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New Research Shows That Flu is a Trigger of Heart Attacks

...t 60% of people in the USA who ought to have a flu jab actually have one and this percentage is even smaller in Europe, said Professor Mohammad Madjid, the lead author of the report. "Our research has shown that influenza epidemics are associated with a rise in coronary deaths. This calls for more inte...

Teens to Be Lined Up for Vaccination Shots

... Currently, teenagers are offered only a booster jab to the diphtheria, tetanus and polio vaccine that they receive in childhood. Yet, a decision on whether female teenagers aged 11 and 12 should be immunized against the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, i...

Flu Vaccine Shortage In Britain Causes Anxiety

...ion Britons in need of immunization had received a jab by the end of October, as reported by a newspaper....ed to be vulnerable and normally start getting the jab in early September. SR...

Cold Weather deaths on the rise

...ore than 71% of people over 65 received a free flu jab - the highest ever takeup. This year we are ... making flu jabs available to everyone with a chronic condition such as diabetes and asthma, so they will be less vulnerable to flu. Cross-government activity, including winter fuel payments, helps older...

Flu vaccine for pregnant women

...dered the recommendations. " At present, the flu jab is given first to the high-risk group comprising the over-65s, people with respiratory conditions like asthma, and those with chronic conditions like diabetes. GYT...

Now Single Jab Could Ward off Asthma, Eczema and Hay Fever

...chief executive of the charity Allergy UK, the new jab has the power to transform people's lives. In a ... Dr Wolfgang Renner said. It is hoped the single jab with the power to protect against asthma, eczema and hay fever will be on sale by 2010. Source-IAN...

Link between Mercury based Vaccines and Autism Discredited

...1990s saw the rise of theories that linked the MMR jab to autism because some researchers believed the three-in-one vaccine overloaded the immune system. While that research has since been discredited, immunization rates have dropped in recent years, as parents feared for their children's safety."We hope...

MMR – Related Autism, Doctor’s Need To Be Chargd

...nnection between triple measles, mumps and rubella jab and autism related bowel // diseases – Lancet published in 1998 says. Thus Doctor’s who has done a health scare over the MMR vaccinated children need to face a charge of professional misconduct for their act. A survey with British people reveale...

Kenya to Launch Measles Vaccination Drive

...ease that has gripped the East African nation. The jab is known to be effective in offering protection against the disease. It is estimated that nearly 1 million children die each year to measles world-wide, with 450,000 being from Africa alone. Though, three out of four children in Kenya have received...

Measles Rate Shoot Up among Nursery Children in Scotland

.../ officials are urging the parents to take the MMR jab as soon as possible to protect their children. Statistics show that now more than one in five nursery children are potentially at risk, compared with just three in 1998. MMR was introduced in UK in 1988 but negative publicity that the vaccine migh...

MMR Vaccine Immunizations Rates Are On The Rise

...their children immunized with the three-in-one MMR jab in Scotland. But the rates are still well below the Scottish Executive's target level of 95% by the age of two. But there was a 0.7% increase in the rates of immunization. The drop was due to the vaccines association with the childhood autism disease...

Britain Toddlers To Receive Flu-Jab In Addition To The 21 Shots

...d of 2 years that includes three doses of Pediacel jab for protection against five major childhood infections. They also receive three shots of Meningitec (to protect against meningitis) and a single shot of MMR for triple protection against mumps, measles and rubella. The question of whether it is acc...

Wrong Vaccination given during surgery in Derbyshire

...d was very much angry and upset over the mix up of jab and said, You put your trust in these people and then it's just thrown back in your face. It's made me angry and upset. They were not satisfied with the explanation and regret given by the Medical center. Kirk Hallam Medical Centre, Ilkeston, is in...

Safe for people with asthma

...g to do. But there have been concerns that the flu jab can make people's asthma worse. To find it this ou...fter the placebo. The researchers conclude the flu jab is safe for people with asthma after all, and they should take it to prevent exposing themselves to ...

Vaccination reminder for anyone over 65..

...ver 65 to have a pneumococcal vaccination.// The jab protects you from pneumonia, meningitis, and various other serious infections. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention official recommends it for anyone over 65. If you are otherwise healthy, you only need one dose. Some people with health prob...

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