Lancet Retracts Vaccine-Autism Study, but Debate Goes On More than any other research, it was a study published in British medical journal the Lancet in 1998 that helped foster the persisting notion that childhood vaccines can cause autism. On Tuesday, that flawed study, led by gastroenterologist Dr. Andrew Wakefield, was officially retracted by the journal's editors - a serious slap and rare move in the world of medicine. 'Avatar' tops box office for sixth-straight week LOS ANGELES - James Cameron's "Avatar" is on a course to sink "Titanic" at the box office.
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