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PRAWN ALLERGY CAN BE LETHAL: SINGAPOREAN WOMAN DIES AFTER EATING LAKSA
Allergic reactions to prawns and other shellfish can be unpredictable, with varying symptoms between different individuals... READ MORE›
ALLERGIC REACTION TO NUTS MAY LESSEN OVER TIME BUT SUFFERERS UNLIKELY TO OUTGROW CONDITION
Liam Wray was just a toddler when his parents, Chris and Lisa Wray, discovered he had an allergy... READ MORE›
A CANCER BREAKTHROUGH NEAR FDA APPROVAL HAS A COSTLY SIDE EFFECT
Novartis's therapy commandeers the body's immune system to destroy the cells where the blood cancer begins... READ MORE›
ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GONORRHEA IS MAKING THE STD IMPOSSIBLE TO TREAT WORLDWIDE
Another antibiotic, azithromycin, is experiencing increased resistance, with 81 percent of countries reporting treatment issues... READ MORE›
ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GONORRHEA IS ON THE RISE
Antibiotic resistance is causing gonorrhea to become harder and sometimes impossible to treat, according to the World Health Organization WHO ... READ MORE›
PERSONALIZED CANCER VACCINES KEEP DISEASE AT BAY FOR TWO YEARS IN EARLY GERMAN, U.S. TRIALS
A novel class of personalized cancer vaccines, tailored to the tumors of individual patients, kept the disease in check in two early-stage clinical trials,... READ MORE›
FAMILY HEARTBREAK AS INQUEST FAILS TO FIND WHY GEORGIA (13) DIED AFTER PIZZA WITH FRIENDS
The inquest heard that during the last 18 months of her life there was a documented allergic reaction to a chocolate bar... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Immune Systems
TICK BITES THAT TRIGGER SEVERE MEAT ALLERGY ON RISE AROUND THE WORLD
'Tick-induced mammalian meat allergy' reported in Europe, Asia, Central America and Africa but most prevalent in parts of Australia and the US... READ MORE›
MENINGITIS B VACCINE OFFERED TO ALL BABIES FROM SEPTEMBER
All newborn babies in England and Scotland are to be offered a vaccine to combat meningitis B from September... READ MORE›
ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP WITH TRICLOSAN 'NO BETTER AT KILLING GERMS' STUDY
Antibacterial hand soaps containing triclosan - a chemical flagged as potentially dangerous - are not much better at killing germs than regular soap, researchers have said... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA CLAIMS IT HAS DISCOVERED CURE FOR AIDS, EBOLA, MERS AND SARS
The North's claim comes as rival South Korea fights an outbreak of Mers that has killed two dozen people and infected more than 160 since last month... READ MORE›
MYLAN EXPANDS EPIPEN RECALL TO SOME DEVICES DISTRIBUTED IN U.S.
EpiPen is one of Mylan's biggest products, making up the backbone of its specialty drugs division... READ MORE›
COULD ANTS BE THE SOLUTION TO ANTIBIOTIC CRISIS
They have found that some species - including leaf-cutter ants from the Amazon - use bacteria to defend their nests against invading fungi and microbes... READ MORE›
EGYPT FGM TRIAL 'CONVICTS DOCTOR OF MANSLAUGHTER'
Opponents of FGM were dismayed when Raslan Fadl was acquitted in November of charges relating to the death of 13-year-old Suhair al-Bataa... READ MORE›
AIR POLLUTION LEADS TO MORE DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA, STUDY FINDS
Our research could initiate an entirely new understanding of how air pollution affects human health... READ MORE›
QUEBEC WAITER ARRESTED AFTER SEAFOOD PUTS ALLERGIC CUSTOMER IN COMA
Canuel alleged the waiter didn't inform the cooks of the allergy and instead was chatting, laughing and drinking alcohol with other guests... READ MORE›
NEW INHALER PROTECTS LUNGS AGAINST EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION
The impact of air pollution costs 5tn a year, according to a World Bank report published last week... READ MORE›
ALMOST UNTREATABLE CPE POSES SERIOUS THREAT TO PATIENTS DOCTORS WARN
In Manchester and London, dealing with CPE has cost NHS trusts almost ?10m... READ MORE›
CALL TO SNOOP ON ANTIBIOTIC SCRIPTS
The suggested rules say doctors should spend more time explaining why antibiotics are unsuitable for many patients... READ MORE›
CHEO, U OF O STUDY COULD LEAD TO DIET-BASED CROHN'S TREATMENTS
Some of those future Crohn's treatments could involve targeting the gut's bacterial ecosystem, said Mack, while also placing more emphasis on managing patients' diets... READ MORE›
US REPORTS FIRST CASE OF BACTERIA RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTIC OF LAST RESORT
The woman had gone to a military clinic in Pennsylvania in April and was treated for a urinary tract infection... READ MORE›
THE DIRTIEST THINGS IN YOUR HOME IN DATA
The eight household items were then ranked based on how many of them were found to be clean... READ MORE›
PNEUMONIA: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LUNG CONDITION
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the tissue in one or both lungs, usually caused by a bacterial infection... READ MORE›
WOMAN FOUND TO HARBOR INFECTION RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTIC OF LAST RESORT
President Obama last year announced a National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria to address the problem... READ MORE›
U.S. FDA KNEW DEVICES SPREAD FATAL 'SUPERBUG' BUT DOES NOT ORDER FIX
Last month, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle said a bacteria spread through contaminated scopes had infected 32 people over two years 11 died... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS LOOK IN THE TOILET IN SEARCH FOR NEW CANCER TREATMENT
Her firm has invested in Enterome and four other companies working on cancer microbiome projects... READ MORE›
EPIPEN MAKER MYLAN QUIETLY STEERS EFFORT TO PROTECT ITS PRICE
For the preventive-drug push, Winders has been joined by representatives from other allergy organizations, all with somewhat similar financial ties to Mylan... READ MORE›
LUNG PROBE 'TO HELP CUT THE UNNECESSARY USE OF ANTIBIOTICS'
It is hoped the Proteus technology could tackle the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics... READ MORE›
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, whose disease detectives have investigated duodenoscope-transmitted infections since 2013... READ MORE›
MORE ADULTS SUFFERING FROM FOOD ALLERGIES BECAUSE OF 'EXOTIC' MIDDLE-CLASS DIETS
The NHS does not hold data on specific food allergies but figures show that overall allergies, which include food allergies, are rising sharply... READ MORE›
TWO DIE DURING MELBOURNE'S 'ASTHMA THUNDERSTORM'
Melbourne's last major thunderstorm asthma event was in 2010... READ MORE›
WORLD BRIEFING EBOLA VACCINES PASS INITIAL SAFETY TESTS
The two vaccines are being tested for safety and efficacy on more than 600 volunteers in Liberia... READ MORE›
WANT TO REDUCE YOUR CHILD'S RISK OF ALLERGIES? MOVE TO A FARM
Farm kids were also 50 per cent less likely to have allergic or non-allergic asthma than any of the other groups... READ MORE›
CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM ALLERGIES? IT COULD BE YOUR DISHWASHER'S FAULT
The study surveyed 1,029 Swedish households of seven- and eight-year-old children, asking about allergies and lifestyle... READ MORE›
'I'M 45, I LOVE LIFE, I LOVE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS
After six months of chemotherapy, which made her nauseous and tired, Marina's lung capacity rose to 70pc... READ MORE›
A DEADLY SUPERBUG GENE COULD TAKE US INTO THE MEDICAL 'DARK AGES'
Concern is growing over a newly discovered superbug gene that could hail the beginning of a post-antibiotic era... READ MORE›