on this wonderful health care initiative which will
save many lives.

  Thankfully we have made scientific progress and as an RN who has nursed
patients with this disease, I applaud the work that has been done.

  6.. Helen Says:
  January 31st, 2007 at 4:42 pm
  This wonderful health initiative (as you call it) should not be given to 9
year old girls and possibly boys. Cervical cancer tends to occur in midlife.
Half of women diagnosed with this cancer are between the ages of 35 and 55.
  As girls grow older they can be followed by papsmears to prevent this
cancer and death. Women who have never had a Pap test or who have not had
one for several years have a higher than average risk of developing cervical
cancer.

  Also it is very important to understand the risks of this vaccine to young
children who are not going to get cervical cancer for many years for as we
know it is older women. As i have previously written at top of this page
around 60 percent of those who got Gardasil or the aluminum placebo suffered
side effects such as headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea,
myalgia and the Gardasil recipients had more serious adverse events such as
headache, gastroenteritis, appendicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease,
asthma, bronchospasm and arthritis.

  This is not a wonderful health care initiative, this is very sad for our
young children who are already given far too many vaccines.
  I, too have nursed a few women, who have had cervical cancer but these
were old women, not young children and they were usually women who had
smoked heavily throughout their lives. Cervical cancers like other cancers
are caused by carcinogens or cancer causing
…

The British Psychological Society – The Secret Brotherhood
http://www.nhsexposed.com/healthworkers/psychology/british-psychologi…

Scandal has hit the once quiet British Psychological Society. Tonight the
organisation has been reeling from accusations comparing its conduct to the
Salem witches trials of 1692. This is of course not the first time a
regulatory body has been accused of taking this radical stance to silence
its critics.

A number of professionals have unanimously accused the organisation acting
as a "soviet style regime". The Society based in Leicester has been under
fire from various academics since their secret hearings regarding leading
psychologist Lisa Blakemore Brown came to light. Transcripts supplied by a
source at the Society were apparently " shocking" and a travesty of justice.

Not long ago the Telegraph newspapers featured Lisa Blakemore Brown. They
stated "A former government adviser who has controversially linked infant
vaccines to autism in children claims she is the victim of a disciplinary
action "witch-hunt". The child psychologist Lisa Blakemore-Brown believes
that her outspokenness has made her enemies in the pharmaceutical business
and in the Government. Ms Blakemore-Brown, 57, has expounded the theory that
diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis innoculations routinely given to babies at
two months could be linked to autism and a range of allergies"

We sought to interview the British Psychological Society recently and they
were reluctant to divulge any information. A statement from their solicitors
stated "These are ongoing confidential proceedings and therefore, on advice,
the Society has decided it is not appropriate to discuss them." Lisa
Blakemore Brown had provided her permission to the British Psychological
Society to discuss matters with us. The society has remained coy regarding
the proceedings and have been silent regarding a potential police
investigation into their conduct under the Harassment Act 1997. They though
told us "The Society would object to any publication of the transcripts
which would be a breach of confidence. The proceedings are confidential to
protect the privacy of Ms Blakemore-Brown"The Society is satisfied that its
actions are lawful. The Society is a charity and therefore answerable to the
Charities Commission, and to the courts in the usual way"

It seems ironic that the British Psychological Society who stated this week
"The Society would not condone the abuse of either psychiatry or psychology"
appears to be engaging in the abuse of psychiatry themselves. They also
stated "You may wish to look at our Code of Ethics and Conduct. The Society
has also issued a declaration condemning the use of torture, details of
which can be found here."

We were interested to find out the main roleplayers of this secret
brotherhood. The hearing was held on the 30th and 31st January 2007. Dr
Aubrey Blumsohn requested to attend the hearing but unfortunately the
British Psychological Society rejected the application without any reason.
We believe it is important to obtain transparency of the issue concerned. We
therefore wish to present those responsible for ruling against Ms Lisa
Blakemore Brown today.

