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High-dose flu vaccines appear to safely boost immunity in elderly

High-dose influenza vaccines may increase elderly patients' immune response without significant adverse effects, offering this vulnerable population additional protection against the flu, according to an article in the May 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Vaccines containing inactivated influenza virus have been available for 50 years to prevent...

Disappearing arctic lakes linked to climate change

Continued arctic warming may be causing a decrease in the number and size of Arctic lakes. The issue is the subject of a paper published in the June 3 issue of the journal "Science." The paper, titled, "Disappearing Arctic Lakes" is the result of a comparison of satellite data taken of Siberia in the early 1970s to data from 1997-2004. Researchers, including Larry Hinzman with the Water and Envir...

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...

Stem cell mobilization therapy appears to be ineffective in repairing damage caused by heart attack

Therapy that involved bone marrow stem cells did not improve cardiac function in patients following a heart attack, according to a study in the March 1 issue of JAMA. There has been increasing evidence that stem cells contribute to regeneration of cardiac tissue and the development of new blood vessels following a heart attack, thus opening up new prospects for stem-cell based therapies. G...

What's shaped like a pear and has 2 genomes? Check the pond

If you could peer microscopically into the closest freshwater pond, you'd hesitate before dipping a toe. Amid the murky water, you'd probably notice an oddly furry, pear-shaped organism gliding along--and gobbling up everything in its path. --and a big fan club among scientists, as a star organism for research into how cell...

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GlaxoSmithKline - Changes Lamictal(R) Label Appearance and Packaging

Lamictal, an antiepileptic drug, is one of the several prescription drugs that has encountered the problem of dispensing errors. Dispensing errors are often a result of miscommunication, which can include poor hand writing of the prescription and confusion between drugs with similar names.// It is important for patients with epilepsy not to have an interruption in treatment be...

New breast cancer drug appears encouraging

According to a new research, oxygen therapy at home reduces hospitalisation in those with lung disease. Researchers at the University Hospital of Denmark, have studied the effects of oxygen on 200 patients with smoker's lungs - where the blood becomes deficient in oxygen. //The oxygenation was begun in an outpatient clinic, then continued at home. Having oxygen therapy, for at least 1...

Radiation before surgery cuts cancer reappearance

According to a report, giving radiation to surgical treatment for rectal cancer may not make much difference in the survival of patients. But the findings suggest that the radiation treatments given before surgery may help// improve the patient's quality of life by reducing the rate of cancer recurrence at or near the original tumor site in the rectum. In about 15% to 45% of patients w...

Heart Disease Sign Appears Early in Life

An inflammatory component of heart disease may be present early in life, say researchers. A new study shows a significant link between body mass index and C-reactive //protein levels in children. CRP has emerged as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults. Researchers analyzed data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which included 1,479 boys...

Britney Spears Donates $50 000 To Support Cancer Patients

Pop princess Britney Spears has donated $50,000 to Gilda's Club Worldwide, //an organization that supports cancer patients. According to People magazine, Britney said in a statement: "When children have cancer, or when their parents or siblings have the disease, there are a few places they can turn to for support." "Gilda's Club is one of those places. I passionately believ...

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Fractionated Radioimmunotherapy With (90)Y-epratuzumab in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Appears Safe and Active in a Phase I/II Study

- Results Presented at the 12th Congress of European HematologyAssociation (EHA) - VIENNA, Austria, June 11, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Immunomedics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused ondeveloping monoclonal antibodies to treat cancer and other seriousdiseases, today announced that data presented at the 12th Congressof EHA in Vienna, Austria, showed positive responses in patie...

Repeated Radioimmunotherapy With 131I-Labetuzumab Appears Safe and Effective in Colorectal Cancer with Liver Metastases

- Initial Phase II Study Results Presented at Society of NuclearMedicine Annual Meeting - WASHINGTON, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Immunomedics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused ondeveloping monoclonal antibodies to treat cancer and other seriousdiseases, today announced that its anti-carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA) antibody, labetuzumab, labeled with the radioisotope,i...