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Fixed-Dose Combination Formulations Recommended

The World Health Organization (WHO) has continually emphasized that to confront the global tuberculosis (TB) emergency, all the elements...

Global Progress Toward Universal Childhood Hepatitis B Vaccination, 2003

In 1992, the World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal for all countries to integrate hepatitis B vaccination into their universal...

Family Lifestyle Can Markedly Reduce Asthma and Wheezing in Young Children

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Families that practice measures suggested in allergy prevention guidelines can achieve dramatic reductions...

Elevated Melatonin Levels May Worsen Nocturnal Asthma

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a new study suggest that increased melatonin levels may play a role in the pathogenesis of...

Specific Expiratory Muscle Training Helpful in COPD CME

Aug. 13, 2003 - Specific expiratory muscle training (SEMT) improves strength, endurance and distance walked in patients with chronic...

Correlates of Parental Antibiotic Knowledge, Demand, and Reported Use

Background - Clinicians cite parental misconceptions and requests for antibiotics as reasons for inappropriate prescribing....

Asthma, Inhaled Steroids Do Not Seem to Lead to Varicella Vaccination Failure

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 13 - There is no association between varicella vaccine failure and asthma or inhaled steroid use in children,...

U.S. Warns Against Using Drug Combo for Latent TB

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Physicians in the United States should avoid prescribing what had been a promising drug combination when treating...

UK Researchers Claim Asthma Vaccine Advance

Scientists at the National Heart and Lung Institute in London, UK have started testing a vaccine that cough ameliorate some of the...

Antibiotic Resistance: What Is the Impact of Agricultural Uses of Antibiotics on Children’s Health?

Antimicrobial resistance has reached crisis stage in human medicine. The rapid acceleration of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the...

Respiratory Muscle Training May Boost Benefits of Pulmonary Rehab

Pulmonary rehabilitation is one of the few interventions that can improve symptom control and quality of life in COPD however there is still much to be learnt on how to optimize the exercise component of such programs. The current evidence on specific training of the respiratory muscles is equivocal but a new study in Australia is hoping to define its role.