Panel Members

Dr Pat Frankish Psychologist [Ex President]
Joop Tanis Chair [Physiotherapist]
Philip Partridge – lay member [Chartered Accountant]
Medical Assessor to Panel – Dr Gaius Davies [ believes in the existence of
God but finds scientific research potentially grandiose]
Legal Adviser to Panel [all paid by BPS by the way] Louise Chudleigh
Counsel – Pat Hitchcock

BPS Team

Christine O Rourke
Lorraine Peart
Lauren Russell
Dr Trevor Friedman ( Psychiatrist)

Today, the above individuals decided to threaten Lisa Blakemore Brown with
injunctions and courts if any transcripts were to be published. We say, what
is there to fear by disclosing information about the hearing? Clearly, the
prickly BPS team seem to have got themselves in a trap of circular logic.

What they fail to realise is that NHS Exposed always has other sources which
may very well include members of the BPS.

What exactly will approaching the court for an injunction achieve? Well, it
certainly is never going to prevent us from publishing. To do that, a
injunction in every single country in the world would have to be obtained by
the above party. We have our connections just as they do – and we are not
afraid to use them.

Indeed, thanks to these sources and leaks from their own camp, we have been
able to obtain interesting information regarding the society’s panic at the
prospect of publication of transcripts showing exactly how this body
conducts its affairs.

Yes, we know the importance of secrets when it comes to those who victimise
and bully. We found this article on workplace psychopaths rather
interesting[a link from a legal magazine].

Its is therefore important to study and analyse the behavioural patterns of
the above individuals. Currently, we say that they have a syndrome called
" Lets dig our heels in and everyone will go away". Of course, no one
intends to disappear off this rocking boat, least of all us.

The most interesting member of the team is Dr Gaius Davies an eminent
consultant psychiatrist. Kings College Hospital have so far been unable to
locate him within their systems.

One professional today observed "Gaius, of course, was an army doctor so it
has always been a case knocking people back into line, and jumping into line
himself. Conform, conform, conform" . He infamously stepped out of line
accusing Ms Blakemore Brown of grandiosity when examining her scientific
research. The panel then admitted that he had gone beyond his remit.

Of course, Dr Gaius Davies has still to provide us with the scientific
research to back his beliefs ie the existence of God. A Christian by
religion, this senior Psychiatrist has not responded to our suggestion that
the lack of scientific research to back up his beliefs in the existence of
God may be inferred and argued as to be potentially delusional. We also
question whether his conduct is in line with the Ten Commandments. Just for
a quick reminder to Dr Davies all decked up in his Royal College of
Psychiatrist’s ‘tie here it is.

Dr Davies of course became a doctor in 1953. We would term the good doctor
most definitely " elderly". Of course, there is no law against elderly
doctors practising at all. There is of course a reason why doctors retire.
The DVLA follows a different point of view preferring to test the fitness to
drive of every elderly driver.

While the British Psychological Society would like to bring Lisa Blakemore
Brown in line, we at NHS Exposed have watched their conduct with amusement.

Over the last week, the British Psychological Society has become
increasingly agitated. Agitation is often detected on lie detectors and in
those with something to conceal. The British Psychological Society of course
have a lot to hide. It is our view that greater scrutiny of the transcripts
etc will show the public that the British Psychological Society would never
stand the test in an full blown attack under the Human Rights Act 1998.

Like the General Medical Council, the British Psychological Society like the
sound of their own voice and wallow in their own self importance.

In summary, the British Psychological Society is not a creature of statute.
It calls itself a charity but is hardly charitable in its conduct.
Currently, it continues its draconian abuse of psychiatry in order to
silence an intelligent well renowned psychologist who dared to present her
research. Lisa Blakemore Brown has never been mentally unstable or ill. We
therefore have to ask the question – Why does the British Psychological
Society wish to have its hearings ins secret and why have they pursued Lisa
Blakemore Brown for ten years. In short, what do they have to hide?

