http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Kate O'Reilly's spring allergy survival kit includes the usual stuff - nasal sprays, allergy pills and a box of tissues. This season, she's added a new weapon to her line of defense: an app on her smartphone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pollen-apps-smartphones.html Immunology Fri, 24 May 2013 14:00:01 EST news288618284 (HealthDay)—With the height of flu season here, the U.S Food and Drug Administration warns consumers to avoid fraudulent products that claim to prevent, treat or cure the flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-beware-fake-flu-treatments-fda.html Medications Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:40:01 EST news279204357 A sniffle here, a cough there and suddenly a cold has come. What to do? Here's how to treat - and not treat - a cold. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cold.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:20:01 EST news276780256 A large body of research has focused on the ability of oxytocin to facilitate social bonding in both marital and parenting relationships in human females. A new laboratory study, led by Dr. Ruth Feldman from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and published in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, has found that oxytocin administration to fathers increases their parental engagement, with parallel effects observed in their infants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-oxytocin-engaged-fathers-responsive-infants.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:10:22 EST news274353005 (HealthDay)—Over-the-counter eye drops or nasal decongestant sprays can pose a serious health threat to children who swallow them and should be kept out of the reach of kids at all times, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-swallowing-nasal-eye-kids-fda.html Medications Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:00:16 EST news270488192 Queenslanders can expect to endure a longer hay fever season than the rest of Australia thanks to flowering subtropical grasses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-grass-pollen-allergy-tackles-hay.html Immunology Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:39:39 EST news265876774 (HealthDay) -- Corticosteroid nasal sprays apparently are not a silver bullet when it comes to symptom relief for acute sinusitis patients, a new review suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-steroid-nasal-small-benefit-sinusitis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 15 May 2012 11:21:43 EST news256299674 (HealthDay) -- Nicotine patches don't seem to be of much use in helping pregnant women quit smoking, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-nicotine-patches-pregnancy.html Health Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:16:08 EST news249801360