http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Deep suctioning used in the first 24 hours after a pediatric admission for bronchitis is associated with increased length of stays (LOS), according to a study published online March 4 in JAMA Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-deep-suctioning-bronchitis-admission-tied.html Pediatrics Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:04:00 EST news281963034 New Vanderbilt-led research published in the Feb. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-reveals-clues-childhood-respiratory-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:10:04 EST news279996748 (Medical Xpress)—Research by the University of Warwick indicates that vaccinating families could protect young babies against a common winter virus which can be fatal for infants under six months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-rsv-potential-vaccine-strategies-babies.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:41:54 EST news272187699 A 16-hospital study, led by researchers at  Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, is challenging common wisdom about bronchiolitis, a respiratory illness and the leading cause of hospitalization in infants. Currently, clinicians treating babies with severe bronchiolitis generally don’t test for pathogens, assuming the specific infectious cause to be irrelevant to the child’s care. The new study, the largest prospective, multicenter study of U.S. children hospitalized with bronchiolitis, suggests it should be viewed as more than one disease, especially when considering treatments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-bronchiolitis-severity-virus-rooming-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:28:00 EST news252739672 (AP) -- Like a lot of New Yorkers who spent time near the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center, Lorraine Ashman needs to take a deep breath before listing all the health problems that have afflicted her over the past decade. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-dusty-legacy-medical-mystery.html Health Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:28:33 EST news234106080 A study by the University of Liverpool has found that babies admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis from a household where a parent smokes are twice as likely to need oxygen therapy and five times as likely to need mechanical ventilation as babies whose parents do not smoke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-household-severity-bronchiolitis-babies.html Health Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:47:07 EST news230374011