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Archive for July, 2008

HSP and meningococcal B immunisation

30 Jul, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

A surveillance program in New Zealand found no link between meningococcal B immunisation and the subsequent development of HSP. Here.

Exercise and Obesity

30 Jul, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

A longitudinal study of the activity of children suggests that higher physical activity is associated with increased metabolic health, but not measures such as BMI or fatness.  Here.

SUDI post mortems

30 Jul, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

Of 546 post mortems carried out for Sudden Unexplained Death in Infancy in a tertiary institution over a decade, an explanation for death was found in 202. Here.

Tuberculosis epidemiology

29 Jul, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

In the period 1999 to 2006, in England and Wales 3563 cases of tuberculosis were reported in a national surveillance program, of which 60% were primary pulmonary TB.  Here.

Hello, back again

29 Jul, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

Well, I hope you’ve not wiped precis from your feed in the while I’ve been away.  Apologies for absence; I’m back now and I’ll start catching up with what I’ve missed; I’ll do a little bit at a time over the next week or two.

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