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No Californian died from whooping cough in 2011, the first year since 1991 that there have been no deaths in the state from the highly infectious illness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-whooping-deaths-california-year.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:24:12 EST news246641042 Accelerated growth in the first three months of life, but not fetal growth, is associated with an increased risk of asthma symptoms in young children, according to a new study from The Generation R Study Group at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-infant-growth-future-asthma-symptoms.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:57:05 EST news246254208 Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. - mostly babies and toddlers - were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-whooping-vaccine-side-effects.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:40:01 EST news245069565 Seventy-seven percent of Washington state pediatricians report that they are sometimes or frequently asked to provide alternative childhood vaccine schedules for their patients, according to a new study from Seattle Children's Research Institute. Researchers also found that 61 percent of Washington state pediatricians are comfortable using an alternative schedule when asked by a parent. The study, "Washington State Pediatricians' Attitudes Toward Alternative Childhood Immunization Schedules," is published in the December 2011 issue of Pediatrics and is the first to evaluate pediatricians' attitudes towards alternative schedules. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-washington-pediatricians-regular-alternative-child.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:03:27 EST news241714993 A new analysis has found that coughing may signal trouble for patients with the lung-scarring disease known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The study, published in the journal Respirology, found that patients with the condition who also cough are more likely to develop advanced forms of the disease that may be life threatening. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-danger-patients-lung-scarring-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:27:51 EST news238163143 If you smoke cigarettes, you have more in common with someone who has cystic fibrosis than you think. A new research report appearing online in the FASEB Journal shows that smoking cigarettes affects the lungs in a way that is very similar to cystic fibrosis, a life threatening disease affecting the lungs and other organs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-cigarettes-simulates-cystic-fibrosis.html Addiction Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:17:28 EST news237633431 (AP) -- By age 6, children should have vaccinations against 14 diseases, in at least two dozen separate doses, the U.S. government advises. More than 1 in 10 parents reject that, refusing some shots or delaying others mainly because of safety concerns, a national survey found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-parents-kids-shots.html Health Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:10:30 EST news236877019 New research has revealed the devastating personal and financial impact that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can have on the working population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-impact-copd-aged-populations.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:05:24 EST news236142296 The whooping cough vaccine given to babies and toddlers loses much of its effectiveness after just three years - a lot faster than doctors believed - and that could help explain a recent series of outbreaks in the U.S. among children who were fully vaccinated, a study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-whooping-vaccination-years.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:34:33 EST news235650701 (AP) -- Backpack. Notebooks. Whooping cough shot? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-back-to-school-vaccines-tweens-teens.html Health Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:47:35 EST news233250424 Total joint replacement surgeries can help relieve joint pain common in people with conditions like osteoarthritis. But sometimes, the debris from prosthetic joints leads to aseptic loosening, or disintegration of surrounding bones. In 2009, a Wayne State University researcher determined that the anti-inflammatory antibiotic erythromycin can prevent and treat such disintegration. There was one caveat, however: there are side effects associated with long-term usage of erythromycin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-antibiotic-localized-treatment-bone.html Medical research Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:33:15 EST news232097583 Feeding a baby on only breast milk and for up to 6 months after birth can reduce their risk of developing asthma-related symptoms in early childhood, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-breastfeeding-asthma.html Health Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:42:37 EST news230524937 (Medical Xpress) -- A drug widely used in over-the-counter cough medicines appears to protect against symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a finding that could offer a new and inexpensive therapy for a condition with few effective treatment options, a study by UC Davis researchers has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-common-medicine-multiple-sclerosis.html Medications Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:26:49 EST news229332388 A new vaccine to combat tuberculosis is less effective at stimulating an immune response when administered to Gambian infants in combination with the routine immunisation schedule, according to clinical trial results published today in Science Translational Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-tb-trial-highlights-vaccine-childhood.html Medications Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:00:01 EST news227966160 Vaccines that save lives by preventing disease have been around for centuries. Now, new vaccines that treat cancer are being developed, but how they will be combined with existing treatments is not clear. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-advocate-national-strategic-approach-therapeutic.html Cancer Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:19:33 EST news226757806