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Hypersensitivity reactions to the quadrivalent HPV vaccine are rare

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...





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Heparin can cause skin lesions

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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

created May 29, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


Scientists puzzled by severe allergic reaction to cancer drug in the middle Southern US

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 20, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 12, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


FDA warns of HIV drug mix-up

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 12, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 27, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

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.


Imaging tests identify role of allergies in chronic sinus disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposing patients with chronic sinus disease to allergens and then obtaining repeated images by X-ray or ultrasound reveals that nasal allergies may be involved in some cases of chronic sinus disease, according to a report ...


Multi-tasking molecule holds key to allergic reactions

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created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...



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