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Study highlights respiratory disorders prevalent in the Middle East
Lung diseases in the Middle East range from the centuries-old pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) to modern manifestations caused by chemical warfare. A new paper now available in Respirology, a journal of the...
View ArticleCOPD patients with sense of humor feel better, but laughter may be bad for lungs
Having a sense of humor is associated with improved emotional functioning and an enhanced quality of life among patients with a chronic lung illness, but the actual act of laughing out loud can reduce...
View ArticleStatins reduce deaths from infection and respiratory illness, eight years on...
The death rate among patients prescribed a statin in a major trial that ended in 2003 is still lower than those given a placebo, even though most participants in both groups have been taking statins...
View ArticleRare flu-like virus on the rise: US
A rare virus has killed three people and sickened nearly 100 in Japan, the Philippines, the United States and the Netherlands over the past two years, US health authorities said Friday.
View ArticleWHO warns of disease risk in flood-hit Thailand
Thailand's hundreds of thousands of flood victims are at risk of water-borne diseases and infections, the World Health Organisation said Saturday, though no major outbreaks have been reported yet.
View ArticleResearchers reveal darker side of the common cold
(Medical Xpress) -- Human rhinovirus (HRV), also known as the common cold, can be uncommonly serious for certain children, a study led by a Vanderbilt University Medical Center pediatrician shows.
View ArticleHomicide drops off US list of top causes of death
(AP) -- For the first time in 45 years, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, government health officials said Wednesday.
View ArticleLate preemie birth may be linked to higher asthma risk
(HealthDay) -- Babies born just a few weeks early appear to face a greater risk of developing asthma when compared with children born at full term, new research reveals.
View ArticleSmartphones more accurate, faster, cheaper for disease surveillance
Smartphones are showing promise in disease surveillance in the developing world. The Kenya Ministry of Health, along with researchers in Kenya for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found...
View ArticleResearcher watches the start of his own disease with unprecedented detail
These days, most of us don't head to the doctor until we are already ill. What if you could see disease approaching just as it starts to head your way? A study in a special March 16th issue of Cell...
View ArticleUK officials boost health measures before Olympics
(AP) -- U.K. health officials are increasing their surveillance for any potential disease outbreaks that could disrupt the London Olympics this summer.
View ArticleBabies' susceptibility to colds linked to immune response at birth
Innate differences in immunity can be detected at birth, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. And babies with a better innate response to viruses have...
View ArticleStudy says children exposed to tobacco smoke face long-term respiratory problems
For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), especially among children whose parents smoke. Now a...
View ArticleHookah smoking increasingly common among first-year college women
Nearly a quarter of college women try smoking tobacco with a hookah, or water pipe, for the first time during their freshman year, according to new research from The Miriam Hospital's Center for...
View ArticleInner city infants have different patterns of viral respiratory illness than...
Children living in low-income urban areas appear especially prone to developing asthma, possibly related to infections they acquire early in life. In a new study in The Journal of Infectious Diseases,...
View ArticleFive isolated in Danish hospital for SARS-like symptoms
Five people have been isolated in a hospital in Denmark with symptoms of a new viral respiratory illness from the same family as the deadly SARS virus, the hospital said on Wednesday.
View ArticleWHO advising Saudis on virus ahead of Hajj
The UN health agency said Wednesday it knew of no more cases in the Gulf of a mystery illness from the same virus family as the deadly SARS but was advising Saudi Arabia ahead of the upcoming Hajj...
View ArticlePatients in Denmark not suffering from new virus: hospital
Five people in isolation in a Danish hospital are suffering from a typical influenza strain and not a new SARS-like respiratory illness as feared, the Odense University Hospital said Wednesday.
View ArticleViewpoint: Patient identified with illness similar to SARS
A new respiratory illness, similar to SARS, has been identified in a man who is being treated in the UK.
View ArticleSaudi take steps to thwart epidemic at hajj: report
Saudi Arabia has taken measures to deal with any epidemic that may break out during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a minister said in remarks published Monday, stressing that the spread of a mystery...
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