GlaxoSmithKline receives unanimous favorable recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee for Boostrix
...enerally wears off after five to 10 years, leaving many adolescents susceptible to this highly contagious ...tetanus are widely found in soil and the manure of many animals. Almost all reported cases of tetanus are in persons who have either never been vaccinated,...SAM on the favorable recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee for Boostrix
...dhood vaccination may wane after five to 10 years, many teens are left susceptible to this highly contagious disease. Since adolescents do not commonly exhibit the classic signs and symptoms of pertussis, the infection can go undiagnosed and may be the source of infection for infants who are too young to...Dealing with conflict in caring for the dying patient
...o discuss how showing empathy is important because many family members of critically ill patients often have a lot of anxiety, sadness and frustration over their loved one's situation. Finally, using a step-wise approach, the authors recommend the following course of action if a dispute should erupt over...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for March 15, 2005
...weeks (Editorial, p. 469.) The writer says, "Using many different diets with different approaches to food restriction for individual patients at different times in their efforts to lose weight may be the most effective way a clinician can use the available diets." (This article is the subject of a video ...Researchers say breast cancer in Africa may provide clues to the disease in African-Americans
...scovery of BRCA-1 and -2 gene mutations, prompting many scientists to speculate that there may also be a genetic component contributing to breast cancer in African Americans. Alero Fregene, M.D. and Lisa A. Newman, M.D., M.P.H. of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center conducted an extens...Medicaid enrollment at late stages may partly explain poor outcomes for cancer
...ng condition and low income and assets. Therefore, many of those enrolling in Medicaid after diagnosis hav...althcare alone does not improve survival rates for many cancers. A recent study showed, for instance, that Medicaid-supported breast cancer patients have si...Newly discovered pathway might help in design of cancer drugs
...ther types of damage," said Greenberg. "That's how many anti-tumor medications -- medications such as mitomycin c -- work: They kill off tumors by linking up with the cancer cells' DNA and sticking its genetic code together so it dies. Our discovery takes that a step further, establishing that there is a...Treating depression helps slow physical decline in older adults, study shows
... changes that will improve the quality of life for many older adults. Primary care practices take note!"...Rhesus monkeys reason about perspectives of others in obtaining food
...elp shed light on the causes of autism. "There are many studies showing that autistic children don't look at the eyes of others in the ways that other individuals do in the course of social interactions, and also that autistic children don't use eye gaze information to make social and mental judgments abo...Teen tooth trauma prevalent in Ontario
...the injuries take place. "We want to determine how many of these injuries are preventable and how we can prevent them," says Locker. His research appears in the January/February issue of the Canadian Journal of Public Health....Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
...e fewer studies have been done, and partly because many spit tobacco users are relatively young and the ba...nd adrenalin levels," Dr. Somers concludes. "Since many athletes, who are already under a fair amount of stress in competitive situations, also use spit tob...Finances, not having a dentist are primary barriers to seniors receiving needed dental care
...f you wear dentures and have been wearing them for many years," she said. "Denture wearers need to be checked for periodontal disease, which we now know is a risk factor for heart disease, and for cancerous lesions." Of the 208 seniors who did report barriers to receiving dental care, 191 named finance...Fractured leg bone not the end of Tutankhamen mystery
...revealed fragments of bone in the skull, which led many to believe the King could have been murdered by a blow to the head. Mr Connolly, however, found that the bone had been dislodged from the top of the neck and not the skull as previously thought. He continues: "It is possible that the vertebrae cou...Access to oral health care: Not a level playing field
...th all the progress in oral health care, there are many groups who simply do not have access to it, and their oral and general health is suffering as a result. At the 83rd General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, convening today at the Baltimore Convention Center, research gro...Gene for age-related macular degeneration discovered by Yale researchers
...study apart from previous research is that we used many more genetic markers to find the specific gene and variation," said Hoh. "Past research has involved collecting family data that pinpoint a region on chromosome 1, but failed to find the specific gene. We analyzed the DNA of unrelated patients with A...European folic acid policies are not effective enough
...fective enough, say the authors. They explain that many women may not receive or respond to health promotion messages stressing the need to commence supplementation before conception, or may remain unaware that changes in diet are unlikely to achieve sufficient folate intake, and a large proportion of pre...New guideline tackles leading cause of mother and child death
...dition in which abnormally high blood pressure and many other disturbances develop in the second half of pregnancy. It affects about seven per cent of pregnancies and is dangerous for both mother and child. The most important risk factor for developing pre-eclampsia is a previous history, show researchers...Sharing clinical trial results with participants may be beneficial
... information available on this issue suggests that many patients would be interested in learning such results. Ann Partridge (Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, MA, USA) and colleagues offered results to 135 participants in a cancer trial of breast excision alone for women with ductal carcinoma in situ. The st...Study examines lessons learned at Africa's first public antiretroviral treatment clinic
... underway to increase access to ARV treatment, but many countries are struggling with limited staff and infrastructure. Botswana's high rates of HIV--more than a third of its adult population is infected--make it a prime candidate for publicly available ARV treatment. Africa's first public ARV clinic open...Drug companies and governments must act on fake drug problem
...nternational problem with deadly consequences, yet many drug companies and governments are reluctant to publicize the problem, say Robert Cockburn and colleagues in an investigative report in the open-access global health journal PLoS Medicine ( www.plosmedicine.org ). The authors suggest that the relu...