OBJECTIVE Public health in Ontario delivers, promotes and provides each fall the universal influenza immunization program. This paper addresses the question of whether Ontario public health agencies are able to provide the influenza immunization program within the Ministry of Health fiscal funding envelope of $5 per dose. METHODS Actual program delivery data from the 2006 influenza season of ...

BACKGROUND Metaphors influence judgments and decisions in nonmedical contexts. OBJECTIVE First, to investigate whether describing the flu metaphorically increases an individual's willingness and interest in getting a flu vaccination, and second, to explore possible mediators and moderators of the effect that metaphors might have on vaccination intentions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three studies...

Flutamide is used for prostate cancer therapy but occasionally induces severe liver injury. Flutamide is hydrolyzed in the body into 5-amino-2-nitrobenzotrifluoride (FLU-1) and then further oxidized. In our previous study, N-hydroxy FLU-1 (FLU-1 N-OH) was detected in the urine of patients and exhibited cytotoxicity in rat primary hepatocytes. In the present study, we have assessed the roles of ...

Flutamide (Flu) is a chemotherapeutic drug, used for the treatment of prostate cancer. It functions by interfering DNA in fast growing cells and preventing them from reproducing. The present work is focused on the interaction of Flu with single and double stranded DNA at different temperatures and at physiological pH 7.4 (human blood pH). Cyclic voltammetry, square wave voltammetry and UV–visib...

INTRODUCTION As preparation against a possible avian flu pandemic, international and local health authorities have recommended seasonal influenza vaccination for all healthcare workers at geographical risk. This strategy not only reduces "background noise", but also chance of genetic shifts in avian influenza viruses when co-infection occurs. We evaluate the response of healthcare workers, stra...

Influenza is a disease which returns every epidemic season in different degrees of severity, especially in high-risk groups. According to current data, 5–25% of the world population contract this disease and mortality because of influenza reaches 0.5–1 million people. However, this problem is still not dealt with appropriately and is even disregarded. In contrast to other viruses influenza cann...

Data-intensive science, wherein domain experts use big data analytics in the course of their research, is becoming increasingly common in the physical and social sciences. Moreover, data reuse is becoming the new normal, owing to the open data movement [15] and arrival of big science experiments such as the Large Hadron Collider. Here, a small group of researchers with exotic equipment produce ...