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Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine For Women Aged 24 to 45
in Well Woman Blog, on June 16, 2009
...une 2 Online First issue of The Lancet suggested that the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may be effective in women aged 24 to 45 years who are not infected with the relevant HPV typ...
Families Fighting Flu Launches H1N1 Awareness Campaign
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 13, 2009
...t against the H1N1 flu.
"Flu Fighting Tips" reminds listeners that, while there is no vaccine available yet to fight the H1N1 flu, there are other steps they can take right now to help pr...
Urine Metabolite Identifies Smokers with Higher Lung Cancer Risk
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 27, 2009
© Saudi... Researchers have identified a metabolite in urine called NNAL that might predict risk of Lung cancer among smokers.
To evaluate the impact of NNAL, researchers identified 246 current smokers who later developed lung cancer and 245 smokers who did not develop lung cancer during...
The Power Of Two By Brian and Gerri Monaghan
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 20, 2009
...alf hours of brain surgery while awake, Gamma Knife radiosurgery and an experimental dendritic-cell vaccine - while struggling with contradictory medical advice from some of the finest doctors in the ...
Lactic Acid Bacteria as Vehicle for Anthrax Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 24, 2009
... lactic acid bacteria, commonly found in dairy products, can also be used as a vehicle for an oral vaccine against anthrax , and possibly other types of viruses and pathogens. According to the resear...
First Look: Sony Vaio P Series Lifestyle PC
in Wangtam, on February 9, 2009
... Safety, Pregnancy, Vaccine Schedule, Area Moms, Blogs, Questions and Answers
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More law suits for big tobacco
in Sox First, on December 16, 2008
... per cent of the front surface and 40 per cent of the back European law sets an upper limit of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarettes. Words such as "light" or "mild" are ...
HPV Vaccine Gardasil May Help The Male Population
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 13, 2008
... The popular HPV vaccine gardasil by Merck may not only help the female population but the male population as well.
Such is the latest development on Gardasil :
Gardasil, a vaccine against...
Esophageal Cancer Awareness
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 11, 2008
... more frequent meals and not eating two to three hours prior to bedtime
Smoking cessation , as nicotine relaxes the esophageal sphincter and smoking also stimulates the production of stomach acid...
Raucher, Entwoehnung und Entzugserscheinungen: therapeutisches Nikotin hilft, neue Gehirnbilder
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on September 21, 2008
...h für den Surgeon Generals Bericht von 1988, "The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction" (Die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen des Rauchens: Nikotinsucht), erklärte: "Die neue...
Merck's Gardasil, Approved For New Uses
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 16, 2008
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The US FDA has recently approved additional uses for Merck 's controversial HPV vaccine Gardasil : prevention of vaginal and vulvar cancer caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV) typ...
New Tuberculosis Vaccine Goes Into Clinical Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 12, 2008
... After 80 years, a new live vaccine against tuberculosis enters clinical trials this week. The new vaccine, VPM1002, is based on a vaccine that has been in use since 1921, and has been geneti...
Vaccine Allergies
in Allergies, on September 11, 2008
...ll, so am I!
With my first-born, it never even occurred to me to worry about allergic reactions to vaccines. Allergies was something that happened to other people, not us. Well, nothing untoward happ...
Potato Virus May Lead to Alzheimers Disease Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 25, 2008
...blished this month in the Journal of Biological Chemistry .
While further trials are necessary, a vaccine based using antibodies produced against the potato virus may be a promising lead to treating...
Smoking During Pregnancy Causes Asthma And Allergy
in Next Nine Months, on July 28, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Tomasz Borucki
Here's yet another reason why you should quite smoking even before you get pregnant: A study indicates that babies exposed to cigarette smoke before birth or during the first months afterwards run a greater risk of developing asthma and aller...
Phase 1 Trials Shows Plant-Produced Cancer Vaccine as Safe
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 28, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Oleg Fedorkin
Phase 1 trials of the the first human tests of a vaccine grown in tobacco plants proved that the vaccine against against follicular B-cell lymphoma ...
Genetically Modified Salmonella Delivers Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 17, 2008
...y delivers the antigen in the body, does not infect the body with salmonella and does not leave any vaccine cells in the environment.
"If we tried to use live Streptococcus pneumoniae causing pn...
Tomato: Potential Carrier of Alzheimer's Vaccine?
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 9, 2008
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Korean research has come up with the potential of tomato as carrier of an edible vaccine against Alzheimer's disease .
Kim and colleagues' aim was to develop a plant-derive...
At 35, I Got The Mumps!
