Minor shift in vaccine schedule has potential to reduce infant illness, death
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A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University suggests that protecting infants from a common, highly contagious and even deadly disease may be as easy as administering a ...
Can berberine enhance glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in rat islets?
Nov 03, 2008 |
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The therapeutical actions of berberine on diabetes have been well studied. Previous researches show that berberine modulates cholesterol through increasing low-density lipoprotein receptor mRNA stability, reduces body adiposity ...
Therapeutic vaccines
Nov 03, 2008 |
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SARS, avian flu, Ebola – outbreaks of deadly viral infections are becoming increasingly frequent. And we still don't have vaccines for many of the pathogens responsible. One of the most dangerous classes of viral diseases ...
Positive results in Phase 2 trial of treatment of C-difficile-associated diarrhea
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Medarex, Inc. and The Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (MBL) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced that a Phase 2 trial of an anti-C. difficile antibody combination treatment in patien ...
How HIV vaccine might have increased odds of infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 03, 2008 |
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In September 2007, a phase II HIV-1 vaccine trial was abruptly halted when researchers found that the vaccine may have promoted, rather than prevented, HIV infection. A new study by a team of researchers at the Montpellier ...
War affects Iraqis' health more after fleeing
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The risk of depression is greater among Iraqi soldiers who took part in the Gulf War than among civilians. Surprisingly, on the other hand, neither of these groups showed any signs of post-traumatic stress ten years after ...
Study finds fears of HIV transmission in families with infected parent
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Despite ongoing efforts to educate the public about HIV, a new study by researchers from UCLA, the RAND Corp., Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has found that two-thirds of families with an HIV-infected parent ...
Hip resurfacing is not for everyone
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Hip resurfacing is often seen as a modern alternative to the more conventional total hip replacement, but new data from a study led by Rush University Medical Center suggest that a patient's age and gender are key to the ...
Rates of psychosis higher among minority groups in Britain
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Both first- and second-generation immigrants to the United Kingdom appear to have a higher risk of psychoses than white British individuals, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of ...
Wait times for surgical repair of hernias among infants and young children
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Longer wait times for surgical repair of inguinal hernias in infants and young children under the age of 2 were associated with more emergency department visits and a greater risk of incarcerated hernia, found a study published ...
