A panel of Chicago area experts will speak at a meeting of NOHA (Nutrition for Optimal Health Association) on Tuesday evening, February 25^th, from 7:00 to 9:00PM. Their topic: “Educate Before You Vaccinate -- Children or Adults.” The presentation, which will take place at the Unity Church of Oak Park at 405 North Euclid, is free to NOHA members, $10 for non-members and $5 for students. This presentation is open to the public.

Each of the three panel members has a unique perspective on the subject of vaccinations. Mayer Eisenstein, M.D. is Medical Director of Homefirst^® Health Services, the largest physician-attended home birth service in the country, and author of the book, Don’t Vaccinate Before You Educate!. Barbara Mullarkey is co-founder and president of the Illinois Vaccine Awareness Coalition, a group dedicated to educating the public about vaccines: their ingredients, side effects, studies and statistics. And Michele Carbone, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology at the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center of Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, is conducting groundbreaking research which links the SV40 simian virus (or “monkey virus”) -- present in the Salk polio vaccines of the 1950s -- to certain cancers now being found in some people. Dr. Carbone is considered the leading physician/scientist worldwide on this topic.

In addition to discussing their individual work in the area of vaccinations, the panel will cover: (a) the safety, or lack of safety, of many common childhood vaccines, as well as of the smallpox and flu vaccines; (b) the questionable ingredients that are present in most common vaccines; (c) whether or not vaccines really give lifetime protection against disease; (d) the possible link between childhood vaccinations and autism; (e) the one vaccine, routinely given at birth, that should NEVER be given to children; and (f) whether it might not be better to encourage children to get certain childhood diseases, rather than having them vaccinated. Audience members are encouraged to bring their questions and concerns for discussion with the panel.

NOHA is a not-for-profit organization, which has been presenting nutritional lectures by outstanding authorities in the forefront of nutritional health and scientific research since 1972, and is dedicated to educating people about how to use nutrition to obtain optimal health through healthier food choices and preventive health care. NOHA offers lectures, classes and publications, as well as video and audiotapes of its past and present programs.