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Influenza :: Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in children is safe

Beginning with the winter season of 2004-2005, influenza vaccination has been recommended for all children 6 to 23 months old in the United States. However, its safety in young children has not been adequately studied in large populations. A study was conducted by Simon J. Hambidge to screen for medically attended events in the clinic, emergency department, or hospital after administration of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in children 6 to 23 months old.

Pregnancy :: Preterm births in London peaked only once a year in winter

A Cross-sectional study “Seasonal patterns and preterm birth: a systematic review of the literature and an analysis in a London-based cohort” conducted by SJ Lee,a PJ Steer,b V Filippia at Eighteen maternity units in a London health region from 1988 to 2000. The objectives of this study included a systematic review of the countries in which a seasonal pattern of preterm birth has been reported and an analysis on the seasonal variability of preterm birth in a London-based cohort.

Psychology :: Sunlight, estrogen – female hormone affect male aggression

A study in mice suggests a connection between sunlight, estrogen and aggression in male mammals. During short winter days, estrogen prompts male Oldfield mice to be more aggressive, but the hormone decreases aggression during long summer days, says a team from Ohio State University. Oldfield mice are commonly found in the southeastern United States.

Flu :: Getting a flu shot in October is a great way to ward off seasonal flu this winter.

Flu season typically lasts from December to March, but the ideal time for “high-risk” people to be inoculated with the flu vaccine is now through mid-November, says Dr. James Luby, an infectious disease expert at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Although vaccine shortages have been experienced in the past, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting no short supplies this season.

Health :: MassTag PCR – new tool helps identify mysterious viruses – respiratory infection

A fast, sensitive and inexpensive diagnostic tool called MassTag PCR has been developed that can identify the specific pathogen that causes a particular case of respiratory infection, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The research team ? headed by scientists in the Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and their colleagues at the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health ? used MassTag PCR to identify previously undiagnosed pathogens that caused influenza-like illnesses in New York State during the winter of 2004.

Cure :: Stimulation of the Vital Force

There can be one and only one straight line between two points, which is the shortest line between these two extreme points. It is a geometrical fact. Dr. C. S. F. Hahnemann has invented the science of CURE (defined by him in Aphorism 2 of his Organon of Medicine) ? Homoeopathy, which may be termed as the straight line between two points (1) the disease and (2) the CURE. Homoeopathy is the simplest way to annihilate the disease and to achieve the CURE.

Homeopathic Medicine :: Dulcamara – Bittersweet

Indicated in coughs, especially whooping cough, hay fever, larngeal phthisis, of phlegmatic, scrofulous persons who have a delicate, irritable skin and suffer from eruptions.

Homeopathic Medicine :: Aurum – Gold

Indicated in ailments from grief, disappointed love, deep mortification; in syphilitic affections and diseases due to abuse of mercury; in diseases of the small bones, with characteristic pain and soreness; in glandular swellings of scrofulous persons; induration of uterus and testicles; foul nasal catarrh, ozaena. Frequently there is present great sexual hyperaesthesia, with mental and sexual excitement, begetting a state, essentially hysterical, in which the patient becomes excessively moody and crushed by a sense of unworthiness and unfitness to live; hence talks about self-destruction as the only means of escape. Acts best in young women of light complexion, inclined to plumpness.

Allergic Rhinitis :: Allergic rhinitis – Allium Cepa

Mr. R.D. A., 54 years came to see me on the 21st July, 1969 for what was diagnosed as allergic rhinitis of 24 years duration. I gathered the following points from his history :

Health :: Hypothermia – A Cold Weather Hazard for Seniors

Almost everyone knows about winter dangers such as broken bones from falls on the ice. But cold weather also can cause an important, less obvious danger that affects many older Americans. Older adults are especially vulnerable to hypothermia, which can be deadly if not treated quickly. This drop in body temperature often is caused by staying in a cold place for too long.