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A review suggests that probiotics may be helpful for infectious diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, and atopic dermatitis in at-risk infants.
Medscape (Immunology) - Fri, 7 November 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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One potential tool in the quest for global eradication of poliomyelitis is a newly developed monovalent type 1 oral poliovirus vaccine.
New England Journal of Medicine (Immunology) - Thu, 16 October 2008
http://www.nejm.org
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The European Commission approved the first prepandemic avian influenza vaccine for use in the European Union.
Journal of the American Medical Association (Immunology) - Wed, 18 June 2008
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
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European Commission organised a workshop to exchange ideas with the vaccination policy makers of the EU Member States on measles and rubella elimination, public perception of vaccines, seasonal flu vaccination and HPV vaccination.
Health-EU (Immunology) - Thu, 5 June 2008
http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/index_en.htm
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Treatment with mesenchymal stem cells (MCS) has shown to be an effective therapy for patients with severe graft-versus-host disease, a life-threatening complication after allogeneic transplantation with haemopoietic stem cells.
Karolinska Institutet (Immunology) - Thu, 15 May 2008
http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&l=en
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recently approved the vaccination schedule for adults, after examining data on epidemiology, on vaccine safety and efficacy, on cost-benefit ratio and on practicability.
MedNews (Immunology) - Sun, 4 May 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Vaccination with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) helps prevent pneumonia in patients infected with HIV.
Medscape (Immunology) - Wed, 16 April 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Japan is to become the first country in the world to vaccinate thousands of health workers against bird flu.
BBC News (Immunology) - Wed, 16 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Almost a decade since the original report suggesting a link between the combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism or inflammatory bowel disease, we now have overwhelming evidence to refute such a link.
British Medical Journal (Immunology) - Thu, 10 April 2008
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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To the clinician, systemic lupus erythematosus is important because it is a potentially fatal disease that is easily confused with many other disorders.
New England Journal of Medicine (Immunology) - Thu, 28 February 2008
http://www.nejm.org