The story continues …

http://www.whale.to/vaccines/gardasil_h.html

Finally, a great discussion on the dangers of mercury fillings! Dr. Don
Colbert, ACAM doctor from Florida appeared on the minister Kenneth
Copeland’s program today and told the dangers of mercury fillings, flu
shots and tetanus shots with mercury. He said the largest source of
mercury was from silver fillings.

He recommended going to a biological dentist and not rushing out and
having fillings removed unsafely. He discussed a urine provacative test,
said heavy metals were a major source of neurological diseases including
Alzheimers, Parkinson’s, MS. He said mercury was a neurotoxin.

He discussed the dangers of fluoride, choride and aluminum in the water
and how aluminum leads to Alzheimer’s and fluoride causes bladder
cancer.

Dr. Don Colbert was poisoned by his mercury fillings.

You can see the program at http://www.kcm.org/media/webcasts/

Click on Tuesday February 7th program and watch online.

This information is in his book The Seven Pillars of Health.

Kenneth Copeland said to believe God to get the money to put in the
water filters, to remove the fillings, etc.

This program of Kenneth Copeland’s, The Believer’s Voice of
Victory, is heard all over the world.

Marie Flowers

www.MercuryPoisoned.com

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Inside the world of medical journals
      By Ray Dunne
      BBC News Online health staff

One of the world’s most respected medical journals says it should never have
published a controversial paper on MMR.
What steps do journals take to ensure studies are robust and trustworthy?

Richard Horton sees thousands of research papers pass his desk every year.
As editor of The Lancet, he decides what is published in one of the world’s
most prestigious journals.

In 1997, he received a paper from Andrew Wakefield, a doctor at the Royal
Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London.

Dr Wakefield and colleagues had carried out tests on 12 children. They
claimed to have found a possible link between the three-in-one MMR vaccine
and autism and bowel disease.

     Around three out of four authors in medical journals have some sort of
conflict of interest
      Dr Richard Smith,
      British Medical Journal editor

The study was published in 1998 and its findings sparked a media furore.
Many parents subsequently decided to shun the three-in-one jab.
Last week, Dr Horton was told Dr Wakefield may have had a potential conflict
of interest.

Within two days, The Lancet editor had issued a statement acknowledging the
potential conflict of interest. He told journalists the study had "fatal
flaws" and should never have been published.

The Lancet maintains it should have been told that Dr Wakefield was being
paid to carry out another similar study.

It says Dr Wakefield should have been aware of the potential conflict of
interest after reading the journal’s guidelines on the issue.

In 1998, these stated: "The conflict of interest test is a simple one. Is
there anything…that would embarrass you if it were to emerge after
publication that you had not declared it?"

Full declarations

Today, those guidelines are slightly more detailed. The Lancet now demands
that contributors declare all potential financial conflicts of interest.

It no longer accepts articles from anyone who has been employed by or held
shares in a relevant company or its competitors during the previous years.

     Possible sanctions against doctors
      A letter of explanation pointing out genuine misunderstandings
      A letter of reprimand and warning as to future contact
      A formal letter to the relevant head of institution or funding body
      Publication of a notice of redundant publication or plagiarism
      An editorial giving full details of the misconduct
      Refusal to accept future submissions from those involve for a stated
period
      Formal withdrawal or retraction of the paper
      Reporting the case to the General Medical Council

It will accept articles from people who have received money towards
research, travel or accommodation from relevant companies but only if these
are declared in the published paper.
The new rules reflect a growing trend by medical journals to be seen to more
transparent.

"People have really only started looking at this seriously in the past few
years," says Dr Richard Nicholson, editor of the Bulletin of Medical Ethics.

"The pressure has come from the American journals. Some journals have had
big problems with undeclared conflicts of interest."

Last year, the Nature Publishing Group announced that it would require all
authors to declare if they had financial ties to products.

It followed the news that the author of one paper on experimental treatments
for depression held a patent, stock options and was being paid consultancy
fees by a company named in the article.

