What your doctor may not tell you about children's vaccinations

STEPH ANIE CAVE, M.D., EA.A.F.P. with

DEBORAH MITCHELL

"A MUST READ.... An im portant resource that respects parents' intelligence and encourages them to be equal partners with doctors in deciding which vaccines their children should get and when they should get them. DR. CAVE'S TIPS ON REDUCING VACCINE RISKS WILL S AVE LI VES." -Barbara Loe Fisher, cofounder & president, N ational Vaccine Inform ation Center

WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN'S VACCINATIONS, AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION MAY NOT BE WORTH A POUND OF CURE!

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How are vaccines linked to increases in asthma, juvenile diabetes, attention deficit disorder, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and learning disabilities?

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Is it really necessary to subject newborns to the hepatitis

B vaccine--a vaccine designed to protect adults most at risk, such as IV drug users and those with multiple sexual partners? •

Must every girl routinely get a shot for mumps, when the major threat-sterility-affects boys more often?

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cave, Stephanie. W hat your doctor may not tell you about children's vaccinations I Stephanie Cave, with Deborah Mitchell. p. em. Includes bibliographical references. ISB

0-446-67707-8

l. Vaccination of children-Complications-Risk factors. children-Complications. I. Mitchell, Deborah R. RJ240.C385

3. Vaccines-Safety measures.

2. Immunization of 4. Vaccines-Health aspects.

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