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+ THE PONCHATOULA TIMES, JANUARY 31, 2013, PAGE 8 T vaccines'. . By DR. RANDOLPH HOWES M.D PhD ,: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Longtime medical columnist for The Ponchateula Times, the author is an accomplished surgeon, medical inventor, and Country music recording artist. Dr. Howes grew up on his parents' Ponchatoula strawberry farm. He is a graduate of St. Joseph, Ponchatoula High School, Tulane - two doctorates, followed by a residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in plastic surgery. He says he is "re- tired" now in Kentwood.) With flu season upon us again, watch out for false claims and unsupported exaggerations. So, what is the bottom line on the effectiveness of the flu vac- cine? Over 100 million Ameri- cans get flu shots annually, be- cause they have been convinced by marketing they are doing a good thing. The CDC publicly asserts that 36,000 Americans die ev- ery year from the flu. But, ac- cording to CDC records, more Americans die from asthma and malnutrition than from flu. In a study published in The Lancet, researchers found no evidence that influenza vaccines prevent flu in children younger than two years old. The 2004 Cochrane Collabo- ration study analyzed all rel- evant influenza vaccine studies during the past 40 years and re- searchers found that in healthy adults under 65 years of age, flu vaccination did not affect hospi- tal stay, time off from work, or death from influenza and its complications. The authors of this study concluded, "universal immuni- zation of healthy adults is not supported" by the data. A 2006 Cochrane Collaboration study found that for elderly people living in the community, influ- enza vaccines were not effec- tive, but for elderly people liv- ing in group homes, influenza vaccines were found to be 46% effective against pneumonia, but non-significant against in- fluenza. Also, a 2006 paper in the British Medical Journal found that flu vaccines had little or no effect on influenza death and its complications. Additionally, doctors and nurses are among Dr. Howes the least likely to be vaccinated. In 2006, the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that 70% of doctors and nurses do not get annual flu shots and 62% of healthcare workers do not get a flu vaccine. Serious reactions to the flu vaccine include life-threatening allergies to vaccine components; Guillain-Barre syndrome, a se- vere paralytic disease; encepha- litis (brain inflammation), vari- ous neurological disorders, and thrombocytopenia (a serious blood disorder). Surprisingly, there is evi- dence that flu shots increase Alzheimer's disease risk and one report showed that people who received the flu vaccine each year for 3-to-5 years had a tenfold greater chance of devel- oping Alzheimer's disease than people who did not receive any flu shots. Research also shows that overuse of the flu vaccine and drugs like Tamiflu and Relenza can actually cause flu viruses to mutate into a more deadly strain. History has revealed the production of ineffective vaccines, massive multi-billion dollar financial windfalls for pharmaceutical companies and an inability to identify timely the actual circulating flu strain (mismatching). In the America that I love, we acknowledge Johns Hopkins' flu researcher Dr. Peter Doshi who feels Americans have been mis- led about the benefits of the flu vaccine. And he says 100 people would have to be vaccinated to prevent even one flu case. Enough said. Chris Zimmer of Invisible Cowboy (Times Photo) Miss Kim Markey at the Taiwan On party on the Tangipahoa (Times Photo) Unlimited Renovations & Lawn Service Kathryn Kemp Looking for all the world the part of a beauty direct from Paris, France, Miss Kemp kept Hardy Rich- ardson's Taiwan On Party guests happy on Sunday in his Glass House on the Tan- gipahoa River. (Times Pho- to) River beauty Pretty Hannah McSwain graced the Tangipahoa River on Sunday, attending Hardy Richardson's Taiwan On party. (Times Photo) FROM PAGE 4 Quote of the Week Daniel Webster, December 22, 1820 at the bicentennial of the founding of Plymouth, Massachusetts. "Finally, let us not forget the religious character of our origin. Our fathers were brought hither by their high veneration for the Christian religion. They journeyed by its light, and labored in its hope. They sought to incorporate its prin- ciples with the elements of their society, and to diffuse its influence through all their institutions, civil, political, or literary. Let us cherish these sentiments, and extend this influence still more widely; in full conviction that that is the happiest society which partakes in the high- est degree of the mild and peaceful spirit of Christianity." Look in this space weekly for your entertainment news. To con- tribute your entertainment event, dance, or special occasion, please call this columnist no later than Friday at 985/386-6253 or 985/517- 8919. To advertise your event, call 985/386-2877. 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