http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. As soon as babies are born, they are susceptible to diseases and infections, such as jaundice and e-coli. For up to a month, their immune systems aren't adequately developed to fight diseases. Although these infections are often minor, they can lead to serious problems if left untreated. To help strengthen newborns' immune systems, University of Missouri researchers have pinpointed a group of depleted white blood cells, which might lead to an immune-strengthening vaccine. http://www.physorg.com/news180101488.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:12:07 EST news180101488 Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better. http://www.physorg.com/news178269887.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:25:09 EST news178269887 Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step toward crafting pharmaceuticals to fight these often life-endangering conditions in a new way. http://www.physorg.com/news177874840.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:01 EST news177874840 (AP) -- Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated. http://www.physorg.com/news177394231.html Medicine & Health Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:20:02 EST news177394231 A new study uses a creative structure-based remodeling strategy to design a therapeutic protein that exhibits significant advantages over currently available treatments for a rare disease that often leads to cardiac and renal failure. The research, published by Cell Press on October 22nd in the American Journal of Human Genetics, describes a new and highly promising candidate for enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for Fabry disease. http://www.physorg.com/news175436202.html Medicine & Health Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:30:06 EST news175436202 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is alerting doctors that a widely used blood thinner has been reformulated to improve its safety, though the change could open the door to dosing errors. http://www.physorg.com/news173627825.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:20:01 EST news173627825 (PhysOrg.com) -- An 11year national analysis at Children's Hospital Boston shows that side effects or accidental overdoses of medications are a common complication of outpatient care in children, generating more than half a million additional visits per year, particularly in children age 4 and younger. Findings are reported in the October issue of Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news173377334.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:50:05 EST news173377334 (AP) -- More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows. http://www.physorg.com/news173354731.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:20:01 EST news173354731 (PhysOrg.com) -- A method of reducing the impact or symptoms of anaphylactic shock has been identified by university researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news167928132.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:00:02 EST news167928132 Tiny mites living on the surface of Madagascar hissing cockroaches help decrease the presence of a variety of molds on the cockroaches` bodies, potentially reducing allergic responses among humans who handle the popular insects, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news163862899.html Biology Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:28:36 EST news163862899 A chemotherapy drug that is supposed to help save cancer patients' lives, instead resulted in life-threatening and sometimes fatal allergic reactions. http://www.physorg.com/news163691410.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:51:21 EST news163691410 (PhysOrg.com) -- There is an increasing demand for skin. Manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, cosmetics and medical engineering products need it in order to test the compatibility of their products with human skin. At the 2009 BIO International Convention in Atlanta from May 18 to 21, Fraunhofer researchers will be demonstrating how artificial skin can be manufactured in a fully automatic process. http://www.physorg.com/news161879775.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 15:37:40 EST news161879775 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny mites living on the surface of Madagascar hissing cockroaches help decrease the presence of a variety of molds on the cockroaches' bodies, potentially reducing allergic responses among humans who handle the popular insects, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news160229519.html Biology Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:12:25 EST news160229519 One reason for the development of allergy may be malfunction of the respiratory epithelium, which allows allergens to bind to, enter and travel through the epithelium. Two studies by Finnish research groups on this subject have recently been published in two international biomedical journals (1) Allergy, and (2) Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. http://www.physorg.com/news157972592.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:17:42 EST news157972592 For years, researchers and physicians have known that infants' immune systems do not respond well to certain vaccines, thus the need for additional boosters as children develop. Now, in a new study from the University of Missouri, one researcher has found an explanation for that poor response. In the study, the MU scientist found evidence that the immune systems of newborns might require some time after birth to mature to a point where the benefits of vaccines can be fully realized. http://www.physorg.com/news157817036.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:04:22 EST news157817036 Nearly four per cent of ACT kindergarten children have a peanut allergy and while the region's schools are well prepared to cope with this, some parents are taking inappropriate action when dealing with their child's allergy, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news156521107.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:05:19 EST news156521107 (PhysOrg.com) -- During the past three to four years, the instances of bed bug infestations have increased at an alarming rate at motels and hotels around the world. Instances of bed bug infestations have been reported at major hotels in areas such as Chicago and New York. http://www.physorg.com/news155573710.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:56:41 EST news155573710 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has confirmed that a contaminant found in several batches of the blood-thinner heparin is linked with severe allergic reactions in patients, dozens of whom died after receiving the tainted drug. http://www.physorg.com/news147624377.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:46:17 EST news147624377 Giving children with milk allergies increasingly higher doses of milk over time may ease, and even help them completely overcome, their allergic reactions, according to the results of a study led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and conducted jointly with Duke University. http://www.physorg.com/news144603442.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:37:22 EST news144603442 With close monitoring and a few standard precautions, nearly all children with known or suspected vaccine allergies can be safely immunized, according to a team of vaccine safety experts led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Writing in the September issue of Pediatrics, the multicenter research team offers pediatricians a step-by-step tool for quickly identifying children with allergic reactions to vaccines, and a much-needed guide, they say, to safely immunize those who are allergic. http://www.physorg.com/news139570921.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:42:01 EST news139570921 As the summer approaches most of us rejoice, reach for the sunscreen and head outdoors. But an ever-growing number of people reach for tissue instead as pollen leaves eyes watering, noses running and spirits dwindling. Hay fever is just one of a host of hypersensitivity allergic diseases that cause suffering worldwide and others, such as severe reactions to bee stings or eating peanuts, can be more serious and even fatal. http://www.physorg.com/news137341926.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:32:06 EST news137341926 When it comes to allergies, both the problem and the solution are found within us. Our immune systems respond to foreign substances with an arsenal of cells. Some are programmed to "remember" invaders they've encountered in the past. Normally, anything previously identified as harmless is allowed to pass. Sometimes, however, the immune response goes awry, triggering an allergic reaction. http://www.physorg.com/news135508285.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:11:25 EST news135508285