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Antacid medication in pregnancy may increase childhood asthma

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children of mothers who took acid-suppressive drugs during pregnancy had a 1.5 times higher incidence of asthma when compared with children who were not exposed to the drugs in utero, finds ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Americans turn to generic medications in 2010: report

(Medical Xpress) -- In a new report released by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, the results show that over 78% of the almost four billion prescriptions written in the U.S. in 2010 were for generic drugs. The ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Helicobacter pylori infection linked to decreased iron levels in otherwise healthy children

Children without previous iron deficiencies or anemia who remained infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) had significantly lower levels of iron compared to children who had the infection eradicated, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Checklist cuts lethal ventilator-associated lung infections

the most lethal and among the most common of all hospital-associated infections — dropped by more than 70 percent in Michigan hospitals where medical staff used a simple checklist designed by Johns Hopkins researchers. ...

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created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nutrition professor discusses new calcium guidelines

(PhysOrg.com) -- More emphasis needs to be placed on consuming calcium in light of the new 2010 dietary reference intake guidelines, says a Purdue University expert.

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created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Thanksgiving table chemistry

What's going on at Thanksgiving dinner? Sure, Uncle Al is asleep in front of the football game and the kids are running around the table rather than sitting at it, but just how in the name of inane parade ...

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Food choices can affect antibiotic's effectiveness

When your child needs antibiotics, dietary choices can get complicated. Food can help support the body nutritionally and hinder the effectiveness of the medication, depending on what your child eats and when.

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created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

MSU researchers discover chemical trigger that doubles the yield of algal lipids for biodiesel from farmed algae

Algal biofuel production could double in yield and in far less time, thanks to a chemical trigger discovered at Montana State University.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Promising new one-dose malaria drug discovered

Researchers have discovered a promising new malaria drug with the potential to treat resistant strains of the deadly disease in a single dose, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Molecular imaging reveals origin of acid reflux disease

Molecular imaging has uncovered what may be to blame for acid reflux disease, a painful and potentially dangerous illness that affects a sizeable percentage of the population. A study presented at SNM's 57th Annual Meeting ...

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created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Calcium supplements: too much of a good thing?

Negative health effects linked to taking too much supplemental calcium are on the rise, according to a commentary appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The incidence of the ...

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created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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