NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Nearly one in five food-induced
anaphylactic reactions that occur in children with multiple
food allergies will require two or more doses of epinephrine,
rather than a single dose that is usually administered, new
research suggests.

Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction that develops
quickly, within seconds or minutes of exposure, causing a
life-threatening response of the immune [...]

A boy wears a miniature mosquito net on his head to promote malaria awareness. Preventive malaria treatment in African schools dramatically reduces rates of infection and anaemia among children and may also boost learning potential, according to a study released on Friday.(AFP/File/Marie Laure Josselin)

PARIS (AFP) -
Preventive malaria treatment in African schools dramatically reduces rates of [...]

A young couple is silhouetted by the light from the full moon. Coaching parents at work on how to talk to their adolescent children about sex could be an effective way to reduce risky sexual behaviour among teens, according to a study in the United States released Friday.(AFP/File/Koca Sulejmanovic)

PARIS (AFP) - Coaching parents at work [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Learning how to deal with conflicts is an
important part of maturing, and will help you build healthy relationships
throughout your life.

Here, for teens, are suggestions for dealing with conflicts in a
healthy way, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services:

Calm down and stay in control. Use techniques such as counting,
breathing, [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Taking care of a newborn baby is demanding
and exhausting enough, but parenting twins is a double dose of work.

The American Academy of Family Physicians offers these suggestions to
make parenting twins a bit easier:

Find other parents of twins to talk with, or join a group for parents
of twins.
Read books and magazines [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

Lower Back Pain

If you are aged 18 to 65, have moderate-to-severe low
back pain, and the current episode has lasted two days or less, you may
qualify for this study.

The research site is in Denver, Colo.

More information

Please see http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/studies/cat700.html.

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Neuroblastoma

This phase IIa [...]

- Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:

AMA Formally Apologizing for Policies Against
Blacks

The American Medical Association planned to issue a formal apology
Thursday night for its discriminatory policies that prevented blacks from
joining the physicians' group for more than a century, the Associated
Press reported.

The action comes [...]

- THURSDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) — Being female and having a history
of concussions both slow recovery from a concussion among young athletes,
according to a new study done on soccer players.

The researchers, expected to present their findings Thursday at the
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine annual meeting in
Orlando, Fla., urged doctors and coaches to [...]

- THURSDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are reporting
that they've managed to repair damaged muscle in mice with a form of
muscular dystrophy by injecting them with specialized stem cells from
skeletal muscle.

There's no guarantee that the treatment will translate to humans with
the disease, said study author Amy Wagers, an assistant professor in
Harvard University's Stem [...]

- THURSDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) — Whether drinking alcohol
helps or hurts your chances of avoiding heart disease and stroke may
depend on your gender as well as how much you imbibe, a new study
finds.

The report, which appears online July 11 in the journal Stroke,
looked at the drinking habits and lifestyles of more than 80,000 [...]