Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Myanmar receives high-tech TB detection machines
Myanmar on Tuesday received four state-of-the-art machines to detect drug-resistant tuberculosis, one of its major health problems.
Sep 10, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Polio provocation: The health debate that refused to go away
For much of the 20th century, health professionals were locked in debate about one possible cause of paralytic polio. Some argued that the viral infection could be provoked by medical interventions; others hotly contested ...
Sep 4, 2013
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Medications
FDA warns of rare skin reactions to acetaminophen
(HealthDay)—The widely used painkiller acetaminophen, best known as Tylenol, can cause rare but serious skin reactions and a warning about this danger will be added to product labels, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Aug 2, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Whooping cough on the rise again
(Medical Xpress)—Whooping cough (Pertussis) is a highly contagious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis and characterized by attacks of severe coughing, often (but not always) with a characteristic high-pitched ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bioactive paper will revolutionize point-of-care diagnostics
A pair of University researchers have received a $600,000 CIHR award to develop a bioactive paper that aims to provide an inexpensive, point-of-care diagnostic tool to measure bronchitis in patients with airway diseases, ...
Jul 24, 2013
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Health
Homemade blowgun darts pose choking dangers for teens
(HealthDay)—It seems kids will never stop coming up with creative ways to injure themselves, if the cases of three teen boys and their homemade blowguns are any indication.
Jul 22, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
H7N9 flu peril lies in deep lung infiltration, study reports
The H7N9 bird flu virus is a peril for humans because it replicates deep in the lungs where it can trigger a dangerous response from the immune system, a study said Wednesday.
Jul 3, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pneumonia revealed in a cough
(Medical Xpress)—A new method, which analyzes the sounds in a child's cough, could soon be used in poor, remote regions to diagnose childhood pneumonia reliably. According to Udantha Abeyratne from the University of Queensland ...
Jun 27, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Whooping cough has lifelong health impact, study finds
People born during whooping cough outbreaks are more likely to die prematurely even if they survive into adulthood, research at Lund University in Sweden has found. Women had a 20% higher risk of an early death, and men a ...
Jun 18, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Whooping cough can be deadly for infants, but 61 percent of adults don't know their vaccine status
Cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are on the rise in the U.S., recently reaching their highest level in 50 years. The disease can be serious or even fatal to newborns who have not yet received vaccinations.
Jun 17, 2013
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