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Schering-Plough Corp. said Monday its second-quarter profit more than doubled as revenue climbed 13 percent on the strength of cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia.
Net income climbed to $517 million, or 34 cents per share, after preferred dividends for the quarter ended June 30 from $237 million, or 16 cents per share, a year […]
Mobile phone masts are not responsible for the symptoms of ill health some blame them for, a major UK study says.
Dozens of people who believed the masts triggered symptoms such as anxiety, nausea and tiredness could not detect if signals were on or off in trials.
However, the Environmental Health Perspectives study stressed people were nonetheless […]
Dunhills (Pontefract) Plc has withdrawn all batches of Haribo’s Pasta Basta, Apple flavour and Strawberry flavour (15g) confectionery, because of the presence of wheat gluten not shown on the label, making these products unsafe for people who are allergic or intolerant to wheat or wheat products. The Agency has issued an Allergy Alert.
The product contains […]
Plenty of other things could have killed me over the years: stress, high blood pressure, liver disease due to heavy drinking, injuries sustained in misjudged pub fights due to heavy drinking, my wife garnishing my food with shards of glass due to my heavy drinking. But not this – surely I couldn’t be dying from […]
A Brisbane company is leading the way in Australia, with a major expansion into allergy free food products.
Statistics have shown the number of children with food allergies has doubled in the last five years.
Former CSIRO scientist Bob Hamilton was motivated to launch ‘Earlee Products’, which supplies manufacturers like Ingams and Woolworths with allergen free seasoned […]
Most of us long for the spring and summer months but for many it can spell itchy eyes, a running nose and constant sneezing. Health Reporter JANE PICKEN finds out more about hay fever hell.
Phamacist Neil Jordan sees up to 100 hay fever sufferers a week during the peak summer months
ALLERGY-prone Trudy Hathaway has sneezed […]
In the war against food allergy, a vital molecule has been identified as a potential target for therapy.
There is currently no way to treat food allergy and the only way for sufferers to manage the problem is to avoid certain foods and make sure they have injectable adrenaline at hand.
Scientists led by Dr Claudio Nicoletti […]
British scientists say a molecule called interleukin-12 can protect against food allergies.
A team at the Institute of Food Allergy Research in Norwich noted that interleukin-12 is absent during the body’s allergic response.
“We have identified a molecule that is very important for the regulation of immune response and for the first time clearly represents a potential […]