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Mutation doubles risk of asthma hay fever and eczema.
Maxim Shtyrkhunova was waiting for an x-ray. Flanked by a translator, Irina Zinkevich, and his host father, Evan Weststrate, the 9-year-old pulled a Real Madrid cap low over his face and fought back tears that started when he was speaking with the doctor, in Russian, about his family.
A new Research Brief from the GW Department of Health Policy, supported by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, examines the potential effects of national health reform on the nation's 96.2 million residents of urban and rural medically underserved communities.
When most people leave their ship at this port city on the tiny isthmus that separates the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, they are normally met by a local greeter, scenic tours and a cold tropical drink. For the daughter of a Manning couple, the scene awaiting her was much more tragic.
The Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center is encouraging parents to schedule their children's school physicals, immunizations and dental exams as soon as possible as opposed to waiting until the end of summer. Waiting until the last minute can mean that parents will have a harder time making appointments due to the summer rush.
Infants who weigh less than five and a half pounds at birth often enter the world with a host of medical complications, including respiratory problems. New research shows that these respiratory problems may persist well beyond their infancy and childhood and into adulthood.
Washington, July 8 : A review of studies has suggested that reducing kids' exposure to a variety of allergens, rather than targeting a single 'trigger,' might be a better way to avoid asthma.
If you can keep up the pace with fourth and fifth graders training for a marathon, the Fitness 4 All Program is looking for volunteers.
The following are letters to the editor that appeared in the July 8 print edition of The Peninsula Gateway. To submit a letter, e-mail gatewayeditor@gateline.com . Please keep letters submissions to 250 words.
Title: Health Highlights: July 7, 2009 Category: Health News Created: 7/8/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/8/2009
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