CEO Newsletter 2008 - Number 6
Contents
1. Government Concedes Vaccine
2. A Flawed Flu Vaccine
3. As Drug Ads Surge, More Get Rx's Filled
1. Government Concedes Vaccine - Autism Case inFederal Court - Now What? - By David Kirby - February 25, 2008After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autismspectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to protect the plaintiff’s identify. It was obtained through individuals unrelated to the case.The claim, one of 4,900 autism cases currently pending in Federal “Vaccine Court,” was conceded by US Assistant Attorney General Peter Keisler and other Justice Department officials, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, the “defendant” in all Vaccine Court cases.The child’s claim against the government --that mercury-containing vaccines were the cause of her autism—was supposed to be one of three “test cases” for the thimerosal-autism theory currently under consideration by a three-member panel of Special Masters, the presiding justices in Federal Claims Court.Keisler wrote that medical personnel at the HHS Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation (DVIC) had reviewed the case and “concluded that compensation is appropriate.”The doctors conceded that the child was healthy and developing normally until her18-month well-baby visit, when she received vaccinations against nine different diseases all at once (two contained thimerosal).Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of illnesses and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of autism, including: No response to verbal direction; loss of language skills; no eye contact; loss of “relatedness;” insomnia; incessant screaming; arching; and “watching the florescent lights repeatedly during examination.”Seven months after vaccination, the patient was diagnosed by Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, a leading neurologist at the Kennedy Krieger Children’s Hospital Neurology Clinic, with “regressive encephalopathy (brain disease) with features consistent with autistic spectrum disorder, following normal development.”The girl also met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) official criteria for autism.In its written concession, the government said the child had a pre-existing mitochondrial disorder that was “aggravated” by her shots, and which ultimately resulted in an ASD diagnosis.“The vaccinations received on July 19, 2000, significantly aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder,” the concession says, “which predisposed her to deficits in cellular energy metabolism, and manifested as a regressive encephalopathy with features of ASD.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/
Editor’s notes: There may be Justice but how many have to be maimed or die before the governments of the world actually defend the people? Thanks to those who have continued to fight!
This one’s for Dr. Tedd Koren.
2. A Flawed Flu Vaccine – The Week - March 7, 2008
The flu is rapidly spreading through the population, and this year, your flu shot may not protect you against getting sick. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say the flu vaccination - which usually prevents about 70 percent to 90 percent of infections - this year is effective against only about 40 percent of circulating viruses.
That’s because health officials guessed wrong about which viral strains would be most common this winter- So the vaccine they created for this flu season creates antibodies against viral, strains people are not likely to encounter, while leaving them unguarded against the strains to which they might be exposed. So far, 44 states have reported flu cases, up from 31 in just a week. Ten children have died. Another problem this year is that flu viruses are evolving to be immune to anti-viral drugs such as Tamiflu. “Five percent of this year’s strains are untreatable with anti-viral drugs, compared with last year’s 1 percent”, CDC epidemiologist Dr. Joe Bresee tells the Associated Press. “This represents a real increase in resistance,” says Bresee.
Editor’s Note: WOW, now they admit that this is at best a “CRAP SHOOT”! It is all based on the great medical evidence based care of “luck of the draw”. Even worse their messing around with this has now put us in more harm’s way! What happened to “First do no harm!”? OOPS, pardon me they have substituted “First make a profit!” for that line. Wait till you read the next article and see why I’m mad as Hell!
3. As Drug Ads Surge, More Get Rx's Filled - By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY
Prescription-drug ads prompt nearly one-third of Americans to ask their doctors about an advertised medicine, and 82% of those who ask say their physicians recommended a prescription. The findings in a national survey by USA TODAY, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health come as drug advertising hit a record $4.8 billion in 2006, up from $2.6 billion in 2002.
