Most of us are familiar with the term ‘allergy’, and use it quite frequently. By definition, an allergy is an abnormal response of the immune system if the human body to an allergen (an agent that can trigger allergy). Allergies in children are quite common in today’s context. Many children attending pediatric clinics today do so for allergy-related complaints.

An allergy can crop up at any age and can continue for months or years until the child outgrows it, or till the allergen is discovered and eliminated from the child’s environment. Allergies are usually a result of both genetic susceptibility and environmental stimulation.

Types of Allergies in children:

Allergies in children can involve any or all of three or four systems:

1) The nose, throat and chest (respiratory allergies)

2) The skin ( cutaneous allergy)

3) The stomach and intestines ( gastrointestinal allergies or food allergies)

4) The eyes (ocular allergy)

Allergic symptoms depend on the system involved.

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In America a cellular phone research of the 1093 communes set a stunning trend about the issue of Global Warming where the scientists have explained their schools of thoughts about the changing behavior of globe.

Current study was conducted by two famous American universities, A and M, the supporting scientists and philosophers of these institutes highlighted the title of global warming in the Magazine of risk analysis in such intellectual verdict,” A bulk of the respondents would fell less accountable on the issue of global warming.”The magazine was title by,” personal Efficacy, the Information Environment, and Attitudes toward Global Warming and Climate Change in the USA.”Current culture of the global warming gives you an idea regarding to elevated ranks of self-belief among the scientists in which it shows the misery of them about the native communes of U.S.A and others, new scientific knowledge and information about the global warming content has led the American people and other communities of world in a downward trend of irresponsible learning’s and application.

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A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty , Narayana Hrudayalaya ( Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees . The transcript of the chat is given below which is useful for everyone.

Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart ?

Ans: 1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour’s walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar

Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?

Ans: No

Qn: It’s still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person
gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?

Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.

Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?

Ans: Yes

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David Kirby, an investigative journalist has recently posted an article bringing up an eye catching relationship between “Mitochondrial Dysfunction”, “Vaccines” and “Autism”. This was based on the minutes of the conference call held in the beginning of March, where all the federal vaccine safety officials were brought together to deal with all the apprehensions related to the above association between vaccines and autism.

Hannah, a nine year boy in Atlanta was reported to develop regressive autism after being administered with the vaccine. Doubts are rising regarding the vaccines now which in Hannah’s case worsened the conditions.

This has led to hope in parents of children who lost headway into autism after receiving vaccines that this report may help in creating an alert among the government health officials to seriously consider and act upon the link between vaccines and autism.

Kirby in his article defined ‘Mitochondria’ as the little powerhouses within each cell that convert food and oxygen into energy. It was one of the main topics discussed in the conference call held among the health officials.

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Cocaine syndrome raised up as one of the major developmental defects on human body as a disease. The people of very little ages and premature have been indulging in such king of disease by linking to a specific blend protein, which has been reported in an article of 21 March, 2008 in the open access journals of PLOS Genetics.

The scientists found very recently some important genetic factors of CS. DNA factors for example the CSB protein is reported as one of the biggest causes of premature aging. The scientists are yet to find the reasons of this syndrome. They say that we are unable still to find out the proper facts and figures of this disease but we are trying best to find it pretty soon.

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Under the drive to address the wrong beliefs about “Emergency Contraception”, OBG Management has teamed up with” The Journal of Family” to publish “Emergency Contraception: When and how to use it”. This would be distributed as a supplementary copy to the February 2008 issues of journals like “OBG Management” and “The Journal of Family Practice”.The purpose of issuing this supplement is to increase awareness among the patients about emergency contraception. This would decrease the incidence of unintended pregnancy.

The supplement has been distributed among the clinicians. This would enable them to tackle the subject of emergency contraception more intelligently. They would be able to create awareness as most of the people are misinformed or uninformed about it. So this supplement would also serve as an excellent guide for clinicians to explain about its usage, when to take it and how it works.

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