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  2. Non-specific effect of vaccines - Wikipedia

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    Numerous observational studies and randomised trials (RCTs) have found that the impact on mortality of live and inactivated vaccines differ markedly. All live vaccines studied so far (BCG, measles vaccine, oral polio vaccine (OPV) and smallpox vaccine) have been shown to reduce mortality more than can be explained by prevention of the targeted infection(s).

  3. Sodium aurothiomalate - Wikipedia

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    Sodium aurothiomalate (INN, known in the United States as gold sodium thiomalate) is a gold compound that is used for its immunosuppressive anti-rheumatic effects. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Along with an orally-administered gold salt, auranofin , it is one of only two gold compounds currently employed in modern medicine.

  4. BCG vaccine - Wikipedia

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    BCG vaccine can be administered after birth intradermally. [7] BCG vaccination can cause a false positive Mantoux test. [19] The most controversial aspect of BCG is the variable efficacy found in different clinical trials, which appears to depend on geography. Trials in the UK consistently show a 60 to 80% protective effect.

  5. Weapon of mass destruction - Wikipedia

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    Awareness and opinions of WMD have varied during the course of their history. Their threat is a source of unease, security, and pride to different people. The anti-WMD movement is embodied most in nuclear disarmament, and led to the formation of the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1957. [citation needed]

  6. Radiological warfare - Wikipedia

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    Radiological warfare is any form of warfare involving deliberate radiation poisoning or contamination of an area with radiological sources.. Radiological weapons are normally classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), [1] although radiological weapons can also be specific in whom they target, such as the radiation poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko by the Russian FSB, using radioactive ...

  7. Comparison of bicalutamide with other antiandrogens

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    The core side effects of NSAAs such as gynecomastia, sexual dysfunction, and hot flashes occur at similar rates with the different drugs. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Conversely, bicalutamide is associated with a significantly lower rate of diarrhea compared to flutamide.

  8. Butler Review - Wikipedia

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    The Butler Review stated that "the forged documents were not available to the British Government at the time its assessment was made." [ 7 ] Taking into account the American intelligence community's findings on the matter, it is true that in December 2003, then CIA director George Tenet conceded that the inclusion of the claim in the State of ...

  9. List of chemical warfare agents - Wikipedia

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    A chemical weapon agent (CWA), or chemical warfare agent, is a chemical substance whose toxic properties are meant to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings.About 70 different chemicals have been used or stockpiled as chemical weapon agents during the 20th century, although the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has an online database listing 35,942 chemicals which ...