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Meningitis jab gets Europe licence
22 January 2013 Last updated at 04:58 ET By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online A vaccine to protect children against one of the most common and deadly forms of meningitis has been licensed for use in Europe. The 4CMenB vaccine licensed by the European Commission is the first to cover meningococcal B meningitis – until now vaccines had protected against only some of the bacterial types involved. About 1,870 people contract meningitis B each year and one in 10 die.
Cleaning jobs ‘link’ to adult asthma
21 January 2013 Last updated at 21:48 ET People who work with cleaning products risk developing asthma, believe UK experts who have explored the link. Their study of more than 7,000 people suggests exposure to bleach and other chemicals is a factor in one in six cases of adult-onset asthma among British people in their mid-50s . The study, in Thorax 1 , identified 18 high-risk jobs – four of which involved cleaning.
Longer CPR improves survival in both chidren and adults
Jan. 21, 2013 Experts from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia were among the leaders of two large national U.S
Light shed on complexity of gene therapy for congenital blindness
Jan. 21, 2013 Independent clinical trials, including one conducted at the Scheie Eye Institute at the Perelman School of Medicine, have reported safety and efficacy for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a congenital form of blindness caused by mutations in a gene (RPE65) required for recycling vitamin A in the retina. Inherited retinal degenerative diseases were previously considered untreatable and incurable
Kids asthma ‘drop’ after smoking ban
21 January 2013 Last updated at 00:00 ET By Adam Brimelow Health Correspondent, BBC News There was a sharp fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with severe asthma after smoke-free legislation was introduced in England, say researchers.
Tumors evolve rapidly in a childhood cancer, leaving fewer obvious treatment targets
Jan. 20, 2013 An extensive genomic study of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma reinforces the challenges in treating the most aggressive forms of this disease. Contrary to expectations, the scientists found relatively few recurrent gene mutations — mutations that would suggest new targets for neuroblastoma treatment.
Molecular switch enabling immune cells to better fight disease
Jan. 20, 2013 A research team led by the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has discovered the mechanism that enables CD4 helper T cells to assume the more aggressive role of killer T cells in mounting an immune attack against viruses, cancerous tumors and other damaged or infected cells
Handheld mobile device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing
Jan. 18, 2013 New research appearing in Clinical Chemistry , the journal of AACC, shows that a handheld mobile device can check patients’ HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with electronic health records.
Early HIV drugs ‘slow virus down’
17 January 2013 Last updated at 02:36 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Giving a patient HIV drugs as soon as they are diagnosed could be the future of treatment, say researchers.
Disabled people ‘could be forgotten’
16 January 2013 Last updated at 20:46 ET By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News Adults with disabilities in England are being deprived of basic care and support and are at risk of being forgotten in the wider reform of the social care system, campaigners say. Much of the focus on care has been centred around the crisis facing the elderly. But a coalition of charities has warned people with disabilities under the age of 65 are being neglected too
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