Summary Controversy over effectiveness and safety constantly hovers over the public health issue of vaccinations. Although vaccines are rigorously tested, no vaccine can really be considered 100% effective or safe. Moreover, no programs exist for systematically assessing risks and collecting

Dear Editor: Over the last decade, psychoneuroimmunological studies have reported the presence of immune disturbances in several psychiatric disorders and confirmed the effects of proinflammatory cytokines on neurobehavioural processes (1). Reported...

...responded to etanercept therapy. This disease has been recognized for diverse underlying pathology and associated immune disturbances. Although the role of cytokines in pathogenesis is not fully understood, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-[alpha...

...cortisol is a potent suppressor of immune responses,'' says the NIH guide, ``this finding also may explain the immune disturbances seen in some people with CFS.'' The guide adds that although most researchers don't consider CFS to be contagious...

...the low-dose exposure of metallic mercury vapor from amalgam fillings9 and includes the fear of allergies and immune disturbances being induced by this exposure. In a recent study of adolescent schoolchildren, we found that the number of amalgam...

...antibodies in the blood of lupus patients. This means, Agris explains, that the protein could be a culprit in rallying immune disturbances that trigger symptoms. He is preparing to test the protein in mice to see if it worsens their lupus-like disease...

...development, when the brain and immune systems are still maturing, might intensify toxicity. Based on reports of immune disturbances and family history of autoimmune disease in a subset of children with autism, we hypothesized that immune response...