News tagged with b
Patients in Denmark not suffering from new virus: hospital
Five people in isolation in a Danish hospital are suffering from a typical influenza strain and not a new SARS-like respiratory illness as feared, the Odense University Hospital said Wednesday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 26, 2012 |
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NYC schools dispensing morning-after pill to girls (Update)
(AP)—New York City is handing out the morning-after pill to girls as young as 14 at more than 50 public high schools, sometimes even before they have had sex. The campaign is believed to be unprecedented in its size and ...
Medications
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Morning-after pills available at 13 NYC schools
(AP)—The New York City Department of Education is making the morning-after-pill available to high school girls at 13 public schools.
Medications
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Solving puzzle of B-cell lymphoma development
Germinal centers are sites in the organs of the lymphatic system, formed during the course of an immune response to infection, where B cells intensely proliferate and modify their DNA in order to produce ...
Immunology
Sep 23, 2012 |
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Researchers call for early diagnosis of flesh-eating infections
Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 17, 2012 |
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Ready, steady, slow! Why top sportsmen might have 'more time' on the ball
(Medical Xpress)—Professional ball game players report the sensation of the ball 'slowing-down' just before they hit it. Confirming these anecdotal comments, a new study published in Proceedings of the Ro ...
Neuroscience
Sep 07, 2012 |
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Earlier treatment for young patients with chronic hepatitis B more effective in clearing virus
Scientists from A*STAR's Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), together with clinical collaborators from London , discovered for the first time that children and young patients with chronic Hepatitis B Virus infection ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Immunodeficient patients with secondary lung disease benefit from combined chemotherapy
A team of researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute defined a new treatment for a potentially fatal lung disease in patients with a primary immunodeficiency known ...
Immunology
Aug 30, 2012 |
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Mutation ID'd in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
(HealthDay)—MYD88 L265P is a common, recurring mutation in patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, according to a study published in the Aug. 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Cancer
Aug 30, 2012 |
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Knowing origin of broadly neutralizing antibodies could aid universal flu vaccine design
National Institutes of Health scientists have identified how a kind of immature immune cell responds to a part of influenza virus and have traced the path those cells take to generate antibodies that can neutralize a wide ...
Medical research
Aug 29, 2012 |
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New research sheds light on the molecular mechanisms by which a virus contributes to cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide and is associated with exposure to hepatitis B virus (HBV). Patients carrying the virus have a 100-fold greater risk of ...
Cancer
Aug 29, 2012 |
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Double attack on SARS
After the SARS-CoV (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus) outbreak in 2003, academia experts in immunology and molecular biology joined forces with industrial vaccine production experts in order ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Kindergarten vaccines close to target levels: CDC
(HealthDay)—Most kindergarten children in the United States are up to date on their vaccinations, a new government report finds.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 23, 2012 |
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Vaccine and autism debate masks real problem
The bitter debate over whether vaccines cause autism is masking real problems with the modern inoculation schedule and encouraging a growing number of parents to refuse recommended vaccines for their children, ...
Medications
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Vaccinations belong on parents' back-to-school checklists
(HealthDay) -- Vaccinations among school-aged children can save lives and parents should be sure their children are fully immunized as part of their back-to-school preparations, according to a pediatric infectious ...
Health
Aug 20, 2012 |
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