VIDEO: Injected Vaccines More Effective Than Nasal Sprays, Fructose Linked to High Blood Pressure, Most Men With Prostate Cancer Do Not Require Immediate Treatment

25.09.2009 | 1:50 min

(September 25, 2009 - Insidermedicine) From Michigan - According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, injected vaccines are more effective than nasal spray vaccines.  Researchers studied nearly 2,000 adults age 18-49, randomly assigning participants to either a vaccine injection or a vaccine nasal spray. Results showed that the vaccination injection was 50% more effective at preventing influenza than the nasal spray. From Chicago- Fructose causes high blood pressure but a gout medication can control it, according to a report to be presented at the American Heart Association meeting.  Researchers examined how a diet of 200 grams of fructose per day would affect nearly 80 men. While on this diet, half of the participants took allopurinol and the other half took placebo.  Those who took placebo had a significant increase in systolic blood pressure, while those allopurinol experienced practically no change. And finally, from the UK - Many men with prostate cancer do not need immediate treatment, according to a report published in the British Journal of Cancer. Researchers studied 4,000 men with prostate cancer for 15 years. They found a protein in the cancer cells called Hsp-27--a protein that, when expressed, indicated the disease would progress and required immediate intervention. In 60% of cases, however, this protein was not expressed and these men only required careful monitoring.
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