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Thiomersal controversy – Consequences

* Public health officials believe fear driven by advocates of a thiomersal-autism link have caused parents to avoid vaccination or adopt “made up” vaccination schedules that expose their children to increased risk from preventable diseases such as measles and pertussis. Advocates of a thiomersal-autism link have also helped enact laws in six states (California, Delaware, [...]

Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities – Introduction

Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities include a range of practices used in the treatment of dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, Down syndrome and other developmental and learning disabilities. Treatments include changes in diet, dietary supplements, biofeedback, chelation therapy, homeopathy, massage and yoga. These therapies generally rely on theories that have little scientific basis, [...]

Antibiotic – Beyond antibiotics: Treating multi-drug-resistant bacteria

Multi-drug-resistant organisms (MDRO), in general, refer to bacteria that are not affected by the clinical doses of classical antibiotics, in particular, the antibiotics used to treat them until recently. The rise of these organisms has created a need for alternative antibacterial therapies. Resistance-modifying agents One solution to combat resistance currently being researched is the development [...]

Gulf War syndrome – Management

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors= Nerve agent antidote and insect repellent In 2008, a paper published in the ”Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” suggested that excess illnesses in Gulf War veterans could be explained in part by their exposure to organophosphate and carbamate acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. A federal report released in November, 2008, agreed, stating that exposure [...]

Biological half-life – Examples of biological half-lives

Water The biological half-life of water in a human is about 7 to 14 days. It can be altered by behavior. Drinking large amounts of alcohol will reduce the biological half-life of water in the body. This has been used to decontaminate humans who are internally contaminated with tritiated water (tritium). Drinking the same amount [...]

Drug overdose – Classification

The word “overdose” implies that there is a common safe dosage and usage for the drug; therefore, the term is commonly only applied to drugs, not poison, though even certain poisons are harmless at a low enough dosage. Drug overdoses are sometimes caused intentionally to commit suicide or as self-harm, but many drug overdoses are [...]

Sanjeev Goel – Introduction

Sanjeev Goel is a former male deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario and is a physician in Brampton, Ontario. He is a previous candidate for both the Green Party of Ontario and the Green Party of Canada. Born in Montreal, and graduated from the University of Toronto’s medical school in 1995. Medical doctor [...]

Autism Research Institute – Introduction

Autism Research Institute (ARI), established in 1967 by Bernard Rimland, is a San Diego, California, based nonprofit that funds research and provides information on autism and autism spectrum disorders. Stephen M. Edelson became the director of ARI upon Rimland’s death in 2006. The ARI holds that autism can be treated through a combination of intensive [...]

Detoxification (alternative medicine) – Types

Detox diets Detox diets are dietary plans that claim to have detoxifying effects. Scientists, dietitians, and doctors, while generally judging ‘detox diets’ harmless (unless nutritional deficiency results), often dispute the value and need of ‘detox diets’ due to lack of supporting factual evidence. Detox diets can involve consuming extremely limited foods (only water or juice, [...]

David R. Brown (neuroscientist) – Prion research

Brown advanced research related to the role of metals in the cause of prion diseases such as vCJD. Media attention focused on this work when it became associated with that of the farmer Mark Purdey, who argued that that human cases of vCJD might be caused by exposure to manganese rather than eating beef from [...]

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