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Metabolism and Possible Health Effects of Aluminum

Literature regarding the biochemistry of aluminum and eight similar ions is reviewed.... The possibility that Al3+ may cause or contribute to some specific diseases, most...
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Lead Poisoning in an Adult: Lead Mobilization by Pregnancy?

We report a case of acute lead poisoning in an adult female ... with abdominal pain, knee pain, and neurological symptoms, hypertension, chronic kidney disease,...
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Effects of Aluminum Ingestion on Spontaneous Motor Activity in Mice

Aluminum (Al) as aluminum lactate in a purified diet was fed to adult female Swiss-Webster mice over a six week period. Comparison groups were: controls...
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Aluminum Neurotoxicity In Preterm Infants Receiving Intravenous-feeding Solutions

Aluminum, a contaminant of commercial intravenous-feeding solutions, is potentially neurotoxic. We investigated the effect of perinatal exposure to intravenous aluminum on the neurologic development of...
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Mortality reduction with influenza vaccine in patients with pneumonia outside “flu” season: pleiotropic benefits or residual confounding?

Objectives: To evaluate unrecognized confounding by hypothesizing the presence of a 50% mortality reduction with vaccination for patients with pneumonia outside of influenza season.... Conclusions:...
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Adverse Events following 12 and 18 Month Vaccinations: a Population-Based, Self-Controlled Case Series Analysis

Live vaccines have distinct safety profiles, potentially causing systemic reactions one to 2 weeks after administration.... There are significantly elevated risks of primarily emergency room...
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Confounding in studies of adverse reactions to vaccines.

Several social and medical attributes are associated with both avoidance or delay of vaccination and an increased risk of adverse events such as sudden infant...
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Vaccines are not associated with autism An evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies

There has been enormous debate regarding the possibility of a link between childhood vaccinations and the subsequent development of autism.... The cohort data revealed no...
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What is the role of vitamin D in autism?

A growing body of literature suggests that higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations, either in utero or in early life, may reduce the risk of...
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