Findings concerning influenza vaccine efficacy in young, healthy adults are inconsistent. A high incidence of influenza in the winter of 1995 provided an opportunity to study the efficacy of influenza vaccine among young, healthy military personnel. Influenza activity was confirmed by isolation of influenza A and B viruses from nasopharyngeal swab specimens from hospitalized soldiers. Self-admi...

Alcohol is a commonly used drug that has many important health consequences. To understand its physiological effects and predict drug interactions it is important to understanding alcohol’s pharmacokinetics and the factors that influence it. A brief review of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of alcohol is provided. Along with a discussion of important factors that influen...

To describe seizures occurring in 3 healthy adults with influenza infection. Seizures associated to influenza infection are rare in adults without encephalitis. Clinical observations of 3 healthy adult patients with influenza A and B infection and seizures. We present here 3 healthy adult patients with seizures related to influenza A or B infection without evidence encephalitis, encephalopathy ...

Nickel was measured by atomic absorption spectrometry in three-day collections of feces from healthy hospital workers (age 22-65) who had lived for more than a year ‘in Hartford, Connecticut. None of the 10 subjects (4 , 6j9.) had occupational exposure to nickel. Fecal nickel averaged 3.3 gzg/g (wet weight); SD, ±0.8; and range, 2.1 to 4.4 tg/g. Corresponding figures on a dry-weight basis were ...

In light of the wide use of cryotherapy and its potential negative effects on postural stability, little is known about how postural sway is affected, particularly when the whole lower limb is immersed. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of cryotherapy on postural sway in healthy males. Twenty-six subjects were randomly assigned into two intervention groups: control (tepid w...

BACKGROUND The microbiota of the nares has been widely studied. However, relatively few studies have investigated the microbiota of the nasal cavity posterior to the nares. This distinct environment has the potential to contain a distinct microbiota and play an important role in health. RESULTS We obtained 35,142 high-quality bacterial 16S rRNA-encoding gene sequence reads from the nasal cavi...

BACKGROUND The consequences of influenza in adults are mainly time off work. Vaccination of pregnant women is recommended internationally. This is an update of a review published in 2014. Future updates of this review will be made only when new trials or vaccines become available. Observational data included in previous versions of the review have been retained for historical reasons but have n...

BACKGROUND Frequent active opening of the eustachian tube (ET) allows ventilation of the middle ear and equilibration of pressure changes. Active opening is accomplished by the contraction of the paratubal muscles during swallowing. Because a disturbance of the ventilatory function of the ET may contribute to the development of otitis media with effusion, it is important to investigate ET funct...

OBJECTIVES Our aim in this study was to determine the concentration of salivary glucose in healthy individuals and to compare it with the capillary glycemia. STUDY DESIGN Samples of unstimulated whole saliva were collected from 63 non-diabetic patients. The concentration of salivary glucose and capillary blood was measured in all of the patients. The salivary glucose was determined by enzymat...