Should We Be Vaccinated?

Should Patients With COPD Be Vaccinated?

BACKGROUND Exacerbations of COPD are a major component of the socioeconomic burden related to COPD, and frequent exacerbations are associated with greater decline in health status. Tracheobronchial infections are involved in 50-70% of exacerbations, so influenza and pneumococcal vaccines are recommended for prevention. The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge among COPD pat...

Should we all be vegetarians?

Ladies first: should boys be vaccinated against HPV?

About 30 years ago, Harald zur Hausen and colleagues discovered that cervical cancer was caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) and started a chase to eradicate this terrible disease by vaccination.1 The HPV vaccine is now available, but many questions remain unanswered, including whether or not men as well as women should be immunized. Despite recent media attention questioning the safety and ef...

Should university students be vaccinated against meningococcal disease in Canada?

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the benefit and costs of vaccination of university students against invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Canada. METHODS Published studies were reviewed and a simulation model was used. RESULTS IMD risk seems to be of low magnitude, but consequences can be dramatic. Over a 10-year period, IMD risk reduction would be slightly greater using a monovalent C conjugate va...

Quantum networks: where should we be heading?

Quantumkey distribution network has become a reality in practical environment. Quantum repeaters have been explored in various physical systems and their combinations. For practical use of them, these newparadigmsmust be combinedwith existing or emerging infrastructures of communication and security systems. In this article, we discussed howquantumnetwork can be combinedwith modern cryptographi...