http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Links between early paracetamol use and the development of allergies and asthma in five and six year old children have been confirmed by health researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington. http://phys.org/news210241701.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:28:53 EST news210241701 Evidence suggesting that the risk of childhood asthma associated with prenatal paracetamol exposure may depend on antioxidant genes in the mother has been found by a team of UK scientists. The results of their study - which strengthens the argument for a causal link between paracetamol exposure in early life and later childhood asthma - are published online (10 November) in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. http://phys.org/news208620694.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:40:01 EST news208620694 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen may be more effective for relieving period pain than paracetamol, according to the update of a Cochrane Review. However, it remains unclear whether any one NSAID is safer or more effective than others. http://phys.org/news183214856.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:30:01 EST news183214856 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers may be able to predict how people will respond to particular drugs by analysing their urine samples, suggest scientists behind a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://phys.org/news169136809.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:00:03 EST news169136809 (PhysOrg.com) -- Withdrawal of the painkiller co-proxamol from use in the UK has led to a major reduction in suicides and accidental poisonings involving the drug, research led by Oxford University has shown. http://phys.org/news164632143.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:09:50 EST news164632143