Early Life Antibiotic Use Tied to Future Allergy Risk and other top stories.

• Early Life Antibiotic Use Tied to Future Allergy Risk

  

  Action Points This research was published in an abstract and presented at a conference. The findings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. LONDON -- Early life exposure to antibiotics was associated with an increased risk for both hay fever and eczema later in life in a pooled analysis reported here that included more than half a million people. Findings from the analysis of 32 observational studies indicated that antibiotic use during the fir..

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• Arthritic Elephant At National Zoo Gets Pachyderm Pedicures And Giant Teva Boots

  

  Enlarge this image Asian elephant Shanthi plays in an enclosure at the Elephant Community Center during the unveiling of the major expansion of the elephant house at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 2013. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Asian elephant Shanthi plays in an enclosure at the Elephant Community Cen..

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• Expert downplays leprosy risk to anxious Jurupa Valley parents - Press

  

  The county’s top disease control expert and Jurupa Unified School District officials met with hundreds of concerned parents Wednesday to answer questions and reassure them that children are at no risk despite unconfirmed reports that two students have leprosy. The bottom line is that only people who lived with a person with untreated leprosy – not just shared a classroom – were at significant risk of catching the disease, said Barbara Cole, director of Disease Control for Riverside County. “Whe..

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