Posted on 22 October 2009. Tags: Botox, Charlotte, Cheerleader, Desiree Jennings, Dystonia, Flu Shot, H1N1, infection, inherited, Johns Hopkins, Neurological Disorder, NFL, physical trauma, seasonal flu, seizures, Swine Flu, vaccination, Vaccine, Video, Walk Backwards, Washington Redskins
Just before getting a seasonal flu shot in August, Desiree’s health was fine, but then 10 days afterward she contracted flu-like symptoms. Things only got worse from there, and she was put in the hospital for seizures on two occasions before being diagnosed with Dystonia. Doctors have only speculated that the flu shot was the cause.Desiree, who is 25 and married, has been completely disabled from this, as it has prevented her from walking forward, causes trouble with her speech, and even makes it difficult to eat. She has also experienced seizures frequently.
Shortly after being diagnosed and seen by doctors at Johns Hopkins, Desiree started having other symptoms. She and her husband went to Charlotte to get relief from these symptoms and were there for most of Monday. Brendan, her husband, says that they will be there for as long as it takes. He did add that there were some improvements in her condition after just the first visit.
One of the doctors says that Dystonia can be treated with physical therapy and Botox injections. The injections can help relieve some of the muscle contractions. He also noted that there is no reason to believe that getting a flu shot will cause this, as he hasn’t come across anything to link Dystonia and the shot.
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Posted on 22 September 2009. Tags: 1933, 1934, 1995, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, ARDS, Avian Flu, Business Wire, cannabis, Cannabis Science Inc, CEO, Colorado Springs, endocannabinoid system, FDA, H1N1, infection, influenza, Investor Relations, Medical Marijuana, Peter Glaser, pharmaceutical, Phytocannabinoids, President, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, research, Robert Melamede, Securities Act, Swine Flu
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–(Business Wire)–
Cannabis Science Inc. (NASD OTCBB: CBIS) an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis
company, is pleased to report progress for its phytocannabinoid pharmaceutical
products to help reduce ARDS-associated deaths from both the Avian and Swine
Influenza infections.
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Posted on 14 September 2009. Tags: 1997, AIDS, bacterium, Blacksburg, Boulder, cough, cystic fibrosis, dangerous, Discovery News, DNA, fatigue, fever, immune-compromising, infection, Joe Falkinham, Leah Feazel, lung disease, microorganisms, mycobacteria, Mycobacterium avium, pathogens, showerhead, tuberculosis, University of Colorado, Virginia Tech, weight loss
Sept. 14, 2009 — It’s warm and damp and dark — the perfect place for bacteria to nestle and stay for a while.
It turns out that that’s just what they do — in your showerhead. Read the full story
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Posted on 20 August 2009. Tags: Anjuli Timmer, Annelies, antibodies, bacterial infection, bacterial strain, biomedical sciences, bites, burns, cancer, chickenpox, Chronic Liver, Claire Turner, cuts, diabetes, Emmanuel Hanski, episiotomy, Fournier gangrene, gene, Health & Fitness, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, hernia, immune system, Imperial College, impetigo, Inbal Mishalian, infection, interleukin-8 (IL-8), Jeffrey Locke, John Buchanan, kidney disease, Liver, london, M.D., Morgan Pence, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Necrotizing fasciitis, neutrophils, non-pathogenic, pediatrics, peripheral arterial disease, Ph.D, rare, rash, resistance, scrapes, skin, sores, SpyCEP, Strep, strep throat, Swiss, tissues, UCSD, Vibrio vulnificus, Zinkernagel
What is necrotizing fasciitis?
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare bacterial infection that can destroy skin and the soft tissues beneath it, including fat and the tissue covering the muscles (fascia). Because these tissues often die rapidly, a person with necrotizing fasciitis is sometimes said to be infected with “flesh-eating” bacteria. The most common type of bacteria causing necrotizing fasciitis is Streptococcus pyogenes.
When necrotizing fasciitis occurs in the area of the genitals, it is called Fournier gangrene. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 August 2009. Tags: beijing, China, deadly, death, Health & Fitness, infection, lung, plague, quarantine
BEIJING — Thousands of people have been placed under quarantine in a town in northwest China after a man died of pneumonic plague and 11 others were confirmed infected with the deadly lung infection, health authorities said.
The 32-year-old herdsman died in Ziketan in Qinghai province, the provincial health bureau said in a statement posted on its Web site Saturday. It did not say when he died.
Most of the others infected are relatives of the deceased and are in stable condition in a hospital, the bureau said.
The town of 10,000 people has been placed under quarantine and a team of experts has been sent to the area, it said.
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