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* An increasing number of people newly infected with HIV have strains of the virus which are drug-resistant (JAMA, 1999; 282: 1135-41, 1142-9, 1177-9). In one study, a fifth of patients had viruses which were resistant; one mutation was found to be more than 1000 times less sensitive to normal therapy. In another study, more than a quarter of individuals studied were infected with strains with reduced sensitivity to common antiviral drugs.

* Crohn's disease is on the increase among Swedish children, as with children elsewhere (Lancet, 1999; 354: 1179). Although researchers did not attempt to explain the phenomenon, it may be prudent to ask whether it is connected with a rise in MMR vaccination rates among Swedish children. The measles component of the vaccine has already been linked with gut damage in other countries.

* Cover up those hands, nurses! Fake fingernails may be fun and look nice, but they are also happy breeding grounds for a host of pathogens, including yeasts (BMJ, 1999; 319: 1080). A small study revealed that three-quarters of nurses who wear fake nails had pathogens on their hands, compared with only one-third of those who didn't.

Drug resistant strain of hiv beats antiviral drugs - A leading researcher claims the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is fighting back against antiviral drugs with the emergence of new drug resistant s...

Mmr vaccination - A worried mother last time was wondering if her four-year-old son's immune system had matured sufficiently for him to have the triple MMR vaccine. In...

Hiv virus: missing link - American researchers are claiming that at least one strain of the HIV virus which is thought to cause AIDS originated in some species of African monke...

Measles vaccine - Knee-jerk and jab-happy - Over 30 years of use, the measles vaccine has never adequately protected children. In fact, it has only made measles a more dangerous disease. ...

Mmr jab causes crohn's and autism, say studies - The MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination may cause autism and Crohn's disease, five studies to be published later this year will reveal. ...

Hiv: strain resistant to azt - The use of zidovudine (AZT) to combat AIDS and HIV may be causing mutations of the HIV virus which are resistant to the drug. ...

Crohn's disease: measles link - Crohn's disease may be linked to measles, researchers in Sweden have suggested. The greatest risk of developing the disease occurs if measles is contr...

Measles jab link to crohn's - The measles vaccine may trigger ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, both bowel conditions, in adulthood. ...

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