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Study finds cough drugs no better than sugar syrup
• Respiratory Problems • Jul 06 04
Two ingredients commonly used in cough syrup are no better than sugar water in suppressing night-time coughing in children, according to a study published…
SARS may raise risk of tuberculosis
• Respiratory Problems • Jul 02 04
The discovery of tuberculosis (TB) in two patients with SARS raises concern that the latter disease may somehow increase susceptibility to the former, according…
Gas cooking linked to respiratory ills in young
• Respiratory Problems • Jun 21 04
Young children who live in homes with gas cooking stoves may be at increased risk for respiratory illnesses, research from Hong Kong suggests.
“Gas…
Gene linked to lung disease in smokers
• Respiratory Problems • May 30 04
A form of a gene called MSR-1 seems to influence whether a smoker will develop lung problems such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis,…
Drug-resistant TB ‘threatens EU’
• Respiratory Problems • May 27 04
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis poses a major threat to the European Union, a World Health Organization report says.
Researchers found rates of MDR-TB are very…
Study: Breast-feeding cuts infant death 20 percent
• Respiratory Problems • May 27 04
Breast-fed children in the United States are 20 percent less likely to die during the first year of life than those who are…
Treating sleep apnea could cut road deaths
• Respiratory Problems • May 27 04
Nearly 1,000 deaths from vehicle collisions could be avoided each year in the U.S. if all drivers with the obstructive sleep apnea received a…
Pneumonia’s racial disparity cut by vaccine
• Respiratory Problems • May 27 04
A childhood vaccine approved in 2000 for use in the United States has started to ease a racial disparity that saw blacks more…
U.N. chemical blacklist may be too short
• Respiratory Problems • May 27 04
A “dirty dozen” of industrial chemicals blamed for causing deaths and birth defects will be outlawed beginning Monday by a U.N. pact, but many…
HK doctors ‘identify killer disease’
• Respiratory Problems • May 24 04
Scientists in Hong Kong have claimed a key breakthrough against a virulent form of pneumonia which is claiming more victims around the world.
The…
Device spots breast cancer early
• Respiratory Problems • May 24 04
It could soon be possible to detect breast cancer at a much earlier stage thanks to new technology being developed by British scientists.
Experts…
Pollution may affect fetus: study
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Respiratory Problems • May 24 04
Soot and other types of air pollution can not only affect animals and people, but developing fetuses too, researchers reported on Thursday.
They found…