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The Vaccine Controversy

The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations

By: Kurt Link M.D.

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The Vaccine Controversy

The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations

By: Kurt Link M.D.

While millions of Americans receive vaccinations each year, a vocal segment of the population is opposed to all immunizations—some even refusing to get mandated vaccinations for their children. In The Vaccine Controversy, Dr. Kurt Link—a specialist in internal medicine—explores that paradox and provides a history of vaccine development, including such possible future vaccines as those being developed in the hope of immunizing against HIV. A strong supporter of vaccination programs, Link explains the immune system and how it works, as well as outlining the various types of vaccines (including the efficacy and potential toxicity of each). Appendices spell out current medical recommendations for vaccines, describe the legal issues involved in decisions to vaccinate or not, and explain the workings of clinical trials where work is done to determine if a vaccine is effective or not, or has any remarkable side effects. Millions of Americans are vaccinated each year, whether they are elders looking to avoid bouts of influenza or children whose parents want to protect them from potentially deadly childhood diseases. Still, there remains a vocal segment of the population in opposition to all immunization, some even refusing to get mandated vaccinations for their children. Here, a specialist of internal medicine explores that paradox. Dr. Link explains the immune system and how it works, as well as the history of vaccine development, and the various types of vaccines including the efficacy and potential toxicity of each. A physician for more than 35 years, Link also spotlights possible future vaccines, such as those being developed in the hope of immunizing against HIV. Appendices to this work spell out current medical recommendations for vaccines, describe the legal issues involved in decisions to vaccinate or not, and explain the workings of clinical trials where work is done to determine if a vaccine is effective or not, or has any remarkable side effects. A strong supporter of vaccination programs, Link says that all people should understand the powers, limitations and risk of immunization.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313038260

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9780313038266

Understanding New, Resurgent, and Resistant Diseases

How Man and Globalization Create and Spread Illness

By: Kurt Link M.D.

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Understanding New, Resurgent, and Resistant Diseases

How Man and Globalization Create and Spread Illness

By: Kurt Link M.D.

In this work, Dr. Link explains the extent of new, resurgent, and resistant diseases defying the abilities of science and medicine, or often finding strength in globalization or other facets of modernization. Although medicine and sanitation in modernized countries are more advanced than ever before, over the past three decades we have seen the emergence of some 30 new diseases, such as HIV, SARS, and Ebola. Lyme Disease, Hepatitis C, Legionnaires' Disease, and even Jacob-Creutzfeld, the human form of a disorder we know as Mad Cow, has made headlines. We are also facing a resurgence of diseases once thought nearly eradicated, including tuberculosis and smallpox, and the persistence of rare disorders such as leprosy. Link also explains why such diseases are not prevented by our current systems, and why some rare diseases persist despite technology that could cure them. He offers insight into why we may not be able to predict or prevent factors such as mutations, and also shares thoughts about what we can do—as individuals, communities and countries—to reduce the dangers of disease. Including a basic review of elements that cause them—viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi among them—this work gives a brief history of human diseases and points out how the burden of disease has increased throughout the history of mankind.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313082189

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9780313082184

The Vaccine Controversy

The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations

By: Kurt Link M.D.

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The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations

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Building a Home Movie Studio and Getting Your Films Online

By: Kurt Lancaster,Cynthia Conti

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Building a Home Movie Studio and Getting Your Films Online

By: Kurt Lancaster,Cynthia Conti

How to take advantage of the web's ability to provide cheap worldwide distribution and make film of professional quality using software.

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244

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0823077268

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9780823077267

The New Humanities Reader

By: Richard E. Miller,Kurt Spellmeyer

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The New Humanities Reader

By: Richard E. Miller,Kurt Spellmeyer

Designed to help students attain the analytical skills and big-picture overview necessary to become informed citizens, the collection contains challenging and important readings from diverse fields that address critical issues in contemporary society. Ideas and research from wide-ranging sources provide opportunities for students to synthesize materials and come up with their own ideas and solutions. Students will be engaged by reading and rereading, analyzing, and working with these selections because they present powerful ideas, not simply because they are models of good writing style.

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754

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0618216057

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9780618216055

The Family PC Software Buyer's Guide

By: Kurt Carlson,Valle Dwight

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The Family PC Software Buyer's Guide

By: Kurt Carlson,Valle Dwight

Including education, entertainment, productivity, creativity and reference software, a definitive consumer guide rates thousands of products, drawing on the opinions of real-user families who test the software in their own homes. Original. (All Users).

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Hyperion

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0786882050

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9780786882052

Book's by Kurt Link M.D.

The Vaccine Controversy

The Vaccine Controversy

Understanding New, Resurgent, and Resistant Diseases

Understanding New, Resurgent, and Resistant Diseases

The Vaccine Controversy

The Vaccine Controversy

Building a Home Movie Studio and Getting Your Films Online

Building a Home Movie Studio and Getting Your Films Online

The New Humanities Reader

The New Humanities Reader

The Family PC Software Buyer's Guide

The Family PC Software Buyer's Guide

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