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Anxiety And Depression Lower Quality Of Life In Majority Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
92.8% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) suffer anxiety and depression which significantly affects both their physical and emotional quality of life (QoL), according to the results of a new study presented today at EULAR 2009, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Copenhagen, Denmark. Logistic regression analysis revealed that depression was the most significant factor shown to affect QoL (p=0.015; OR=0.18; CI 95%:0.045-0.72).
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Researchers Discover Key To Malaria Susceptibility In Children
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have solved the mystery of why some children are more susceptible to malaria infection and anemia. These novel findings suggest that some children who are exposed to Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) malaria before birth become tolerant to the malaria parasites, or their soluble products. This tolerance, which persists into childhood, reduces the ability of the immune system to attack and destroy parasites and increases the susceptibility of these children to develop a malaria infection. It also increases their risk for anemia. The study, published in this week"s issue of the open access journal, PLoS Medicine, is led by Indu Malhotra, Ph.D., and Christopher King, M.D., Ph.D., professor of international health, medicine, and pathology, with their colleagues at the Center for Global Health and Diseases at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and their Kenyan colleagues at the Kenya Medical Research Institute and Division of Vector Borne Diseases.
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Leading Authority On Alzheimer's Disease To Present At Community Lecture
Jason Karlawish, M.D., associate professor of medicine, University of Pennsylvania, will share the latest information on Alzheimer"s disease at a community lecture at 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 10 at Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. The event is free and open to the public.
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Vaccine Maker To Give 100 Million Swine Flu Shots To WHO

Sanofi-aventis, a French global healthcare company that makes vaccines announced on Wednesday that it will be giving the World Health Organization (WHO) 100 million doses of vaccine for H1N1 swine flu so it can distribute them to the countries that most need them. Sanofi-aventis Chief Executive Officer Christopher A Viehbacher told the opening session of the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle, Washington that he wanted to back WHO Director General"s call for common action. "Exceptional times require exceptional responses. We need to act responsibly and we all have to play our part," said Viehbacher. "That is the reason why we intend to donate 100 million doses of influenza vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO) to help developing countries face the influenza pandemic," he added. Although the WHO says it has now received reports of nearly 40,000 worldwide lab-confirmed cases of novel A(H1N1) swine flu, including 167 deaths, and has raised the status level to phase 6, indicating global pandemic, the organization has not yet said anything about who should get vaccinated. Also, because this strain has not infected people before, it is not clear if one or two doses will be needed to achieve full immunization. Vaccine producers are just coming to the end of producing seasonal flu vaccine, after which they will start making vaccine against the new swine flu virus. It will be several weeks before the first batches are ready, which is probably too late for countries in the southern hemisphere who are about to enter the height of their annual flu season. Swine flu is now reaching southern countries that have not reported cases before. Earlier today South Africa joined the list, with a new case of swine flu in a 12-year old boy recently returned from the US. WHO estimate world capacity to produce swine flu vaccine is about 4.9 billion, which is not enough to vaccinate a world population of 6.5 billion, and if two shots are needed, then it will barely reach half that number. Viehbacher said that sanofi-aventis will reserve 10 per cent of its swine flu vaccine for the WHO to help developing countries fight the pandemic. Over and above the 100 million doses it will donate, the company will offer additional doses at discounted prices to developing countries, depending on production capacity, reported the Associated Press. British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said they will do the same, and have offered to donate 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine for the WHO to distribute to developing countries. They said last week that they would be ready to start large scale production within weeks. According to the AP report, Novartis, another major vaccine maker based in Switzerland have decided not to go down the donation route. Company spokesman Eric Althoff said on Wednesday that the company would prefer to find a more sustainable way to support developing countries than one time donations. They are considering selling vaccines at discounted prices instead, he said. s: Sanofi Aventis, AP. Written by: Catharine Paddock, PhD Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today


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