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Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
What’s behind the ‘autism epidemic’?
In the run-up to a debate in London on our 'Autism Nation', Dr Michael Fitzpatrick diagnoses a perverse celebration of a mental disorder.
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| Friday 12 January 2007 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
The anti-MMR gravy train derailed
Revealed: How more than £15million of legal aid funding was spent by lawyers trying and failing to prove that the MMR vaccination causes autism.
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| Sunday 8 October 2006 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Autism: lack of services is the cruel joke
'Autistic' joins the lexicon of lazy political insults. So what?
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| Friday 21 July 2006 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
The trouble with autism-lit
A spate of new books confirms that making autism ‘fashionable’ is not making life any easier for the parents of autistic children.
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| Monday 19 June 2006 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Stop witch-hunting Wakefield
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick has been a staunch critic of Dr Andrew Wakefield, who kickstarted the MMR-autism scare. So why is he defending him against the General Medical Council?
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| Tuesday 9 May 2006 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
MMR is safe - so why are many still scared of it?
The good news: a study found no persistent trace of measles in autistic children after MMR. The bad news: it may not be enough to allay public fears.
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| Tuesday 9 May 2006 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
MMR is safe - so why are many still scared of it?
The good news: a study found no persistent trace of measles in autistic children after MMR. The bad news: it may not be enough to allay public fears.
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| Tuesday 2 May 2006 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
McDonald’s: why the parents of autistic kids are lovin’ it
Ignore the food snobs - for some of us the Golden Arches are a godsend.
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| Friday 11 November 2005 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
The death agony of the anti-MMR campaign
Even after a Cochrane review found 'no credible evidence' of a link between MMR and autism, sections of the British media just won't let it lie.
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| Friday 11 November 2005 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
The death agony of the anti-MMR campaign
Even after a Cochrane review found 'no credible evidence' of a link between MMR and autism, sections of the British media just won't let it lie.
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| Friday 13 May 2005 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Mercury and autism: a damaging delusion
A new book by a New York journalist falls for some contagious myths about the dangers of vaccines.
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| Friday 19 November 2004 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
How did the doctor get away with it?
Brian Deer's investigative documentary on MMR went some way towards redeeming the reputation of the media.
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| Wednesday 22 September 2004 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
MMR: ‘A reparation, of sorts’
Lancet editor Richard Horton's new book on the MMR debacle doesn't explain why he published Andrew Wakefield's flawed research in the first place.
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| Tuesday 21 September 2004 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
MMR: ‘A reparation, of sorts’
Lancet editor Richard Horton's new book on the MMR debacle doesn't explain why he published Andrew Wakefield's flawed research in the first place.
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| Thursday 9 September 2004 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Anti-vaccination nation?
An injection of perspective into the debates about vaccines, past and present.
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| Thursday 9 September 2004 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Anti-vaccination nation?
An injection of perspective into the debates about vaccines, past and present.
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| Tuesday 10 August 2004 |
Jennie Bristow
Three cheers for the five-in-one jab
The arguments against the new combined vaccine build supposition on to superstition.
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| Wednesday 23 June 2004 |
Helene Guldberg
MMR, autism and politics
The MMR issue has split families and friends as they were once divided 'over Thatcher and the miners'. Dr Michael Fitzpatrick talks about his new book.
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| Monday 15 March 2004 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
MMR: the controversy continues
Despite Dr Andrew Wakefield's increasing isolation, broader suspicion of medical authority is keeping his campaign going.
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| Friday 5 March 2004 |
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
MMR: the controversy continues
Despite Dr Andrew Wakefield's increasing isolation, broader suspicion of medical authority is keeping his campaign going.
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