A new US study has found no evidence that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and other vaccines containing the measles virus raise the risk of inflammatory bowel disease.
The researchers matched each person who developed inflammatory bowel disease to five "controls" -- healthy people of the same age and sex who did not have bowel disease and received care in the same HMO.
Based on 142 cases of inflammatory bowel disease and the corresponding controls without the disease, the authors report that being vaccinated with MMR or other measles-containing vaccines did not increase the risk of the inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Both conditions are characterized by diarrhea, cramping, and inflammation and destruction of parts of the intestine.
Measles kills almost a million children around the world each year.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2001;155:354-359
This is really terrible. This is the second time the AMA has done this. They publish supposed "proof" that MMR does not cause autism and they HIDE the details of the study in their journal.
They have many of their journal articles on line, but not this one. One would have to go to a medical library or order the article from the general library. Most physicians though have as a benefit of their staff privileges the ability to retrieve articles through the hospital library.
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