Vitamin B-12 levels affect pneumonia vaccine response study
A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that seniors and chronically ill patients with low vitamin B-12 had weaker immune responses to the pneumonia vaccine. The researchers caution results are preliminary and not causal.
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Annals of Internal Medicine
Maimonides Medical Center
State University of New York Health Science Center
Brooklyn
Hazardous Doctors Warn Patients of Undisclosed Threats
Bernard Gavzer reports in Parade Magazine that up to 65 000 physicians may threaten patient safety and a data bank of over 80 000 harmful doctors exists yet may stay private. The piece cites a Tampa surgeon amputating the wrong leg and a revoked license doctor letting a patient bleed to death. It also notes measures to warn patients and avoid such doctors. Separate note cites Florence chemists finding myrrh from Commiphora has analgesic properties.
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Bernard Gavzer
Parade Magazine
Tampa
Gavzer
Nicotine the Drug That Triggers Pleasure and Poison
A late 20th century overview explains nicotine as a drug in cigarettes and other forms, detailing its chemical makeup, how it acts on brain receptors, and how tar causes most smoking related diseases. It cites experts like Jack Hemingfield and Neal Benowitz and notes lethal doses and historical experiments.
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Knight-Riddetn
Ashington
Jack Heningfield
Hemingfield
Neal Benowitz
University of California
San Francisco
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