Infection Information - December 2, 2008

Vaccine Cuts Shingles Cases By Half

June 2, 2005 - Topics shingles, vaccine, child, research and infection
A recent study showed a new chickenpox vaccine developed for adults, cuts shingles cases, occurring in people 60 and older, by half.

The new vaccine is made with the same virus used in childrens' chickenpox vaccine, only is 20 times more concentrated

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Transplant Patients Die of Hamster Virus

May 25, 2005 - Topics transplant, disease, infection, immune and australia

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter

A Rhode Island woman is thought to have caught the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) from her hamster shortly before her unrelated death last month

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Experimental Drug Combination Lethal for Breast Cancer Subjects

May 18, 2005 - Topics breast cancer, cancer, disease, blood and infection

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter

The problems developed in women given the standard intravenous drug doxorubicin along with a newer drug called docetaxel. The two drugs are frequently used alone to treat breast cancer. Scientists have been exploring the effects of combining them, with mixed results

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Study Shows Garlic May Improve Male Sexual Performance

May 9, 2005 - Topics male, study, sex, heart disease and disease
Scientists reveal that garlic can improve men's performance in the bedroom, adding to its ability to prevent heart disease and uses to fight cancer and the MRSA superbug, a drug resistant infection.

According to scientific discovery, garlic widens arteries subsequently improving blood flow to the groin. It is also known to boost creation of nitric oxide, a chemical involved in triggering erections

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Indian Capital Is Under Attack Of Bacterial Meningitis, 15 Killed

May 8, 2005 - Topics meningitis, men, medicine, infection and fever
A new type of bacterial meningitis is reigning supreme and has killed at least 15 people and probably infected over a 100 in Indian capital New Delhi, according to reports published in Indian media.

According to the statement issued by Indian government, new cases of Menigococcal disease had been reported in New Delhi. But at the same time, the government assured that there was no need for panic as "the disease could be treated with antibiotics and there was enough stock of medicine

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