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Cough into your mobile phone for instant diagnosis
(Telegraph 09/11/2009)
Your mobile phone may soon be able to diagnose respiratory illnesses in seconds when you cough into it. Software being developed by American and Australian scientists will hopefully allow patients simply to cough into their phone, and it will tell them whether they have cold, flu, pneumonia or other respiratory diseases. Whether a cough is dry or wet, or "productive" or "non-productive", can give a doctor information about what is causing that cough [sounds like a gimmick].
Cough find sparks treatment hope
(BBC 11/07/2009)
Scientists have discovered a protein molecule on the surface of nerve cells that makes us cough when irritated. They hope the findings could lead to new drugs to treat chronic cough, which affects about 10% of the UK population. Coughing is the symptom for which medical advice is most commonly sought and it accounts for over half of new patient consultations to a GP. The University of Hull study was presented to a British Pharmacological Society meeting.
Children's medicine: Give pills the push
(The Independent 14/04/2009)
The MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority) recently issued new guidance on the use of over-the-counter cough and cold remedies in children, and has banned the use of many products in the under-six age group. There still isn't any effective treatment for the common cold, but that doesn't stop manufacturers marketing dozens of remedies that they claim will alleviate symptoms. Most do not work, and some can even cause harm unless used very carefully.
Child cold drugs under scrutiny
(BBC 28/02/2009)
A review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) found "no robust evidence" that many popular remedies work in children. The MHRA said 36 medicines should no longer be sold for children under the age of six. In very rare cases some of the medicines can cause allergic reactions and hallucinations, the MHRA added.
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Hard to swallow? The truth about toddlers' cough medicines
(The Independent 01/04/2008)
A cough is usually a minor irritation. But when it becomes persistent and keeps you or your children awake at night it can be distressing, debilitating and drive you to desperate measures. At these times, parents turn to cough medicines to soothe their spluttering infants - and in some cases, dose them too heavily.
Worried parents told not to panic over cough syrup ban
(Mirror 28/03/2008)
Drugs safe in right dosage
Six baby cough medicines banned
(BBC 27/03/2008)
Popular cough remedies for babies are being removed from the shelves amid fears of potential overdoses.
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