Cold, Flu, and Sinus

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Cold, Flu and Sinus Journey

Cold, Flu, and Sinus News

Flu Shots for Pregnant Moms May Protect Babies
TUESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) — Giving flu shots to pregnant women seems to reduce their risk of having a baby that is small for its gestational age, a new study has found. Babies who are small for their gestational age have an increased risk of health problems and other issues throughout their lives. The study included [...]
Antibiotics No Help for Sinus Infections
TUESDAY, February 14, 2012 (Health.com) — Roughly 20% of the antibiotic prescriptions written in the United States for adults each year are for sinus infections. That’s an impressive statistic, given that doctors and public health officials have long doubted that antibiotics can successfully treat the condition. A new study, published this week in the Journal of [...]
Antibiotics Don’t Help Most Sinus Infections, Study Finds
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) — Treating a sinus infection with antibiotics doesn’t speed recovery, new research shows. “We did a randomized clinical trial among adults with a clinical diagnosis of acute sinusitis, and found no benefit from the antibiotic compared to the placebo for the treatment of acute sinusitis,” said study author [...]
H1N1 ‘Swine’ Flu Makes a Comeback in Mexico
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) — It was just about three years ago that a strange new strain of flu first appeared in Mexico, then spread across the border to the United States and eventually much of the globe. The H1N1 “swine” flu strain didn’t behave like a “normal” flu, because it proved [...]
U.S. Advisers Explain Call to Censor Bird Flu Research
By Margaret Steele and Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Concerns that research about a genetically mutated form of bird flu could escape from labs or fall into the hands of bioterrorists led U.S. scientific advisers to ask two prominent journals to withhold key details on the groundbreaking research, the advisers explained Tuesday. The [...]