Friday, November 11th, 2011
Prior to World Pneumonia Day (Sat 12 Nov) a study published Online First in The Lancet for the first time provides global estimates of seasonal influenza in children below the age of five years and the resultant burden of influenza-related pneumonia. According to the study, the researchers estimate that globally ...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Tens of thousands of young children die around the world each year of influenza-related respiratory illness, most of them in developing countries, according to a newly released study.
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Got a cold or the flu and feeling feverish? You may not want to be so quick to reach for a pill to get rid of it, a new study suggests.
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Guided by insights into how mice recover after H1N1 flu, researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, together with researchers at A*STAR of Singapore, have cloned three distinct stem cells from the human airways and demonstrated that one of these cells can form into the lung's alveoli ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Yes, you may experience some tenderness and redness, thanks to leftover antibodies from last year's vaccine. But experts give tips for reducing the pain.
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