RightHealth Daily Dose » thailand http://dailydose.righthealth.com We feature the one health item you simply cannot afford to miss. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:56:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Success Of First HIV Vaccine Confirmed http://dailydose.righthealth.com/allergy-immunology/2239/ http://dailydose.righthealth.com/allergy-immunology/2239/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:22:18 +0000 Steven http://dailydose.righthealth.com/?p=2239 Last month researchers from the US Army and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced the successful trial of a new HIV vaccine. However, because the study was based on very few cases, skeptics argued whether the vaccine had any effect after all. Fast forward to this week’s AIDS Vaccine 2009 meeting in Paris where researchers reviewed more data from the trial and found the claims in which the vaccine reduced HIV infection rates by 31% were sound. Additionally, it appears that the vaccine actually was even more effective during the first year of immunization, reducing infection rates by as high as 60%. “It looked like there’s an early effect that wanes with time,” said Seth Berkley, chief executive of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. “It may be that the vaccine generates only weak antibodies against HIV, and these are only effective early on.” Although this vaccine isn’t ready for public use, the knowledge we gained from this research will certainly help in the production of new and improved HIV vaccines. [NEJM via New Scientist]

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]]> http://dailydose.righthealth.com/allergy-immunology/2239/feed/ 9 One In 25 Deaths Related To Alcohol http://dailydose.righthealth.com/cautions-concerns/one-in-25-deaths-related-to-alcohol/ http://dailydose.righthealth.com/cautions-concerns/one-in-25-deaths-related-to-alcohol/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:34:31 +0000 Steven http://dailydose.righthealth.com/?p=1824 Using global figures from 2004, researchers estimate that 1 in 25 deaths worldwide is related to alcohol consumption. This includes deaths from injuries, accidents and diseases like liver cirrhosis, cancer and cardiovascular disease. The highest percentage of deaths linked to alcohol were found in countries of the former Soviet Union where 1 in 7 die of an alcohol related cause. One of the countries with the lowest alcohol related mortality is India where about 95% of women and 80% of men abstain from drinking. Much of the focus of this research is to shed light on the parallels between alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking-they both cause high disease and economic burdens, especially on developing countries. The researchers are calling for an international effort in alcohol control, especially in emerging economies like China and Thailand where increasing industrialization and westernization is correlating with increasing alcohol consumption.

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