Lancet, said to be the oldest, best known and most respected journal in medicine, has retracted an article alleging that MMR vaccinations caused autism and bowel disease.The 1998 article caused thousands of parents throughout the United States and Britain to forego the vaccinations for their children, and there was a resurgence in measles.Subsequent studies have found no link between the vaccinations and the side effects alleged in the article, according to the BBC. Recently, the General Medical Council found that lead researcher Dr. Andrew Wakefield had acted dishonestly. He could lose his medical license."We fully retract this paper from the published record," Lancet said.The Lancet is a peer-reviewed journal.Global warming alarmists insist that peer review is "the gold standard" and that publication in a peer-reviewed journal puts any research supporting manmade global warming above question or reproach.Yet, as emails found in the Climategate scandal have shown,...(Read Full Post)