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  Botanical Compound Could Prove Crucial to Healing Influenza

  July 18, 2012 — Building on previous work with the botanical abscisic acida, researchers have discovered that abscisic acid has anti-inflammatory effects in the lungs as well as in the ... > full story
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  Online Self-Diagnosis: Am I Having a Heart Attack or Is It Just the Hiccups?

  July 17, 2012 — Consumers who self-diagnose are more likely to believe they have a serious illness because they focus on their symptoms rather than the likelihood of a particular disease, according to a new study. ... > full story
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  H1N1 Vaccine Associated With Small but Significant Risk of Guillain-Barre Syndrome

  July 10, 2012 — In studies examining the risk of adverse outcomes after receipt of the influenza A(H1N1) vaccine, infants exposed to the vaccine in utero did not have a significantly increased risk of major birth ... > full story
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  Keeping the Flu Away: Synthetic Protein Activates Immune System Within Two Hours

  July 6, 2012 — Researchers may have found the secret to helping the immune system fight off the flu before it gets you sick. A new study finds that EP67, a powerful synthetic protein, is able to activate the innate ... > full story
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  Researchers Moving Towards Ending Threat of West Nile Virus

  July 3, 2012 — Mosquitoes are buzzing once again, and with that comes the threat of West Nile virus. Scientists are making every effort to put an end to this potentially serious ... > full story
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  Measuring the Uncertainties of Pandemic Influenza

  July 2, 2012 — A major collaboration between US research centers has highlighted three factors that could ultimately determine whether an outbreak of influenza becomes a serious epidemic that threatens national ... > full story
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  Got Kids? Then You're Less Likely to Catch a Cold

  July 2, 2012 — Being a parent reduces your risk of catching a cold—possibly because of unknown "psychological or behavioral differences between parents and nonparents," according to a new ... > full story

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  Both Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Are Critical to the Control of Influenza

  June 29, 2012 — Both innate and adaptive immune responses play an important role in controlling influenza virus infection, according to a new ... > full story
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  How Flu Can Cause Severe Infections

  June 28, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a new gene in the influenza virus that helps the virus control the body's response to infection. Although this control is exerted by the virus, surprisingly it reduces the ... > full story
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  Flu Immunity Is Affected by How Many Viruses Actually Cause the Infection

  June 28, 2012 — Both the number of viruses in initial flu infection, and the virus type, affects the patient's outcome. Mice infected by high concentrations developed immunity, and generated immune cells in the ... > full story

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