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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64N17120100524
Many vaccines at once OK for kids' brains: study
Frederik Joelving
Mon May 24, 2010 2:31am EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents can rest assured that getting kids their vaccine shots on time will not hurt their mental skills later on, doctors said on Monday.
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"A lot of parents are concerned that children receive too many vaccines too soon," said Dr. Michael J. Smith, of the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky. Some parents skip recommended vaccines out of fear of autism, for instance, and some choose to space out shots.
Although there is no evidence that would be safer, Smith said, he wanted to study the issue to address parents' concerns. So he and a colleague tapped into data from more than 1,000 preteen kids who had undergone extensive psychological tests of IQ, memory, attention, and language...
...But until now, nobody had studied whether getting several vaccinations in a short time could have negative consequences, for instance by overloading the immune system, as many parents believe, according to Smith. He found that receiving as many as 10 different shots -- including flu and whooping cough -- had no impact....
...SOURCE: www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds2009-2489 Pediatrics 2010.
Many vaccines at once OK for kids' brains: study
Frederik Joelving
Mon May 24, 2010 2:31am EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents can rest assured that getting kids their vaccine shots on time will not hurt their mental skills later on, doctors said on Monday.
Health
"A lot of parents are concerned that children receive too many vaccines too soon," said Dr. Michael J. Smith, of the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky. Some parents skip recommended vaccines out of fear of autism, for instance, and some choose to space out shots.
Although there is no evidence that would be safer, Smith said, he wanted to study the issue to address parents' concerns. So he and a colleague tapped into data from more than 1,000 preteen kids who had undergone extensive psychological tests of IQ, memory, attention, and language...
...But until now, nobody had studied whether getting several vaccinations in a short time could have negative consequences, for instance by overloading the immune system, as many parents believe, according to Smith. He found that receiving as many as 10 different shots -- including flu and whooping cough -- had no impact....
...SOURCE: www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds2009-2489 Pediatrics 2010.
