Hypersensitivity react-ions to the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (4vHPV, Gardasil) are uncommon and most schoolgirls can tolerate subsequent doses, a new study has found. In Australia, from April 2007, secondary schoolgirls received the 4vHPV vaccine as part of a national immunisation programme. Some components of the vaccine, such as aluminium salts and yeast, have previously been [...]
The Secretariat of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has lost valuable ground by ignoring for years the contribution of long-term concurrent relationships to Africa’s AIDS epidemic, according to a leading expert. UNAIDS may be ‘contributing to the mystification of AIDS in Africa by promoting a needlessly overcomplicated view of the epidemic’, said [...]
Laurence O’Dwyer looks at the science behind MRI scanners and how Irish research groups are using these machines during their investigations. One reason for the mystery of the human body is that its interior is largely out of bounds. What we cannot see attracts our curiosity and ingenuity in equal measure. A surreal example of [...]
Key international guests gathered for a recent conference to hear how mitral valve surgery can help patients with heart failure, writes Dr Ross Murphy Mitral valve disease is a potentially important curable cause of heart failure. It is receiving more attention in Ireland over the last decade as echo and surgical techniques improve, delegates who [...]
Despite recent doubts about its effectiveness, the influenza vaccine does give valuable protection against illness, hospital admission and death caused by influenza, and people over 65 should have the flu jab this winter, according to leading experts. In light of recent reports suggesting that flu vaccination of elderly persons is not worthwhile, two UK experts [...]
College students who are vaccinated against influenza appear less likely to develop flu-like illnesses, require related healthcare visits or experience impairments in academic performance during flu season, according to a new report. The report followed a study of 12,975 students on two campuses and over four separate flu seasons between 2002 and 2006. Participants completed [...]
Short-term counselling and a modest cut in work hours may help reduce emotional exhaustion and sick leave in doctors, according to a new study. It is well known that doctors have higher rates of depression and suicide than the general population and are less likely to seek help. There have been calls for early intervention [...]
Dr Benvon Moran and Prof Sarah Rogers explain the range of biologic treatments available for patients with psoriasis and discuss dosage, side-effects and monitoring Patients with psoriasis who have failed on, or become resistant to, oral systemic medication will progress to biologic agents. These powerful immunosuppressant drugs, available for the last few years, have revolutionised [...]
Dr Anthony O’Regan takes a look at chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and examines whether pharmacotherapy can have an effect on the progression of the disease. The sixth World COPD Day took place last month, on November 19. It is an annual event organis-ed by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) with the [...]
Dr Miriam O’Sullivan, Dr Grainne Murphy and Prof MGM Molloy look at the incidence of cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis and how best to manage CVD risk in these patients. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory arthropathy. It affects about one per cent of the adult population. Along with the synovial-based inflammatory events, [...]
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