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 10, 2008
..., painful swelling under my right ear.
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Obviously I didn't get the mumps vaccine when I was a baby because I contacted the mumps several times when I was a young child. ...
CDC Recommendation: Shingles Vaccine to Adults, Age 60 and Older
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 15, 2008
...sday, a new CDC recommendation came out that all adults aged 60 and older must be given shingles vaccine.
This new recommendation replaces the agency's provisional recommendation, made in 2006...
For STD Awareness Month
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 7, 2008
...h like women are.
In women (young and old), it is important to think of getting a cervical cancer vaccine (i.e. Merck's Gardasil ), submit themselves to regular cervical cancer screening such as...
Nose Spray Anthrax Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 5, 2008
... A new mucosal vaccine against anthrax with a new formulation and mode of delivery (via a nose spray) has been developed.
"Our study found that a mucosal delivery system promises to add a s...
TB Vaccine Against Type 1 Diabetes?
in Daily Diabetic, on April 5, 2008
...Harvard researchers is testing a already known tuberculosis (TB) vaccine against type 1 diabetes .
According to Denise L. Faustman, a Harvard Medical School professor who is helping to lead t...
Rotavirus-Caused Gastroenteritis Vaccine Rotarix: Approved by US FDA
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 4, 2008
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Rotarix - the second oral U.S. licensed vaccine for the prevention of rotavirus (an infection that causes gastroenteritis (vomiting and diarrhea) in infants and children) - has be...
Tagged by Allergizer: The 7 Random Things About Me
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 3, 2008
...I've never been back in a hospital ever since. ;-)
2. I am a caffeine addict and an on-and-off nicotine addict. I'd rather not explain further! Ha ha ha. :-P
2. I cannot eat beef. Except for...
Cervical Cancer Vaccine: Most painful of childhood shots?
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 4, 2008
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According to health experts, Merck 's novel vaccine Gardasil for the prevention of cervical caner in young girls - is gaining the reputation of being the most painful of childhood shots...
Mommy $aves Big
in The Parenting Weblog, on December 28, 2007
...;s why breastfeeding should be practiced), clothes that he only gets to wear a maximum of 10 times, vaccine shots not paid by the health insurance, toys, safety gadgets, etc. etc. The list goes on and...
Hib Vaccine Recalled
in The Parenting Weblog, on December 13, 2007
...are no longer "special" when it comes to product recalls . Now, even children's vaccines are being recalled.
More than a million vaccines of Hib and combination vaccines Hib and H...
Beware of Poory Refrigerated Vaccines
in The Parenting Weblog, on December 4, 2007
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Watch out for poorly refrigerated vaccines, parents! After comforting you child after his or her vaccine ordeal, it is possible that that vaccine is a dud. The Center for Disease Control a...
Doctor Tells Parents Helmet Use is Irrelevant for Kids on ATVs
in Under My Helmet, on November 28, 2007
... might reduce the risks, he replies that's like asking if your kid should be smoking low nicotine or high-nicotine cigarettes. "They should not be smoking at all," he says.
Thin...
Enhanced HIV Vaccine, Helped Monkeys Kick AIDS-like Symptoms
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 28, 2007
...Using an immune system gene to enhance a vaccine used to study HIV in Macaque monkeys have been developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine .
This multi-yea...
Memapsin-Based Vaccine Against Alzheimer's Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 16, 2007
... Researchers are exploring the use of a protein called memapsin 2 as a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease.
Tang and his colleagues at OMRF previously had identified the cutting enzyme (known ...
Promising MRSA VAccine Targets Quorum Sensing
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 9, 2007
...A new type of vaccine against resistant bacterial strains, particularly methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is being developed.
Rather than killing bacteria, the new vac...
Merck's HPV Vaccine May Expand to Women Up to 45 Years Old
in Well Woman Blog, on November 8, 2007
...ned it to me. Unfortunately, it's a disease very few women know about and should. At first, the vaccines for HPV was for young girls and women aged 9 to 26. Now, it looks like the vaccines can hel...
Digital Smoking Won't Solve The Problem
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 6, 2007
...ing device from Crown7 . It looks like a cigarette. It feels like a cigarette. It even gives you nicotine like a cigarette. But it doesn't smoke. Unless you count the smoke created by propylene...
Fourth Antibody to Detect Type 1 Diabetes, Discovered
in Daily Diabetic, on October 17, 2007
...part of that therapy since it has been shown in diabetes-prone mice that administering antigen as a vaccine can prevent disease, a similar approach that is currently used to counter allergies. We also...
