Re: ~*Online WACOC News July 2009*~


Women and Children of CFIDS + Men
WACOC + M

~*A comment or two*~

Fall is just around the corner...

This is only one of the research efforts put forth by the NCF and it's
members many of us have been waiting on. A lot has happened via NCF
research since we stopped relying on the CDC and began to fund our own
research.

It really isn't "new" news but states, in case so many missed it, that
this is an autoimmune disease and the ciguatera epitope is a marker
for all autoimmune diseases.

The full text of Anticardiolipin antibodies in the sera of patients
with diagnosed
chronic fatigue syndrome.

Journal: J Clin Lab Anal. 2009 Jul 21;23(4):210-212. [Epub ahead of
print]

Authors: Hokama Y, Campora CE, Hara C, Kuribayashi T, Le Huynh D,
Yabusaki K

is available in PDF at
http://www.cfids-cab.org/rc/Hokama-1.pdf

[AOL: Here]


And, here is the link to what I read yesterday regarding the latest
news on Ampligen:

Hemispherx says FDA decision on Ampligen months away
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2009/07/20/daily22.html

With this just published, it will be difficult to force vaccinations
on the chronically ill....especially with low CD4s (see last sentence
of PP 4).

Need For Studies On People With Weakened Immune Systems: Vulnerability
To Flu And Response To Vaccination
Editor's Choice
Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS

Also Included In: Swine Flu; Immune System / Vaccines; Transplants /
Organ Donations
Article Date: 22 Jul 2009 - 0:00 PDT


An article published in the August edition of The Lancet Infectious
Diseases reports that additional research is required on the
vulnerability to the new H1N1 flu strain of different immunosuppressed
populations. The possible effectiveness and side-effects of future
vaccines also need to be evaluated. The review is the work of Dr Ken M
Kunisaki, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, USA, and University of
Minnesota, USA, and Dr Edward N Janoff, Univeristy of Colorado Denver
School of Medicine and Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA.

The study evaluated susceptibility in individuals with HIV/AIDS,
cancer, people who received a solid organ transplant (SOT), or bone-
marrow transplant (BMT), and patients on haemodialysis. The authors
say: "Although influenza vaccination is widely recommended for people
that are immunosuppressed, the same immune dysfunction that can
increase the risk and consequences of influenza infection might also
compromise vaccine responses and effectiveness."

Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy the
numbers of HIV/AIDS patients admitted to hospital with flu have fallen
considerably. But still, there are more admissions than for the
general population. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) recommends yearly flu vaccination. Vaccination appears safe, but
it is not supported universally. In HIV/AIDS patients antibody
responses to vaccination are generally lower. However, a number of
studies suggest that vaccination leads to fewer and less severe cases
of flu in HIV patients. There is a need for larger randomized trials
to evaluate vaccination, mostly among those with low CD4+ cell
counts.

Due to the immunosuppressant drugs they take to avoid organ rejection,
people who received SOT generally have higher flu infection rates.
Lung transplant recipients appear mostly at risk as the lungs are the
primary site of flu infection. Kidney transplant recipients can suffer
rejection if they contract flu.Theoretically, vaccination in these
populations could also stimulate a T-cell response, leading to
rejection. But the majority of studies suggest this does not happen. A
crucial issue seems to be timing. The American Society of
Transplantation recommends flu vaccination every year for all
recipients of SOTs, beginning about 6 months after transplantation.
Similar recommendations apply for recipients of bone marrow transplant
(BMT). However, US guidelines recommend lifelong annual vaccination.
On the other hand, European guidelines recommend individual evaluation
of each case.

Chemotherapy can cause severe and intense immunosuppression for cancer
patients. Between 21 to 33 percent of cancer patients have been
estimated as being infected with flu when admitted to hospital with
respiratory symptoms during a flu epidemic. Once more, timing of flu
vaccination can be fundamental in cancer patients. The option might to
vaccinate between chemotherapy cycles, or more than seven days before
chemotherapy begins.

At the end of 2006, there were more than 327,000 people receiving
haemodialysis treatment in the USA. Infections are the second leading
cause of death in these patients. Lung infections (such as flu) kill
higher proportions of dialysis patients than in the general
population. An examination of US Medicare information indicated that
vaccinated patients on dialysis had a significantly lower chance of
hospital admission or death than unvaccinated patients.

In addition, the authors examined the use of corticosteroid. They
mention that there is confirmation for patients taking these drugs
that flu vaccination is both safe and often immunogenic. This applies
for a patient taking these drugs either orally or by inhalation and
either chronically or for a transitory period. However, the vaccine's
clinical effectiveness in this population has not been adequately
tested.

The authors call for further research into flu vaccination in all
these particular populations. They also underline the value of other
options to control flu infection, such as chemoprophylaxis using
antiviral drugs. An observational study indicates that out of nineteen
BMT patients with flu, none died. And 87 percent of them had taken
oseltamivir (Tamiflu).

The authors write in conclusion: "We would particularly welcome
randomised trials comparing standard influenza vaccine with active
comparators such as modified vaccines or antiviral prophylaxis with or
without vaccination. Such data would greatly enhance our ability to
make more informed vaccination recommendations for this population,
particularly in situations of vaccine shortage or pandemic
influenza."

"Influenza in immunosuppressed populations: a review of infection
frequency, morbidity, mortality, and vaccine responses"
Ken M Kunisaki, Edward N Janoff
Lancet Infect Dis 2009; 9: 493-504
The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Written by Stephanie Brunner (B.A.)
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/issue/current

VIDEO: The 1976 Swine Flu Pandemic and Vaccine
Government Propaganda Causes Many Deaths. Transcript of CBS 60
minutes
by CBS
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14433

A past USA President's every other word was -- Accountability

Our new USA President speaks of -- Change

In memory of those remembered
http://www.ncf-net.org/memorial.htm

Many of us are still waiting.

More later...

Please keep my loved one's in your prayers.
Soft hugs and prayers to those who need them.

Diana Saba
Disabled Retired Nurse
Welcome to Diana's World 1997 - 2009

"What lies behind us and what lies before us, are tiny matters,
compared to what lies within us"
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
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