Clinical study reports findings of combination therapy with DOXIL
... and no patients were hospitalized for neutropenic fevers or intravenous antibiotics. Six patients required packed red blood cell transfusions and one patient required a platelet transfusion. Only one patient experienced cardiotoxicity. Dose reductions were required in six patients and treatment was dela...Project BioShield: Consistent financing, markets, indemnity for biodefense vaccine developers needed
...od agents, such as viral pathogens and hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola, could pose significantly more difficult problems for vaccine developers, making long-term research and development funding crucial. Consistent, Coordinated and Transparent Policy "Transparency and consistency in BioShield policy as wel...Hopkins researchers find postoperative fevers common following hemispherectomy
... and medical staff who care for children who spike fevers following hemispherectomy, a surgery in which half...of Pediatric Neurosurgery that these postoperative fevers are usually harmless. As a result, most of these children can probably be spared painful spinal taps...Polluted beach closures influenced by full moons and sunlight, surfer-engineer discovers
...es - some producing mild symptoms (such as chills, fevers and upset stomachs) and some that are potentially lethal (including hepatitis and meningitis). Beach closures also can have a serious economic impact on restaurants, shops and other local businesses. ''Decisions to post or close a beach should not be...Deciphering the genetic basis of the mosquitos senses
...malaria, West Nile encephalitis, dengue and yellow fevers and other mosquito-born diseases," Zwiebel says. This goal appears to be achievable because the mosquito's olfactory system is substantially simpler than that of mammals. Humans have about 800 types of olfactory receptors while mice have about 1,200 ...New approach to malaria vaccine effective in mice
...appears to be associated with the intense periodic fevers caused by the infection," said Schofield. "In 1993, we published findings on the properties of GPI, showing that it was a toxin that produces a potent inflammatory response both in cell culture and in mice. That work proposed GPI to be the toxin that...Is the American public at increased risk for food poisoning?
...nocytogenes in cheese and deli cuisine, leading to fevers and headaches; Cryptosporidium parvum in fecally contaminated water and food, causing diarrhea; and Vibrio, shellfish that can cause flu, shock, and death. Dr. Cannons presentation will contribute to early identification of organisms leading to foo...New depression studies reveal persistent serotonin system abnormality in patients
... when patients were depressed and disappeared like fevers do when infections end. They then treated the patients and tested them again at the end of acute therapy, at the end of a year and a fourth time a month or so after they completed their treatments. "To our surprise, in that medication-free state of...NIAID unveils bioterrorism research agenda
...ax, smallpox, plague, tularemia, viral hemorrhagic fevers and botulism. Those diseases cause high death rates or serious illness, are relatively easy to spread, could cause public panic or require special steps for public health preparedness. NIAID plans to develop research plans for CDC Category B and C ...Symptoms of illness less severe in hamsters during winter, study finds
...h shows. The study found that fevers didn't last as long in winter daylight conditions, the hamsters resumed normal eating patterns sooner after infection, and cytokine production - one measure of immune ...Satellites tracking climate changes
... and subsequent outbreaks of two viral hemorrhagic fevers prevalent in Africa: Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and Ebola. The diseases are dissimilar -Ebola only afflicts people in tropical forest areas, while RVF is deadly to livestock and occasionally to people in semi-arid regions. But both are more likely to sp...Scientists find drastic underestimations of malaria morbidity, mortality, and economic burden
...are not implemented. This is notable because high fevers and febrile convulsions in infants and children can retard brain development, often resulting in impairments in high-order cognitive function such as planning, decision-making, self-awareness, and social sensitivity. Of all the manifestations of mal...K-State veterinarian issues canine 'toxic shock' advisory
...ugh which alsocauses coughing but only rarely high fevers and severe systemic illness. Heurges prompt evaluation by a veterinarian to make a timely diagnosis. Streptococci are members of a family of bacteria which cause either localized orsystemic infections in humans and animals. While some strains rarely ...Relapsing Fever Spirochete Switches Surface Proteins When It Changes Hosts
...th tick-borne relapsing fever suffer cyclical high fevers and othersymptoms such as headache and pain in the joints, muscles or abdomen that easilycan be mistaken for a severe flu. These episodes usually last several days,alternating with periods when the symptoms cease. In most patients, theinfection res...Florida Or Bust? Older Lab Rats Seek Heat To Fight Infection, UD Researchers Report
...der rats, like many older people, either don't get fevers or get lowfevers when they have an infection," explains Evelyn Satinoff, chairperson ofUD's Department of Psychology and one of the nation's leading researchers inthermoregulation. "While an extremely high fever may be life-threatening,especially for...... Greek physician Hippocrates characterized quartan fevers as the mildest fevers. "He was right then and he was right now," Vinetz says of his patient. Greece has been free of malaria since about 1950, so the patient, who hadnever left the country until she came to Hopkins, could not have been infected...