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Clam embryo study shows pollutant mixture adversely affects nerve cell development

A scientist at the Marine BiologicalLaboratory (MBL) has published the results of an EPA-funded clam embryostudy that supports her hypothesis that, when combined, the pollutantsbromoform, chloroform, and tetrachloroethylene--a chemical cocktailknown as BCE--can act synergistically to alter a key regulator in nervecell development. While scientists have previously studied the effectsof these...

Serious adverse reactions to smallpox vaccine appear to be limited

There was a low rate of life-threatening adverse reactions to the smallpox vaccine administered to potential first responders to a bioterrorism incident, possibly attributable to rigorous vaccine safety screening and educational programs, according to a study in the December 7 issue of JAMA. Routine childhood immunization against smallpox in the United States ceased in 1971, according to b...

Patients can report statins' adverse effects on new web site

A new web site at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine ? "This line of research is important because many physicians and other experts in heart disease and cholesterol a...

HIV and malaria combine to adversely affect pregnant women and their infants

Malaria is a parasitic disease spread by mosquitoes that kills more than one million people every yea...
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ZYBAN, The smoking cessation drug marked for its adverse reactions

GlaxoSmithKline's smoking cessation drug Zyban, which is being taken by over 5 million people world wide, is held responsilble for a raise in the suspected adverse reactions due to drug intake in UK. Pharmacovigilance statistics of MCA has shown a raise of about 37% more adverse reactions so called "yellow cards" during the period of January to April 2001 compared to that of last years....

Tamoxifen does not adversely affect the brain

The breast cancer drug tamoxifen does not damage the brains of elderly women, alleviating fears of a neurotoxic effect of such treatment, recent study has revealed. According to researchers, tamoxifen has a similar effect on the brain to oestrogen, which has been linked with potentially neuroprotective action //against cognitive decline. The researchers used proton magnetic resonance s...

Spanking can Cause Adverse Effects Later In Life

Estimates show white children under age 2 who were spanked five times in a week had a 4.2-times greater risk of behavior problems that // required a parent-teacher meeting four years later when compared to children who were not spanked. However, the link between spanking and behavior problems in black and Hispanic children was not significant or consistent in the study. Researchers have...

The Adverse Effects Of Asthma Medication

Latest research shows that a common class of drugs used for acute asthma attacks might be causing the very thing it aims to treat.// Researchers studied the use of bronchodilators known as beta-agonists in asthmatics.Beta-agonists are the primary treatment used to relieve acute asthma attacks. The drugs come in many forms -- they may be delivered with an inhaler, given in pill or liquid...

Adverse Effects Associated with Unauthorised Hepatitis A Vaccine in China

More than 200 Chinese children became sick and one death was reported after being given an unauthorized Hepatitis A vaccine.// According to reports about 2,500 children in the eastern province of Anhui were administered the Hepatitis A vaccine on the 16 and 17 of June without official permission. Li Wei a six-year-old child suffered an unspecified infection and breathing problem the day...

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Hypertension Vaccine CYT006-AngQb Achieves Strong Blood Pressure Reduction During Important Early Morning Period When Most Adverse Cardiovascular Events Occur

- Blood pressure reduction achieved at 8 am versus placebo: - 25/ - 13 mm Hg (systolic / diastolic, p - Blood pressure reduction dependent on vaccine dose and inducedantiangiotensin II antibody levels - Detailed results presented today at the Seventeenth EuropeanMeeting on Hypertension in Milan, Italy SCHLIEREN (Zurich), Switzerland and MILAN, Ita...
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