Testicular Cancer

Testicular cancer represents only 1 per cent of all cancers in men, but it is the single biggest cause of cancer-related deaths in men aged 15-35 years in the UK. The causes of testicular cancer and...

Pandemic Flu Vax Linked to Guillain-Barre (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- The vaccines used in the U.S. against the pandemic H1N1 flu were associated with a modestly increased risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome, researchers reported.

H1N1 vaccine tied to small Guillain-Barre risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who got the H1N1 flu vaccine in 2009 had a slightly increased risk of Guillain-Barre Syndrome - but the shots weren't linked to birth defects in babies of vacc...

Small Increase in Guillain-Barre with H1N1 2009 Vaccine

A new study finds a small increased risk for Guillain-Barre syndrome with the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccine, but researchers conclude the benefit of vaccination still outweighs the risk. Medscape...

Large Study Finds No Vaccine Link to Guillain-Barre

In a review of data covering 13 years and millions of patients, researchers found no evidence of a link between vaccinations against tetanus, hepatitis, pneumonia or flu, and Guillain-Barre Syndrome....

Pandemic vaccines and small excess of Guillain-Barre cases

Lancet2013; doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62189-8US researchers have identified a small excess risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with vaccination against pandemic influenza (H1N1). National......

H1N1 Vaccine with Adjuvant Found Safe (CME/CE, with video)

(MedPage Today) -- Monovalent influenza A H1N1 vaccines containing adjuvants were not associated with birth defects, although they were associated with a slight increase in the risk of Guillain-Barre...

H1N1 flu jab linked to small risk of nervous disorder

Vaccination in the United States against H1N1 "swine" flu, which swept the world in 2009-10, carried a small but tolerable risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder that can cause muscle weakness or...

Settlement in $60.5 Million Botox Lawsuit

From UPI Top Stories (May 24, 2012) A lawsuit that sought $60.5 million from the maker of Botox, claiming the drug caused a man’s Guillain-Barre Syndrome, has been settled, the drug company said...

Guillain-Barre syndrome, tuberculosis and inflammatory bowel disease: a multiple association.

ABSTRACT: Guillain-Barre syndrome has been associated with both infective or non-infective aetiologies. Guillain-Barre syndrome is usually preceded by acute respiratory or gastrointestinal infection b...

Development of recurrent facial palsy during plasmapheresis in Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case report.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Guillain-Barre syndrome is an immune-mediated polyneuropathy that is routinely initially treated with either intravenous immunoglobulin or plasmapheresis. To the best of our kn...

Anti-glycolipid GM2-positive Guillain-Barre syndrome due to hepatitis E infection.

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E infection is most prevalent in developing countries with poor sanitation, but can also occur apparently sporadically in more developed areas. CASE: We here report a second Euro...

Axonal variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with campylobacter infection in Bangladesh.

Guillain-Barre syndrome and SIADH.

The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a very often overlooked entity even though it is well-described. However, most of the previ...