Autism spectrum disorders

Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question

The animal rights charity PETA recently made a link between autism and drinking cow's milk. The article on its website discussed research that linked a diary-free diet with a reduction in symptoms of autism in children. The ...

Oncology & Cancer

Variants in BRCA1/2 and MMR genes in children with cancer

Pathogenic variants in BRCA1/2 genes are associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer in adults, and variants in mismatch repair (MMR) genes increase the risk of gastrointestinal and other cancers. Until ...

Vaccination

We need to increase MMR vaccine uptake urgently: expert

Professor Helen Bedford at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and Helen Donovan at the Royal College of Nursing, say two doses of MMR vaccine are necessary for optimum protection and 95% vaccine coverage is ...

Health

Probe into Samoa infant deaths after vaccine jabs

International health experts launched an investigation Thursday into why two Samoan infants died shortly after receiving childhood vaccination injections in a tragedy that has rocked the close-knit Pacific nation.

Medications

Two-dose vaccine coverage necessary to reduce mumps outbreaks

An analysis of a recent mumps outbreak in Ontario, Canada, indicates that two doses of mumps vaccine are more effective than one and further reveals the importance of ensuring people, especially older adolescents and young ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

PRIORIX, M-M-R II vaccines interchangeable for MMR

The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines PRIORIX and M-M-R II are interchangeable, according to research published in the Nov. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality ...

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