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18 min ago | The News

Specialists dissect National HIV Testing Policy

Saturday, November 07, 2009 Shahina Maqbool Islamabad Leading pathologists, microbiologists, haematologists, blood bank experts, clinicians, immunologists and other specialists converged here on Friday to share their views, reservations and expert comments on the proposed National HIV Testing Policy.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Pathology, Medicine, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Forum News Portal

Government will create special immunization agency

The Cabinet of Ministers will create a special body that will make decisions regarding immunizations, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced during a meeting with immunologists, according to the Premier's official web-site. According to her, this will be either a scientific, scientific-organizational council or expert group.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Thu Nov 05, 2009

9NEWS

Egg-allergic patients seeking safe H1N1 shots

H1N1 SPECIAL SECTION FIND A FLU CLINIC AURORA - As the H1N1 vaccine is slowly becoming more available, it appears one group who needs it most is still unable to get it in many cases.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Pediatrics

Medical News

Dietary options and better detection improve food allergy management procedures

Less restrictive dietary options, better detection, targeted avoidance measures, educational directives and potential new therapies are improving food allergy management and giving hope to the more than 12 million Americans affected according to experts at the thirteenth international food allergy conference held during the annual meeting of the ...

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Related Topix: Immunology, Biology, Science, Italy, World News, Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center, Life, Food, Nutrition, Health

Wed Nov 04, 2009

katysexposure.wordpress.com | MyRights

Plaintiff’s exposure to mold caused his illness – disability approved by NC Court of Appeals

STEVE R. JONES, Employee, Plaintiff, v. STEVE JONES AUTO GROUP, Employer, and UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS GROUP, Carrier, Defendants. Court of Appeals of North Carolina. Filed November 3, 2009

Dr. Thornton opined that Plaintiff’s prolonged exposure to the combination of stachybotrys, aspergillus, and penicillium “perpetuated and established in [Plaintiff] an immunologic state that perpetuated a very serious illness” and that Plaintiff’s symptoms and problems “were significantly aggravated if not caused completely” by his exposure to mold in the workplace. Dr. Thornton explained that while “there is not a specific medical test that would clearly demonstrate definitively” that Plaintiff’s exposure to mold caused his illness, based on “the constellation of . . . [Plaintiff's] symptoms, the time course of their onset, [and Plaintiff's] response to therapy[,]” he felt strongly that Plaintiff’s illness was caused by his exposure to mold in his workplace. Thus, contrary to Defendants’ contention, Dr. Thornton’s opinion is not based solely “on the temporal relationship between discovery of mold [in] [P]laintiff’s office and the onset of [P]laintiff’s symptoms.”

We conclude that the testimony of Dr. Thornton and Dr. Kussin is competent evidence to support the Commission’s findings of fact that Plaintiff’s exposure to mold at his place of work caused his illness. This Court is thus bound by these findings. Gilberto, 152 N.C. App. at 118, 566 S.E.2d at 792.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

HeraldTribune.com

Shellfish allergies surface

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:24 p.m. We're so accustomed to hearing about children who can't eat peanuts that we tend to forget about grown-ups who are allergic to certain foods.

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Related Topix: Hives, Medicine, Medication, Epinephrine (generic), Epipen

Mon Nov 02, 2009

katysexposure.wordpress.com | MyRights

Amicus Brief filed - mold in apt- 2 infant deaths cites US Chamber/ACOEM ‘litigation defense report’

Political Action Committee – NAA – files Amicus Brief in mold case (two infant deaths in mold filled apt – Wasatch Prop Mgmt) citing US Chamber/ACOEM ‘litigation defense report’ to disclaim health effects of indoor mold & limit financial risk for industry

The NAA amicus to the courts of why the apartment owner/insurer should not be held responsible for these deaths cites to a paper that was paid for by a think-tank, the Manhattan Institute, and mass promoted to many courts by the US Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform. The Chamber paper, that was SPECIFICALLY written for judges is titled “A Scientific View of the Health Effects of Mold."

Sharon Kramer

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MSNBC

McAllen, Texas: The City of Too Much Medicine

Pity McAllen, Texas. In May, the town came to symbolize almost everything that's wrong with American health care after Dr.

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Related Topix: McAllen Metro, McAllen, TX, Medicine

The Lantern

Allergy diagnosis prickly proposition

Runny noses, sneezing and itchy, watery eyes are some of the symptoms that cause millions of Americans to seek relief from allergists.

