By: Brian John | 2011-01-06 | College On May 14, 1796, Dr. Jenner was the first to take steps in inoculating against small pox. Thanks to those first steps of Dr. Jenner, others have come up with cures and immunizations against once-common diseases such as syphilis and typhoid. From the battlefield when the U.S. Defense Department reported..... read more
By: Henry Ford | 2011-06-23 | Reference & Education Vaccines are most important and cost friendly medical interventions, designed to prevent diseases for those who receive them and reduce on further transmission and risk of diseases to the communities. Vaccination is known to have been used back in the history of the world before the current medical discoveries. It was first documented in the year 1796, and Smallpox was the first infectious read more
By: | 2010-04-14 | Parenting I read an delightful article the other day in the November 30th edition of Time Magazine with the title of "Can These Parents Be Saved?" In this article, it argues that parents have gone too far in the bid to make sure their kids are safe. Dubbed "helicopter parents", this article describes parents who hover over every move that their children make, jumping up to save them before a child can hurt themselves in any way. read more
By: El Cecchetto | 2010-09-05 | Health & Fitness The immune system is an individual's mechanism for recognizing and responding to a pathogen. Our immune system is something we have evolved over millions of years. People who are alive today have evolved to fend off most of the pathogens we are exposed to. read more
By: Jennifer Edden | 2010-04-03 | Parenting Vaccines are such a hot topic these days and one that causes moms to question what the "right" decision is. Then there are many chiropractors and alternative healers who are advocates for not vaccinating their children. Their kids attend school (I'm talking about NY), are healthy and they have the documentation and research to prove that vaccines are harmful to your child's health. read more
By: Styla Brite | 2011-06-10 | Medicine Vaccination is credited today as the most effective means of infectious disease prevention. Colloquially, it is used almost interchangeably with "immunization" as the act of vaccinating does provide either temporary or permanent immunity against specific types of diseases. read more
By: Henry | 2011-05-17 | Medicine One of the greatest strides that have been made in medical field was discovery of vaccines. Vaccines are important since they improve body immunity to resist diseases. Vaccines have increased life expectancy and people no longer die from disease as it used to be. However, there are different ethical issues surrounding vaccines. Before the child reaches the age of 6 years, they will have received 36 shots which contain a total of 126 vaccines (kidshealth.org). read more
By: Stefan Hall | 2010-12-28 | Diseases and Conditions Ever since the Chicken Pox vaccine was first easily obtainable in 1995, lots of individuals have reported having the Chicken Pox from vaccine inside of days following their vaccination. The reason one can possibly acquire Chicken Pox from vaccine is because the vaccine is made from the live, but weakened,varicella virus. They say there's a 1% chance any recipient can obtain the Chicken Pox from read more
By: johnscott2011 | 2011-09-29 | Politics As California Governor Jerry Brown considers whether or not to sign a bill that allows children aged 12 years and more to get vaccinated against STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) without the consent of their parents, the debate over child vaccinations is getting heated up in California read more
By: Nancy Shevell | 2011-12-27 | Disease & Illness Parents are extremely so much anxious continually about the health and wellbeing of their kids and also get a variety of techniques to defend from ailments. The Primary measure for stopping will be to vaccinate the children. Child Vaccinations safeguard your children through serious and deadly medical problems by simply improving immunity inside their physiques. read more
By: Daryl Capuano | 2010-03-28 | Reference & Education The impoverished children learned at an equal rate as their wealthier counterparts during the school year. For that reason, each group tested nearly equally during the first couple of years of schooling. read more
By: Vikram Kumar | 2010-12-03 | Reference & Education Anyone who has a child in school today will understand the difficulties in keeping up with every aspect of their education. read more
By: happysamal | 2011-08-19 | K-12 Education What is a child’s life really worth? You and I know it’s priceless. But the truth is, traffickers put a price tag on children. The gap between the rich and the poor is becoming increasingly larger. read more