A comprehensive study published in the September 27, 2007 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine 1 has demonstrated “no causal association” linking exposure to a mercury-based preservative used in routine childhood vaccines to abnormalities in later neuropsychological development.
The preservative, known as thimerosol, is approximately 50% (by weight) mercury and had been used as [...]
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New Study Demonstrates No Link Between Vaccines, Child Development Problems
Posted in Autism, Disability, Medical Research, mercury, vaccination on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What is the Glascow Coma Scale?
Posted in Medicine, Uncategorized on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is widely used in the clinical evaluation of disorders of consciousness that are the result of traumatic brain injury (TBI). 1 The GCS is usually first assessed “in the field” by emergency medical personnel to establish a “baseline” against which further changes in the level of consciousness may be evaluated.
The [...]
Good Morning
Posted in Disability, Medicine, Personal, Uncategorized on August 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Since I’m the new kid on the block I might as well start with an introduction and what I hope to accomplish with this blog.
My name is Wayne McDonald and I am a brain injury survivor.
There are lots of conditions other than trauma that can injure the brain. My own injury occurred as a [...]
