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The Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of the Year
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Elizabeth M. Whelan, ScD, MS, MPH, President, Founder, American Council on Science and Health, New York, compares notes on the top 10 health-scare myths of 2007.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine
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Flu-Like Illness but Not Flu Vaccination Tied to Guillain-Barre Syndrome
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There appears to be no temporal association between Guillain-Barre syndrome and influenza vaccination. However, influenza-like illness and Guillain-Barre does show such a link, UK researchers report in the February 1st issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
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Immunoglobulin Replacement Should Be Based on Clinical Outcomes
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Immunoglobulin replacement therapy should be based on clinical outcomes rather than IgG trough levels in patients with common variable immunodeficiency disorders (CVID), according to a May14th online report in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Reuters Health Information
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Avian Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Outbreaks, Kuwait, 2007
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Phylogenetic analysis of influenza A viruses (H5N1) isolated from Kuwait in 2007 show that )H5N1) sublineage clade 2.2 viruses continue to spread across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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