Health

Too Few Adults Get Recommended Vaccinations

Most parents make sure their children get all their vaccinations, but when it comes to adults these protective shots often fall by the wayside, a new report shows.

“This country does not have an effective strategy for immunizing adults against infectious diseases,” Jeffrey Levi, executive director of Trust for Americas Health, said during a morning teleconference.

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Seniors aren’t getting vital vaccinations, study finds

States require that children have all their immunizations before they can enroll in school. Veterinarians send reminder cards to pet owners when Fido or Tabby is due for a shot. No such safety net exists for adults, however, and especially for the elderly, who are particularly susceptible to many diseases that vaccines can prevent, according to a new report about the low rate of adult immunization.

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Too Few Adults Get Recommended Vaccinations

Most parents make sure their children get all their vaccinations, but when it comes to adults these protective shots often fall by the wayside, a new report shows.

“This country does not have an effective strategy for immunizing adults against infectious diseases,” Jeffrey Levi, executive director of Trust for Americas Health, said during a morning teleconference.

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Vaccine gives kids in Mali ’strong malaria protection’

A malaria vaccine tested by US and African researchers in Mali produced a robust immune response in young children, the group most vulnerable to the mosquito-borne disease, a report released Thursday showed.

The children were given one of three, progressively stronger doses of the vaccine or a control vaccine against rabies.

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Experts say 40 percent of cancers could be prevented

Forty percent of the 12 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide each year could avert the killer disease by protecting themselves against infections and changing their lifestyles, experts said Tuesday.

“If there was an announcement that somebody had discovered a cure for 40 percent of the worlds cancers, there would quite justifiably be huge jubilation,” UICC president David Hill told Reuters in a telephone interview.

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Africa a Challenge for Obama in 2010

Barack Obama is “missing a historic opportunity” to improve lives across the continent of Africa, says a new report from a pair of Africa policy think tanks, urging the U.S. president tocreate a new, “people-centered” strategy to tackle major ongoing challenges including HIV/AIDS, poverty, human rights violations, and climate change.

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Stocks fall on doubts about recovery’s strength

Stocks ended a disappointing January with a loss as investors questioned whether the economy will be able to sustain its big fourth-quarter growth rate. Downbeat earnings at technology companies also pulled stocks down.

January was the worst month for the market since last February. Many market watchers believe January sets the tone for stocks for the rest of the year, and historical data backs that up.

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Evidence lacking for special diets in autism

An expert panel says there’s no rigorous evidence that digestive problems are more common in children with autism compared to other children, or that special diets work, contrary to claims by celebrities and vaccine naysayers.

“There are a lot of barriers to medical care to children with autism,” said the report’s lead author, Dr.

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Report: UK drinking culture strains health system

Just as Britons brew black coffee to cope with holiday hangovers, they are also digesting a new report that warns the country’s notorious drinking culture is putting an unacceptable strain on hospitals and medical staff.

The report - published by the NHS Confederation, a health-care providers organization, and the Royal College of Physicians, which represents doctors - warns that about 10.

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Malaria cases likely half in third of countries

Malaria cases appear to have been slashed by half in more than a third of countries battling the disease following a renewed push by the United Nations to eradicate it, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

Malaria infected more than 240 million people last year and killed an estimated 863,000 people, mostly in Africa.

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