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Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 13th 2023
This study investigated whether taller Polish adults live longer than their shorter counterparts. Data on declared height were available from 848,860 individuals who died in the years 2004-2008 in Poland. To allow for the cohort effect, the Z-values were generated. Separately for both sexes, Pearson's r coefficients of correlation were calculated. Subsequently, one way ANOVA was performed. The correlation between adult height and longevity was negative and statistically significant in both men and women. After eliminating the effects of secular trends in height, the correlation was very weak (r = -0.0044 in men and ...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Pneumococcal vaccination coverage among adults newly diagnosed with underlying medical conditions and regional variation in the U.S
CONCLUSION: Pneumococcal vaccination remains low and most adults with underlying conditions are unvaccinated. Insights into factors associated with vaccination, including regional variability, can help to increase pneumococcal vaccination.PMID:35803847 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.068
Source: Vaccine - July 8, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Anna Ostropolets Linda Shoener Dunham Kelly D Johnson Junqing Liu Source Type: research

Optimizing Immunization Strategies in Adult Patients With Chronic Liver Disease and Liver Transplant Recipients
This article summarizes recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for vaccinations in patients with CLD and liver transplant recipients, and includes a discussion of the influenza, herpes zoster, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, pneumococcal, human papillomavirus, and COVID-19 vaccines.PMID:35505940 | PMC:PMC9053492
Source: Herpes - May 4, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Stacey Rolak Adnan Said Rita German Mary S Hayney Freddy Caldera Source Type: research

A randomized, controlled trial comparing the immunogenicity and safety of a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination to a repeated dose 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in adult liver transplant recipients
CONCLUSIONS: The immunogenicity of PPV23 and PCV13 was comparable in this patient material, but the seroresponses waned after transplantation. The second dose of PCV13 restored the immune responses and was well tolerated.PMID:33812743 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.063
Source: Vaccine - April 4, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Mari Eriksson Helena K äyhty Mika Lahdenkari Heikki M äkisalo Veli-Jukka Anttila Source Type: research