The Cochrane Collaboration
[Another deep cover pharma shill that had to break cover over MMR, as did Institute of Medicine (IOM).]
[2012 June] Vitamin Bashing or Bad Science? The media uncritically accept claims by the Cochrane Collaboration because it is a "gold-standard." However, Cochrane supports bad science because it accepts the methods and bias of corporate medicine. ....Cochrane supports this ignorance. They know that politically-required answers involve selecting their data and ignoring reality. It is time the media did its job properly and became more critical of medical mumbo-jumbo.
[2008 Cochrane
review] Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children (Review)
(sourced
[2011 June] Influenza vaccines, KOPS, and the truth by Hilary Butler)
[2010 Cochrane review]
Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults (Review)
[2010 Cochrane review] Influenza vaccination for healthcare workers who work
with the elderly (Review)
[2010 Cochrane] Vaccines for
preventing influenza in the elderly (Review)
[Cochrane] Discussion points: Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy
adults
[2008] The influence of Big Media
"The independence of The Cochrane Collaboration, which had been called into question previously, has been further compromised by recent funding changes.
The conclusions of the Cochrane review on the safety and effectiveness of MMR vaccine violate the standards of evidence-based medicine and are not supported by the body of the review. There are material concerns that the conclusions were influenced by efforts of the British government to avoid liability in claims brought on behalf of allegedly vaccine-injured children."
Several years ago, some suspected cases of aluminum toxicity resulted in
various neurologic and degenerative problems.
The Cochrane Collaboration, a
group that studies health-care issues around the world, wanted to look at a very
large study group to see if there was a real correlation between neurologic
problems and the aluminum in vaccines. They investigated all the reported side
effects of one aluminum-containing vaccine, DTP (no longer used), and looked for
any evidence that such vaccines caused more side effects than non-aluminum
vaccines. Other than more redness, swelling, and pain at the injection site,
they found no indication that an aluminum-containing vaccine caused any more
problems, and concluded that no further research should be undertaken on this
topic. That is a very bold statement. Most researchers will draw
conclusions from the findings of their own research; it's unusual to say that no
one else should do any more research into the matter.
This is especially surprising because of the limitations of the Cochrane
Collaboration's study. They looked at the effects of only one standard aluminum-containing
vaccine, rather than the effects of all four being administered at once. They
didn't study aluminum metabolism itself. They didn't test aluminum levels in
children after vaccination, nor did they explore whether or not the amount of
aluminum in vaccines builds up in the brain or bone tissues. They looked only
for evidence of external symptoms of aluminum toxicity, not internal effects.
Nor did they do their own research; instead, they reviewed all available studies
conducted by other investigators. Despite all this, the Cochrane Collaboration
study essentially closed the book on investigating aluminum toxicity from
vaccines, without really having opened it in the first place.
[2008] Is Aluminum the New Thimerosal? By Robert W.
Sears
[2008] Study Claims Antioxidant
Danger—A Repeat of Flawed Conclusions By Alan R. Gaby, MD
A new
study published by the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews reports that
taking antioxidant supplements does not prolong life, and that using certain
specific antioxidants may slightly increase the risk of death.
But vitamin users shouldn’t take this report as seriously as its widespread
publicity would suggest. The new study is essentially
a rewritten version of a study published a year
ago in the Journal of the American Medical Association that received
heavy media coverage. The new study presents the
same data that has already been reported and subsequently discredited.
[2008] Vitamin supplements may increase risk of death
See: Anti-Vitamin studies