Seconds after getting his H1N1 flu shot, Ursula Fournier's son Max went limp, his blood pressure dropped and he had trouble breathing.

Patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received intravenous drug administration had higher rates of short-term survival but no statistically significant improvement in survival to hospital discharge or long-term survival.

Context Intravenous access and drug administration are included in advanced cardiac life support guidelines despite a lack of evidence for improved outcomes.

This release is available in Chinese . Patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received intravenous drug administration during treatment, recommended in life support guidelines, had higher rates of short term survival but no statistically significant improvement in survival to hospital discharge or long-term survival, compared to ...

New research suggests that excess belly fat combined with high stress levels may boost the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in black women, a group disproportionately affected by the disease.

In simple terms an allergy is when ones nervous system senses and reacts incorrectly to a substance in its environment and that substance is perceived as a threat.

It was a busy agenda when the Board of Education met Nov. 2. School board trustees talked about setting a schedule for next year's budget as this school year is less than two months in session.

Question: A friend recently collapsed in the parking lot . At the hospital, the doctor said that the cause was anaphylaxis, likely sparked by nuts that were in a dish she'd had for lunch.

Let's examine the relationship between diet, digestion, protein sensitivity and endocrine dysfunction in regards to allergies and asthma.

The availability and use of epinephrine for anaphylaxis by emergency medical services varies nationwide, and less than one-third of anaphylaxis patients prescribed self-injectable epinephrine use it prior to arrival at a hospital, according to research presented this week at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & ...

Nov. 9, 2009 - More than 40% of people suffering a potentially life-threatening episode of anaphylaxis wait before seeking medical attention, according to a new study.

Commonly, when people go out to eat, they usually spend their time discussing what appetizers to try or which desserts are worth sampling at the end of the night.

Abstract Allostery has come of age; the number, breadth and functional roles of documented protein allostery cases are rising quickly.

American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Newswise - Researchers are unveiling new data on investigational findings in nearly 450 abstracts on the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases at the ACAAI Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., Nov.

Main Japanese-American biochemist born Nov. 3, 1854, Takaoka, Japan died July 22, 1922, New York, N.Y., U.S. biochemist and industrial leader whose most important achievement was the isolation of the chemical adrenalin from the suprarenal gland .

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:24 p.m. We're so accustomed to hearing about children who can't eat peanuts that we tend to forget about grown-ups who are allergic to certain foods.

This isn't an anti-obesity message. It's a pitch for drugs. Specifically the EpiPen auto-injector that counters severe allergic reactions, and is distributed by Mylan 's Dey Pharma unit.

This Month in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.

Recent technological developments in the sequence capture of cellular events through a light microscope can be combined to image multiple independent experiments automatically, with many advantages.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163 :1007-1012. Objective To determine whether nebulized 3% hypertonic saline with epinephrine is more effective than nebulized 0.9% saline with epinephrine in the treatment of bronchiolitis in the emergency department.