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...with the Lancet's formal retraction of Wakefield's paper, the question is whether the vaccine theory of autism may finally be put to rest. But that seems unlikely. Since 1998, numerous studies have found no link between vaccines and autism, yet parents' fears have endured. Indeed, vaccination rates in the U.K., which dropped after the publication of Wakefield's paper, never fully rebounded, and measles cases later took off. The number of cases has also risen...
...often notice the first autism symptoms around age 2, when many childhood vaccines are given. Most autism experts believe this is purely coincidental and that in many cases, parents have missed subtle signs of autism--like a baby's failure to point or use other gestures to communicate--that may have emerged before vaccination...
...Thoughtful House Center for Children, an autism center in Austin, Texas, could not be reached for comment. He maintains a devoted circle of supporters, several of whom appeared with him on Jan. 28 in London for the General Medical Council ruling. The formal repudiation of his 1998 paper may only reinforce their belief that there's a conspiracy on the part of the medical establishment to suppress his work...
Shapiro uses the word neurotic to describe herself--a relief, because it saves me from pointing the finger. She is the nervous type, and her journey evolves in such an indulged mind-set that those plagued by more practical matters may find Devotion silly. But her sincerity, intelligence and admission that she doesn't actually read all the yoga books she buys are endearing; her need for answers touching. What makes Devotion most compelling is its willingness to explore the elusiveness of certainty...
...True, finding them would be like finding a needle in a haystack and then persuading the needle to talk to a national magazine about something really embarrassing the needle did. But by using classic journalistic techniques, I got my Twitter followers to deliver three Superficial buyers. While three may not sound like a representative sample, it is the statistical equivalent of interviewing 500,000 people who bought Thriller. (Read "Don't Hate It Because It's Beautiful...