The Long Research Road To A New Vaccine (February 6, 2006) -- The Food and Drug Administration today announced the licensing of a new vaccine against rotavirus, a disease responsible for tens of thousands of hospitalizations in the United States and hundreds of ... > full story

Oral Vaccine Protects Infants From Severe Rotavirus Diarrhea (October 22, 1997) -- An oral vaccine against rotavirus -- the most important cause of life-threatening diarrhea in children under age 2 -- reduced severe diarrheal illness by 88 percent in a study of more than 2,000 ... > full story

Innovative Method For Creating A Human Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Outlined (August 3, 2006) -- Each year, about 40,000 children are born infected with human cytomegalovirus, or CMV, and about 8,000 of these children suffer permanent disabilities due to the virus. Because of the dangers of the ... > full story

Images Reveal How Rotavirus - Leading Cause Of Diarrhea - Enters Cells (August 30, 2004) -- High-resolution images constructed by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston (CHB) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) reveal the molecular rearrangements that rotavirus the most common cause of ... > full story

Vaccine For Cytomegalovirus Has Promise (June 4, 1997) -- A vaccine for cytomegalovirus was found to be well tolerated and highly immunogenic in toddlers, according to research at Eastern Virginia Medical School. CMV can cause mononucleosis-type ... > full story

Influenza Nasal Spray Vaccine Produces Local Antibody Response (May 3, 1998) -- A recent study presented at the 1998 Society for Pediatrc Research Annual Meeting shows that a nasal spray is more effective then shots for vaccinating against influenza. ... > full story

Molecular "Motor" Drives Rotavirus Replication (May 20, 2002) -- A non-structural protein called NSP2 appears to be the molecular "motor" that drives replication of rotavirus within cells lining the gastrointestinal tract -- a finding that could enable development ... > full story

Landmark Smallpox Vaccine Study Underway (November 7, 2001) -- Volunteers are lining up this week to be vaccinated against smallpox, a once routine occurrence now considered extraordinary yet necessary because of recent events. ... > full story

New Federal Recommendations Aimed At Protecting College Students From Potentially Deadly Form Of Meningitis (November 2, 1999) -- Moshe Arditi, M.D., the Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and an authority on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections, says ... > full story

Volunteers Sought For Avian Flu Vaccine Study; Vaccine Would Be First To Protect Against Bird Flu (October 28, 2005) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center is enrolling volunteers in a study to test a new vaccine that targets avian flu, the first such vaccine against the virus. The Vanderbilt trial, led byKathryn ... > full story

Rotavirus -- Rotaviruses are a genus of viruses belonging to the Reoviridae family. Seven major groups have been identified, three of which (groups A, B, and C) infect humans, with group A being the most common ... > full article

Flu vaccine -- The flu vaccine is a vaccine to protect against the highly variable influenza virus. The annually updated trivalent flu vaccine for the 2005-2006 season consists of hemagglutinin (HA) surface ... > full article

Transmission (medicine) -- In medicine, transmission is the passing of a disease from an infected individual or group to a previously uninfected individual or group. In order to survive, microorganisms that require human hosts ... > full article

MMR vaccine -- The MMR vaccine is a mixture of live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella. It is generally administered to children around the age of one ... > full article

HPV vaccine -- Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine research focuses on the prevention of diseases, such as cervical cancer and genital warts, caused by sexually transmitted human papillomaviruses. Of the more than ... > full article

Pathogen -- A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host. The term is most often used for agents that disrupt the normal physiology of a multicellular animal or ... > full article

Measles -- Measles, also known as rubeola, is a disease caused by a virus of the genus Morbillivirus. In 1954, the virus causing the disease was isolated, and licensed vaccines to prevent the disease became ... > full article

Hepatitis B -- Originally known as serum hepatitis, hepatitis B has only been recognized as such since World War II, and has caused current epidemics in parts of Asia and ... > full article

Salmonella infection -- Salmonellosis is an infection with Salmonella bacteria. Most people infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 6 to 72 hours after infection. In most cases, the illness ... > full article

Diarrhea -- Diarrhea (American English) or diarrhoea (Commonwealth English) is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery, chunky, or loose bowel movements. In the Third World, diarrhea is the ... > full article

APLS: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource, Fourth Edition (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Designed to provide health care providers with a core knowledge of pediatric emergency medicine. Offers professionals the information necessary to assess and manage critically ill or injured ... > read more

Dosage Calculations
This perennial best seller has set the standard for dosage calculations. This formula method text contains more practice questions than any competitor; full color labels; equipment; pediatric ... > read more

The Taste for Living Cookbook: Mike Milken's Favorite Recipes for Fighting Cancer
When Michael Milken was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 1993, he wasted no time switching from his daily egg-and-bacon-sandwich breakfasts to a low-fat, vegetarian diet. He also founded ... > read more

SuperFoods Rx : Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life
The super-bestselling book that'senhancing Americans' health By eating the fourteen SuperFoods highlighted in Dr. Steven Pratt's instant bestseller, you can actually stop the incremental ... > read more

The 36-Hour Day : A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life
Updated with the newest information on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia, this bestselling book has remained the "bible" for families who are giving care toafflicted loved ... > read more

Dirty Dozen : 12 Nasty Fighting Techniques For Any Self-Defense Situation
U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Larry Jordan was given a unique assignment by his commanders - come up with a truly down-and-dirty hand-to-hand fighting system for his fellow Green Berets and U.S. ... > read more

Celiac Disease : A Hidden Epidemic
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects nearly one in every hundred people. Unfortunately, 97 percent remain undiagnosed and untreated. They continue to suffer from gastrointestinal ... > read more

The Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers, 17th Edition
For more than 50 years, The Harriet Lane Handbook has been the pediatrician’s reference of choice and for good reason. Its unsurpassed diagnostic and management guidance, recommended tests, ... > read more

The Inflammation Syndrome : The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Allergies, and Asthma
Challem's new book hits a home run -; with the latest research on what to eat and take to defeat our real number-one cause of health problems -; inflammation. It's a message of the utmost ... > read more

Living with Lymphoma : A Patient's Guide
When neurobiologist Elizabeth M. Adler was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, she learned everything she could about the disease, both to cope with the emotional stress of being diagnosed and to ... > read more