Books written by Paul A. Offit

Vaccines E-Book

Lasky T, Terracciano GJ, Magder L, et al. Association of the Guillain-Barré syndrome with the 1992-93 and 1993-94 influenza vaccines. Am J Epidemiol. 1997;145(suppl):S57. Stratton KR, Howe CJ, Johnston RB, eds.
Vaccines: What You Should Know

However, with the possible exception of Howard Hughes, few people are willing to do this. Other risks are easier to lessen. Every day we are at risk of catching viral or bacterial infections. For many types of infections the risks are ...
Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure

Criteria study: S. K. Parker, B. Schwartz, J. Todd, and L. K. Pickering, “Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Crit- ical Review of Published Original Data,” Pediatrics 114 (2004): 793–804.
Vaccines

Rothman AL. T lymphocyte responses to heterologous secondary dengue virus infections. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009;1171(Suppl. 1):E36—41. 51. Swarrrinathan S, Batra G, Khanna N. Dengue vaccines: state of the art. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2010 ...
Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All

In November 2009, a freelance reporter named Amy Wallace wrote an article for Wired magazine titled “An Epidemic of Fear.” The cover of Wired featured an infant staring out from behind the word FEAR in three-inch high letters; ...
Vaccinated: Triumph, Controversy, and An Uncertain F

Vaccinated is not a biography; Hilleman's experience forms the basis for a rich and lively narrative of two hundred years of medical history, ranging across the globe and throughout time to take in a cast of hundreds, all caught up, ...
Vaccines E-Book

This medical reference book offers the expert information you need to apply the very latest techniques and information in your practice!
Vaccines

Completely revised and updated, this respected reference offers comprehensive and current coverage of every aspect of vaccination--from development to use in reducing disease.
Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far

In this game-changing book, Dr. Paul A. Offit debunks fifteen common medical interventions that have long been considered gospel despite mounting evidence of their adverse effects, from vitamins, sunscreen, fever-reducing medicines, and ...
Vaccines and Your Child: Separating Fact from Fiction

There couldn't be a better moment or more pressing need for this book, which offers honesty—instead of hype—in the quest to protect children's health. “The perfect book for parents seeking accurate and detailed vaccine information ...
Vaccines & Your Child: Separating Fact from Fiction

Provides information about how vaccines are made, why they are given, and the safety of the vaccinations given today, as well as advice for parents about vaccinations and altering vaccine schedules.
Do You Believe in Magic?: Vitamins, Supplements, and All Things Natural: A Look Behind the Curtain

In Do You Believe in Magic?, medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of ...
Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information

In Bad Advice, Paul A. Offit shares hard-earned wisdom on the do’s and don’ts of battling misinformation. For the past twenty years, Offit has been on the front lines in the fight for sound science and public heath.
The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis

Why has this happened? This remarkable book recounts for the first time a devastating episode in 1955 at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, thathas led many pharmaceutical companies to abandon vaccine manufacture.
Vaccines: What Every Parent Should Know

Here is a straightforward presentation of the facts surrounding the controversial topic of vaccines, a book that confused and worried parents can turn to for answers and reassurance.
Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong

Exploring the most fascinating and significant scientific missteps, the author presents seven cautionary lessons to separate good science from bad.
Vaccines: What You Should Know

Coauthored by Paul Offit, a member of the CDC advisory committee that determines which vaccines are recommended for use in the United States, this guide tells you what vaccines are made of and clearly explains how they are made, how they ...
Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine

Medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive ...
Vaccines

Includes access to a companion web site offering the complete contents of the book - fully searchable - for rapid consultation from anyplace with an Internet connection.
Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong

These are today's sins of science--as deplorable as mistaken past ideas about advocating racial purity or using lobotomies as a cure for mental illness.