Articles [Vaccines]

Medicine: BoundariesThe delineation of what is medicine and what does not is a source of debate.The major innovations introduced by Western medicine from the nineteenth century (anesthesia and asepsis then vaccination and antibiotics in the...

Hepatitis is major public health problem throughout the world and is produced by different types of viruses. It is the most common suspected clinical diagnosis in patients with abdominal pain with jaundice. Additional symptoms for hepatitis are...

Epidemiology of hepatitis B a. Was isolated from blood, saliva, semen, vaginal or cervical secretions and wound exudates. b. Higher incidence in the personnel working in blood bank, doctors, nurses, Down syndrome, hemophilia, thalassemic,...

a. Hepatitis non-A, non-B parenteral transmission. b. Produced by an RNA virus similar to a flavivirus unihelicoidal. c. Remained undetected for long. d. Not detected their respective antibodies by ELISA tests (enzyme linked immunosorbent) but...

An extract from the Chinese licopodio give good results in the treatment of Alzheimer's, reported a team of researchers pooled data after reviewing a large number of studies in China. But still there is insufficient evidence to support the...

 Introduction: If we’ve had mumps when we are as a child, there after we become immune to mumps and we are not susceptible to a second episode of mumps.  Due to the natural exposure to the disease we acquired this immunity. If we are vaccinated or...

CHENNAI 1. King Institute of Preventive Medicine (24/7 Service)Guindy, Chennai – 32Phone No:(044) 22501520, 22501521 & 225015222. Communicable Diseases HospitalThondiarpet, ChennaiPhone No:(044) 25912686/87/88, 94444595433. Government General...

Swine flu has spreading in India like a mouth of word.  Media has taken up the step to keep the people update on which place it has hit and where it is the worse hit.  Pune is the worse hit, with everyday a new case has been discovered and people...

Bangalore has got its first death with the Swine flu disease.  A teacher who has never travelled outside India nor had been in contact with anyone who is affected with the Swine Flu.  Yet after testing was performed, it was confirmed that her death...

Your body has its own range of defenses against illness, called the immune system. It can fight off many diseases unaided if you are fairly fit. Many diseases can be prevented by vaccination programs which make the most of the body’s immune...