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* Children who had recurrent viral infections early in life may be at a lower risk of developing asthma, according to new data. In a study of 1314 children followed until age seven, researchers found that those with more than two episodes of runny nose and those with viral infections in the first three years of life were less likely to be diagnosed with asthma than those with fewer viral episodes (BMJ, 2001; 322: 390-5).

* Injuries from scooters are on the rise. The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that, during the first 10 months of 2000, there were 27,600 scooter injuries throughout the country vastly more than in the preceding two years. Most of the injured were boys under 15; the most common injuries were fractures and dislocations (usually of the hand or arm) (MMWR, 2000; 49: 1108-10).

* Patients at risk of kidney failure are often given low dose dopamine to protect kidney function. However, a study of 328 patients found that low dose intravenous dopamine was no more effective than placebo at maintaining kidney function and did not reduce hospital stays or mortality (Lancet, 2000; 356: 2139-43, 2112-3).

Kidney failure and hypertension - Q My 75-year-old friend has been diagnosed with kidney failure. Dialysis shows that her kidneys are working 15 per cent below normal efficiency. We ar...

Mercury and kidney function - The kidney, the repository of waste in the body, is a target organ for mercury. To test the effect of mercury on kidney function, 12 amalgam fillings...

Kidney failure and hypertension - Q An elderly colleague, aged 82, is experiencing symptoms that he feels may be attributable to his medication for high blood pressure. His daily regim...

Flu Shots: They don’t protect the elderly, new data reveals - Flu shots for the elderly are far less effective than doctors, and governments, like to tell us. In fact, they are incapable of preventing up to half...

Kidney Failure: The drug you shouldn’t have, but always get - If you sometimes wonder why there are so many adverse reactions to drugs, consider this story.

Fractures - RDA for vitamin D is not enough The standard recommended daily allowance (RDA) for vitamin D is insufficient for preventing fractures, concluded rese...

The best alternative treatment for . . . rhinitis - Rhinitis (constant runny nose) is the sixth most common chronic condition in the world (in the US, 10,000 children are absent every schoolday due to a...

Steroid use increases risk of fracture - New British data suggest that patients taking daily corticosteroids are at a significantly increased risk of fractured bones. ...

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