Originally posted in medical ethics discussion forum, amednews.com Scenario: Should physicians be vaccinated against highly transmissible viral illness? Physicians are among those refusing to get vaccinations. With the variety of institutional policies and legal decisions in force around the country, it’s a serious matter. The American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs has […]
GPs warned over child flu vaccines
GPs are being urged to take care with the seasonal flu jab after reports some youngsters have been given the wrong one. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) said it was aware of a handful of cases recently where children were given flu vaccines unsuitable for their age group. Over the last five years, the MDU […]
The neurobiology of retinoic acid in affective disorders
J. Douglas Bremner, Peter McCaffery Abstract Current models of affective disorders implicate alterations in norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine, and CRF/cortisol; however treatments targeted at these neurotransmitters or hormones have led to imperfect resolution of symptoms, suggesting that the neurobiology of affectivedisorders is incompletely understood. Until now retinoids have not been considered as possible contributors to affective […]
HPV jab for 75,754 Sabah female students
By Murib Morpi KOTA KINABALU: The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday officially launched the HPV (Human Pappiloma Virus) immunisation programme for Sabah, targeting to vaccinate 75,754 female students from 24 districts across the state this year. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said a total of 98 health facilities have been mobilised for […]
A new family planning tool to slow population growth
Newton, P. Abstract PIP: The National Institute of Immunology in New Delhi, India, is conducting clinical trials of a prototype birth control vaccine. 88 20-36 year old women receive a series of 3 injections of 300 mcg human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) vaccine to theoretically protect them from pregnancy for 1 year. After 1 year, they […]
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