Vaccine Blocks Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- An inactivated vaccine against enterovirus (EV) 71 was effective and safe in a large phase III study of children in China, the trial investigators reported. (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 29, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
First-Ever Enterovirus 71 Vaccine Protects Young Children Against Common And Potentially Deadly Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease
The first enterovirus 71 (EV71) vaccine candidate to reach phase 3 clinical testing provides young Chinese children with significant protection against disease caused by EV71, a growing public-health threat which has caused over 6 million cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) and 2000 deaths worldwide over the last decade, according new research published Online First in The Lancet. Since its discovery in 1969, EV71 has caused major outbreaks of HFMD around the world, affecting mostly children. No vaccines currently exist against disease caused by EV71... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news
Hand, foot and mouth vaccine 'works'
The first vaccine which protects children against hand, foot and mouth disease has been reported by scientists in China. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New vaccine protects Chinese children against hand, foot and mouth disease
The world's first hand, foot and mouth vaccine has protected children against the disease in China, according to a new study. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - May 28, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New vaccine protects kids against hand, foot and mouth disease
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have developed the first vaccine to protect children against a virus called enterovirus 71, or EV71, that causes the common and sometimes deadly hand, foot and mouth disease. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Vaccine Against Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Proves Efficacious
(Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - May 28, 2013 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news
Research Findings Will Likely Help In The Design Of Drugs Against Virus Causing Childhood Illnesses
New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. The virus, called enterovirus 71, causes hand, foot and mouth disease and is common throughout the world. Although that disease usually is not fatal, the virus has been reported to cause fatal encephalitis in infants and young children, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, no cure exists for the infection. New findings show the precise structure of the virus bound to a molecule that inhibits infection... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Findings to help in design of drugs against virus causing childhood illnesses
(Purdue University) New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children.The virus, called enterovirus 71, causes hand, foot and mouth disease, and is common throughout the world. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Vaccine for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Meets Study GoalVaccine for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Meets Study Goal
Sinovac Biotech said a late-stage trial of its experimental vaccine for hand, foot and mouth disease met the main study goal of preventing the infection in infants age 6 months to 35 months. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Sinovac vaccine meets study goal; shares jump 60 percent
(Reuters) - China-based Sinovac Biotech Ltd said a late-stage trial of its experimental vaccine for hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) met the main study goal of preventing the infection in infants between the ages of 6 months and 35 months. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
More Widespread Lesions with New Coxsackie Strain
MIAMI BEACH (MedPage Today) -- A newer strain of the Coxsackie virus has a more extensive and varied clinical presentation than classic hand, foot, and mouth disease, researchers reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Dermatology)
Source: MedPage Today Dermatology - March 7, 2013 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
How psychology can beat obesity
Long-term success of gastric operations linked to change of lifestyle and behaviourAs a final precaution, before being cleared for surgery, patients waiting for weight-loss operations in Chester are referred to a bariatric psychologist, Dr Denise Ratcliffe, who assesses whether they understand their eating behaviours and whether they are strong enough to change them.The meetings can be very emotional, as Ratcliffe digs gently away to disclose the causes of the problem."How does the emotional overeating happen?" she asks a morbidly obese 45-year-old woman who has gained weight over the past 20 years, mainly through twice-we...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 19, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Amelia Gentleman Tags: The Guardian Psychology Obesity Doctors Eating disorders Chester News Health & wellbeing Society UK news Source Type: news
Infectious Diseases: Images in Clinical Medicine
Editor: V. Dimov, M.D., Cleveland ClinicHypoglossal Nerve Palsy during Meningococcal Meningitis. NEJM, 10/2014.Herpes Zoster Involving the S1 Dermatome. NEJM, 05/2014.Tinea Faciei. NEJM, 05/2014.Disseminated Cryptococcosis in a CLL patient. 05/2014.Scrofuloderma due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. NEJM, 06/2012.Leonine Facies in Lepromatous Leprosy. NEJM, 04/2012.Intestinal Infestation with Ancylostoma ceylanicum. NEJM, 03/2012.Kerion celsi form of tinea capitis caused by a T-cell hypersensitivity reaction. NEJM, 03/2012.Eye can see a nest of worms! Thelazia callipaeda. Lancet, 03/2012.Madura Foot. NEJM, 01/2012.Paragonimia...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 22, 2009 Category: General Medicine Tags: Images Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
