Quicker detection and treatment of severe sepsis

Sepsis is the name of an infection that causes a series of reactions in the body, which in the worst case can prove fatal. The problem for both patients and doctors is that the early symptoms are difficult to distinguish from less dangerous infections such as a severe flu or winter vomiting disease. A researcher in Sweden has now discovered a substance in the blood which shows both whether a patient has sepsis and how serious the case is.

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Quicker detection and treatment of severe sepsis

Source: Science Daily - Immune System News

Cancer survivor battles for warning labels on cell phones

The first thing I remember is waking up in the emergency room," Marks said. The cause of his seizure, a malignant brain tumor, was the size of a golf ball. Surgeons were able to remove the cancer, but he said the recuperation was difficult. ...

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Cancer survivor battles for warning labels on cell phones - KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Prostate cancer - risk factors and warning signs

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among males and the second cause of cancer death. The prostate is a sex gland about the size of a walnut that is part of the male reproductive system. It is inside the pelvis at the base of the penis, ...

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Prostate cancer - risk factors and warning signs

Got Allergies? Hold Onto Your Hankies

 Got allergies? Hold onto your hankies | recordonline.com

WARWICK — For allergy sufferers like Lisa Douglass, the agony couldn't be worse this year.

Source: The Record Online, Middletown, NY

Plant Extract May Be New Therapy for Hay Fever, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2011) — Fighting hay fever with a plant extract -- this works, as was shown in a clinical study conducted by researchers of the Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM) of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München. Allergic symptoms were alleviated significantly better than with the usual histamine receptor antagonists. In a paper published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology the scientists explained how this plant extract works and how effective it is.

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Source: Science Daily / University of Toronto

Immune System and Type 2 Diabetes

Do Immune System Ills Help Drive Type 2 Diabetes?

Findings from mouse, human research suggest new insights on the blood sugar disease

SUNDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes may be linked to an immune system reaction gone awry.

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Worst Cities for Spring Allergies, Hay Fever

Spring is finally here and so is allergy season.

The following is an article from AARP. Find out if your city is on the list.


Worst Cities for Spring Allergies, Hay Fever - AARP


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