Anatomy
06 May 2007
Pain: An introduction
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.
Children's health
30 Apr 2007
Weak Immune Response Critical To Disease That Causes Most Infant Hospitalizations
The most common cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, respiratory syncytial virus, infects virtually all children by age two. Along with the influenza virus, RSV is a major contributor to the approximately two million infant deaths worldwide caused every year by respiratory infections, according to the World Health…
Children's health
26 Apr 2007
Bronchodilators
Medical information about bronchodilators, bronchodilators drugs and adrenergic bronchodilators
Children's health
09 Apr 2007
Vaccine Significantly Reduces Childhood Pneumonia Cases
Since the introduction of the PCV7 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, which began in 2000 in the USA, there has been a significant fall in the number of hospital admissions for pneumonia, according to a new report by researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA. The largest drop in hospitalizations…
Children's health
09 Apr 2007
To Contain Flu Epidemic Vaccinate Children, Not The Elderly
The best way to contain a flu epidemic is to vaccinate children, not the elderly, which is the current practice, a Yale School of Medicine researcher reports in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The lead author, Alison Galvani, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health,…
Blood
21 Mar 2007
Antibiotics (anti-bacterials)
Antibiotics are medications that work to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria and help your body fight the infection. They do not work against…
Children's health
21 Mar 2007
Asthma and breastfeeding
Women with asthma often wonder what they should know about breastfeeding with this condition. Often there concerns regarding taking medication while breastfeeding. On the other…
Blood
19 Mar 2007
Antiretroviral therapy (anti-HIV drugs)
Antiretrovirals (ARVs) are the cornerstone of HIV/AIDS management, as there is currently no cure nor vaccine available for HIV.
Children's health
14 Mar 2007
After Scrutiny, Preemie Lung Treatments Turn Out To Be Safe, Effective
Preemies between 28 and 32 weeks are not harmed by a treatment no longer used to help their lungs mature before birth, according to findings of a study in this month’s Paediatrics. Even though previous observational studies suggested that repeated courses of steroids in the womb may result in brain…