ANALYSIS: Public debates whose needs are being met with drug ads
"Our survey shows why the drug companies run all these ads: They work," says Drew Altman, president of the Kaiser Foundation. "Many people get drugs they otherwise wouldn't. While there's a debate about whether that's a good thing for patients, it does cost the country more." Among people who requested a drug, 44% said physicians gave the one they asked about, while slightly more than half said doctors prescribed a different drug. Sometimes, doctors did both. When duplicate answers were removed, the poll found 82% of patients got some type of prescription.
YOUR STORY: Have you ever asked your doctor for a drug you saw advertised?
The percentage of people getting a drug after asking about an ad shows an uptake from 2005, when Kaiser found that 75% said the doctors recommended some type of drug. The USA began allowing drug ads in 1997.
The survey of 1,695 adults was taken in January and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. Americans are nearly evenly divided in their views of the industry: 47% have a favorable impression, and 44% have an unfavorable view, frequently citing high prices, large profits or company greed as the reason.
Billy Tauzin, president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the industry's lobbying group, says many of those surveyed were likely reacting to increasing co-payments from insurers rather than escalating drug prices. Drug costs rose an average of 3.5% in 2006 over 2005, government data show.
The poll also found that cost pressures have led 29% of Americans not to fill a prescription in the past two years and 23% to cut pills in half or skip doses to make their medications last longer. Buying drugs is sometimes a problem for 41% of families because of cost.
READERS: Have you ever asked your doctor for drugs you've seen advertised on TV, online or in print? If so, did your doctor prescribe the drug?
Editor’s notes: Based on the first article we must ask this question – “when it comes to your health, WHO do you trust?” You can’t trust the Government to act in your best interest – You can’t trust the Drug companies as all they care about is the profit margin, and now here is the evidence that the Medical profession has forfeited its right to your trust! Talk about the axis of Evil! Perhaps it is time to look at a profession whose future lies in providing a way for you to avoid the clutches of these three self serving groups.
Ad Summum Nitamur!
Richard G. Barwell, DC,Chiropractic Equity Offices Inc., #503 - 188 Pinellas Lane, Cocoa Beach Fl, USA – 32931 Phone 321 868 5690 E-mail: tequityc@aol.com Web site: http:www,subluxationinhd.com
1. Government Concedes Vaccine
2. A Flawed Flu Vaccine
3. As Drug Ads Surge, More Get Rx's Filled
1. Government Concedes Vaccine - Autism Case inFederal Court - Now What? - By David Kirby - February 25, 2008After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autismspectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to protect the plaintiff’s identify. It was obtained through individuals unrelated to the case.The claim, one of 4,900 autism cases currently pending in Federal “Vaccine Court,” was conceded by US Assistant Attorney General Peter Keisler and other Justice Department officials, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, the “defendant” in all Vaccine Court cases.The child’s claim against the government --that mercury-containing vaccines were the cause of her autism—was supposed to be one of three “test cases” for the thimerosal-autism theory currently under consideration by a three-member panel of Special Masters, the presiding justices in Federal Claims Court.Keisler wrote that medical personnel at the HHS Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation (DVIC) had reviewed the case and “concluded that compensation is appropriate.”The doctors conceded that the child was healthy and developing normally until her18-month well-baby visit, when she received vaccinations against nine different diseases all at once (two contained thimerosal).Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of illnesses and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of autism, including: No response to verbal direction; loss of language skills; no eye contact; loss of “relatedness;” insomnia; incessant screaming; arching; and “watching the florescent lights repeatedly during examination.”Seven months after vaccination, the patient was diagnosed by Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, a leading neurologist at the Kennedy Krieger Children’s Hospital Neurology Clinic, with “regressive encephalopathy (brain disease) with features consistent with autistic spectrum disorder, following normal development.”The girl also met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) official criteria for autism.In its written concession, the government said the child had a pre-existing mitochondrial disorder that was “aggravated” by her shots, and which ultimately resulted in an ASD diagnosis.“The vaccinations received on July 19, 2000, significantly aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder,” the concession says, “which predisposed her to deficits in cellular energy metabolism, and manifested as a regressive encephalopathy with features of ASD.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/
Editor’s notes: There may be Justice but how many have to be maimed or die before the governments of the world actually defend the people? Thanks to those who have continued to fight!
