aluminum/headache

BACKGROUND Clostridium difficile is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities. The bacteria can produce 3 toxins, of which the C. difficile toxin A and C. difficile toxin B are the principal virulence factors for C. difficile-associated

BACKGROUND The authors present the results of medical examinations of workers employed in an aluminum electrolysis plant with occupational exposure to aluminum dust, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and magnetic field. METHODS The study covered a selected group of 39 male workers (mean age, 44,9;

BACKGROUND A 33-year-old woman was referred to the renal outpatient clinic with a headache caused by severe hypertension. She had given birth 3 months previously by emergency caesarean section after a labor complicated by uterine rupture. She had delivered by caesarean section twice

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of aluminum (Al) on the nervous system functions in workers chronically exposed to Al. METHODS The study covered a selected group of 67 male workers (mean age, 38.7 SD 10.3 years; range 23-55 years) involved in the Al production. Their

Residents adjoining a die-casting plant had excessive headaches, numbness of hands and feet, dizziness, blurred vision, staggering, sweating, abnormal heart rhythm, and depression, which led to measurements of neurobehavioral performance, affective status, and the frequency of symptoms. They had all

BACKGROUND Studies conducted to assess aluminum (Al)-induced toxicity to humans and environment. It has been implicated that Al is involved in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, though this is controversial. The aim of the present study was to assess Al

OBJECTIVE A recombinant lipoprotein vaccine against Lyme disease, containing 30 microg of Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A (OspA) with aluminum adjuvant, has been shown in a large US field trial of subjects >/=15 years of age to offer 76% efficacy against clinical Lyme disease after 3

Of 37 children from Toronto and surrounding districts who developed aseptic meningitis during summer 1962, 17 excreted Echo 9 virus in feces and/or cerebrospinal fluid, 12 of whom showed rising or elevated Echo 9 antibody levels in paired sera. A further two patients yielded Echo 14 virus from

Gustatory hyperhidrosis is facial sweating usually associated with the eating of hot spicy food or even smelling this food. Current options of treatment include oral anticholinergic drugs, the topical application of anticholinergics or aluminum chloride, and the injection of botulinum toxin.

The use of botulinum toxin A in cosmetic dermatology has increased in popularity due to the efficacy and relative safety of the treatment. Botulinum toxin A is one of eight exotoxins produced by Clostridium botulinum, a Gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobe. Flaccid paralysis results from the

The Workplace Safety and Health Branch initiated a proactive study in the welding industry in Manitoba. Eight welding companies participated in this study. Health concerns raised by welders were welders' flash, sore/red/teary eyes, headaches, nosebleeds, and a black mucous discharge from their nasal

An attenuated vaccine against hepatitis A was developed from the GBM strain of the virus, cultured on human diploid MRC5 cells. Each dose contained 160 antigen units, inactivated by formalin and adsorbed onto 0.3 mg aluminum hydroxide, in a volume of 0.5 ml. Intramuscular injection of the vaccine

BACKGROUND We report the results of a phase I dose escalation, safety and immunogenicity trial of a new recombinant protective antigen (rPA102) anthrax vaccine. METHODS Hundred healthy volunteers were randomized in a 4:1 ratio to receive intramuscular doses of rPA102 in the following formulations:

To evaluate the health effects of occupational phosphine exposure, 22 workers engaged in fumigation of stored grains were subjected to a clinical and environmental study. These workers were used to placing aluminum phosphide tablets on the stacks of grains and covering it with a gas-proof plastic