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During winter, people inevitably speak again of Echinacea, presented as a remedy in colds, including common cold and influenza. Its presumed virtues are attributed to an activation in macrophages and an increase in cytokine activities. In order to verify it, some researchers in Winsconsin have [...]
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Mastitis is a relatively frequent problem during breastfeeding with the possible consequence of lactation interruption. A frequent cause of mastitis is Staphylococcus and, since this bacterium presents a greater and greater resistance to drugs, some Spanish researchers have examined the possibility [...]
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In spite of years passing, an only injection of penicillin remains the preferred treatment against syphilis in its starting stage, since its alternative (oral doxiciclin) needs treatments lasting various weeks and then affects the patient’s compliance to therapy. With a multinational, randomized, [...]
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In recent years, the frequency of Clostridium Difficile infections in the USA has dramatically increased, with a high mortality rate. Among the causes of these increases, also the more and more spread prescription of protonic pump inhibitors (PPIs) has been considered. So, a retrospective trial has [...]
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Above all in older patients, the risk of post-herpetic neuralgia after a Herpes Zoster infection is high, most of all if antiviral therapies are started later than the onset of the disease. In the USA, there is a specific vaccine (Zostavax ®) ensuring a 50% protection against Herpes Zoster [...]
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The American Committee for Vaccinations (U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) has published some recommendations concerning the vaccination program advised in 2010. The advice to be vaccinated is not substantially different from the one in 2009, but some aspects concerning vaccination [...]
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The starting of the sexual activity is often associated with acquired infections because precautions and sanitary measures lack. Some researchers have examined a random sample of 838 girls (between 14 and 19 years of age) participating to the National Health and Nutrition Survey in 2003-2004 [...]
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The presence of fever with no apparent cause is one of the hardest challenges in medicine, so any examinations helping to make a diagnosis is well accepted. In patients affected by HIV, bone marrow biopsy is a usually used tool; but in immunocompetent patients, its importance has not been coded [...]
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During influenza pandemics, pregnant women generally present a greater morbidity and mortality. At the beginning of H1N1 virus pandemic, the CDC have collected the results of all influenza cases confirmed in pregnant women, with the relative evolution and possible complications. Between April 15th [...]
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Given the great diffusion of influenza viruses and the high rate of infection, researchers wondered whether virus transmission can be prevented, not only in hospitals but also in daily life. Some patients affected by influenza (shown through fast test) and their contacts (most of all children) in [...]