This one’s for Dr. Tedd Koren.
2. A Flawed Flu Vaccine – The Week - March 7, 2008
The flu is rapidly spreading through the population, and this year, your flu shot may not protect you against getting sick. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say the flu vaccination - which usually prevents about 70 percent to 90 percent of infections - this year is effective against only about 40 percent of circulating viruses.
That’s because health officials guessed wrong about which viral strains would be most common this winter- So the vaccine they created for this flu season creates antibodies against viral, strains people are not likely to encounter, while leaving them unguarded against the strains to which they might be exposed. So far, 44 states have reported flu cases, up from 31 in just a week. Ten children have died. Another problem this year is that flu viruses are evolving to be immune to anti-viral drugs such as Tamiflu. “Five percent of this year’s strains are untreatable with anti-viral drugs, compared with last year’s 1 percent”, CDC epidemiologist Dr. Joe Bresee tells the Associated Press. “This represents a real increase in resistance,” says Bresee.
Editor’s Note: WOW, now they admit that this is at best a “CRAP SHOOT”! It is all based on the great medical evidence based care of “luck of the draw”. Even worse their messing around with this has now put us in more harm’s way! What happened to “First do no harm!”? OOPS, pardon me they have substituted “First make a profit!” for that line. Wait till you read the next article and see why I’m mad as Hell!
3. As Drug Ads Surge, More Get Rx's Filled - By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY
Prescription-drug ads prompt nearly one-third of Americans to ask their doctors about an advertised medicine, and 82% of those who ask say their physicians recommended a prescription. The findings in a national survey by USA TODAY, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health come as drug advertising hit a record $4.8 billion in 2006, up from $2.6 billion in 2002.
ANALYSIS: Public debates whose needs are being met with drug ads
"Our survey shows why the drug companies run all these ads: They work," says Drew Altman, president of the Kaiser Foundation. "Many people get drugs they otherwise wouldn't. While there's a debate about whether that's a good thing for patients, it does cost the country more." Among people who requested a drug, 44% said physicians gave the one they asked about, while slightly more than half said doctors prescribed a different drug. Sometimes, doctors did both. When duplicate answers were removed, the poll found 82% of patients got some type of prescription.
YOUR STORY: Have you ever asked your doctor for a drug you saw advertised?
The percentage of people getting a drug after asking about an ad shows an uptake from 2005, when Kaiser found that 75% said the doctors recommended some type of drug. The USA began allowing drug ads in 1997.
The survey of 1,695 adults was taken in January and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. Americans are nearly evenly divided in their views of the industry: 47% have a favorable impression, and 44% have an unfavorable view, frequently citing high prices, large profits or company greed as the reason.
Billy Tauzin, president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the industry's lobbying group, says many of those surveyed were likely reacting to increasing co-payments from insurers rather than escalating drug prices. Drug costs rose an average of 3.5% in 2006 over 2005, government data show.
The poll also found that cost pressures have led 29% of Americans not to fill a prescription in the past two years and 23% to cut pills in half or skip doses to make their medications last longer. Buying drugs is sometimes a problem for 41% of families because of cost.
READERS: Have you ever asked your doctor for drugs you've seen advertised on TV, online or in print? If so, did your doctor prescribe the drug?
Editor’s notes: Based on the first article we must ask this question – “when it comes to your health, WHO do you trust?” You can’t trust the Government to act in your best interest – You can’t trust the Drug companies as all they care about is the profit margin, and now here is the evidence that the Medical profession has forfeited its right to your trust! Talk about the axis of Evil! Perhaps it is time to look at a profession whose future lies in providing a way for you to avoid the clutches of these three self serving groups.
Ad Summum Nitamur!
Richard G. Barwell, DC,Chiropractic Equity Offices Inc., #503 - 188 Pinellas Lane, Cocoa Beach Fl, USA – 32931 Phone 321 868 5690 E-mail: tequityc@aol.com Web site: http:www,subluxationinhd.com
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