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It’s High Time Children Were Strongly Protected Against the Flu’s Massive Attack
It appears that the flu caused the death of the 10-year-old Long Island, New York child. Cynthia...
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Bacterial Meningitis Kills Second Soldiers at Missouri Base
Bacterial meningitis made a second victim among soldiers stationed at the Army’s Fort...
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Flu Strikes In North Carolina, 6-Year-Old Dies
Unfortunately, flu has made its first victim this season in North Carolina, as health leaders...
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Flu Outbreak Expected This Winter! Single Anti-Flu Treatment Not Enough
This season it is recommended that doctors prescribe rimantidine along with Tamiflu because this...
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A Good Night’s Sleep Keeps The Cold Away
A recent study suggests that people who sleep less than 8 hours per night are more exposed to...
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VapoRub, Severe Side Effects In Infants and Toddlers
One of the most popular medical products in the United States is almost-pop-cult Vicks VapoRub....
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Vicks VapoRub Linked to Breathing Problems in Infants
A new study has recently revealed that Vicks VapoRub, a popular cold remedy, could cause airway...
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Vicks VapoRub Poses Risks To Children Under 2
Vicks VapoRub, a common cold remedy, may create respiratory problems in infants and small...
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Whooping Cough Cases On The Rise
Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, keep rising in the Unites States, health...
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Pertussis Cases More Frequent
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a very contagious disease that is caused by bacteria and it...
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Glaxo Malaria Vaccine Proves Successful in Early Tests
Researchers have been trying for years to develop a vaccine for malaria, the deadly, mosquito-borne...
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A Vaccine Against Malaria That Promises to Drastically Cut Infection Rates
Researchers reported on Monday that a revolutionary vaccine against
malaria protected up to 65...
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Measles Deaths Declined, Global Authorities Say
The global authorities released a report on Thursday announcing that the deaths caused by measles...
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Cyberchondria Is No Joke
Neurotic self-diagnosis is usually common among med students. They study the diseases carefully and...
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Update: Google Tool Tracks Flu Outbreaks Faster
Fever? Headache? Sore Throat? You might
find answers to all these symptoms through a new tool as...
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Lung Cancer Treatment Drug Tarceva Makes the Disease Possible To Treat
The drug Tarceva, made by OSI Pharmaceuticals has been found to cause an increase in survival rates...
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Getting a Flu Vaccine, the Best Option for Protection against Influenza
Public health officials are urging people
to get the flu shot needed for protection against...
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FDA Supports New Limit On Cold And Cough Medicines
The Food and Drug Administration told healthcare providers
and customers that it agrees with the...
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Report: 25 Percent Of US Teen Girls Got Cervical Cancer Vaccine In 2007
However controversial Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine
Gardasil has been considered since approval,...
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No Cold And Cough Medicines For Children Under 4
The manufacturers of cold and cough medicines announced Tuesday that they will no longer sale the...
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Pharmaceutical Industry Bans Cough, Cold Drugs For Kids Under 4
In response to fears that over-the counter cough and cold
medicines could harm children rather...
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Cold Meds Undergo Relabeling
Tuesday,
the drug industry has announced that over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold
medicine was...
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Withdrawal Of Children’s Cough Medicines Requested By Physicians
Medical experts and consumer groups requested the Food and Drug Administration to pull children's...
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Over The Counter Medicine For Kids, Not Healthy?
The FDA recently rejected pediatricians’ calls for the immediate
ban on over the counter cold...
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FDA Urged To Investigate Cold Medicine For Youngsters
During a
public hearing held Thursday, pediatricians have urged the Food and Drug
Administration...
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Pollution to Blame for Asia's Growing Number of Sneezes
Hong Kong - It starts with a sneeze, a runny nose and a cough. You think it's a cold but when the...
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Legionnaire’s Disease Kills Second Patient at St. Peter’s Hospital
Two people have died after contracting Legionnaire’s
disease, a different but severe form of...
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Inhalers May Increase Risk Of Heart Death
Certain lung-disease medications used by millions of people suffering from emphysema and bronchitis...
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People Encouraged To Get A Flu Shot
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention is recommending that children aged 6 months to 4...
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Pregnant Women Should Consider Getting a Flu Shot to Protect Their Baby
A new study conducted by a doctor at the John Hopkins
University’s Bloomerg School
of Public...
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Vicks VapoRub Might Harm Your Child!
No kid under the age of four should be given the controversial cough and cold medicines, the...
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Joshua Sharfstein on Top of the List for Head of the FDA
Joshua Sharfstein, who is currently head of the Baltimore
Health Department, is said to have...
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U.S. Teens Prefer Painkillers, Alcohol and Marijuana to Stimulants and Smoking
Abuse of painkillers continues to be a
problem among teenagers, although fewer of them are smoking...
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Dancing With The Stars Finale – What Typology Will Win?
American show “Dancing with the Stars” is yet another combination of reality-show with live,...
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Cough, Cold Meds to Have New Labels Banning Use in Kids under 4
No kid under the age of four should be given the
controversial cough and cold medicines! At least...
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FDA Expected to Make a Decision on Kids’ Cough Meds
The American
Academy of Pediatrics is
urging the Food and Drug Administration to demand...
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FDA to Write More Severe Rules for Children’s Cough Medicine
The FDA was petitioned by pediatric experts and consumer groups on Thursday to pull off the market,...
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FDA Postpones Decision To Ban Kid’s Cough Medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration needs more data on whether over-the-counter
cold medicines are...
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No Influenza This Winter? Better Get Your Shot…
Do you want to be influenza-free this winter? Then, you’d
better contact your health care provider...
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US Surgeon General Issues 'Call to Action' to Cut DVT and PE Numbers
In an attempt to reduce the number of people dying from deep
vein thrombosis and...
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Four High School Students Hospitalized after Abuse of Snurf Pills
Four teens from Council Rock High School in Newton, Penn.
have been hospitalized for possible...
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