In 2002, the New England Journal of Medicine introduced new rules banning
articles by people with "significant" financial interests in relevant
companies – namely those who have received $10,000 or more from these
companies.

"Around three out of four authors in medical journals have some sort of
conflict of interest," says Dr Richard Smith, editor of the British Medical
Journal.

"For some, this is being paid to go to a meeting or receiving a research
grant.

"A few years ago, very few of these conflicts of interests or competing
interests were declared. Things have changed but we still have a way to go."

In 1997, some of the editors of the leading medical journals got together to
form the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

It aimed to provide editors with a sounding board and help them "to deal
with possible breaches in research and publication ethics".

National guidelines

In 1999, they issued guidelines aimed at stamping out research fraud and
potential conflict of interests.

They state that editors and contributors must always declare potential
conflicts of interests. "If in doubt, disclose," they advise.

The committee has also drawn up sanctions to be taken against doctors who
fail to stick to the rules.

They range from a simple letter pointing out errors or misunderstandings to
a decision to report the doctor to the General Medical Council, which has
the power to ban them from practising medicine.

This latest controversy has led to calls for these guidelines to be
tightened up.

"Guidelines need to be sufficiently clear so that people have absolutely no
excuse," says Dr Evan Harris, a Liberal Democrat MP and a member of the
British Medical Association’s medical ethics committee.

"It is vital for the credibility of science that all possible steps are
taken to ensure that everything is above board and everything is seen to
above board."

Dr Smith, who is also vice-chair of COPE, acknowledges that more needs to be
done.

"The problem has been that people have believed the myth that science is a
pure objective activity.

"It’s not. It’s a human activity and it’s prone to all of the joys and
downsides of being a human activity. We’ve fooled ourselves."

http://mutanex.livejournal.com/15398.html

FLU SHOTS – DO THEY HELP OR HARM?

Columbus, OH (BlackNews.com) – Every year around this time, there is a rush
to get the annual flu shot. Everyone becomes concerned about coming down
with the flu. The media has managed to create widespread pandemonium from
this whole flu vaccine gimmick.
This is nothing more than the pharmaceutical and or medical groups and
companies tactics to scare people into getting flu shots thus allowing them
to make more money and control people.
The fact is that there has not been a conclusive scientific study that
proved that vaccines are safe and effective. On the other hand, there is
enough evidence, in my opinion, showing that vaccines cause cancer, multiple
sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimers, A.D.D. and autism.
Dr. Robert Kennedy, Jr., senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense
Council and author of Deadly Immunity says that our government is to blame
for this epidemic. He showed how a drug called Thimerosal, which is actually
mercury, had been placed in vaccines back in the 1930′s. Immediately after
the drug was put in as a preservative, autism cases started to appear.
According to www.nvic.org, there was no such thing as autism prior to
Thimerosal. Autism started and was created by this drug used in vaccines.
These vaccines containing mercury are responsible for learning disabilities
and cause dozens of other ailments to develop in the human body. Why?
Because it is a poison that attacks brain and moto-neurological function.
On top of this, vaccines don’t even really prevent you from getting the flu.
Medical science currently does not have any drugs that can kill viral
infections like the flu or even a cold.
Tom Jefferson of the Cochrane Vaccines Field, says "There is a big gap
between policies promoting annual influenza vaccinations for most children
and adults, and supporting scientific evidence."
The city of Rome, Italy who coordinated the comprehensive analysis for the
Cochrane collaboration, stated, "Given the significant resources involved in
annual mass influenza campaigns, there is urgent need for re-evaluation of
these strategies."
Even the Wall Street Journal in August 2006 exposed the drug companies
responsible for promoting useless vaccines through marketing campaigns used
to target college students. All as a way to sell more drugs.
So for clarity, this is not an attempt to advocate people to not get
vaccinated, although we all know at least one person who got a flu shot once
and then got the flu right after being vaccinated.
This is merely a sharing of information, but everyone has to make their own
informed decision. We all have to live with the consequences one way or
another.
Many natural health care practitioners will agree that if your body is
healthy, you don’t need vaccines. If you practice a healthy lifestyle where
you de-stress, cleanse, and nutritionally fortify your body with what it
needs to remain completely balanced, you will have optimal immune response
and overall good health.
This is a fact that has been confirmed and proven many times over by
countless scientists and successful therapists all over the world.
So here is some simple advice to use if you feel you are coming down with
the flu:
Slow down and rest, take long hot baths with Masada’s bath salts, and eat
lightly – largely consuming organic fruits and vegetables.
Dr. Irwin Stone, who is a pioneer in alternative health care, recommends
taking 1500-2000mg (or to bowel tolerance) of Vitamin C, and then repeating
at 20-30 minute intervals. Vitamin E in addition to Vitamin C is an all
natural power house defense team against viruses.
Prevention though is always the best choice. Health is no accident! So be
informed know what to do to get it and keep it!!