American Cancer Society's Smokeout Video Contest
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 16, 2007
...nt how many times I tried to quit and failed. Every time I did, I always counted the day that I was nicotine-free. The last time I tried and didn't put that day on the calendar was when quitting f...
Smash the smoking habit
in Daily Power Walk, on October 5, 2007
...is a good thing.
There have been discussions about "snus" (Swedish name for this type of nicotine intake) which is nicotine that is not smoked but put under your lip. It does however not re...
Mice Study Demonstrated Potential of Vaccine-like Treatment Against Lupus
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 4, 2007
... often bring serious side effects.
In a new mice study, Indiana researcher have tested on mice the vaccine-like treatment that they have developed and found that it shows promise for treating lupus: ...
The Flu
in The Parenting Weblog, on September 27, 2007
... as well, just like what happened on my son's first year in his day care. Although getting a vaccine is not really a 100% guarantee that you'll be flu-free (just like what happened to m...
Nose Spray Flue Vaccine Using Aloe Vera as Carrier
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 26, 2007
...Texas A&M University researchers are developing a nose spray flu vaccine that uses aloe vera as its carrier.
"We take Aloe vera leaves and put them through a series of complex extraction...
Nasal Influenza Vaccine Flumist®, Now FDA-Approved for Children Ages 2-5
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 20, 2007
...Previously the nasal influenza vaccine Flumist® is limited to healthy children aged 5 and older and adults up to 49 years of age.
Now, it has been recently approved by the US FDA to...
Prevnar and The 19A Strain
in The Parenting Weblog, on September 19, 2007
...tions. Doctors reportedly found a "strain of strep bacteria not included in the pneumococcal vaccine" that may be the cause of ear infections in toddlers in New York. The germ is said to b...
Review Article on Peanut Allergies
in Allergies, on September 3, 2007
...gies reviewed are sublingual and oral immunotherapy, anti-IgE, Chinese herbal medicine , and vaccine strategies .
I don't have a personal subscription to the journal, but the abstract sugg...
DNA Vaccine Against Multiple Scclerosis Appears Safe
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 15, 2007
...clinical trial funded by Bayhill Therapeutics, Inc. shows that BHT-3009 , a newly developed DNA vaccine against multiple sclerosis appears safe and may produce beneficial changes in the brains an...
Immunotherapy Against Hay Fever Prevents Asthma in Children
in Allergies, on August 13, 2007
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ALK-Abello is the manufacturer of immunotherapy products against hay fever, including the Grazax vaccine against hay fever that come in pill form . If your child suffers from hay fever, consult you...
Pollinex Quattro Hay Fever Vaccine Clinical Studies on Hold
in Allergies, on August 7, 2007
...te last year, there were high hopes on Allergy Therapeutics ' new version of ragweed allergy vaccine called Pollinex Quattro , which has entered the last stages of development. Unlike exi...
Biodesign Institute Leads Development of Preventive Cancer Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 26, 2007
...Almost $9M in grants has been received by Biodesign Institute for the development of a preventive vaccine against cancer.
Stephen Albert Johnston , PhD, director of the institute's Cente...
Universal Flu Vaccine Goes to Human Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 20, 2007
...British-American company Acambis is testing for the first time in humans, the universal influenza vaccine - ACAM-FLU-A - pioneered by researchers from VIB and Ghent University.
In the 199...
Chemical in Curry Against Alzheimer's Plaques
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 19, 2007
...lts also suggest a new drug development approach for the disease that differs from the amyloid-beta vaccine. The new approach relies on the innate immune system, which is present at birth rather than ...
Human and Animal SARS Viruses-Blocking Antibodies, Identified in Humans
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 8, 2007
...d the outbreak in people in 2002 probably no longer exists in nature. What we need to prove for any vaccine, therapeutic, antibody, or drug is that it is effective not only against the strain of SARS ...
Facebook's Viral Growth Gets a Vaccine
in The Social Networking Weblog, on June 29, 2007
GIGA OM -- June 29 -- Valleywag today published a letter from an anonymous Facebook platform developer complaining about the abusive limits facebook is imposing on viral growth. The change limits the ability of people to invite all their friends to an application, the developer complained. ...
Cod Liver Oil for Depression
in Well Woman Blog, on June 19, 2007
...s so we must have an intake of this vitamin on a daily basis. Substances such as alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and refined sugars can also destroy the B vitamins so try to reduce any intake of these sub...
