Here is a description of some MMR/autism studiesstudies.

There was a study recently that showed that acetaminophen after flu vaccine resulted in lower antibody titers. It's probably a good idea to avoid tylenol and ibuprofen at the time of vaccines.

I found an interesting abstract that found that "acetaminophen use after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination was associated with autistic disorder." I haven't read the study, so I have no idea if it was well designed or not. Might be carp. But those ORs (Odds ratios) are pretty high and it definitely needs further study. When my kids get influenza, they have hallucinations if I give them Ibuprofen. There was an epidemic of influenza encephalopathy a few years ago in Japan, and there was some concern that it was related to use of acetaminophen. I haven't heard anything recently but will try to find out more. It's an interesting possibility.

I'll bet I get ripped off all the time. I never think to check. Guess I'd better start.:huh:

:iagree::iagree: Loved this book.

I booked a hotel for the weekend, and chose a deluxe room. On the email confirmation, it specifically said "deluxe room". I didn't pay too much attention to the total bill, because there are always taxes and surcharges that make it higher than the room total. I just happened to look at the hotelreservations.com website, and realized that my bill was too high. I was charged for a deluxe + breakfast room, which is $20 more. Since we're staying for 3 days, it's substantial. I thought no problem, I'll just call and downgrade. Turns out if you want to do that, they have to cancel your reservation and rebook. Which results in a one night room charge penalty. :banghead: This just infuriates me. I know I picked the deluxe room without breakfast, and I have a record of it. Apparently they just hope you're not paying attention. It took me 3 separate phone calls but I eventually got it fixed.

From the article: I am a leftie tree hugging environmentalist and I think this is nuts. Environmental issues belong in science, not history.

I'd really like to see how they measured this. Children have had terrible grammar for years. I don't think you can blame it on cell phones. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that grammar and writing isn't taught well at school I found this article interesting. I actually have noticed that my older dd's spelling and willingness to write has improved a great deal since she started texting and using FB chat.

I was reluctant to let my kids have phones, but now that they have them I'm happy with them. We do a lot of traveling for sports activities and they're on their own for hours at a time in unfamiliar places. It allows me to keep in touch with them regularly throughout the day, and I appreciate that they can reach me anytime if they need something. We didn't allow texting at first, but my older dd desperately wanted it and eventually I caved. Her manners were okay (she didn't text at the table or while having conversations), but she just did it way too much. She was sending and receiving hundreds of texts a day. Kids were texting her in the middle of the night. (She didn't respond, but still...) It really was causing problems, and I do think her attitude suffered. She was obsessed with it. I put parental controls on her plan, and now she has strict limits. I don't know why this is a problem. For my dd, it IS the ultimate punishment. If there is an issue, the phone is the first thing to go, and it usually fixes the problem immediately. I say kudos to the mom for addressing the problem. Two days might be plenty long for some kids to get the picture and straighten themselves out.

There aren't 38 or 27 different vaccines. There are 12 recommended vaccines, but many of them require several boosters. They are counting each separate jab to come up with those numbers.

:iagree: with the exception of math. If your kids like math, and you are considering Singapore, I'd start with that now.

Which countries? Here's a link to European vaccine schedules. They are very similar to the US schedule.

He is now saying that was a "misstatement".

The preferred test for malaria is a peripheral smear- it's just a drop of blood on a slide, examined under a microscope. Any hospital lab would have the materials to do it. Whether they know how to do it correctly and interpret it is a different story. With those symptoms, even if they did the test and said it was negative, I would not be convinced unless I knew the lab had experience with malaria.

I believe that they believe that. I don't think they are making it up. But when researchers look at videotapes of these kids they saw evidence of autism before they ever received the MMR.

How do you know this? A temporal association doesn't prove causation. Autism becomes apparent in the first years of life, a time when kids happen to be receiving vaccines. Millions of doses of vaccines are given in the first 2 years, and you are bound to see symptoms occur soon after a shot, just by chance. In Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure., Paul Offit tells this story:

Agree she needs a doctor with experience in infectious/tropical diseases but also a good lab. I'd be looking for a University hospital or medical school.

Yes, it could be. He needs to be tested specifically for malaria. I wouldn't bother with a home test. If it's negative, he still should be seen, because I wouldn't rely on it. If it's positive, he needs to be seen. You won't gain anything by doing a home test, but you will be lining someone else's pocket. emedicine Clinical symptoms include the following: Cough Fatigue Malaise Shaking chills Arthralgia Myalgia Paroxysm of fever, shaking chills, and sweats (every 48 or 72 h, depending on species) [*]The classic paroxysm begins with a period of shivering and chills, which lasts for approximately 1-2 hours, and is followed by a high fever. Finally, the patient experiences excessive diaphoresis, and the body temperature of the patient drops to normal or below normal. [*]Many patients, particularly early in infection, do not present the classic paroxysm but may have several small fever spikes a day.

There have been numerous studies since. They don't show any association between vaccines and autism.

Do you have a source for this? Other than Wakefield?

I got a little carried away. Many people believe he faked the data, but that's not actually why the study was retracted. Daily Kos

They took it out in California years ago and the autism rates still went up. The study was retracted because the author (Wakefield) lied about his results.

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:iagree::iagree::iagree: Last time we moved across town I vowed to stop purchasing books and start using the library more. We got rid of 100s of boxes of books, and I never EVER want to move that many boxes of books again. We now have very few books (from my perspective, although I'm sure we have far more than the average family). So this homeschooling family isn't a keeper of books. We are keepers of information. :D