Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research reveals measles vaccine efficacy
The recent measles outbreaks across the country emphasize the importance of vaccinations.
Mar 7, 2019
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Pyronaridine‐artesunate for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Researchers from LSTM have looked at the efficacy of using a novel artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), pyronaridine-artesunate, to treat malaria in areas where resistance to other ACTs is becoming a problem. The ...
Jan 8, 2019
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A cancer drug may help treat human papillomavirus infections
Preclinical experiments by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers suggest the cancer drugs vorinostat, belinostat and panobinostat might be repurposed to treat infections caused by human papillomaviruses, or HPVs.
Dec 1, 2018
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A study identifies new markers associated with protection by the RTS,S malaria vaccine
Protection conferred by the RTS,S malaria vaccine depends greatly on the amount and subclass of antibodies generated upon vaccination and on previous exposure levels to the parasite, according to a study led by ISGlobal. ...
Oct 31, 2018
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Resistance training and exercise motivation go hand-in-hand
A recent study conducted in the University of Jyväskylä suggests that resistance training improves exercise motivation and contributes to making exercise planning among older adults. Exercise motivation and exercise self-efficacy ...
Aug 15, 2018
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Whooping cough vaccine: The power of first impressions
The current whooping cough vaccine was universally adopted in the US in 1996 to replace the original vaccine based on killed Bordetella pertussis because of a stronger safety profile. The new formulation was found to be effective ...
Jul 9, 2018
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Study predicts 2018 flu vaccine will have 20 percent efficacy
A Rice University study predicts that this fall's flu vaccine—a new H3N2 formulation for the first time since 2015—will likely have the same reduced efficacy against the dominant circulating strain of influenza A as the ...
Apr 19, 2018
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Serum Institute's vaccine demonstrates significant efficacy against severe rotavirus
Results from a Phase 3 efficacy study in India of the Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.'s rotavirus vaccine BRV-PV (known as ROTASIIL) were published in the journal Vaccine. The study showed the vaccine to be safe, well ...
Sep 26, 2017
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Percutaneous sclerotherapy with bleomycin effective, tolerable
(HealthDay)—Percutaneous bleomycin injections are effective and tolerable for the treatment of vascular malformations, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in the International Journal of Dermatology.
Sep 23, 2017
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PATH and WRAIR announce largest-ever controlled malaria infection
PATH's Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) and the US Department of Defense's Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) announced today that vaccinations are under way in a clinical trial to evaluate modifications to the ...
Sep 8, 2017
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