Children's health
13 Jul 2013
Cold and Flu: What to Eat and Drink to Get Better Faster
Cold and flu reduce your appetite but healthy eating and drinking plenty of fluids not only helps you recover faster, it can relieve symptoms like…
Children's health
11 Jun 2013
Oral vaccine against diarrhoea developed
Entertoxigenic Escherichia col (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrohea in children living in low and middle income countries result in 400million diarrheal episodes and approximately 300,000 deaths among children per year. ETEC is also the leading cause of illness among inrernational travelers to developing countries. Among the 65…
Children's health
14 May 2013
Antiretrovirals may be cardioprotective in HIV-infected teens
Long-term use of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) does not appear to be associated with impaired heart function in children and adolescents in a study that sought to determine the cardiac effects of prolonged exposure to HAART on children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a report…
Blood
27 Apr 2013
Lymphatic System
The lymphatic system the body's secondary circulatory system. Its functions are closely linked to the functions of the body's primary circulatory system, the blood circulation. Organs and cells of the lymphatic system play an integral role in supporting the immune system, which is a functional system consisting of cells (e.g. blood cells which fight infection) and molecules (e.g. antibodies which protect against particular diseases). Unlike other body systems the immune system has no organs.
Children's health
26 Mar 2013
Chicken pox vaccine saving children’s lives
The widespread introduction of a chicken pox vaccine in Australia in 2006 has prevented thousands of children from being hospitalised with severe chicken pox and saved lives, according to new research. In a national study of chicken pox admissions at four participating Australian children’s hospitals, researchers found the number of…
Cancer
01 Jan 2013
The Safety Evaluation of the GSK-580299 Vaccine in Women from the Control Group in the Primary NCT00294047 Study
This extension study is designed to assess the safety of GSK Biological’s HPV vaccine GSK580299 in female subjects who took part in the primary study NCT00294047 and received the control vaccine in countries for which the licensed GSK HPV vaccine is not indicated for the subject’s age group (26 years…
Blood
01 Jan 2013
Nasal Application of 5% Tea Tree Oil (TTO) Versus Mupirocin for the Prevention of Catheter-associated Infections in Renal Dialysis Patients
This study will compare the use of tea tree oil against mupirocin as a topical nasal antiseptic to see which is best at preventing infections in patients that need renal dialysis. Fifty subjects will be recruited into each arm of the trial and will be assessed for signs of infection…
Children's health
01 Jan 2013
A Clinical Trial of CSL’s 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine (CSL425) in Healthy Children
The purpose of this study is to determine whether CSL425 is a safe and effective vaccine for eliciting an immune response to H1N1 influenza in…
Children's health
01 Jan 2013
Safety Study of CSL Limited’s Influenza Virus Vaccine in the Paediatric Population
A Phase IV, Open Label, Multi-Centre Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of CSL Limited's Influenza Virus Vaccine in a Paediatric Population Aged >=…
