What Doctors Don't Tell YouReader's Corner
The mumps portion of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine could bring on mumps, which could be transmitted to other children. ...
Berlex, which makes Betaseron (interferon beta-1b), has issued a warning regarding the drug’s adverse effects on the liver. Used to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis, the drug can cause autoimmune hepatitis, leading to kidney failure, and...
Virtually no drug is licensed for use by the young, so a warning from a UK drugs watchdog about the antidepressant Seroxat (paroxetine) is perplexing.
After years of speculation, it's finally been confirmed that the hepatitis B vaccine causes multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers from Harvard estimate that it increases the risk by over three times, but they're not sure if the vaccine causes MS in...
There’s now yet another reason to avoid chemotherapy.
People with a history of hepatitis run the risk of having the virus reactivated by cancer drug treatments that suppress the immune system.
A reader’s daughter has contracted Hepatitis A while living in Kenya. Can anyone suggest alternative treatment possibilities (apart from rest and water)? What is good for long-term rehabilitation?
New Zealand, which led the world in launching a national immunization campaign against hepatitis B, abandoned it after extensive side effects began showing up. ...
Q I want to train as a midwife, but don’t want to take the required hepatitis B vaccination. Is there any way out of this? In addition, what are the risks of contracting this disease as a midwife? -
Children who receive multiple doses of the Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) vaccine are at increased risk of developing type I juvenile-onset diabetes, according to new American research.
