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Sharecare News posted a story about Infectious Disease:MONDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- The older vaccine for whooping cough that was phased out in the late 1990s is more effective than the current version of the vaccine, a new study contends.
Teenagers who received four shots with the older vaccine -- called whole-cell vaccine -- before th...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Infectious Disease:
FRIDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Liver transplants to treat a common type of liver cancer are a viable option for people infected with HIV, according to new research.
The Italian study, published May 10 in the journal The Oncologist, found that the AIDS...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Infectious Disease:
MONDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Higher-than-normal temperatures last year may have led to an increase in West Nile virus cases, say U.S. health officials.
More deaths from West Nile virus were reported in 2012 -- 286 in all -- than in any year since 1999, when the mosquito-borne diseas...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Infectious Disease:
TUESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- People who take certain types of antidepressants may be at higher risk for potentially deadly Clostridium difficile infection, a new study suggests.
This type of infection is one of the most common caught by hospital patients and causes more than ...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Infectious Disease:
MONDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area -- the epicenter of the nation's worst outbreak of West Nile virus in the United States this year -- could see aerial spraying of insecticides as early as Monday night to help control the potentially deadly mosquito-borne...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Infectious Disease:
MONDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Children with hepatitis C who are treated with peginterferon alpha may experience growth-related side effects from the therapy, a new study reveals.
Although weight changes are reversible, many children's height for their age...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Infectious Disease:
THURSDAY, Aug. 9 (HealthDay News) -- With options shrinking to a single antibiotic that can fight resistant strains of gonorrhea, U.S. health authorities issued revised guidelines for treating the sexually transmitted bacteria on Thursday.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven...Full Article
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Roberto Posada, MD of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:Is MRSA, staph infection a reoccuring condition?In some individuals MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections of the skin can reoccur. Usually these individuals are colonized with MRSA in their skin, meaning they can carry the bacteria in small amounts, and without even being sick from it, in places such as their nostrils,
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Roberto Posada, MD of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:Why is a MRSA infection a serious concern in hospitals?
MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria that can be easily transmitted within hospitals often through the hands of physicians, nurses and other hospital personnel that acquire it after being in contact with a patient that carries the bacteria in his/her skin.
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Roberto Posada, MD has posted a blog entry: Measles outbreak in the US: the importance of vaccinationsIn the US and other developed nations people often think of measles as a disease of the past, and may think that immunization is unecessary. The reality however, as this report from the CDC highlights, is that measles continues to occur in the US. Measles is a potentially fatal disease and a safe...Full Post
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Roberto Posada, MD of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:Can the HIV/AIDS virus get through a condom?
Condoms, when used correctly, are extremely effective at preventing transmission of HIV through sexual contact. However, they do not confer 100% protection.
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Roberto Posada, MD of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:Should heart disease patients get the H1N1 (swine) flu shot?
The H1N1 strain is now part of the regular seasonal flu vaccine which is recommended for all individuals over the age of 6 months. Patients with certain underlying medical conditions, including heart disease, are at greater risk from complications should they get infected with the flu, and therefore
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Roberto Posada, MD of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:Is hepatitis C a sexually transmitted disease?Although Hepatitis C can be transmitted through sexual contact, the most common way of transmission is through exposure to contaminated needles during drug use. Full Post
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Roberto Posada, MD of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:Does Selzentry (maraviroc) cure HIV or AIDS?
No, none of the currently available medications can cure HIV or AIDS. However, when used in combination with other anti-HIV medications, Selzentry leads to a decrease in viral load (the amount of virus found in the patient's blood stream), an increase in the patient's CD4 cell count, and overall
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Roberto Posada, MD of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:What is Malarone Pediatric used for?Malarone Pediatric is a combination of two different medications that can be used to prevent or treat malaria. Full Post
