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Also In Global Health News: Child Marriages; USAID In Afghanistan; Respiratory Diseases In El Salvador; Food Security Improving In Zimbabwe Epoch Times Examines Child Marriage Hearing An Epoch Times article discusses a recent congressional hearing held by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on child marriage... |
Study Finds Respiratory Symptoms More Reliable Indicator Of H1N1, Not Fever Alone New research shows that individuals with mild H1N1 infection may go undetected using standard diagnostic criteria, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, (APIC)... |
Hayfever: Time We Moved Exams To The Winter? Crucial exams take place during adolescence in most societies, which can have a major impact on an individual's career trajectory... |
CPR Without Mouth-To-Mouth Rescue Breathing May Be Better For Many Victims Of Cardiac Arrest A leading expert in cardiopulmonary resuscitation says two new studies from U.S. and European researchers support the case for dropping mouth-to-mouth, or rescue breathing by bystanders and using "hands-only" chest compressions during the life-saving practice, better known as CPR... |
NICE Hopes To Help People With Motor Neurone Disease Breathe More Easily People with motor neurone disease could live longer and more comfortably if their respiratory problems are identified and managed more effectively. This is what NICE is hoping to achieve from its new clinical guideline on the management of non-invasive mechanical ventilation, out yesterday (28 July)... |
Teva Respiratory Announces Positive Results From Phase III Trial Of BDP HFA Nasal Aerosol In Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis Teva Respiratory announced positive results from a Phase III trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) Nasal Aerosol in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR). The study met all efficacy endpoints, demonstrating a statistically significant benefit as compared to placebo... |
Advanced Life Sciences Applies For FDA Fast-Track Designation For Restanza In CABP Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, announced that the Company has applied to the U.S... |
Smog From Moscow Peat Fires Likely To Kill Hundreds Of People Smog from peat fires around the city of Moscow has reached ten times above safe levels and is likely to kill hundreds of people, according to news reports issued earlier on Wednesday. Shrouding the spires of the Kremlin and onion domes of churches, and smelling sharply of cinder, the smog cloud has crept through doors and windows into Moscow's homes, restaurants and offices... |
Measuring Exacerbations Of COPD: A Novel Approach Exacerbations are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), leading to dramatic reductions in quality of life and expensive emergency room visits and hospitalizations... |
Late Preterm Births Risk Respiratory Illness Babies born between 34 weeks and 37 weeks gestation are much more likely to have respiratory illness compared to infants born at full term, and their risk of respiratory illness decreases with each additional week of gestation until 38 weeks, researchers report. The study, published in the July 28 issue of JAMA, was conducted by University of Illinois at Chicago researcher Dr... |
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