Patients with frequently relapsing kidney disease benefit from immune drug
In patients with a frequently-relapsing form of kidney disease, relapses decreased approximately five-fold for at least one year after patients took a single dose of rituximab, an antibody that targets...
View ArticleTreating autoimmune and transplant patients with the vitamin a used in acne...
The same form of Vitamin A used by teenagers to combat acne might offer benefits that are more than skin deep. That's because an international team of researchers have found that it may also help keep...
View ArticleNew study reveals the role community pharmacy should play in driving flu...
A new study by the University of Nottingham and Boots UK reveals community pharmacy can play an important role in driving the uptake of flu vaccinations amongst at-risk patients, including those with...
View ArticleWHO officials respond to criticisms of polio vaccination campaign in Syria
In a Comment published in The Lancet, Ala Alwan and Bruce Aylward from the World Health Organisation (WHO) respond to recent allegations that UN agencies including WHO have blocked vaccination...
View ArticleScientists discover trick that aids viral infection
Scientists have identified a way some viruses protect themselves from the immune system's efforts to stop infections, a finding that may make new approaches to treating viral infections...
View ArticleСалофальк и преднизолон одновременно
Здравствуйте! Нужна консультация болеющих со стажем. Назначают ли врачи одновременный прием салофалька и преднизолона? В какой дозировке лучше принимать эти препараты вместе в период обострения?...
View ArticleLeigh family desperate to win car for daughter's hospital trips
MOST families want a new car to help them get around but for one Leigh family it is a necessity. More...
View ArticleInflammatory Bowel Disease
That briefly describes a condition known as inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. And, of the 1.4 million patients in the United States, about 150,000 are children under age 17. Diagnosis often happens...
View ArticleImmune system kills spontaneous blood cancer cells every day
A new study from Australia suggests B cells, a type of white blood cell, undergo spontaneous changes that could lead to cancer if the immune system does not carry out regular checks and kill them...
View ArticleBiologic agents provide relief for children newly diagnosed with Crohn's disease
Children newly diagnosed with Crohn's disease may benefit from early treatment with the biologic drugs known as anti-TNF-I agents, according to a new study in Gastroenterology 1, the official journal...
View ArticleProtein serves as a natural boost for immune system fight against tumors
Substances called adjuvants that enhance the body's immune response are critical to getting the most out of vaccines. These boosters stimulate the regular production of antibodies -- caused by foreign...
View ArticleMarker may predict response to ipilimumab in advanced melanoma
Among patients with advanced melanoma, presence of higher levels of the protein vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in blood was associated with poor response to treatment with the immunotherapy...
View ArticleCDC announce 2014 adult immunization schedule
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has announced its recommended adult immunization schedule for 2014. Each year, the committee reviews the...
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View ArticleClues about microgravity's impact on astronauts offered by fruit flies in space
Fruit flies bred in space are offering scientists a clue as to how astronauts' immune systems may be damaged during prolonged space travel.A team of researchers from the University of California at...
View ArticleFactors produced in inflammatory cells may reawaken dormant prostate cancer...
Researchers in the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute discovered in pre-clinical models that dormant prostate cancer cells found in bone tissue can be reawakened, causing...
View ArticleOur bodies kill 'spontaneous' blood cancers on a daily basis: discovery could...
Immune cells undergo 'spontaneous' changes on a daily basis that could lead to cancers if not for the diligent surveillance of our immune system, Melbourne scientists have found. More...
View ArticleПомогите, пожалуйста, советом
Уважаемые участники форума! Помогите, пожалуйста, советом и Вашим мнением. Моей дочке 3 года. До двух лет со стулом проблем не было. Ели все, что полагается по возрасту. Единственное, что до года были...
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