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Tag: Infection

  • Think twice before using antibiotics for acute maxillary sinusitis ( simple sinusitis )

    Even with simple sinusitis, the underlying process is “inflammation” not always infection. CLINICALNEWS.ORG View original post 311 more words

  • How Do I Find Immunodeficiency?

      Immunodeficiency–does my child get too many infections?  How can I tell?  Read on in the following journal article.  Author information and citation listed at the end.  I’ll summarize for you.  Before I begin, take a look at this 3 minute (yes really) video on immunodeficiency; it will help with background information.    April 11, 2011…

  • Vaccine update for Adults!

    WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved Pfizer Inc.‘s best-selling Prevnar 13 vaccine for use in preventing pneumococcal disease in adults age 50 and older.  The agency’s move on Friday was widely anticipated, coming a little over a month after a panel of federal health experts voted overwhelmingly to recommend the use…