Anatomy
25 Jul 2006
Human immune system
The immune system has two parts: the acquired system (lymphocytes and antibodies that attack diseases), and the innate system (skin and other barriers).
Anatomy
24 Jul 2006
Innate immune system
The innate immune system includes skin and other barriers which prevent disease entering the body, and inflammatory and other responses which fight disease.
Blood
15 Jul 2006
Skin rashes
A rash is defined as a change in the skin's appearance, which may involve alternations in texture (eg rough or smooth) and/or its colour. The…
Children's health
08 Jul 2006
Wake Forest Researcher Warns Against Making Connection Between Presence of Measles Virus and Autism
An American scientist whose research replicates a connection published in England in 2002 between the measles virus and bowel disease in autistic children strongly warns against making the leap to suggesting that the measles vaccine might actually cause autism. That is not what our research is showing, said Stephen…
Children's health
07 Jul 2006
'SCRATCH' The Confusion Away: New Tool to Sort Out Insect Bites in Children
Children afflicted with insect-bite rashes are often misdiagnosed or referred for extensive and costly tests, but a new, easy-to-remember set of guidelines developed at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Centre should help. Called SCRATCH, the letters form a memorable acronym for symmetry, cluster, rover, age, target/time, confused, household). It is…
Cancer
21 Jun 2006
Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea is a common digestive disorder that virtually all people will suffer at some stage during their lives. The definition of diarrhoea varies but it…
Children's health
01 Jun 2006
Full year of treatment helps infants and children with toxoplasmosis
The first long-term study shows that treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine (two anti-parasitic drugs) during the first year of life leads to a lasting reduction in brain and eye damage for children with congenital toxoplasmosis. In the May 15 issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Disease, researchers report that…
Blood
12 May 2006
Boosting newborns' immune responses
Newborn babies have immature immune systems, making them highly vulnerable to severe infections and unable to mount an effective immune response to most vaccines, thereby frustrating efforts to protect them. Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston now believe they have found a way to enhance the immune system at birth and…
Blood
09 May 2006
Nutrition and women
A good diet is essential for growth, health and wellbeing. In women, nutritional requirements are affected by pregnancy and medical conditions.
