According to the new studies, the very popular Vicks Vaporub may possibly cause airway inflammation that can restrict breathing in infants as well as toddlers. The research started at the Wake Forest University when an 18 months old girl had developed major respiratory problems once exposed directly to the salve placed under her nose in order to help her with the cold symptoms.

In accordance to the manufacturers, they have clearly mentioned that they do not put the rub into the nose as well as is not used for kids below the age of 2. It was obvious that the child started getting much better as soon as the medicine was stopped.

Such an experience in led to see if there were other such cases and a lot of cases appeared that had problems after using the Vicks VapoRub. The result of such a research was published in the January issue of the medical journal called “The Chest”. To test whether the rub actually gave problems or not, it was tested on ferrets. Animals were used for this study as their respiratory airway is similar to the humans. As a result, it was found out that Vicks VapoRub increased the mucus production by 59% and the capability to clear this mucus was decreased by 36%.

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NEW YORK – Violent video games may increase aggression in youngsters, a new study suggests.

In three different groups of 9 to 18-year-old U.S. and Japanese adolescents, those who frequently played violent video games were more intended to physical fighting over time. This is the first study to analyze gamers’ aggression over time.

“We found in all three groups, those who played a lot of violent video games in early school year leads to higher levels of aggression, as measured later in the school year,” lead researcher Dr. Craig A. Anderson, explained.

According to some critics, this study is not true as violence rates are low in Japan although video games are highly popular, Anderson said in a written statement.
By collecting data from Japan he comes to know that Japanese kids are also affected pretty much the same way like American kids.

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A new procedure can help doctors to diagnose a rare kind of leukemia just in hours, instead of weeks, researchers say.

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) usually occurs in children and leukemia symptoms include fevers, poor growth, and infections.

Diagnosis of JMML, in early stage is utmost important, since the only treatment is a bone marrow transplant. Current diagnosis of JMML involves monitoring the response of JMML cells to a growth-stimulating factor called GM-CSF, which takes two to three weeks for cells growth in the laboratory.

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Infants treated with common pain reliever “paracetamol” may have a higher risk of developing eczema and asthma, at the age of 6 or 7, a large study covering children in 31 countries has found.

The study was published in the journal Lancet along with two different studies, which reveal that runny noses and wheezing in early days of life may be clear sign of asthma.

In the first study, researchers analyze data of more than 205,000 children and came to know that paracetamol use in infancy was associated with a 46 percent higher risk of asthma by the time the children were 6 or 7 compared to those never exposed to the drug.

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