Tuesday, November 9, 2010
MPs and campaigners predict class action after failures to mount full-scale research into warnings left millions of patients at risk
Secret documents reveal that government-funded experts were warned nearly 30 years ago that tranquillisers that were later prescribed to millions of people could cause brain damage.
The Medical Research Council (MRC) agreed in 1982 that there should be large-scale studies to examine the long-term impact of benzodiazepines after research by a leading psychiatrist showed brain shrinkage in some patients similar to the effects of long-term alcohol abuse.
However, no such work was ever carried out into the effects of drugs such as Valium, Mogadon and Librium – and doctors went on prescribing them to patients for anxiety, stress, insomnia and muscle spasms...
[Full Article]Labels: brain damage, drugs, medicine
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Vaccines have saved untold millions of lives, and the vast majority of people who get them suffer no major problems.
But there's a trade-off: occasionally, vaccines cause injury or death. Very rarely, patients are left with what's known as "encephalopathy", the medical term for brain damage.
In fact, CBS News has found nearly 1,300 cases in which vaccine-related brain damage has been compensated in court over the past 20 years.
The debate over any links between vaccines and autism - a behavior problem triggered by brain damage - couldn't be more contentious. The great majority of medical opinion holds that vaccines don't cause autism. However, many of the same experts don't dispute that vaccines can, in rare instances, cause brain damage.
Family to Receive $1.5 Million + in First-Ever Vaccine-Autism Court Award
Learning From a Previous Vaccine-Autism Case...
[Webmaster - 1,300 cases compensated in court over the last 20 years and the "medical experts" call that "rare instances"? Just image how many cases of brain damage resulted from vaccination, but they were misdiagnosed and they never made it to court.]Labels: autism, brain damage, court, vaccination, vaccine
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A mother whose son suffered severe brain damage after he was given the controversial MMR vaccine as a baby has been awarded £90,000 compensation.
The judgment is the first of its kind to be revealed since concerns were raised about the safety of the triple jab.
Robert Fletcher, 18, is unable to talk, stand unaided or feed himself.
Lovely boy: Robert Fletcher with his mother Jackie at the age of 14
He endures frequent epileptic fits and requires round-the-clock care from his parents Jackie and John, though he is not autistic.
He suffered the devastating effects after being given the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine when he was 13 months old...
[Full Article]Labels: brain damage, MMR, vaccination, vaccine
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