News tagged with coughs
Got a cold? Study says echinacea won't help much
Got the sniffles? The largest study of the popular herbal remedy echinacea finds it won't help you get better any sooner.
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Human networking theory gives picture of infectious disease spread
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's colds and flu season, and as any parent knows, colds and flu spread like wildfire, especially through schools. New research using human-networking theory may give a clearer picture of ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Mortal chemical combat typifies the world of bacteria
Like all organisms, bacteria must compete for resources to survive, even if it means a fight to the death.
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Contact among age groups key to understanding whooping cough spread and control
Strategies for preventing the spread of whooping cough -- on the rise in the United States and several other countries in recent years -- should take into account how often people in different age groups interact, research ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Researcher may have contracted virus carried by monkeys
It's the stuff of doomsday movies: A new virus jumps from animals to people, with ominous possibilities. At the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis, last year, a newly identified ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 28, 2010 |
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First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 27, 2009 |
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FDA panel: Lower maximum daily dose of Tylenol
(AP) -- Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Tips for avoiding, treating swine flu
Swine flu has surfaced in the United States, and people are bound to have many questions as the illness arrives a step closer to home. Dr. Mark Dworkin, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 01, 2009 |
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Spit, anyone?
Mark Nicas has given some of his best years to spittle. He builds models - the mathematical kind - of how someone else's slobber ends up on you. The size of the particles, whether they come out in a dry co ...
Apr 14, 2009 |
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From herd immunity and complacency to group panic: How vaccine scares unfold
Worries over vaccine risks can allow preventable contagious diseases, such as measles and whooping cough, to make a comeback. A new study, published in PLoS Computational Biology, shows how to predict ways in which popula ...
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Treating acute coughs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Prescribing antibiotics for patients with discoloured phlegm caused by acute cough has little or no effect on alleviating symptoms and recovery, a new University study has found.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Japan suspends two vaccines after infant deaths (Update)
Japan's health ministry has suspended two widely-used vaccines made by drugs giants Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis as it investigates whether they are linked to the recent deaths of four infants.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 07, 2011 |
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21,000 had whooping cough last year, CDC says
(AP) -- More than 21,000 people got whooping cough last year, many of them children and teens. That's the highest number since 2005 and among the worst years in more than half a century, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 23, 2011 |
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There are no cures for the common cold
Americans catch an estimated 1 billion colds each year. And by this time of year, as weary cold sufferers line up at local pharmacies, it may not sound surprising that Americans spend at least $4.2 billion annually on over-the-counter ...
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Allergy treatment may cause new allergy
Allergic contact dermatitis from aluminium has previously been considered very unusual. However, there are now reports of pruritic nodules and aluminium allergy arising after vaccinations or treatments for allergies. Researcher ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 14, 2010 |
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