FIGURE1.Recommendedadultimmunizationschedule,byvaccineandagegroup1—UnitedStates,2012
FIGURE2.Vaccinesthatmightbeindicatedforadults,basedonmedicalandotherindications
Eachyear,theAdvisoryCommitteeonImmunizationPractices(ACIP)reviewstherecommendedadultimmunizationscheduletoensurethattheschedulereflectscurrentrecommendationsforlicensedvaccines.InOctober2011,ACIPapprovedtheadult...[
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HepatitisAThesafetyofhepatitisAvaccinationduringpregnancyhasnotbeendetermined;however,becausehepatitisAvaccineisproducedfrominactivated[hepatitisAvirus],thetheoreticalrisktothedevelopingfetusisexpectedtobelow.TheriskassociatedwithvaccinationshouldbeweighedagainsttheriskforhepatitisAinpregnantwomenwhomaybeathighriskforexposureto[hepatitisAvirus].HepatitisBPregnancyisnotacontraindicationtovaccinatio...[
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ControlledSubstanceSchedules
DefinitionofControlledSubstanceSchedulesDrugsandothersubstancesthatareconsideredcontrolledsubstancesundertheControlledSubstancesAct(CSA)aredividedintofiveschedules.AnupdatedandcompletelistoftheschedulesispublishedannuallyinTitle21CodeofFederalRegulations(C.F.R.)§§1308.11through1308.15.Substancesareplacedintheirrespectiveschedulesbasedonwhethertheyhaveacurrentlyac...[
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SomeKnownTeratogens
•Radiation
Atomicweapons
Radioiodine
Therapeuticradiation
•Infections
Cytomegalovirus
HerpessimplexvirusIandII
ParvovirusB-19(Erythema
infectiosum)
Rubellavirus
Syphilis
Toxoplasmosis
Varicellavirus
Venezuelanequineencephalitisvirus
•Maternal&MetabolicImbalance
Alcoholism
Amniocentesis,early
(bef...[
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FDAPREGNANCYCATEGORIESTheFDA-assignedpregnancycategoriesasusedintheDrugFormularyareasfollows:
CategoryAAdequateandwell-controlledstudieshavefailedtodemonstratearisktothefetusinthefirsttrimesterofpregnancy(andthereisnoevidenceofriskinlatertrimesters).
CategoryBAnimalreproductionstudieshavefailedtodemonstratearisktothefetusandtherearenoadequateandwell-controlledstudiesinpregnantwomen.
Ca...[
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脾胃是後天之本。因此如何健脾補脾，十分重要，特別是對於癌症等慢性病患者，更是如此。那麽我們應該如何健脾補脾呢？現提出幾點建議，供參考。一、早晨喝薏米粥。具體做法，按照董洪濤博士的要求，“每日早餐用60克薏苡仁做成粥，不加鹽，不加任何東西，把粥吃光即可。”二、喝“四寶粥”。四寶有蓮子肉、山藥、薏米和芡實。將這四樣東西按1：1：1：1的[
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當人體處於清醒鬆弛狀態or運動量超過某一階段時，人體就會分泌一種激素called----內啡呔（endorphins），這種激素的化學結構與嗎啡的分子結構十分相似，它能與嗎啡受體結合，產生跟嗎啡,鴉片劑一樣類似的效果,有止痛和欣快感;等同天然的鎮痛劑,因此又稱為“腦內嗎啡”.......
Endorphins是一種在細胞間扮演資訊傳達功能(醫學上叫做neurotransmitters),與情緒有關的荷而蒙;Endorp[
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MajorNeurotransmittersandtheirFunctions
Acetylcholine(ACh)
Distributedwidelythroughoutthecentralnervoussystem,whereitisinvolvedin
arousal,attention,memory,motivation,andmovement.Involvedinmuscleaction
throughpresenceatneuromuscularjunctions(specializedtypeofsynapsewhereneurons
connecttomusclecells).DegenerationofneuronsthatproduceAChhavebeen
linkedtoAlzheimer’sdise...[
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