My great great grandparents emigrated to Nova Scotia from Scotland in the 1840’s. 

Of course their lives were much more difficult compared to how we live today, but the thing that stands out in my great great grandmother’s own account of her life is how many children she had and how many died during childhood. 

Of her 14 children, seven did not survive to adulthood. All of them died of infec­tious diseases. This cast a pall on her remaining life. My great grand­mother, who was the seventh child, wrote that her mother forever mourned …

Results of a small study recently conducted at Johns Hopkins University indicate that Revlimid may boost vaccine responses in multiple myeloma patients.

Based on these results, the researchers who organized the study believe Revlimid could be used as part of a strategy to increase immune responses against both cancer and infectious diseases.

The researchers also argue that Revlimid may help reduce infections in myeloma patients being treated with the drug.  Infections are an important challenge for myeloma patients due to the immune system dysfunction that develops during the course of the disease. …