Ask a group of parents their thoughts on vaccinating their children and you're likely to get some who'd never go against doctor's orders, and some who believe that childhood vaccines are somehow responsible for the rise in autism rates among children.  That latter belief is likely as a result of Dr. Andrew Wakefield who, in 1998, authored a study published in the British medical journal, The Lancet, which suggested a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism. In 2004, British investigative journalist Brian Deer, who's known most for his reports on the drug industry, medicine and social issues for [...]