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Jeff BradstreetJeff Bradstreet, MD, FAAFP, is an Americanphysicianwhose medicalfoundation in Melborne, Florida, The Good News Doctor Foundation focuses upon complementary medicine, clinical research, and treatment of autistic spectrumdisorders. Dr. Bradstreet is also a principal and medical researcher for Thoughtful House, an Austin, Texasautismtreatment, education and research center. Bradstreet attributes his son Matthew's autism to vaccinationat 15 months of age. Bradstreet has been a vocal opponent of government vaccine campaigns, highlighed by his testimony critical of vaccine policies, on April 25, 2001, before the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform.
BackgroundDr. Bradstreet has evaluated over 2000 children with neurological disorders, and he directs a school for such children where his responsibilities include supervising occupational therapists, speech, language pathologists, and applied behavioral analysts. Dr. Bradstreet received his medical degree at the University of South Florida. He underwent residency training in OB/GYN at Wilford Hall United States Air ForceMedical Center. While in the Air Force, he was trained in toxicologyand environmental health. His duties as an officer included responsibility for military personnel who had exposure to a wide variety of toxins, including mercury. Bradstreet proclaims himself a 'Christianfamily physician'. According to his website, "A simple, but profound verse kept drawing him into greater understanding of the real meaning of health. The verse in Matthew 6:33: 'But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well'." Alternative medicine practitionerBradstreet's alternative medical treatments for autism, dismissed by the medical community as "unproven," include therapeutic use of enzymesincluding secretinand taurine.[1] In a recent episode, federal US marshals have seized such supplements in at least one raid, a practice criticized by alternative medicineadvocates as politically motivated. [2][3], secretin[4], for which Bernard Rimlandowns a patent, and enzyme mixtures of his own devising.[5] None of these have been accepted by mainstream medical authorities as efficacious, though dietarydeficits of such essential nutrients are well known to induce or exacerbate disease. Secretin has been shown to have positive effects on autistic children, but not to a degree recognized as statistically significant by mainstream medical practitioners (see Codex Alimentarius). Controversial researchBradstreet has written three peer reviewed papers regarding the relationship between thimerosalcontaining vaccines (TCVs), developmental disorders and biological markers for mercury-susceptibility. Bradstreet has collaborated with a number of prominent vaccine and autism researchers, including Dr. Andrew Wakefieldin conducting research which conflicts with accepted medical establishment theories about the safety of vaccines. After resigning his tenured post at the Royal Free Hospital, Dr. Wakefield left the United Kingdomto join Dr. Bradstreet's Good News Doctors Foundation, and the doctors, together with additional colleagues, founded the Thoughtful House autism cener in 2005. In 2004, the doctors published research which they say evidences measlesvirus in the cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) of three autisticchildren, who had received the MMR vaccinebut not had wild measles; measles was not found in the CSF of control subjects. Results from a larger study by the doctors are due to be published. The implications, if their research is duplicated, are that the 'weakened' live measles from the MMR is alive and replicating in secondary sites (see Bradstreet, J et al, ?Detection of Measles Virus Genomic RNAin Cerebrospinal Fluidof Children with Regressive Autism: a Report of Three Cases?, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Vol 9 No 2, 2004).[6] Call for research on unvaccinated homeschool childrenIn light of what he believes to be the possible association between vaccinations and his son's autism, Bradstreet's daughter has been homeschooled. In the United States, some 2 million children are homeschooled, a decision attributed by many parents in part to their religiousbeliefs. Another reason often given by parents for homeschooling is their wish to avoid having their children vaccinated, but the number of those unvaccinated is unclear. In an interview with investigative journalistDan Olmsted, who has reported on two other unvaccinated populations, the Amishand Homefirst Health Services, Bradstreet voiced his opinion that the homeschool population needs to be studied by scientists. "I said I know I can tap into this community and find you large numbers of unvaccinated homeschooled," said Bradstreet, "and we can do simple prevalence and incidence studies in them, and my gut reaction is that you're going to see no autism in this group." See also
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