1. Postpartum live virus vaccination: lessons from veterinary
medicine
2. Live virus vaccination near a pregnancy: flawed policies, tragic
results
3. Does the pineal gland have a role in the psychological
mechanisms involved in the progression of cancer?
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Postpartum live virus vaccination: lessons from veterinary
medicine
F. Edward Yazbak, Catherine J.M. Diodati
p 280-282, Volume 59, Number 3, September 2002
Abstract
Pregnant rubella-susceptible women are often revaccinated during the postpartum period with the
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine (MMR).
It is known that the rubella virus from vaccine is secreted in breast milk and persists in the nose
and throat for up to 28 days but it is not known whether the measles and mumps viruses are
similarly secreted.
It is probable the measles virus from vaccine is.
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Live virus vaccination near a pregnancy: flawed policies, tragic
results
F. Edward Yazbak, Kathleen Yazbak
p 283-288, Volume 59, Number 3, September 2002
Abstract
Vaccination of women with live virus vaccines around conception has always been contraindicated
by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the vaccine manufacturer because of
potential risks to the fetus (1,2). Nevertheless this dangerous practice occurs and is associated
with maternal health problems and a very high incidence of early-onset autism in the children (3,4).
Postpartum vaccination with live virus vaccines has been recommended by the CDC (5), and
described as `convenient' by the vaccine manufacturer (6). This `routine practice' may lead to
health and is also associated with many health and obstetrical problems in the recipient, and is
frequently associated with autism in both current and future children (4,7). Re-vaccination often
fails to produce immunity, the very reason for which it was recommended.
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Does the pineal gland have a role in the psychological
mechanisms involved in the progression of cancer?
B. D. Callaghan
p 302-311, Volume 59, Number 3, September 2002
Abstract
Psychological factors, e.g., depression and psychological stress have been implicated in the
progress of cancer. Similarly, the pineal gland and its principal secretion, melatonin, are known to
influence the initiation and progress of cancer. Furthermore, changes in melatonin secretion have
been linked with psychological stress and depression, and both the pineal gland and the cerebral
cortex act via the limbic system in producing their effects. Both psychological stress and
melatonin affect the immune system, as does the hypothalamus and the autonomic nervous
system. The pineal gland has both a direct effect on cancer, and via the immune system.
Psychological treatment and melatonin treatment have both been found to alleviate the course of
cancer clinically. It is thus hypothesized that the pineal gland, and melatonin, are involved in the
mechanism of psychological effects in the promotion of the progress of cancer.
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