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Whooping
cough on rise, parents warned - Asbury Park Press - "'But I'd say about 99.9
percent of school-age children have their shots,' Meddis said. 'Some of these
kids who have been affected have been immunized four times or more in their
lives, but not every vaccine is 100 percent effective, and sometimes the
protection wanes over time.'"
Immunity Challenge for Survivors - Sydney
Morning Herald via
www.immunizationinfo.org - "About
60 percent of international travelers to high disease risk areas, such as India,
Africa, and the Middle East, travel without proper vaccination, with 43 percent
choosing to ignore a doctor's advice and 17 percent not even thinking about the
need for vaccination, according to a study by vaccine manufacturer Aventis
Pasteur. The expense associated with vaccinations for hepatitis A, hepatitis B,
and typhoid is nothing compared to the cost of treatment after contracting one
of those diseases, and side effects associated with the vaccines are
insignificant compared to the risk to a traveler's health, explains Travel
Clinics Australia medical director Jonathan Cohen."
The
Recognition Factor - Part of brain that identifies faces also identifies
other objects - Health Scout - "For autistic children who have problems
recognizing faces, the study's findings may provide a scientific basis to help
teach these children face identification, Curran adds." (March 14, 2003)
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Fallout From Hepatitis Outbreak - AP via KYW-TV - "Mexico's
top food-safety official said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wanted to
hastily affix blame for a hepatitis A outbreak at a Pennsylvania restaurant and
didn't properly trace produce from that restaurant."
Thompson
begins trip to observe AIDS implications - The Badger Herald - "'The
two big issues being addressed on the trip are prevention and treatment,"
Gardett said. "We are exploring ways to effectively stop [HIV] in places with
little communication and education ... and are hoping to get drugs to those
places.'"
The Diabetes Generation - ABC News Healthology Press - "Until recently, type 2 diabetes and
heart disease have affected older adults almost exclusively. But the obesity
epidemic in America is now putting younger adults at risk for life-threatening
diseases that were once rare in those under age 50."
Kids'
Medicine Dosage Test Law Signed - President Bush on Wednesday signed
legislation giving the government the ability to require drug companies to test
medicines to ensure that dosages are appropriate for children. - AP via The
Herald News
Expert
resigns over HRT warning - A senior adviser on a
medicines watchdog has resigned because he disagrees with a health warning
issued on hormone replacement therapy. - BBC
Doctors given osteoporosis
warning - The Herald, UK - "Doctors were yesterday warned by government
health advisers to stop using hormone replacement therapy as their first choice
of treatment to prevent women suffering osteoporosis."
Human
organs not for sale - The Guardian, UK - "The problem may not be new, but it
has become no less painful for patients and clinicians. There is an acute
shortage of organ donations in the UK."
Parents'
looks can affect health - Having a short mother and an overweight father
means you are more likely to have health problems as an adult researchers
suggest. - BBC
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-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
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