Let me introduce my source before I get to the main point. Mayer Eisenstein, MD, JD, MPH is director of HomeFirst, a healthcare clinic near Chicago. Eisenstein became widely known in 2005 when insurance companies noticed his clinic, which cares for more than 30,000 children, did not have any patients with autism. Zero patients with autism is an anomaly for pediatric clinics since the overall rate of autism for U.S. children who were eight in 2004 is now pegged at 1 in 100. Statistically, there should have been 300 kids with autism at HomeFirst. Turns out, the patients had not gone elsewhere after diagnosis. There just weren't any autism diagnoses. The main difference in his care of patients? Eisenstein does not recommend vaccines.
Since Eisenstein knows a thing or two about vaccine side effects, it might be worthwhile to hear what he has to say about flu vaccines...
In the video below, Eisenstein draws on his Master of Public Health skills to create a chart showing the rate of flu vaccination and rate of deaths from the flu are both up. Puzzling, or not?
(Email subscribers, click here to see the 1 min, 22 sec video.)
Med Nauseam Editor's Note: Autism is known to occur among unvaccinated children at lower rates than the fully vaccinated, so vaccines do not explain the entire lack of autism at HomeFirst. He does treat patients holistically.
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This is an important find. Everyone should know about this.
Thanks Elliot, I most certainly agree!!
Alix,
I too was interested in Eisenstein's HomeFirst clinic's low autism rates. Until I found out about Eisenstein's troubling record.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-autism-doctor-eisenstein-may22,0,3826791.story
Are you aware that he has a slew of lawsuits in addition to treating autism patients with lupron and vitamin D?
The fact remains that his clinic has less autism and there should be some more research around it.
I have no problem with his graphing skills, either.
I can't defend Eisenstein, but pioneers are always the ones with arrows in their backs.
JadaSmith,
I read through that newspaper article and came to a number of conclusions. Number 1 is that most if not all the law suits were against doctors who worked in his practice, not actually Eisenstein. It was guilt by association. Secondly, if you do some research you will find very interesting information between autism and vitamin D. I have no understanding or knowledge regarding lupron, so I won't comment on its use. Eisenstein certainly did act strangely when he pretended to be on the staff of a college which he was not but that only made him a liar in this situation.
The article was meant to smear him and the authors tried hard. Anyone who goes against the grain, especially when it comes to medicine, will be ostracized if not sued more frequently. I mean it certainly is easier to sue someone who goes against what is traditionally accepted.
Elliot,
Thanks for your great perspective. I agree with everything you said.
The Trib has a vendetta against anyone even TREATING autism. It's a shame since autism is treatable. I was just at dinner the other night with some amazing moms who TREATED (medically) their sons' autism and the children had accelerated recoveries. 2 of the 3 do not have the autism diagnosis anymore and are doing great in school. I don't know why the Trib has this slant and obvious bias. Could be to generate sales a la WIRED magazine.
I'm originally from Chicago and I can say with certainty that it's awfully conservative there so it might just be the Midwest market the Trib is catering to.
But, now I've strayed WAY off the main point of the article that vaccination rates and flu deaths are both increasing. Correlation or causation???
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