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Why the Delay in H1N1 Shots?By Julie Stachowiak, PhD Multiple Sclerosis Guide; Guest blogger Sure, you might be angry about the delay in vaccines, or the long lines, or what people are calling "empty promises" about the millions of H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine doses that have not yet materialized in expected numb... |
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How Effective is the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccine?By Julie Stachowiak, PhD Multiple Sclerosis Guide; Guest blogger The simple answer is "it depends who is vaccinated." Here is the good news and what we DO know. The H1N1 vaccine has an advantage over the seasonal flu vaccine (which has an efficacy of 70 to 90%), because those va... |
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Statins May Protect Against Flu MortalityBy Julie Stachowiak, PhD Multiple Sclerosis Guide; Guest blogger Good news for anyone taking Lipitor, Crestor, Lescor, Zocor, Pravachol or Mevacor (drugs known as statins) to lower cholesterol - people taking one of these statins who were hospitalized for influenza (seasonal, not H1N1) were ... |
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Flu Shots Help Unborn BabiesBy Julie Stachowiak, PhD Multiple Sclerosis Guide; Guest blogger A recent study shows that pregnant women who get the flu shot are doing something great for their babies - reducing risk of prematurity and low birth weight. The US study from Emory University showed that during the whole fl... |
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1000 Deaths from H1N1 (Swine Flu) in USBy Julie Stachowiak, PhD Multiple Sclerosis Guide; Guest blogger You start to wonder how all of those individual reports of death due to complications of H1N1 add up. It seems like there is always one or two every time you look at the news, but what is the bottom line? The Centers for Dis... |
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Many H1N1 (Swine Flu) Cases Have No FeverBy Julie Stachowiak, PhD Multiple Sclerosis Guide; Guest blogger That's right, fever is not always present in H1N1 cases. The CDC mentions it in the middle of their text about H1N1, and early reports from Mexico say that 30% of confirmed cases of H1N1 did NOT have fever. In Chile, 50% of cas... |
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