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SWINE FLU VACCINE

2010-03-18T11:17:30Z

Graphic shows select locations of swine flu vaccine distribution when there was a short supply In Oct. and Nov.

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Study finds H1N1 flu in pregnancy is critical risk

2010-03-18T17:15:25Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Pregnant women in Australia and New Zealand who had pandemic H1N1 flu were 13 times more likely to become critically ill and be admitted to hospital, researchers said on Friday.</p><p>The study, published in the Enterprise: Cruise line, NASA got swine flu shots early on; CDC says system worked well</div><div><p>Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Wall Street firms and the Johnson Space Center.</p><p>There is no complete database of where every dose went. But partial records show that financial institutions and other surprising recipients sometimes got d...

Alliance seeks billions to boost life-saving jabs for poor

2010-03-18T10:16:50Z

<div><p>The GAVI vaccine alliance, which is backed by software billionaire Bill Gates, said Thursday that it needed an extra 4.3 billion dollars to save millions of lives in poor countries over the next five years.</p><p>The Global Alliance on Vaccines Initiative says it has helped boost immunisation levels since 2000 by funding new vaccination programmes for 256 million children and avoiding 5.4 million premature deaths...

May need wider eczema caution for kids: FDA

2010-03-18T10:15:21Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Novartis AG and Astellas Pharma eczema drugs may need their warning labels expanded after dozens of new reported cases of cancer and infection in children, U.S. Food and Drug Admini...

Gates-linked vaccine group wants $4.3 billion

2010-03-18T07:15:46Z

<div><p>A global vaccine initiative launched with the help of Bill Gates is seeking $4.3 billion in new funding to ramp up child immunization campaigns against deadly diseases such as hepatitis B, diarrhea and pneumonia in the developing world.</p><p>The Geneva-based GAVI alliance, launched a decade ago as a partner of the China probes vaccines after news report of deaths, illnesses in northern province</div><div><p>China's Health Ministry is investigating the safety of inoculations in a northern province after a report that defective vaccines possibly killed four children and seriously sickened dozens.</p><p>The ministry urged health a...

WHO suspends Shan5 combination vaccine

2010-03-18T03:15:30Z

<div><p>The World Health Organisation said Thursday it was suspending the use of the Indian-developed Shan5 combination vaccine, which is used against infections such as diphtheria, tetanus and hepatitis B.</p><p>"The manufacturer got some complaints that there was suspended white sediment in some of the vials," WHO spokeswoman Alison B...

China orders probe after unsafe vaccine report

2010-03-18T00:16:25Z

<div><p>China has ordered an investigation after a report that unsafe vaccines led to the deaths of four children and sickened 74 others in the country's latest product-quality scare.</p><p>The order by the Ministry of Health came after the China Economic Times on Wednesday reported unsafe vaccines for encephalitis, hepatitis B, rabies and other illnesses were being used in the northern province of

China says probing report on deadly faulty vaccines

2010-03-17T21:30:29Z

<div><p>BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Health Ministry is probing a report in a domestic newspaper that faulty vaccines in northern Shanxi province were responsible for killing four children and making dozens of others sick.</p>...

Teva and Merck agree on generic Temodar launch

2010-03-17T12:17:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Teva to launch generic version of cancer drug this year if court finds patent unenforceable</div><div><p>Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it agreed to hold off on launching a generic version of Merck & Co.'s cancer drug Temodar until a federal appeals court weighs in on the drug's p...

WHO suspends vaccine by Sanofi-Aventis subsidiary

2010-03-17T10:30:22Z

<div><p>The U.N. health agency said Wednesday it has suspended its approval of a vaccine against tetanus and four other diseases produced by Sanofi-Aventis SA subsidiary because of a white substance forming inside some vials.</p><p>The World Health Organization and th...

Pain Management Through Hypnosis

2010-03-17T04:51:04Z

People have many different ways of dealing with pain. The process of handling and fighting pain is called pain management. Pain is categorized into two types-acute pain and chronic pain. Acute pain is a short-term type of pain like a fever, headache, migraine, stomach pain and the like. Chronic pain, on the other hand involves long-term pains like the ones experienced with illnesses such as cancer.<br><br>When it comes to pain management, people with low pain tolerance have a tend...

victoria beckham lax

2010-03-16T17:20:56Z

Victoria Beckham arrives at LAX airport to catch a flight to see her husband David, who had underwent surgery to repair his torn left Achilles tendon Los Angeles, California - 15.03.10

Age likely a factor in colon cancer chemotherapy

2010-03-16T16:00:19Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Older patients with colon cancer are less likely to receive chemotherapy after surgery than younger people but have fewer serious side-effects when they do get the treatment, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>When older patients do receive the treatment, it tends to be at a less toxic dose and over a shorter period than younger patients receive, according to a study in t...

New radiation therapy shows promise in lung cancer

2010-03-16T09:45:59Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Aiming powerful beams of radiation precisely at tumors helped control their growth and helped people with early stage but inoperable lung cancer live longer, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>They said intensive radiation therapy -- done in one to five treatments instead ...

Afghan Health Workers Give Polio Vaccine

2010-03-15T18:45:37Z

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 15: An Afghan health worker administers the polio vaccine to a child on the second day of a vaccination campaign on March 15, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Public Health Ministry, UNICEF and the World Health Organization are administering th...

Benefits of Seeking a Pain Management Specialist

2010-03-15T23:23:59Z

You probably have experienced some form of body pain, or know someone who suffers from it in a serious nature. Pain can affect lives to a great degree and stop you from carrying out your functions in an ordinary way. So is there any benefit of visiting a pain management specialist?<br><br>Pain management specialists are physicians who have specialized in addressing the concerns of patients to function on a daily basis, and to bring back quality in their life. Those suffering from ...

Tissue-freezing balloon beats drugs in ablation study

2010-03-15T10:17:45Z

<div><p>An experimental ablation therapy system that freezes heart tissue with a balloon catheter to treat a common heart rhythm disorder is far more effective than drug therapy, a study found Monday.</p><p>Researchers compared the safety and efficacy of the Arctic Front CryoAblation Catheter System produced by US firm Medtronic to drug therapy over at least one year in 245 patients in the