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Vaccine May Someday Thwart Ear Infections

Tested on animals, liquid would be administered externally THURSDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have developed a pain-free vaccination that might thwart ear infections in children. Antibiotics are typically used to treat ear infections, and surgery is often recommen...

Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection

Researchers urge more temperate prescribing of amoxicillin in kids,,,, WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Repeated use of antibiotics to treat acute ear infections in young children increases the risk of recurrent ear infections by 20 percent, according to researchers in the Netherl...

Survey finds that cosmetic ear surgery has the youngest age of patients

Chicago, IL (June 10, 2009) So many classic childhood movies (Dumbo) and sing-a-longs (Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?) emphasize large and protruding ears. But it turns out that having protruding ears is often-times a humiliating feature for a teenager. According to the A...

Survey Finds That Cosmetic Ear Surgery Has the Youngest Age of Patients

CHICAGO, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- So many classic childhood movies (Dumbo) and sing-a-longs (Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?) emphasize large and protruding ears. But it turns out that having protruding ears is often-times a humiliating feature for a teenager. ...

Inner Ear Dysfunction Puts Older Adults at Risk of Falls

After 40, dizziness makes them 12 times more likely to suffer serious injury, study finds TUESDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- About 69 million Americans over age 40 have some form of inner-ear dysfunction that causes dizziness and makes them up to 12 times more likely to suffer a seri...

Pediatric Ear Infection Vaccine Shows Promise

Animal study shows droplets rubbed into skin prevented infections THURSDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccines delivered via droplets rubbed into the skin appear to protect against ear infections, say researchers who tested the method on chinchillas. If this approach proves effecti...

Quark Pharmaceuticals Presents Data on Synthetic siRNAs for Prevention of Ocular and Inner Ear Sensory Cell Damage

FREMONT, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage pharmaceutical company discovering and developing novel RNA interference (RNAi)-based therapeutics, today announced that Elena Feinstein, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, presented a study titled, "siRNA...

Stanford researcher's discovery of ion channel turns ear on its head

STANFORD, Calif. Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, it looks like parts of the model are wrong. Anthony Ricci, PhD, as...

Singers Hit High Notes in Free Voice Screening at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

(Part of World Voice Day, April 16, 2009) NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A rich mix of rock 'n rollers, sopranos and musical theater singers in the New York area received a comprehensive voice check-up and a stroboscopic exam of their vocal cords in April at the second annual ...

'Living With Radiation' Conference Commemorating Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Held at United Nations, Sponsored by New York Eye & Ear Infirmary

NEW YORK, April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An annual conference on thyroid cancer is being held today at the United Nations on Wednesday, April 15, to focus on the state-of-the-art treatment of thyroid cancer among millions of people around the world who were exposed to radiation after the Cher...

Leader in Ear Care Health Category Expands Product Line

Cirrus Healthcare Debuts New Earplug Just in Time for Spring Break and Summer Months COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cirrus Healthcare Products LLC, the leader in ear health and creator of EarPlanes(R) and BioEars(R) , today announced the launch of ClearEars(TM) . Clea...

Arbor Pharmaceuticals Announces the Launch of XYLAREX(TM) - A New Nonantibiotic Product for the Dietary Management of Recurrent Ear Infections in Children

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused exclusively on pediatric medicine, announced today that the company has launched XYLAREX - a first-in-class nonantibiotic for the dietary management of recurrent acute otitis media (middle ...

QLT petition for rehearing of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary litigation is denied

VANCOUVER, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - QLT Inc. (NASDAQ: QLTI ; TSX: QLT) announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (the "Court of Appeals") today denied its Petition for Panel Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc ("QLT Petition") of the January 12, 2009 Court of Ap...

Video: Ear Infections Spark Online Conversations Among Concerned Parents

Device can provide solution for early detection of ear infections LENEXA, Kan., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents are blogging and tweeting away this winter on the topic of ear infections, which are the No. 1 reason for children's visits to the emergency room. "Parents often turn to th...

How the Ear Protects Your Hearing

Research provides insight into a built-in volume-control system,,,, THURSDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Call it a natural earplug: Your ears appear to be able to automatically turn down certain frequencies to protect your hearing, and a new study provides more details about how this...

QLT Announces Appeal Court Decision on Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Litigation

Court of Appeals Finds Against QLT and Upholds District Court Decision VANCOUVER, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - QLT Inc. (NASDAQ: QLTI ; TSX: QLT) announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (the "Court of Appeals") today affirmed the judgment of the United St...

AVMA Revises Policy on Ear Cropping and Tail Docking

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Executive Board voted to strengthen association policy on two practices common in certain breeds of dogs -- ear cropping and tail docking. The revised AVMA policy states: "The AVMA opposes ear cropping ...

New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster

Stainless steel rod reduces time of anesthesia, number of instruments inserted into canal WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new device meant to make surgical treatment of ear infections safer and faster has been developed by a University of Virginia team. The device, which com...

New research offers insight into oral cancer, chronic pediatric ear infections, and hearing health

Alexandria, VA Three new studies published in the June 2008 edition of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery focus on what role gender plays in the prognosis of oral tongue cancer, chronic ear infections in children, and the success rates of hearing aid implants in the elderly. These studies a...

Researchers confirm link between common cold and ear infection

GALVESTON, Texas A new five-year study at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston confirms the suspected close link between the two most common diseases of young children: colds and ear infections. The study, which appears in the March 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Disease, confi...

