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Food Allergies: Sending your child with food allergies to school
Food allergies develop when the immune system – the body’s protection from foreign substances – gets mixed up and fights…
12 Sep 2006
New study identifies teens at risk of developing heart disease
Queen’s University researchers have developed new criteria to identify teenagers with abnormal blood cholesterol levels that place them at risk…
11 Sep 2006
Mature muscle fibres can revert to become cancerous, researchers find
Mature muscle fibres, rather than their less-developed neighbours, are the tissues that turn malignant in a soft-tissue cancer that strikes…
10 Sep 2006
Contact dermatitis
Contact dermatitis is an allergic skin condition that causes inflammation and rash, usually in people with hay fever, eczema, asthma or other allergies.
08 Sep 2006
Therapeutic Thoracentesis (Pleural Effusion Drainage)
Therapeutic thoracentesis samples pleural effusion in the lungs to check for disease. Symtoms of lung disease may include shortness of breath, chest pain and cough.
06 Sep 2006
Experts Add To Growing Warnings About Asthma Drug
University of Iowa asthma experts are trying to ensure that an asthma drug combination is prescribed only when truly necessary.
04 Sep 2006
Barrett’s oesophagus
Barrett's oesophagus is a complication of heartburn in which the cells of the lower oesophagus are damaged from exposure to stomach acid.
30 Aug 2006
Exposure to PCBs May Reduce the Effectiveness of Vaccines in Children
New epidemiological evidence suggests that exposure to environmental pollutants may have an adverse impact on immune responses to childhood vaccinations.
28 Aug 2006
Researchers Find Link Between Autism and Abnormal Blood-Vessel Function and Oxidative Stress
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that children with autism showed signs of abnormal blood-vessel function…
28 Aug 2006
