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The World’s First Ever Pneumonia Protein Model

Sayudh — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:27:32 +0000

There is some good news for the world of medicinal technology. Korean scientists have come up with a three-dimensional map that depicts a protein that is related to pneumonia. The development of this breakthrough map is expected to be of great...

Childhood Pneumonia can be treated at home also - WHO

YAMIN — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:06:24 +0000

Pneumonia is respiratory disease caused by inflammation of lungs because of infection. In a latest research from WHO the scientists advice that children’s Pneumonia can be treated well at home also by giving oral antibiotics. This is as good...

Pneumonia: Will the fight begin at home?

Anupam Agnihotri — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:40:47 +0000

Suffering from pneumonia? Get ready to lie on a hospital bed. Yes! This was the common remark a person, struggling with pneumonia, would normally get from doctors and others. However, the situation seems to be taking a new turn now, in fact,...

Docs: Home Care OK for Kids' Pneumonia

AP — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:15:56 +0000

Children with severe pneumonia can be treated just as effectively at home as in a hospital, according to new research. Doctors in Pakistan found that children taking antibiotics at home were as likely to survive serious pneumonia as those treated...

Study: Oral antibiotics are as effective as intravenous injections

Rekha — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:37:51 +0000

The thought of a needle pricking their tiny bodies distresses sick kids and sends shivers to their moms who hate to see their babies suffering. The good news however is, there could be a better way to treat sick kids, especially those suffering...

Drug-resistant staph infections rising alarmingly in Chicago

Irani — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:41:16 +0000

Crowded living conditions, be it of public housing or jails, has always been an issue of revolt for human rights. Now, it seems, the staph bacteria is taking due advantage of the conditions in poor Chicago neighborhood. These superbugs —...

Iraq hitting the charts in child deaths, says report

Pooja — Sat, 12 May 2007 08:04:04 +0000

As the humanitarian group Save the Children has postulated, Egypt made the most progress among developing countries in cutting deaths of children under age 5 from 1990 to 2005 while Iraq deteriorated the most. Findings are based on the...

Jacko's hospitalization is just rumour, says his spokesman

Aneez — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:02:01 +0000

Jackomaniacs all over the world can have a sigh of relief as Raymone Bain, a spokesman for the onetime king of pop, has made it clear that the news of his hospitalization is all rumours. Raymone Bain said: He was a little under the weather when...

FDA to limit the use of Ketek

Anupam Agnihotri — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:28:15 +0000

Very soon controversial antibiotic ‘Ketek’ (generic name telithromycin) would come with a ‘black box’ warning when prescribed to treat pneumonia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this on Monday. Moreover, FDA...

Prenatal infection may raise leukemia risk in child

Pooja — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:13:46 +0000

A mother who catches influenza, pneumonia, or a sexually transmitted disease around the time of pregnancy is susceptible of having a child that will develop leukemia. Dr. Marilyn L. Kwan, from the Division of Research at Kaiser Permanente in...