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Related Topix: Columbus, OH

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Associated Content

Over-Sanitizing Our Environment: Why Germs Are Good for Us

With fears of potential pandemics taking hold in the minds of many, we are told to clean and sanitize everything in our environments.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Newswise

New Type 1 Diabetes Research Center and Elam Discovery Wall Dedicated

The La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, an international leader in immunology research and San Diego's only research institute focused solely on immune-mediated diseases, today will dedicate its new Elam Discovery Wall and Type 1 Diabetes Center, which will focus on research into novel immunological-focused approaches to type 1 diabetes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Immunology, Biology, Science, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, UC San Diego, Inventions, Science / Technology

katysexposure.wordpress.com | MyRights

VA Supreme Court has refused Drees Co.'s petition for appeal of Meng 1.4 million judgement

Construction defects led to debilitating mold-related injuries.

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court has refused The Drees Co.’s petition for appeal of a $1.4 million judgment that was awarded in March to a couple who claimed that construction defects led to debilitating mold-related injuries. Meng v. The Drees Co., No. 091484 (Va. Sup. Ct.)...

The couple charged that Drees failed to address leaks and attempted to repair window leaks with calking rather than re-install them.

Wendy Meng said she was hospitalized in 2006 and 2007 for migraine headaches, and suffers from tachycardia, heart palpitations, memory loss, nervous system dysfunction, breathing difficulties and chemical sensitivity. Paul Meng said he was diagnosed with asthma after moving into the house. The family left the home in April 2007....

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

www.schoolmoldhelp.org | MyRights

Logjam at CDC- request for CDC to update mold info & results of communication with Dr. Paul L. Garbe

Since January, 2009, The Center for School Mold Help has engaged in a writing campaign to alert President Obama and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the need to recognize the national public health problems associated with indoor dampness and mold, and for the CDC to update its information related to mold and health. This has resulted in direct communications with the (former) Acting Director of the CDC and a phone conference with the Chief of Air Pollution and Respiratory Branch of the CDC, Dr. Paul L. Garbe, who is ultimately responsible for the current information on the CDC website about mold and health. As of 10/9/2009, Dr. Garbe has admitted the information falls short and promised to improve it, to add the IOM's (2004) full findings including the effects associated with mold and dampness, which include (new) asthma development and lower respiratory disease in otherwise healthy children. Further, he promised to insert the WHO findings on dampness and mold (2009). As of 10/27/09, the CDC information remains the same. We are waiting and have alerted President Obama, CDC Director Thomas Frieden, MD, and Senator Barbara Boxer (Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works) of this meeting and promises. (SMH)

katy's exposure

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CBC

No H1N1 vaccine for Ontarians with egg allergies

Some Ontario residents at high risk of complications from swine flu are unable to get the vaccine against it because they are allergic to eggs.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Health

Swine Flu and Asthma: What You Should Know

Nearly one-third, or 28%, of adults and children hospitalized with H1N1 have asthma.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Immunology, Biology, Science

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Free Lance-Star

h1n1 vaccine

A few details about the H1N1 vaccine -- though, sad to say, no new information about when or where you can get it: FOR THE ALLERGIC: People with egg allergies should know that it may be possible for them to get the shot -- despite the fact that the vaccine is made with eggs.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Immunology, Biology, Science, Medicine, Fredericksburg, VA, Influenza

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Ventura County Star

Cason: Physician given 'Nobel' for research that snaps, crackles and pops

For the past 60 years, Dr. Donald Unger cracked the knuckles only on his right hand to prove to his mother that this act doesn't cause arthritis.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Cambridge, MA

Thu Oct 22, 2009

EurekAlert!

Immune system quirk could lead to effective tularemia vaccine

PITTSBURGH, Oct.22 - Immunologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the have found a unique quirk in the way the immune system fends off bacteria called Francisella tularensis, which could lead to vaccines that are better able to prevent tularemia infection of the lungs.

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Related Topix: University of Pittsburgh, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Immunology, Biology, Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Entomology

Wed Oct 21, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

War of the viruses: Could ancient virus genes help fight modern AIDS?

Almost 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, scientists have yet to find an effective vaccine against HIV, the virus that destroys the immune system and causes AIDS.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, University of Wisconsin Madison, Medicine

Tue Oct 20, 2009

katysexposure.wordpress.com | MyRights

WHO Submission of Additional Publications - Molds & Mycotoxins – response to request by EPA

I would also like you to keep these next two questions in mind as you proceed with your work on this issue.

a. Why have world leaders allowed the insurance industry and other stakeholders to hide the truth about the health effects of toxic mold? (The tobacco companies were allowed to hide the truth about the dangers of tobacco for 50 years, and the insurance industry is using that same strategy to deny the health effects of toxic mold.)

b. When are the world leaders going to expose the truth and educate physicians so patients can receive proper medical care?

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