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=1…

Autism/ADD/ADHD Cure?

January 29, 2007
If not a cure there sure seems to be some great results coming out of
Australia. One of Australia’s top ADD/ADHD specialists appears to have found
a wonderful therapy that is having great results by those who have been
involved in a two year study that was just completed. Michael Sichel DO, ND,
PhD has just concluded this study. His findings are what most will report as
a great success on improving or eliminating the cognitive and sensory
symptoms that are associated with many neurological and neurodevelopment
disorders that now seem to plague an ever growing number of children and
adults throughout the western world.

Although Michael concentrates on children, this new method can be used by
adults as well. By removing the many toxins that we are coming into contact
with on a daily basis, he has shown that the child’s brain begins to
function as it was intended to as the neurotransmitters appear to function
more correctly after treatment.

Despite the denial by government, major medical and the pharmaceutical
industry, heavy metals such as mercury and lead along with the many
chemicals have been finding their way into our systems at ever increasing
amounts. This treatment removes these toxins and seems to lift a dark cloud
from the patient.
A new book will shortly be available that not only explains the how and why
this has happened but also includes the results of Michaels study and how
you can find this non drug therapy. You may want to keep your eyes open for
"How to restore children damaged by Mercury, Man & Politics". This book
promises to enlighten readers about the unwillingness of government agencies
to open up on the facts about what are proving to be major contributors to
the cause of the mystery ailments that have grown into a silent epidemic.

As the costs of therapies can reach up to $100,000.00 a year and the ever
increasing costs of medical insurance that in most cases does not pay for
therapy yet will pay for a life long pharmaceutical bill, this natural
treatment will in fact prove itself to be much more rewarding and less of a
financial burden to those already strapped financially. As many understand
that it is much less expensive at times to eliminate the cause than to treat
the symptoms for life.

Date: Sat May 13 21:41:57 1995
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: BBC’s Hidden Shame

>:some pirate radio station in London in 1991, started listening to

>Conclusive proof if ever I heard it.

>Of course you were the only person in the office in the whole of Britain

Yeah, but this is the point. Each incident is easily and automatically
deniable along the lines you’re taking. But when this happens every
time, and when you get independent corroboration from other people,
then there’s no escaping it. For example, immediately after I lost
my job in 91 I went into the local garage to get some work done on the
car, and one of the blokes there said to the other, "so what do you
think of it then? it’s getting killed on the radio isn’t it"
Now again, you look at that and no proff; you can ask them what they’re
referring to and they can say they’re talking about something else.

>I know you may be a little paranoid, but I suggest you sit down
>and work out rationally what possible reason anyone off television,
>or radio would have for listening to your conversations. After all
>it must be hard enough to present a show to millions of people
>without the added burden of watching and listening to a single
>person and slipping their phrases into the programme.

These presenters are clever people. They wouldn’t be presenters
if they weren’t – they’re easily capable of reacting to an individual
in this way.

