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Hypersensitivity reactions to the quadrivalent HPV vaccine are rare
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Hypersensitivity reactions to the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (4vHPV, Gardasil) are uncommon and most schoolgirls can tolerate subsequent doses, finds the first evaluation of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine published on bmj.com ...
Heparin can cause skin lesions
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Heparin, a commonly used anticoagulant, can cause skin lesions, reports a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Skin lesions caused by heparin may indicate the presence of a life-threatening decrease in t ...
Common chemotherapy drug triggers fatal allergic reactions
Jun 08, 2009 |
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A chemotherapy drug that is supposed to help save cancer patients' lives, instead resulted in life-threatening and sometimes fatal allergic reactions.
European scientists call for more systematic diagnosis of aspirin hypersensitivity
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 29, 2007 |
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A position paper on the diagnosis of aspirin hypersensitivity by a team of European scientists from the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) has just been published on the Allergy Journal website. Designed f ...
Is somatic hypersensitivity a predictor of irritable bowel syndrome?
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Although visceral hypersensitivity is considered a hallmark feature of IBS, conflicting evidence exists regarding somatic hypersensitivity in this patient population. Several investigators have found no evidence for heightened ...
Scientists puzzled by severe allergic reaction to cancer drug in the middle Southern US
Aug 20, 2007 |
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A patient’s expectations about the side effects of chemotherapy usually focus on nausea, hair loss, fatigue and other side effects. Worries about severe allergic reactions to their therapy is usually not a concern.
Researchers find cause of severe allergic reaction to cancer drug
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Clinicians have been perplexed by the fact that some patients given the drug cetuximab—an immune-based therapy commonly used to treat persons diagnosed with head and neck cancer, or colon cancer—have a severe and rapid adverse ...
Study calls cell towers safe
Jul 26, 2007 |
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A study funded by the British government says mobile phone towers are not harmful to human health.
FDA warns of HIV drug mix-up
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 12, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that bottles of HIV drug Ziagen may have been mislabeled as Combivir, another HIV drug.
Study examines adverse events associated with human papillomavirus vaccine
Aug 18, 2009 |
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An analysis of the adverse events reported following distribution of quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine since 2006 indicates that adverse event rates were consistent with pre-licensing data and expected ...
Regulatory B cells exist -- and pack a punch
May 27, 2008 |
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have uncovered definitive evidence that a small but potent subset of immune system B cells is able to regulate inflammation.
Multi-tasking molecule holds key to allergic reactions
Aug 07, 2008 |
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As the summer approaches most of us rejoice, reach for the sunscreen and head outdoors. But an ever-growing number of people reach for tissue instead as pollen leaves eyes watering, noses running and spirits dwindling. Hay ...
Alcohol is associated with risk of perennial allergic rhinitis
Jul 29, 2008 |
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There is a link between alcohol consumption and increased risk of perennial allergic rhinitis, according to a recent Danish study of 5,870 young adult women. The study, published in the July issue of Clinical and Experimental Al ...
Researchers evaluate cost-effectiveness of genetic screening to guide initial HIV treatment
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 17, 2008 |
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A major study from a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College and Massachusetts General Hospital has found that a recent change to HIV-treatment guidelines recommending genetic screening is cost-effective under ...
Radiation Review: Some People May be 'Allergic' to Cell Phones, Computers
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How exactly does the radiation from electromagnetic fields (EMF) affect the human body? Is it possible that cell phones, computer monitors, TVs, and other electronic devices - which operate ...
