National Organization for Rare Disorders

States through the Vaccine in Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) (Meadows 2). VAERS is a national vaccine safety surveillance program that collects and analyzes adverse events that happen after vaccination. It receives approximately 30,000 reports annually (CDC). The FDA and CDC have scientists who monitor reports from VAERS. This helps the scientists identify adverse effects that must be further studied. Rare side effects can be detected by vaccine monitoring systems and action to remove…

The risks involved with vaccinations are minimal, rare, or do not actually exist. Comparatively, the risks associated with not vaccinating are too severe to ignore. Exposing children to disease results in dangerous symptoms and sometimes death. Also, choosing to not vaccinate your child puts the lives…

Immune System(Remove) What does immune system means? The immune system is the one of necessity system in the body. It helps the body defend against every foreign body that causes disease for body. The immune system is getting stronger and stronger while it destroys disease. It takes experience from disease which it is destroyed. The immune system is defined as “the system that protects your body from diseases and infections” in Merriam-Webster dictionary. In other words, the immune system…

idea of that becoming your future, of paralysis becoming your life. Telling your child he is paralyzed is what my family was almost forced to discuss with me 10 years ago. I suffer from Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis (HKPP), an autosomal-dominant disorder affecting 1 in every 100,000 people, making me one of only roughly 3,070 people affected in the US (and my family a disproportionate number of the cases). It causes paralysis in major muscle groups due to a mutation in the sodium-potassium…

symptoms for a six-month period. The indicators that are most distinctive of schizophrenia are delusions, hallucinations, and, or disorganized speech. Schizophrenia is a disorder that takes control of the mind consuming the patients very existence, affecting 1 in 100 persons within the United States. Schizophrenia has always been a disorder shrouded in mystery (DSM-V). Several contrasting theories maintain different etiological or predisposing factors of schizophrenia. An increasing number…

whether vaccines are responsible for developmental disorders in children. There are some that say parents that don’t vaccinate their children should be jailed, however there are parents that allege vaccinations have led to developmental disorders in their children, and in some cases even death. The Center for Disease Control (CDC), Food Drug Administration (FDA), and nearly all health organizations say that the allegations are ludicrous. These organizations have also spent millions to create…

The National Eating Disorders Association, a nonprofit organization advocating and supporting those suffering from eating disorders, defines an eating disorder as a serious emotional and physical problem that can have life-threatening consequences and often experience extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding weight and food. Due to these factors, many who suffer from an eating disorder often find themselves in the care and treatment at clinics and hospitals. Thus, many hospitals…

In 2013, former United States National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden laid bay that America had become a Dystopia of electronic surveillance and pushed to the forefront the question “does the American Constitution need to be amended to protect privacy rights in the digital age?” Less than a year later Americans are thrust at another crossroad with privacy rights vs. modern scientific medicine and technology by American poet, fiction writer, and journalist Susan Scutti article The…

than the rest and therefore being taken out of class. Students are often bullied for being affected by any sort of disorder, though statistically those suffering with a mental disorder are far more likely to be bullied to the point of self-harm or suicide (NAMI,…

that were commonplace less than a generation ago are now increasingly rare because of vaccines. Vaccines have been considered important in making the world a healthier environment for children; however, vaccines do have some risks and side effects. It is…