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Skeptics talk a lot of rubbish about homeopathy. Because they can't explain the way it works, they say it doesn't work. But there are so many things we can't explain and yet, we accept that they exist. Consciousness, the immune system, quarks... The Swiss
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For the second time in as many months, a Herald Sun opinion piece writer has defamed the AVN and every parent who has taken the time and effort to research health issues before making a decision in an article she wrote for their opinion page (this same article ran in
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As always, you are demonstrating how intelligent, reasonable and well-read those who question vaccination can be. Keep the letters coming - hopefully, we can convince Mia Freedman that thereare actually two sides to the vaccination issue. In addition to sending your letters to the Herald Sun and Courier Mail (and
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A story that hit this weekend's Murdoch newspapers (Herald Sun, Courier Mail, etc) seems destined to leave most intelligent people asking - is this an early April Fool's day piece? Entitled, Become an expert is just a mouse click away (I guess subeditors on the weekend
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Lucija Tomljenovic, PhD has published some blockbuster papers on the subject of vaccination lately including a recent paper on the problems with one of the most common vaccine adjuvants - L. Tomljenovic, C.A. Shaw, Do aluminum vaccine adjuvants contribute to the rising prevalence of autism?, J. Inorg. Biochem. (2011)
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If someone is going to tell me that my children HAVE to be vaccinated - by law (and thank goodness, that isn't the situation in Australia yet though students in allied health and hospital workers are not given an option) - they had better have damned good evidence
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Diet is everything - and the best way to treat and cure diseases linked with poor diet / environmental issues - is by correcting the causes - not using drugs to cover up symptoms. It makes so much sense! So why are so many doctors ignoring the evidence?
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If DNA fragments are a major cause of emerging chronic disease epidemics (like the epidemic of autism, childhood diabetes, etc), then we should not be limiting our search to just the MMR and Chicken Pox vaccines. To the best of my knowledge, ALL currently licensed vaccines - including the newer
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Only trusted research will quell vaccine fears. Parents are asking valid, scientific questions about both the benefits and risks of vaccination but all they are being told is - stop asking questions! This article explains that parents are sick and tired of being treated like mushrooms. They want answers to
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2012 - the year for justice! First, the AVN won its case against the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) quashing the investigation and warning against our organisation by that government body. Now, Prof John Walker-Smith has won his case against the General Medical Council (GMC) in the UK. Prof Walker-Smith
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What a great way to test medications - NOT! This is just another medical rort. We need to know how big an effect placebos have (and it's rare enough for there to be a true placebo in the first place!) because if placebos are more effective then the
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Child Administered 4 Vaccines Without Parental Consent — The Healthy Home Economist. When children receive vaccines without the parent's permission or against parental instructions, it is a crime and those who perpetrate it should be held legally and financially accountable. This is one of the reasons why the AVN