Antibiotics Do Little for Inner Ear Infections

No reason to give them to kids to try to prevent fluid buildup, analysis shows MONDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotics don't significantly reduce fluid buildup in young children with inner ear infections, a new analysis shows. Whether such drugs work in this regard has been ...

Premier Micronutrient Forms Strategic Partnership With EAR Inc.

Two companies collaborate to advocate hearing protection NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier Micronutrient Corporation (PMC), a leading provider of customized micronutrients, has joined forces with EAR Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of hearing devices and p...

Antibiotics Not Always Best Bet for Battling Childhood Ear Infections

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- With cold and flu season right around the corner, many new parents of infants and toddlers will soon be visiting their family pediatrician complaining of painful or recurring ear aches. In most cases, children suffering from ear infections are pr...

Messages Heard Better in the Right Ear

Noisy nightclub experiments show a bias against left-side listening FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Next time you want to get your message across in a noisy club, aim for the right ear. That's the lesson from three studies that may prove people's preference for listening with th...

New findings contradict a prevailing belief about the inner ear

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--- A healthy ear emits soft sounds in response to the sounds that travel in. Detectable with sensitive microphones, these otoacoustic emissions help doctors test newborns hearing. A deaf ear doesnt produce these echoes. New research involving the University of Michigan and Ore...

Before Conceiving, Take Folic Acid for One Full Year

Preemie risk 50 percent lower in those who take supplements that long, research shows TUESDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- When taken for at least a year before conception, folic acid supplements can help reduce the chance of a premature birth by at least 50 percent, University of Texas...

RE/MAX Northern Illinois Real Estate Agents Raises $284,000 For CMN In 2008, An 18 Percent Increase Over Prior Year

RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate agents make record donation to the Children's Miracle Network (CMN) in 2008, exceeding 2007 donations by $43,000 despite a difficult real estate market. RE/MAX is the Chicago real estate/Illinois real estate leader in residential real estate. Funds raised fo...

TIME Magazine Names 23andMe's Personal Genome Service 2008 Invention of the Year

Personal Genetics Company Singled Out for Pioneering Retail Genomics Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) October 30, 2008 -- TIME Magazine announced today that the Personal Genome Service™ from 23andMe , Inc. has been named 2008's Invention of the Year. 23andMe was chosen ...

Boyfriend Bites Off Lip and Ear of 3-year-old Daughter of His Girlfriend

Apparently there is just no end to bizarre things that can happen in that melting pot of the world, the capitalist paradise . A 3-year-old girl is attacked savagely by her mothers boyfriend, for months. All that the mother would do is to attempt some treatment for the poor child, but she wo...

Bionic Ear Restores Hearing to Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Patients

Scientists have for the first time shown that a bionic ear may help restore hearing in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease. Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) say that their work offers new hope for patients with the rare dis...

Chinas Blue Ear Virus-no Hogwash

Chinas swine are under threat from an outbreak of the highly pathogenic blue ear virus. According to official figures, around a million pigs perished from the disease , a fact made public for the first time, today, in Beijing. In January, China identified the contagious pig disease outbreak, t...

Childhood Obesity may Increase Ear Problems

Children who are obese may face the risk of developing an ear problem called 'otitis media with effusion' - in which fluid builds up// in the middle ear without causing pain, fever or other ear infection symptoms. The study, described as the first one to investigate whether the two conditions...

Obesity may Be Linked to Middle Ear Effusions in Children

Childhood obesity may be associated with a condition known as otitis media with effusion, which consists// of fluid build-up in the middle ear space without symptoms of acute ear infection, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/A...

Vaccine Helps Reduce Frequent Ear Infections

A vaccine has been shown to help reduce the number of infants and toddlers developing frequent ear infections, according to new study. //The research was carried out by Katherine A. Poehling, M.D., a pediatrician at Brenner Children’s Hospital, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center....

Viral Enzyme Recruited in Fight Against Ear Infection

Parents might one day give their children a weekly treatment with a nasal spray of virus enzymes to prevent them from getting a severe middle //ear infection, based on results of a study. Such a treatment would kill the disease-causing bacteria without the use of antibiotics, thereby avoiding the p...

Antibiotic Ear Drops Favored Over Oral Antibiotics for Ear Infections

A multicenter study on treating common ear infections in children with ear tubes adds to a growing body of evidence that favors antibiotic ear drops over antibiotics swallowed// in pill or liquid form in such cases, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher reports. The latest study, involv...

Vulnerability to Ear Infections Lessened by Breast Feeding

Children that are breast fed are able to overcome certain ear infections that occur due to genetic abnormalities.// This was discovered by a group of researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Chronic, recurrent ear infections occur in as many as 19 % children. Ear in...

Are call centers turning a deaf ear to potential acoustic shocks?

In a report that might alert the antennae of call centre employees, and cause them to make noise about the apathy of nearly two-thirds of call // centers in UK, who are now in a tight spot for having done precious little to prevent hearing damage in their employees. This revelation is indeed a wake...

Most Of The Ear Infections Entertain Both Bacteria And Viruses

One of the most common diseases seen among pediatric practices is Ear infection. Ear infections are generally considered as bacterial diseases //and usually treated with antibiotics. But a new research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases on December and which is currently available online, p...

Allergy Drugs More Harmful Than Helpful for Chronic Ear Inflammation

Children who have persistent fluid in the middle ear, a condition called otitis media with effusion, are more likely to be harmed than helped by antihistamines and decongestants, a new review of studies has found.// The drugs are no better than placebo in alleviating symptoms or avoiding comp...