Vaccines have helped save millions of lives by protecting people from once-deadly diseases (examples include smallpox and typhoid). Today, vaccines are regularly administered from infancy, though older children are frequently given “booster shots.” Adults can also be given vaccines, though some...
A lot of talk has been going on about the relatively new cervical cancer vaccine called Gardasil. This vaccine is also called the HPV vaccine. HPV stands for human papillomavirus, which can affect women. What you have to understand is that there are so many varieties of the HPV and that the HPV...
One of the United States' Rotavirus vaccines has been tainted. Federal health authorities released a report on Monday that claims investigators found Rotarix to be contaminated with material from a "pig virus." FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg held a press conference Monday and suggested...
The term travel shots is often used informally to refer to vaccination that is sometimes required before a person can be allowed to travel to another country. Not all countries require vaccination, but it is still a good idea to check with your doctor as to what shots you can have before you go...
Tetanus is a medical condition that results in the contraction of skeletal muscles for an extended period of time. It is caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani, which releases a neurotoxin. Usually, the infection is due to a wound or a cut on the skin, through which the bacteria enters the body....
The Lancet,"is a well respected medical journal from Britain that publishes many scientific and medical breakthroughs, including the 1998 study that linked modern vaccinations against measles, mumps, and rubella, to autism. Dr. Andrew Wakefield studied and reported 12 children with chronic intestinal...
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
Mark Twain stated in 1890, "you may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopathists [conventional physicians] to destroy it" and his sentiment from hundreds of years ago holds firm in today's medicine given the present health care crisis in the United States and...
Nicotine addiction is a very serious problem all over the world today. It does not matter what demographic you look at - smoking is such a prevalent habit worldwide, that people suffering from nicotine addiction can be found in all corners of the globe. The only way to permanently stop nicotine...
Prophylaxis originates from a Greek term which literally means “to guard or to prevent beforehand.” In medical terms, prophylaxis is used to refer to a group of procedures which serve to prevent a disease or an illness, as opposed to having to cure such a condition. There are two general kinds...
