Links between early paracetamol use and the development of allergies and asthma in five and six year old children have been confirmed by health researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington.The report by Professor Julian Crane is based on the...
Monday, November 29, 2010
Paracetamol links to allergy/asthma in young children, study suggests
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Botox Shots Approved for Migraine
The Food and Drug Administration approved Botox, the anti-wrinkle shot from Allergan, as a treatment to prevent chronic migraines, a little more than a month after the company agreed to pay $600 million to settle allegations that it had illegally...
Scientists identify gene linked to common birth defect in male genitalia
King's College London, in collaboration with Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in The Netherlands, has discovered a new gene associated with Hypospadias, the congenital malformation of the male genitalia. The research was published today in...
Accuray's CyberKnife VSI System recognized as Best New Radiology Device of 2010
Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that the company's CyberKnife® VSI™ System received the 2010 Minnie for Best New Radiology Device from AuntMinnie.com, the largest and most comprehensive...
Walking Slows Cognitive Decline In Alzheimer's Patients And Healthy People
Walking five miles per week may protect the brain and slow cognitive decline in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease, said researchers at a conference of medical imaging professionals in Chicago on Sunday; they also found...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
DIABETES
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a common group of chronic metabolic diseases that cause high blood sugar (glucose) levels in the body due to defects in insulin production or function. Diabetes is also known as diabetes mellitus to distinguish it from...
CANCER
Cancer is an umbrella term for a large group of diseases caused when abnormal cells divide and invade other tissue and organs. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., and more than 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with some form...
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Allergy
Also called: Hypersensitivity
An allergy is a reaction of your immune system to something that does not bother most other people. People who have allergies often are sensitive to more than one thing. Substances that often cause reactions are
Pollen
Dust...
Asthma in Children
Asthma is a chronic disease that causes the airways - the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs - to become sore and swollen. In the United States, about 20 million people have asthma. Nearly 9 million of them are children....
Asthma
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways. Your airways are tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways become sore and swollen. That makes them very sensitive, and...
Anthrax, NIAID Fact Sheet
About the Microbe
Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Predominantly a cause of livestock disease, B. anthracis forms durable spores that can lie dormant in the soil for years....
Saturday, August 21, 2010
HIV Infection in Minority Populations
Overview Minority populations in the United States, primarily African Americans and Hispanics, constitute 57 percent of the more than 700,000 cases of AIDS reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since the epidemic began...
HIV Infection in Infants and Children
Overview
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has a lead role in research devoted to children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
NIAID-supported...
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