What possible reason? I guess because they think it’s amusing to do
so. They know that if you ever tell anybody, without being able to
show any evidence, then the reaction you’ll get from just about
anybody will be the one you’re showing now.

I realize there are loads of people in England and elsewhere with
the sort of thoughts I’ve described in these postings; and almost
all impartial observers would say that nothing other than an
go after their private conversations (if they did it to me then I can
do it to them, it’s a questions of technical competence and money).
If you were lucky, you might be able to entrap them into admission.
You could of course harass or threaten them back (any coppers reading
this?) but that would be illegal and might get a result quite
different to the one you’re trying to achieve. Of course, it might
come out of its own accord given time – if so many people know, if
they have an escape valve in their "subtext" through the media,
will it not cease to be at a covert level, given time? Surely it
is in my interest for it to become overt, since the transgressions
at this time are on their side and not on mine?

Thoughts? There must be some way of breaking the secrecy. This
isn’t the first time in human history that a conspiracy has taken
place on this scale, but the truth tends to out.  The situation
now is they think they’;re "winning" hence have little stimulus
to change the rules – if they started seeing themselves "losing"
things could change drastically.

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From: am…@cus.cam.ac.uk (Alan Hart)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: BBC’s Hidden Shame
Date: Sun May 14 09:59:54 1995

: Thoughts? There must be some way of breaking the secrecy. This
: isn’t the first time in human history that a conspiracy has taken
: place on this scale, but the truth tends to out.  The situation
: now is they think they’;re "winning" hence have little stimulus
: to change the rules – if they started seeing themselves "losing"
: things could change drastically.

Mike, if that is your name,

I’m going to try to rationalise what you’re telling us. I can think of three
possible explanations for what you are experiencing.

One is that there _is_ a conspiracy against you. As a previous writer said,
though, a lot of these programmes are taped, so it really isn’t possible in
some of the cases you’ve named. Further, why were no bugs found in your
house? Finally, unless you are a political figure or someone else in the
public eye, why would anyone bother? People like me (and I assume you) are
small fry; our contribution to society is likely to be minor. Why would
anyone spend so much money and effort on you?

Another possibility is that you are developing some kind of paranoia. There’s
no stigma attached to this; we’re all paranoid to some extent, although
perhaps not to the extent that a doctor would call us paranoid. I think
paranoia is quite a straightforward explanation here – you really do believe
that all these things are aimed at you; you see people everywhere trying to
get at you. Logic suggests that this cannot really be the case.

The third possibility is that not even you really believe any of this, and
that this is a "troll". I’m not sure I believe this possibility, but it’s
possible.

Anyway, if you want to be sure that you’re _not_ going mad, I’d go and see
your G.P. if I were you. If you don’t trust him/her, why not see someone
recommended by a person you can trust? If you don’t trust anyone any more,
don’t you think it’s time you got help?

Alan

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 "How many letters are there in the alphabet – is it 27?" – J.R. Histed
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From: Ian Preece <i…@dktower.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: BBC’s Hidden Shame
Reply-To: i…@dktower.demon.co.uk
Date: Sun May 14 14:58:08 1995

In article <3p52cq$…@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
           am…@cus.cam.ac.uk "Alan Hart" writes:

> The third possibility is that not even you really believe any of this, and
> that this is a "troll". I’m not sure I believe this possibility, but it’s
> possible.

For a troll, the posts are remarkably well-informed on paranoid
behaviour.. you’d need to be one, or be reasonably well-informed on the
subject to sustain the tale… which lead me to my theory…*ahem*…:

An extension to possibility 3 (Number 3.5, perhaps?) is that the original
poster may be somehting like a psychology student writing a term paper
on the net community’s reactions to this tale.  (Now, there’s paranoia
for you! Not only are they listening to/watching us, they’re writing
reports about us too…:-)

More likely, though, is that the poster is genuinely in need of professional
help (he has intimated as much, himself) and, as such, he should be encouraged
to seek it.

regards,
IanP
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