Autism study linking MMR vaccines to autism retracted
The Lancet medical journal formally retracted a paper on Tuesday that caused a 12-year international battle over links between the three-in-one childhood MMR vaccine and autism.
The paper, published in 1998 and written by British doctor Andrew Wakefield, suggested the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot might be linked to autism and bowel disease.
His assertion, since widely discredited, caused one of the biggest medical rows in a generation and led to a steep drop in the number of vaccinations in the United States, Britain and other parts of Europe, prompting a rise in cases of measles.
“It has become clear that several elements of the 1998 paper by Wakefield … are incorrect,” the internationally renowned scientific journal said in a statement.
Joyce Jimenez Pregnant and may quit showbiz
Joyce Jimenez is ready to give up show biz as she has recently announced on Startalk that she’s on her first trimester of pregnancy. In an interview, the sexy actress said that she did not have any idea she was already carrying her child until she arrived in the country last month.
Her husband, Paul Eli Egbalic, was so excited upon hearing the news. The couple got married August 23, 2008 in Walnut, California.
Since this is her first time to be pregnant, Joyce said that she’s trying to avoid things that are not good for her baby, including going out on gimmicks.
Zaido girl Karel Marquez now married and pregnant
It was confirmed by the stage and TV actress Pinky Marquez that her daughter Karel Marquez was indeed pregnant in Startalk yesterday, February 7. Pinky clarified that Karel did not leave the show Zaido due to her pregnancy, because her exit happened two years ago.
Pinky said, “That was two years ago. It so happened na siguro sa influence ng TV at ang daming nagtatanong, after one year and a half, hayan na! “
Pinky remembers Karel as having trouble grasping the hectic life of an actress. The father, who is a doctor, had to check her blood and found out she was anemic. So after a talk with the director, they got their okay for Karel to leave the show.