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 On the one hand there's the risk of contracting the illness, while on the other there's the risk involved with taking the flu vaccine. The choice of whether or not to get vaccinated should be based on clear facts; instead the data is confused and often more influenced by the thrusts of marketing rather than those of science. What occurred in Australia and Brazil proved that the risk of this swine flu is low while the perplexity surrounding the vaccine grows rapidly. The testing period for this H1N1 vaccine was extremely brief and involves the injection of an adjuvant, squalene, which is known to cause arthritic forms similar to rheumatoid arthritis in those who receive it. And finally, the only other vaccine ever prepared for a swine flu, in 1976, was recalled after only a few weeks due to the serious neurological effects that it caused. For this reason, I say no...
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by Attilio Speciani
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 Mononucleosis, commonly known as the “kissing disease” due to the frequent epidemics that occur in American colleges, isn't a disease that is transmitted just like that. As a matter of fact, the virus is also transmitted by way of saliva and so, just as with measles or a cold, kisses can be the culprit but most of all sneezes, close physical contact, crowded environments and, for this disease, stress, mineral deficiencies and an inefficient immune system are sure contributing causes.
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by Marion Gluck
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The only good thing about the new Qlaira contraceptive pill is that the pharmaceutical industry, in this case Bayer is finally beginning to listen to women. Women do not want synthetic hormones! However the claims the manufacturers are making are somewhat misleading.
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by Attilio Speciani
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 Somewhere, in some luxurious office, there are people who are gloating over the success of their mission: they've generated fear in the public instead of reassuring them. They've been able to convince millions of people that the most natural things in life such as living, eating, touching, kissing and greeting are extremely risky habits and that the next flu will be terribly dangerous. Each of these claims can be taken apart point by point, just like the highly touted safety of a vaccine that hasn't been sufficiently tested. However the choices of the mass media have been effective because even the most competent have received information that will cause irrational behavior at the slightest hint from the television or the newspaper. Today the real pandemic that we need to vaccinate against is fear, certainly not that of the flu...
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To what degree do molds, yeasts and fungi affect the origin of asthma? A detailed study which was one of the first published in 2009 reminded doctors that fermentation, the presence of yeasts and molds in the air, in the intestine and probably on the skin can cause and maintain asthma. Keeping the development of molds in check can aid in curing asthma.
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