F. Edward Yazback, M.D., F.A.A.P., is retired pediatrician who writes regularly about autism and vaccines, particularly on websites. He is a former professor at Brown University, and is now based in Boston, Massachusetts, studying the medical histories of children with autism spectrum disorders in an effort to determine what triggers their condition. Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants and children. ... Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. ... A bottle and a syringe containing the influenza vaccine. ... Brown University is an Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), Athens of America Location in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Founded  -Incorporated September 17, 1630 1820, as a city  County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 232. ... Autistic spectrum, autism spectrum, autistic spectrum disorders, autism spectrum disorders and ASD are all synonymous designations for the more official terminology in DSM-IV and ICD-10, where the term Pervasive Developmental Disorders, ( PDD) is being used. ...

Dr. Yazbak has become a prominent figure in the controversies surrounding vaccines and autism, and is the grandfather of a boy with autism, who has what Yazbak describes as 'autistic enterocolitis' (a syndrome first claimed to exist by Andrew Wakefield in a controversial 1998 study published in the Lancet). Dr. Yazbak was a school physician for 34 years, and has published numerous review and comment articles, largely focusing on regressive (or late onset) autism. A bottle and a syringe containing the influenza vaccine. ... Dr. Andrew Wakefield (born 1957 in the United Kingdom) is a Canadian trained gastroenterologist, best known as the lead author of a controversial 1998 research study, published in the Lancet, which reported a novel clinical syndrome characterized by a consistent set of bowel disorders among 12 children in association with... 1998 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A lancet is a medical instrument, similar to a scalpel but with a double-edged blade. ... A physician is a person who practices medicine. ...

Yazbak contends the MMR (measles, mumps rubella) vaccine, when given to pregnant mothers and infant children, must be a factor in the increasing number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. In addition to his recent review articles on autism, in 1966 he co-authored an article on the Apgar scores of twins [1]. The MMR vaccine is a combined vaccine for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

Dr. Yazbak's first research on pregnancy and MMR involved seven women, contacted by email through vaccine groups, who received the MMR, and their children. His results were published on a website [2], rather than a medical journal. "All of the children who resulted from these pregnancies have had developmental problems, six of the seven (85 percent) were diagnosed with autism and the seventh seems to exhibit symptoms often associated with autistic spectrum disorders," he wrote in the article.

Dr. Yazbak has also questioned the logic behind supporting research to develop new vaccines designed to deliver disease immunity to both the mother and her infant in utero.

A quote

It is inevitable that the present intransigent and unbending attitude of the vaccine authorities will lead to measles, mumps and rubella outbreaks. When these diseases return, and they will, the authorities-- and the authorities alone-- will have to be held responsible. There is no reasonable justification to tell a parent who is adamant about not using MMR but who is willing to return three times for the monovalent vaccines, that they are simply not available and/or illegal. Dr. Wakefield only asked that more research be done into the triple live-virus vaccine. To intimate that his research will cause epidemics is a flagrant distortion of the truth.

- Dr. Edward Yazbak (November 30, 2000) "Autism, MMR and 60 Minutes Another Pediatrician's Perspective" [3] - accessed June 11, 2005.

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See also

• Andrew Wakefield
• Bernard Rimland
• Iatrogenesis
• Mark Geier
• Safe Minds
• Thimerosal
• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

Dr. Andrew Wakefield (born 1957 in the United Kingdom) is a Canadian trained gastroenterologist, best known as the lead author of a controversial 1998 research study, published in the Lancet, which reported a novel clinical syndrome characterized by a consistent set of bowel disorders among 12 children in association with... Bernard Rimland, Ph. ... An iatrogenic (pronounced , IPA) condition is a state of ill health or adverse effect caused by medical treatment, usually due to mistakes made in treatment. ... Mark Geier, M.D., is a vaccine researcher and vocal advocate for vaccine safety, based in Silver Spring, Maryland. ... The Coalition for Safe Minds (Sensible Action For Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological Disorders) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to investigating the risks of exposure to mercury from medical products. ... The structure of Thimerosal Thimerosal (sometimes spelled as thimerosol and thiomersal[1]) is an organometallic compound used commonly since the 1930s as a disinfectant (trade name: Merthiolate) and as a preservative in some vaccines, cosmetics, tattoo inks, eye drops, and contact lens solutions, as a result of the deaths of... The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is a United States program for vaccine safety, co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...

External links

• About.com - 'Autism, MMR and "60 Minutes": A Perspective', Dr. Edward Yazbak
• BMJJournals.com - 'Autism seems to be increasing worldwide, if not in London', British Medical Journal' (January 24, 2004)
• VacLib.org - 'Autism and MMR or Rubella Vaccine in Moms' (April 17, 2001)
• VacuacionLibre.org (pdf) - 'Autism in the United States: A Perspective', F. Edward Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P., Journal of American Surgeons, Vol 8, No 4, Winter, 2003
• Whale.to - 'Autism 2001: The Silent Epidemic', F. Edward Yazbak, MD, FAAP (December 13, 2001)
• Whale.to - F. E. Yazbak, MD, FAAP
• Whale.to 'MMR – Autism Epidemiological Studies: Just a distraction', F. Edward Yazbak, MD, FAAP (March, 2005)