News tagged with nasal sprays


Pollen count apps for smartphones are nothing to sneeze at

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.

Immunology created 14 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormone affects distance men keep from unknown women they find attractive

Men in committed relationships choose to keep a greater distance between themselves and an unknown woman they find attractive when given the hormone oxytocin, according to new research in the November 14 issue of The Journal of ...

Neuroscience created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cleverly designed vaccine blocks H5 avian influenza in models

Until now most experimental vaccines against the highly lethal H5N1 avian influenza virus have lacked effectiveness. But a new vaccine has proven highly effective against the virus when tested in both mice and ferrets. It ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A better judge of character with oxytocin nasal spray?

(Medical Xpress) -- In other contexts, oxytocin is already well-known as the “bliss hormone”. The hormone is secreted upon stimulation by touch and is known to result in a feeling of calm and physical ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 30, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Could nasal spray of 'love hormone' treat autism?

(HealthDay) -- Children with autism given a squirt of a nasal spray containing the hormone oxytocin showed more activity in brain regions known to be involved with processing social information, a small study ...

Autism spectrum disorders created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Beware fake flu treatments, FDA warns

(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.

Medications created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How to treat – and not treat – a cold

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.

Health created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

FDA approves first skin patch to combat migraines

(HealthDay News) —A skin patch for the treatment of migraines, and the intense waves of nausea that often accompany these debilitating headaches, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An advance toward a flu-fighting nasal spray

In an advance toward development of a nasal spray that protects against infection with influenza and spread of the disease, scientists are reporting identification of a substance that activates the first-line ...

Medications created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Battery-operated skin patch offers new option for migraine sufferers

(HealthDay)—The first skin patch approved to treat migraines offers patients an alternative to pills, nasal sprays and injections, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pediatricians' group urges flu shot for kids aged six months and up

(HealthDay)—The leading pediatricians' group in the United States is again urging parents to get all children aged 6 months or over immunized in preparation for the coming flu season.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Dreams of ideal flu vaccine are closer to reality

Despite modern advances, the half-century-old method of producing flu vaccine still takes six months and requires hundreds of millions of fertilized chicken eggs.

Medications created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CDC: 105 US children died this flu season

(AP)—Health officials say the flu season is winding down, and it has killed 105 children—about the average toll.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

No Excuses: Flu vaccination myths addressed

Flu season is here. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year five to 20 percent of Americans get the flu and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized due to flu-related complications. Flu season ...

Health created Oct 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US panel sees risk in long-used osteoporosis drug

A panel of U.S. government health experts says a long-established bone strengthening drug should no longer be used by women because there is little evidence it works and it may actually increase the risk of cancer.

Medications created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0