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CDC Updates Immunization Schedule
The 2006 Childhood and Adolescent
Immunization Schedule includes new recommendations for immunizing
against meningitis, whooping cough (pertussis), influenza, hepatitis
A and hepatitis B, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
reported today.
Learn specific details on the new
immunization schedule and changes for 2006 from the
MSNBC
website.
AIDS Expert Has Theory on Vaccine's Delay
 In
an unusually candid admission, the federal chief of AIDS research
says he believes drug companies don't have an incentive to create a
vaccine for the HIV and are likely to wait to profit from it after
the government develops one.
That means the
government has had to spend more time focusing on the processes that
drug companies ordinarily follow in developing new medicines and
bringing them to market.
Learn more about
this current situation at the
CNN News website.
Sinus Mysteries Solved!
 Cold
and flu season is upon us, and both maladies can trigger a condition
that strikes 37 million Americans a year: sinusitis.
Sinusitis is merely the blockage of
the sinuses, which are "containing spaces above and below the eyes
that normally drain through small pinpoint openings into the nose,"
said Dr. Ralph Metson, an ear, nose and throat specialist at both
the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School,
and the author of "Healing Your Sinuses."
Find out how to keep your sinuses
clear and healthy at
ABC News.
New Helmet Technology May Reduce Football Head Injuries
 Newer
helmet technology could reduce the risk of high school football
players getting concussions, but not the severity of the injury,
according to new research.
These technological improvements may
help your child, as well as reducing emergency room injuries.
Click here to learn more at the Fox News site.
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Antidepressants Found Unrelated to Suicide Risk
 Despite government-mandated warnings,
antidepressants are not associated with an increase in the risk of
suicide, according to a large population-based study.
The study of more than 65,000 children and
adults treated for depression over a 10-year period starting in 1992
found that suicide risk declines, not rises, once a patient begins
taking antidepressants, said Gregory E. Simon, M.D., M.P.H., a
psychiatrist with the Group Health Cooperative, a non-profit health care
organization here.
To learn more information on the study and
the effects of the medications, please visit the
Medpage Today website to learn more.
Asia Has Greatest Bird Flu Risk
East Asia remains at
greatest risk for the spread of bird flu, and the world's attention must
remain concentrated on improving the region's pandemic preparedness
despite fresh outbreaks elsewhere, the World Health Organization's top
official in Asia said Wednesday.
"Although there are new
developments in Turkey, the situation in Asia is more serious than in
any other part of the world," Dr. Shigeru Omi, the WHO's regional
director for the Western Pacific, told The Associated Press. "The Asian
focus still remains."
Learn more about the
latest threat at the
CBS News website.
Doctors Discourage Use of Cough Syrups: They Don't Work
 Despite
the billions of dollars spent every year in this country on
over-the-counter cough syrups, most such medicines do little
if anything to relieve coughs, the nation’s chest physicians
say.
Over-the-counter cough syrups
generally contain drugs in too low a dose to be effective,
or contain combinations of drugs that have never been proven
to treat coughs, said Dr. Richard Irwin, chairman of a cough
guidelines committee for the American College of Chest
Physicians.
Get additional information at
the
MSNBC website.
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