Could lice prevent asthma? (Reuters)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Reuters - Could lice be the secret to preventing asthma?
Reuters - Could lice be the secret to preventing asthma?
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — When spring has sprung, so have all kinds of
allergens. Blooming trees and flowers may lead to sneezing, coughing and
watery eyes. But you don’t have to let allergy symptoms keep you from
enjoying spring.
AP - France’s government launched a campaign Tuesday against forced marriages and genital mutilation, seeking to protect women from practices that quietly thrive in immigrant communities the nation is struggling to integrate.
HealthDay - SATURDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) — Free asthma screenings
will be offered at more than 200 sites across the United States in May,
which is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month.
Reuters - Healthy men who use drugs to treat impotence may be able to stop worrying - at least for now — about a loss of vision caused by the drugs. A new study, published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, detected no changes in visual function, signs of retina damage or intraocular pressure after the daily use for 6 months of sildenafil (Viagra) or tadalafil (Cialis).
Reuters - For children with asthma, reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke greatly decreases their chances of an asthma flare-up, hospital admission or emergency room visit, a study shows.
Reuters - Healthy men who took Cialis or Viagra daily for six months did not develop any significant vision problems, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a company-funded study aimed at addressing concerns about the popular impotence treatments.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) — Two factors that predict
depression in people after they’ve been hospitalized in an intensive care
unit have been identified by Johns Hopkins researchers.
HealthDay - MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) — A new spray enabled men with
premature ejaculation to delay their orgasm six times longer than before,
according to a study that included 300 European men.