Flu Shots and Pregnancy
in Well Woman Blog, on June 14, 2007
...l recommend waiting until after the first trimester to get the shot. It used to be thought that the vaccine wasn't safe in the first trimester of pregnancy and most doctors still follow this rule ...
Reader Feedback on Grazax Allergy Vaccine
in Allergies, on June 13, 2007
...ord it or find a dr willing to prescribe then go for it, you have lots to gain. :)
Grazax is a vaccine against grass pollen in a pill form, and is used to treat rhinitis and conjunctivitis caused ...
Podcast with Allergy and Asthma Experts
in Allergies, on June 6, 2007
... asthma
IgE and specific IgE testing
Xolair
traditional medicine
schooling
peanut allergy vaccine
outgrowing asthma
Pity I was not able to participate. I was invited as well, but as I&#...
Have your kids vaccinated against Meningitis before sending them to camp
in The Parenting Weblog, on June 4, 2007
...ected person is normally at the brink of death when doctors finally make a diagnosis.
Although the vaccine does not give a 100% guarantee of protection, it protects you against 4-5 strains of bacteri...
Type I Diabetes Vaccine Worked in Mice
in Daily Diabetic, on May 30, 2007
... French and German researchers have been successful in treating type 1 diabetic mice with a vaccine.
Type 1 diabetes - the juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes - where in sufferers have alre...
On Smoking Pleasure and Kicking the Habit
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 21, 2007
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Smoking is an addiction. However much a smoker denies that fact it is indeed an addiction (to nicotine!) even though smokers get "attached" to smoking for various reasons: relaxation, im...
Papillomavirus Vaccine May Reduce Vulval And Vaginal Cancers
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 20, 2007
... According to a recent study, a quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is effective in preventing high-grade vulval and vaginal lesions that can lead to cancers in those areas.
Vacc...
Costing Health
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 30, 2007
(image via article at CBS)
CBS News reports "If you have ever wondered why the cost of prescription drugs in the United States are the highest in the world or why it's illegal to import cheaper drugs from Canada or Mexico, you need look no further than the pharmaceutical lobby and its...
Identifying Your Allergies
in Allergies, on April 27, 2007
Are you sure you have allergies? If yes, to what? Do you know the whole range of substances to which you are allergic? If certain individuals who are highly sensitive to these substances, knowing them and thus being able to avoid them, may spell the difference between life and death. Here are som...
Vaccine for Breast Cancer
in Well Woman Blog, on April 23, 2007
...y of preventing breast cancer:
Scientists in the US claim they have developed a breast cancer 'vaccine' which stimulates a powerful immune system response to tumor cells.
Breast Cancer.org ...
FDA Licenses Sanofi-Aventis' Avian Flu Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 19, 2007
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The US FDA has licensed Sanofi-Aventis' H5N1 vaccine (pdf file of the press release here ), the first Avian influenza vaccine for humans in the U.S.
The licensure of this vaccine was ...
Allergizer is One Year Old!
in Allergies, on April 17, 2007
Yikes, the past several weeks have been so busy I nearly forgot that this blog has turned 1! On March 21, 2006, I wrote my very first entry in this blog , introducing myself and describing what I'd like this blog to be to all of us who suffer from allergies. Well, it has been a year, and t...
Sniffing and Sneezing in Spring
in Allergies, on April 13, 2007
spring has definitely sprung on my part of the sky. Flowers are blooming, and well... noses are itching. On the web, I see plenty of reports of pollen counts picking up in various areas and I can commiserate. As I write this, I've a box of tissues beside me and my trash bin is getting ...
Merck Licenses Coley Pharma's VaxImmune for $4 Million
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 13, 2007
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Merck & Co., Inc. has licensed Coley Pharmaceutical 's VaxImmune (TM) vaccine adjuvant for an upfront license fee of $4 million, and milestone fess of up to $33 million plus royalties....
MedImmune Considers Sale
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 13, 2007
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MedImmune , the makers of the inhaled influenza vaccine FluMist, is considering acquisition offers from third parties . It has hired Goldman Sachs & Co. and the law firm Dewey Ballant...
Roche Licences Transgene's HPV Vaccines
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 12, 2007
... Roche and Transgene will collaborate to develop and market products from Transgene's vaccine program against HPV-mediated diseases, including Transgene's main vaccine candidate TG 4001...
Symptoms of Dental Allergies
in Allergies, on April 12, 2007
Like I mentioned before , those with metal allergies may also have problems with dental crowns and inlays or dentures which may have nickel and chromium-containing materials in them. How do you recognize if that discomfort in your mouth is an allergic reaction? Here are some clues to loo...
