Working Together To Make Rabies History!

Working Together To Make Rabies History!
Organisations around the world will be aiming to raise awareness and understanding about the importance of rabies prevention on the second annual World Rabies Day on September 28. Rabies is known as the 'oldest and deadliest disease known to mankind' and the BVA, through its Overseas Group, is supporting this initiative.

What Is The Risk Factor For Severe Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea?
Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea (CDAD) is the most common cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoea and results in a wide spectrum of disease severity ranging from asymptomatic carriage to life-threatening entero-colitis and death. While many studies have investigated risk factors for infection with C. difficile and subsequent development of CDAD, little is known about risk factors associated with a severe course of CDAD in hospitalised patients.

The Side Effects Of Monotherapy With Lamivudine
Lamivudine has a high rate of antiviral resistance. Sequential anti-HBV treatment is commonly used for lamivudine resistance. We report 4 cases with rapid re-detection of HBV mutants during the lamivudine re-treatment. The article was published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology. In this report, four patients received lamivudine as an initial treatment of HBV. They had adefovir and lamivudine as a rescue therapy consecutively.

A New Therapeutic Option For Human Hepatocyte Cancer
Tumors that are p53-impaired may be particularly suitable to parvovirus H-1-induced therapy. Although the p53 deficiency in tumors may induce resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, this will not affect the tumor cell susceptibility to H-1 PV-induced oncolytic infections. The parvovirus H-1 may also overcome other tumor resistance mechanisms developed in these tumor entities.

What Is The Best Strategy For Treating Helicobacter Pylori?
The most popular treatment for H pylori is triple therapy but resistance to Clarithromycin is reducing its effectiveness. Courses using four drugs have been known to be more successful but are used less popular because of their side-effects. While, what is the best way for treating H pylori-related diseases. A research article to be published on 28 June 2008, in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. The research team led by Prof.

Pollution, Everyday Allergens, May Be Sources Of Laryngitis

Everyday exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, allergens, and air pollution may be the root of chronic cases of laryngitis, says new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in Chicago, IL. Laryngitis symptoms include hoarseness of the voice, cough, and chronic clearing of the throat. Read more ...

Sunderland City Hospital has reported preliminary data on the Hospital's significant reduction in C. Difficile infection rates. Since early 2008, Sunderland Hospital has deployed new technology as part of their ongoing commitment to patient care, ensuring patient safety, targeting the breathable air where C. Diff resides. The Air Disinfection device uses self-generating hydroxyl radicals to clean the air on the wards of 99.999 % of pathogens. Read more ...

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), announced the initiation of the Community Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults a major study in adults of an investigational 13-valent conjugate vaccine designed to help prevent pneumococcal pneumonia -- the leading cause of bacterial pneumonia in adults. Read more ...

AdvanDx announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance of the Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH™ to identify Candida yeast species directly from positive blood cultures. The Yeast Traffic Light™ is the latest addition to AdvanDx's easy-to-use, molecular-based PNA FISH™ diagnostics platform that provides rapid identification of bloodstream pathogens in hours instead of days. Read more ...

Sanofi-aventis announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nasacort AQ Nasal Spray (triamcinolone acetonide) for children aged 2 - 5 years old for the treatment of nasal symptoms associated with seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis. Read more ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common opportunistic viral infection encountered following solid organ transplant (SOT) and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in recipients of SOT. Prevention of CMV is complicated by several factors, including a lack of consensus regarding the most appropriate preventive methods and the limitations of existing antiviral agents because of toxicity profiles and drug resistance. Read more ...

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex: SVA), a leading developer and provider of vaccines in China, announced it has initiated development of a vaccine human enterovirus 71, EV 71, which causes hand, foot, and mouth disease (or HFMD). In collaboration with China the CDC, Sinovac will be supplied with epidemiology study results from the outbreak area, which will facilitate the Company's vaccine research and development initiatives. Mr. Read more ...

ME-CFS - The Silent Killer

2.5 Million sufferers of ME/CFS in the UK & USA are fighting for recognition and assistance from institutions which insist upon a policy that quite frankly is out-dated. In 1969 the CDC called the disease a neurology disorder, since that time little has changed. This policy which is led by both Governments refuses to fund extra research into a disease that is increasing with a number of fatalities now recorded because very little is being done to help patients. My wife for instance contracted CFS in 2004 after conceiving our daughter and has since learnt that she contracted a virus whilst pregnant and because her bodies defences were busy defending the unborn child this led to the establishment of CFS/ME.