Co-Administration of Albumin with Lactulose Reverses Hepatic Encephalopathy and Reduces Mortality in Liver Cirrhosis
A multidisciplinary team of investigators based in New Delhi randomized 120 patients with liver cirrhosis and overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) to receive oral lactulose therapy or oral lactulose plus 1.5 g/kg/day of human albumin. The primary study endpoint was complete reversal of HE; secondary endpoints included mortality and length of hospital stay.
Public Attitudes Toward Unvaccinated Children and Their Mothers Depends on Motivation Not to Vaccinate
A study conducted at the University of British Columbia found that mothers are viewed negatively if their child hasn’t been vaccinated, regardless of the reason.
New Study Supports CDC Recommendation for Two-Dose HPV Vaccine in Children
A new study conducted at the Boston Medical Center is the first to support new recommendations for a two-dose HPV vaccine to prevent genital warts in kids younger than 15 years old.
IVIG Highly Protective in Ferrets After Challenge with Severe Pandemic pH1N1 and Avian H5N1 Influenza Strains
Australian investigators tested the ability of intravenous immune globulin to protect against potential pandemic influenza virus in outbred ferrets, which are naturally susceptible to human influenza viruses and considered a relevant small animal model of human influenza infection.
BCG Vaccine Could Permanently Reverse Type 1 Diabetes
Results of a new clinical trial show that the bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine could permanently reverse advanced type 1 diabetes in mice.
Study Shows Influenza May Increase Risk of Developing Parkinson’s
New research suggests a certain strain of influenza virus predisposes mice to developing pathologies that mimic those seen in Parkinson’s disease.
CDC Study Shows Flu Vaccine Reduces Risk of Death in Children
A new study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that during the years 2010 through 2014, the influenza vaccine reduced the risk of flu-associated death by half among children with underlying high-risk medical conditions and by nearly two-thirds among healthy children.
Plasma-Derived Apolipoprotein A-I Infusions Are Well-Tolerated, Acutely Increase Cholesterol Efflux Capacity
Human and recombinant apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) is the primary functional component of high-density lipoprotein, and has been shown to increase cholesterol efflux capacity and to regress atherosclerotic disease in animal and clinical studies.
Flu Vaccine May Cause Immune-Related Adverse Events with Checkpoint Inhibitors
Study results from the division of oncology at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland show that patients treated with PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors may be at an increased risk for adverse events after receiving the seasonal influenza vaccination.
Pertussis Vaccine in Pregnancy Protects Nine of 10 Newborns from Whooping Cough
A new study shows newborns of pregnant women who have gotten their pertussis booster vaccine are far less likely to get
the disease than other babies.
