Children's health
27 Jul 2008
Cold and Flu Prevention
Cold and flu can be prevented, even during winter. A flu shot helps prevent flu, but there is no vaccine for the common cold so…
Anatomy
24 Jul 2008
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
DNA is a very important chemical that contains all of a living cell's genetic material. DNA contains all the information required for cell growth, function…
Blood
07 Jul 2008
Staying Healthy During Plane Travel
Staying Healthy During Plane Travel - Information on Health problems related to travelling on a plane and how to avoid these conditions, written by health…
Children's health
06 Jun 2008
Allergy research breakthrough
In a world first scientists have identified how a gene associated with allergic diseases such as asthma and eczema works, providing new hope for potential drug treatments. The University of Sydney’s Dr Graham Jones led a group based at the Westmead Millennium Institute (Institute of Immunology and Allergy) which investigated…
Children's health
04 Jun 2008
More girls than boys benefit from breastfeeding
Challenging the long-standing belief that breast-feeding equally protects all babies against disease, research led by Johns Hopkins Children’s Center investigators suggests that when it comes to respiratory infections, the protective effects of breast milk are higher in girls than in boys. Following 119 premature babies in Buenos Aires through their…
Children's health
29 May 2008
New breathing exercises help manage asthma
A presentation that demonstrates breathing exercises designed to help reduce the use of asthma inhalers is today available to the general public for free from the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Asthma and Airways website. The 40 minute production is in response to a research paper on the management of…
Children's health
26 May 2008
FDA warns consumers against using mommy’s bliss nipple cream
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use or purchase Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream, marketed by MOM Enterprises, Inc., because the product contains potentially harmful ingredients that may cause respiratory distress or vomiting and diarrhoea in infants. The product is promoted to nursing mothers to help…
Children's health
09 May 2008
Study finds link between birth order and asthma symptoms
Among four year-olds attending Head Start programs in New York City, those who had older siblings were more likely to experience respiratory symptoms including an episode of wheezing in the past year than those who were oldest or only children. Children with at least two older siblings were also 50%…
Children's health
08 May 2008
Teens think they have asthma under control, but benefit from new approach to treatment
Two studies that offer new insights to help adolescents and younger children improve their asthma control will be presented by researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center at this year’s annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) in Honolulu, Hawaii. One study, to be presented May 4, found that…
