Archive: 04/10/2013
Cultural differences shed light on non-completion of HPV vaccination in girls in low-income families
Although they are at higher risk for cervical cancer, girls from low-income families are less likely to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that prevents it, and the reasons they are not fully vaccinated differ ...
Oct 4, 2013
India launches indigenous vaccine for Japanese encephalitis
India on Friday launched an indigenous vaccine against Japanese encephalitis as part of a national programme to fight the virus.
Oct 4, 2013
Dietary intervention reduces stomach problems for diabetes patients
Many diabetes patients suffer from symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and lack of appetite. A doctoral thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy shows that a diet consisting of foods that fall apart easily, for example boiled potatoes ...
Oct 4, 2013
Hospitalized HIV patients benefit from seeing infectious diseases specialists
When patients with HIV are hospitalized for other conditions, such as a heart problem, surgery or complications of diabetes, mistakes are often made involving their complicated anti-retroviral therapy (ART) regimens. But ...
Oct 4, 2013
Researcher finds a new role for the benefits of oxygen
In a study published in published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, a Dartmouth researcher found that dying heart cells are kept alive with spikes of oxygen.
Oct 4, 2013
Norovirus vaccine reduces symptoms of illness by more than half, early research shows
An investigational vaccine appears generally well tolerated and effective against the most common strain of norovirus, reducing the main symptoms of the gastrointestinal (GI) infection, vomiting and/or diarrhea, by 52 percent, ...
Oct 4, 2013