OC Register / Vaxxed Controversial documentary ‘Vaxxed’ screening Friday at Regency South Coast Village April 29, 2016

After being booted from the Tribecca Film Festival in New York City, “Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe,” a movie about a purported cover-up of a government study on the safety of the measles vaccine, opens Friday in Orange County.

Regency South Coast Village in Santa Ana will show the documentary for at least a one-week run. An evening screening Friday has already sold out. (more…)

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Runner's World / Cliffside Malibu Can Running Help Cure Your Hangover? April 29, 2016

Can Running Help Cure Your Hangover?

Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Early in the night (before the seriously regrettable stuff), your body pulls that water from your blood plasma. But as the night wears on, you dehydrate even more. At this point, your body will pull water from the brain to keep your other organs functioning properly. “When the brain doesn’t have enough water it stretches the [cell] membranes, which causes that hangover headache we are all familiar with,” says Damon Raskin, M.D., the chief medical officer for Cliffside Malibu, a drug and alcohol rehab center. (more…)

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SF Gate / Vaxxed ‘Vaxxed’: Vaccination critics take their case to film April 29, 2016

'Vaxxed': Vaccination critics take their case to film“Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe” is the documentary that, amid controversy, was pulled from the lineup of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. It asserts a link between the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella) and autism, particularly when given to children younger than 2 years old. (more…)

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