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Seasons affect rates of asthma and eczema

Climate may influence prevailing rates of asthma and eczema indicates an international study of almost 670,000 children in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

21 Jun 2004

Parents often forget they consented to their babies taking part in trials

Parents can forget that they have consented to allowing their newborn babies to take part in clinical research, suggests a study in the Fetal and Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease in Childhood.

21 Jun 2004

Cooking with gas increases risk of respiratory illness in young children

Cooking with gas seems to increase the risk of respiratory illness, indicates research in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

21 Jun 2004

Higher incidence of SIDS at weekends, especially in younger infants

Despite the success of the 'Back to Sleep' campaign in cutting the numbers of cot deaths, these still remain high at weekends, reveals research in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

21 Jun 2004

Social class and race have a major impact on people's chances of entering the medical profession

In a new report, 'The Demography of Medical Schools', the BMA reveals marked differences in medical school acceptance rates between ethnic groups and social classes, and calls for action to ensure that no discrimination is taking place.

21 Jun 2004

Australian frog could boost the prospects of maintaining human muscle strength into old age

Scientific studies of a unique Australian frog could lead to the development of new ways to improve livestock production levels and boost the prospects of maintaining human muscle strength into old age.

21 Jun 2004

Targeting a gene that protects cancer cells from the lethal effects of radiotherapy could help improve the impact of treatment

Targeting a gene that protects cancer cells from the lethal effects of radiotherapy could help improve the impact of treatment, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist will tell conference delegates in Glasgow this week.

21 Jun 2004

Chemobrain side effect in women may be overestimated

A new study says the incidence of "chemobrain," a widely reported side effect in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer, may be overestimated.

21 Jun 2004

Fairfax student dies after a four-day hospitalization for meningitis/encephalitis

A 16-year old Chantilly high school student died last week after a four-day hospitalization for meningitis/encephalitis. The cause does not appear to be bacterial meningitis. However, an autopsy is pending and investigation is underway.

20 Jun 2004

SARS, the highly infectious respiratory virus, has been found in tears

The finding suggests that tear analysis could not only be an effective means of diagnosing the infection, but also an unrecognised source of its spread, if appropriate preventive measures are not taken, say the authors.

20 Jun 2004

WHO removes two antiretroviral products from the WHO List of prequalified products

The World Health Organization (WHO) removed two antiretroviral products from the WHO List of prequalified products

20 Jun 2004

Cornelia de Lange syndrome gene discovered

An international team of researchers has discovered the gene for Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a disabling, multisystem genetic disease that affects an estimated one in 10,000 children.

20 Jun 2004

Health Canada is advising of a potential risk related to Pre-Pen, a penicillin allergy test

Health Canada is advising health professionals and consumers of a potential risk related to Pre-Pen, a product used to test an individual's allergy to penicillin.

20 Jun 2004

Washington and Oregon health officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of salmonellosis

In the past two months, more than ten people in Washington and Oregon have been infected with Salmonella after handling chicks in both states.

20 Jun 2004

Broker of air pollution credits arrested on federal wire fraud charges

A woman who owned a company that purportedly traded air pollution credits among Southern California businesses has been arrested on federal wire fraud charges

20 Jun 2004

New gene found in genetic wasteland

In a region of DNA long considered a genetic wasteland, Harvard Medical School researchers have discovered a new class of gene.

20 Jun 2004

First license to begin research involving therapeutic cloning

A special licensing committee of the UK Human Fertilization & Embryology Authority (HFEA) met on June 16 in London to decide whether to grant a license to scientists at The Center for Life at Newcastle University.

20 Jun 2004

100,000 child deaths ever year caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries

100 000 deaths and 6 million years of healthy life lost (or DALYs) ever year, in children and adolescents from birth to 19 years of age, are caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries.

20 Jun 2004

Lingering outbreak of pertussis in four Chicago-area counties

Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director, today urged parents to ensure their children have been properly immunized against this highly contagious disease and asked that persons exhibiting symptoms to immediately seek medical care.

20 Jun 2004

Oxford researchers call for new malaria distribution maps

There is a pressing need to define accurate maps of global malaria risk if international initiatives to reduce the disease are to be fairly targeted.

20 Jun 2004

Medical News

Seasons affect rates of asthma and eczema

Parents often forget they consented to their babies taking part in trials

Cooking with gas increases risk of respiratory illness in young children

Higher incidence of SIDS at weekends, especially in younger infants

Social class and race have a major impact on people's chances of entering the medical profession

Australian frog could boost the prospects of maintaining human muscle strength into old age

Targeting a gene that protects cancer cells from the lethal effects of radiotherapy could help improve the impact of treatment

Chemobrain side effect in women may be overestimated

Fairfax student dies after a four-day hospitalization for meningitis/encephalitis

SARS, the highly infectious respiratory virus, has been found in tears

WHO removes two antiretroviral products from the WHO List of prequalified products

Cornelia de Lange syndrome gene discovered

Health Canada is advising of a potential risk related to Pre-Pen, a penicillin allergy test

Washington and Oregon health officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of salmonellosis

Broker of air pollution credits arrested on federal wire fraud charges

New gene found in genetic wasteland

First license to begin research involving therapeutic cloning

100,000 child deaths ever year caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries

Lingering outbreak of pertussis in four Chicago-area counties

Oxford researchers call for new malaria distribution maps

How microRNA is transforming science: From discovery to diagnostics

Advancing benzodiazepine detection

The Surgeon-Scientist Pioneering Regenerative Engineering

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