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When a person's under stress or injured, the adrenal gland releases cortisol to help restore the body's functions to normal. But the hormone's effects are many and varied, lowering the activity of the immune system, helping create memories with short-ter |
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* The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis defends against stress, starvation and illnesses.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released interim advice to the public about the use of facemasks and respirators in certain public (non-occupational) settings during an |
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Scientists here have designed a new, interactive map of the spread of the avian flu virus (H5N1) that for the first time incorporates genetic, geographic and evolutionary information that may help predict where the next outbreak of the virus is likely to |
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The US government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an interim statement that advises people about using facemasks and
respirators in public places (as opposed to workplaces) in the event of a pandemic. The advice is |
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Novavax Inc. said today
that it has received positive study results from a live virus challenge to
ferrets inoculated with its pandemic influenza vaccine, paving the way for
clinical trials to begin on schedule later this year.
In the study, |
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"Does Rhinitis lead to Asthma?" is an information campaign of the Global Allergy and
Asthma European Network, GA²LEN, launched for 2 years at the GA²LEN Annual
Conference on 20 April 2007, in London, UK. |
