Gardasil is a vaccine developed by the Merck pharmaceutical company that helps protect against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) types 6‚ 11‚ 16‚ and 18. These different strains of the virus can cause any of the following: cervical cancer‚ abnormal and precancerous lesions of the vagina‚ vulva‚ and genital warts. According to the CDC in 2003 the incidence of HPV in women ages 20-24 was at about 45%. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/downloads/mtg-slides-feb08/15-4-hpv.pdf Gardasil does not
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Is a Circumsporozoite Protein based vaccine an applicable preventative against Malaria? 1.1 The Problem Malaria is caused by five species of parasites of the genus: Plasmodium that affects humans (P. falciparum‚ P. vivax‚ P. ovale‚ P. malariae and P. knowlesi). “Malaria due to P. falciparum is the most deadly form and it predominates in Africa; P. vivax is less dangerous but more widespread‚ and the other three species are found much less frequently”.An estimated 3.3 billion people were at risk
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Radiation Therapy What is radiation therapy? According to wikipedia Radiation therapy discovered in 1889 also known as radiotherapy‚ radiation oncology‚ or XRT‚ is the medical use of ionizing radiation as a part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells. Radiotherapy may be used for curative or adjuvant cancer treatment‚ with curative being the cure and adjuvant being additional treatment. Radiation therapy can also be used as palliative treatment‚ which is where a cure is not possible and
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follow up meetings. The dosage lasted the average patient around 6 months and began to fade away by 12. Patients claimed that they gathered more insight into their lives feeling that they had been given a ‘new lease on life’. "On average‚ 59% of full-dose patients showed a clear improvement compared with 38% in the other groups‚" Most alcoholics have problems that stem from years before which causes them to drink; the LSD made them become more
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@ bone cement : the data in earlier literature showed in toxic doses to pregnant animal it can Can recurrent abortion‚ skeletal anomalies but in human was unclear . acute toxic dose in animals can casue lung damage and edema estimated at 3‚750 ppm = 15‚375 mg/m3 . In short term exposure of toxic doses reported effect on lung damage‚ increased plasma urea and even death if
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equipment. At low doses‚ barium acts as a muscle stimulant and at higher doses affects the nervous system eventually leading to paralysis. Acute and subchronic oral doses of barium cause vomiting and diarrhea‚ followed by decreased heart rate and elevated blood pressure. Higher doses result in cardiac irregularities‚ weakness‚ tremors‚ anxiety‚ and dyspnea. A drop in serum potassium may account for some of the symptoms. Death can occur from cardiac and respiratory failure. Acute doses around 0.8 grams
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on her dose and requested to increase her dose by 5 mgs. The patient is experiencing craving‚ yawning. sweaty‚ clamping‚ not sleeping‚ and sometimes body aches. This writer completed the dose change request form‚ but also reminded the patient to update Rx Script as her script had expired on 07/04/2016. According to the patient‚ she wishes Nursing would notify her because she has her updated script in her car. This writer strongly advised the patient to present it to Nursing before she dose tomorrow
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fkqbdo^qba=j^k^dbjbkq =lc=`efiaella=fiikbpp= Division of Child Health and Development (CHD) World Health Organization UNICEF SICK CHILD AGE 2 MONTHS UP TO 5 YEARS TREAT THE CHILD‚ continued Give Extra Fluid for Diarrhoea and Continue Feeding Plan A: Treat for Diarrhoea at Home ........................ 15 Plan B: Treat for Some Dehydration with ORS ........ 15 Plan C: Treat for Severe Dehydration Quickly ......... 16 Give Follow-up Care Pneumonia .........................................
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Regarding our recent inquiry as to the viability of an Abl-Bcr inhibitor and the marketability thereof‚ it is of prudent management to discern the separation between our drug candidate and those drugs currently existing in the market‚ and evaluating the ease of development as well as long-term payoffs of said inhibitor. First‚ however‚ an introduction to chronic myeloid leukemia‚ its symptoms and diagnoses‚ as well as current treatments‚ is in order. In better understanding the disease‚ we can more
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September 28‚ 2007 Notification No.0928010 Attention to: Commissioner of Prefectural Health Supervising Department From Director of Evaluation and Licensing Division‚ Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau Ministry of Health‚ Labour and Welfare Basic principles on Global Clinical Trials* Up to the present according to “Ethnic Factors in the Acceptability of Foreign Clinical Data” based on ICH-E5 guideline (Notification. No. 762‚ Director of Evaluation and Licensing Division‚ Pharmaceutical
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