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Scientific breakthrough could mean greater protection for asthmatics

Colds are known to be a major trigger of asthma attacks and asthmatics are far more likely to suffer a severe attack during a cold and even end up being hospitalised.

From Asthma + Lung UK 14 Aug 2006

Recently patented technology promotes early warning of pandemics

Rapid analysis and response in the very early stages of a pandemic or bioterrorism event can sharply limit its deadly impact.

10 Aug 2006

Lebanon update from the World Health Organization

Still no fuel for hospitals and health facilities: The lack of fuel remains a grave concern. Earlier this week, WHO warned that many health facilities will not be able to function if fuel isn't delivered this week.

10 Aug 2006

USDA, DOI and state partners begin monitoring wild migratory birds in lower 48 states

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne today announced that their departments are expanding wild bird monitoring for highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza.

9 Aug 2006

Allergies may put you more at risk of Parkinson's disease

According to researchers people who suffer from allergic rhinitis may be more at risk for Parkinson's disease later in life.

9 Aug 2006

Indonesia confirms 56th case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza virus

The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country's 56th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.

9 Aug 2006

China comes clean on bird flu

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the two latest suspected cases of the human form of the bird flu virus in Indonesia and Thailand have been confirmed as the H5N1 strain of the disease.

9 Aug 2006

GenoMed's West Nile virus trial endorsed by expert

GenoMed has announced the endorsement of its trial for West Nile virus encephalitis by an authority in Emergency Medicine, Dr. Neal Handly.

8 Aug 2006

Effectiveness of Hib vaccine introduction into routine childhood immunization in Kenya

Three years after introduction, routine vaccination of infants in Kenya against H. influenzae Type b (Hib) significantly reduced invasive Hib disease rates by 88%.

8 Aug 2006

China confirms human case of H5N1 infection dating back to November 2003

The Ministry of Health in China has today retrospectively confirmed a human case of H5N1 infection dating back to November 2003. The case occurred in a 24-year-old member of the military service based in Beijing.

8 Aug 2006

Indonesia - 43 dead from bird flu

According to health officials in Indonesia a 16-year-old boy who died on Monday has tested positive for bird flu.

8 Aug 2006

Researchers develop new technique using the abdominal cavity to deliver oxygen to assist ailing lungs

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have helped develop a technique in animal models for using the abdominal cavity to exchange gas, supplementing the function normally performed by the lungs.

8 Aug 2006

Gene amplification links growth controlling pathway from Drosophila to human cancers

Researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered a new cancer-promoting role for a gene potentially involved in breast, liver, and other kinds of cancers.

8 Aug 2006

Long-term effects of in utero influenza exposure in the post-1940 U.S. population

While much attention has been paid to how inherited traits such as skin tone or height influence economic success, a groundbreaking new study from the Journal of Political Economy argues that it is a malleable characteristic - in utero health - that most strongly indicates how well a child will fare in adulthood.

7 Aug 2006

Thailand confirms 24th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed the country’s 24th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.

7 Aug 2006

Latex in food wrappers, packaging and rubber gloves must be declared

A new study has revealed that latex contained in packaging and rubber gloves can trigger fatal allergic reactions.

7 Aug 2006

Several factors are contributing to an increase in dengue epidemics

Scientists have long known that epidemics of dengue fever wax and wane over a period of several years, but they've never been quite sure why.

7 Aug 2006

Bird flu does the rounds again and another Thai man dies - Bangkok area on high alert

Officials in Thailand have confirmed that a 27-year-old man who died on Thursday was another bird flu victim.

6 Aug 2006

Why reassurance fails in patients with unexplained symptoms

When patients are unconvinced by reassurance from their doctor that they have nothing to worry about, it may be because their emotional state makes it hard for them to remember all the information the doctor has given them, according to new research in PLoS Medicine.

6 Aug 2006

Reappraisal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa hospital-acquired pneumonia mortality

Patients suffering from hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by a type of bacteria that is highly resistant to virtually all antibiotics are twice as likely to die as patients infected with other, less resistant bacteria.

6 Aug 2006

Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Scientific breakthrough could mean greater protection for asthmatics

Recently patented technology promotes early warning of pandemics

Lebanon update from the World Health Organization

USDA, DOI and state partners begin monitoring wild migratory birds in lower 48 states

Allergies may put you more at risk of Parkinson's disease

Indonesia confirms 56th case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza virus

China comes clean on bird flu

GenoMed's West Nile virus trial endorsed by expert

Effectiveness of Hib vaccine introduction into routine childhood immunization in Kenya

China confirms human case of H5N1 infection dating back to November 2003

Indonesia - 43 dead from bird flu

Researchers develop new technique using the abdominal cavity to deliver oxygen to assist ailing lungs

Gene amplification links growth controlling pathway from Drosophila to human cancers

Long-term effects of in utero influenza exposure in the post-1940 U.S. population

Thailand confirms 24th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus

Latex in food wrappers, packaging and rubber gloves must be declared

Several factors are contributing to an increase in dengue epidemics

Bird flu does the rounds again and another Thai man dies - Bangkok area on high alert

Why reassurance fails in patients with unexplained symptoms

Reappraisal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa hospital-acquired pneumonia mortality

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