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FDA Recommends Gardasil Recipients Sit, Lie Down After Receiving Vaccination
In a posting aimed at health care professionals, FDA on its Web site on Wednesday said that recipients of Merck"s human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, should be closely observed afterward for 15 minutes while they remain seated or lying down to avoid the possibility of fainting, the Wall Street Journal reports. FDA said that since October 2007, Gardasil"s labeling for both health care providers and patients has included a discussion about fainting. The agency said the strengthened recommendation comes in response to reports of "traumatic injuries" among some recipients who experienced fainting (Corbett Dooren, Wall Street Journal, 6/10). Gardasil protects against the strains of HPV that cause most cases of cervical cancer and genital warts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that girls ages 11 and 12 receive the three-dose vaccine before they are sexually active. Girls and women ages 13 to 26 who have not been vaccinated or completed the vaccine series also should receive the vaccine (CDC fact sheet, June 2008). On Wednesday, FDA also approved changes to Gardasil materials that place warnings about fainting in a more prominent place on drug labels and handouts. The agency said that the new recommendations are intended to "prevent falls and injuries" (Wall Street Journal, 6/10).
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Baltimore Churches Participate In Program Providing HIV Testing To Residents
Eleven Baltimore churches on Tuesday provided HIV testing to local residents as part of a larger effort by the JACQUES Initiative, a program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine"s Institute of Human Virology, the Baltimore Sun reports. The JACQUES Initiative launched Project SHALEM in partnership with the Maryland AIDS Administration and several local faith-based and community organizations, according to the Sun. Derek Spencer, the executive director of the JACQUES Initiative, said, "The ultimate goal is to make churches, mosques and synagogues a safe place where people can receive HIV support. We are no longer going to wait for people to come into our academic centers for help." He said organizers hoped to test 1,000 people, noting that at one of the testing sites, within the first hour, four people tested positive with the rapid oral swab tests. Angela Wakhweya, deputy director of the Maryland AIDS Administration, said the goal of the project is to eliminate new HIV cases in the state (Bass, 7/22). Drugshop to buy zoloft online and other pills.
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Growth In German Children
German children are taller than 30 years ago, but the increase in height observed during the last century has become slower. In the current edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106(23): 377-82), Bettina Gohlke and Joachim Woelfle of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Bonn summarize the current state of knowledge of changes in height and of the physical development of young people.
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Moist Wound Healing Reduces Scarring And Promotes Faster Healing

New consensus has been reached by a panel of leading European experts on the guidelines for the treatment of acute minor wounds which states that healing is accelerated by a moist wound environment. To address the issue that the majority of existing wound care guidelines discuss the pathology and treatment of chronic wounds, Novartis Consumer Healthcare, the makers of Savlon, the number one antiseptic first aid brand in the UK, convened a panel of leading European experts to review and comment on the guidelines for the treatment of minor wounds. The panel of medical experts included representatives from the UK, Germany, Poland, Italy and Portugal. "Most of the research and clinical trials available concerned with wound care focus solely on chronic wounds, primarily because the majority of acute minor wounds are not normally treated by healthcare professionals, but at home or at the place where the wound happened," says the dermatology category marketing manager at Novartis Consumer Health in Europe. "We wanted to bring together a panel of experts from different backgrounds related to wound care management to arrive at a consensus of opinion with regard to minor wounds and their treatment." One of the most interesting outcomes from this initiative was that there is widespread consensus regarding the healing benefits of moist wound environments. The new guidelines highlight that rapid healing of the wound is best achieved by providing a moist environment, which accelerates the rate of wound repair by up to forty per cent, compared to leaving the wound to dry out and allowing a dry scab to form. In addition, as a result of moist healing, there is a reduction in the risk of scarring. While the data showing the benefits of moist wound environments on healing time were first published in the 1960s there is still the continued belief that a dry scab is the best dressing for a wound, particularly among consumers. Novartis" European dermatology category marketing manager says: "Our goal, by bringing this group of eminent experts together, was to produce a consensus on the optimal guidelines for minor wound care. Helping us to educate healthcare professionals, and ultimately consumers, on the best way to treat acute minor wounds." The consensus paper2 states that a hydroactive colloid gel, able to both provide and absorb moisture according to the wound"s properties, can generally be recommended for both dry and exuding minor wounds. "This conclusion is particularly exciting for us," says Savlon"s UK brand manager. "We launched Savlon"s award winning3 Advanced Healing Gel into the pharmacy channel last year and have invested time in training pharmacy staff about the advantages of moist healing. It is great to have the added weight of this consensus of opinion and new guidelines to help challenge the common myth that "scabs are good" which we often encounter." The new guidelines will be published in MIMS Dermatology magazine and the Novartis Consumer Health award-winning Knowledge Bank re is being updated to incorporate the panel"s advice and strengthen Savlon"s four-step ethos: cleanse, treat, heal and protect, heroing Advanced Healing Gel. For more information on the Savlon range please visit http://www.savlon.co.uk Savlon


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