Xyzal (levocetirizine), is the active form of Zyrtec (cetirizine), and has been available for the treatment of allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and chronic urticaria (hives) for the past 4 months….

No more vexing problem in education exists today than the achievement gap in this country. The difference between the extremes has rightfully attracted national attention, and one of the most popular policy proposals is to reduce class size - not surprising, since benchmarks are easily measured.

If you are a loud snorer there is a good chance your risk of stroke and heart disease is higher compared to people who do not snore, say Hungarian scientists after a new study on 12,643 participants. You can read about this in the journal Sleep.The authors explain that everybody snores to some extent at some period in their lives. Estimates indicate that approximately 40% of men and 24% of women snore regularly.

A new compound that blocks an early step in cell death could lead to a novel class of drugs for treating heart attacks and stroke.When cells are deprived of oxygen — during a heart attack, for example — they start to die through a tidy process called apoptosis or programmed cell death. Early in apoptosis, the mitochondria — complex structures that supply energy to the cell — divide into pieces, holes appear in their membranes and proteins such as cytochrome c leak out.

Two LSU researchers are taking what might be the most comprehensive approach ever to determine how some coastal communities bounce back from disaster.The end goal of the project, which is in the early stages of a two-year grant, is to be able to develop and use an index of coastal community resilience to educate and inform decision and policy makers about ways to increase resilience in weaker areas.

The American people, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and a consortium of four partners, will assist in building the capacity of Rwandan institutions to implement HIV/AIDS prevention, malaria and child survival programs. The Behavior Change and Social Marketing (BCSM) project will involve district stakeholders, the private sector and Government of Rwanda.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s “Preparing Our Communities for Emergencies” workshop for community-based organizations took place at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles. The scenario-based exercise was designed to instruct participants on their organization’s role and responsibilities during an emergency situation and how they would assist community members.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) President and CEO Billy Tauzin released the following statement on the passage of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act (H.R.

Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to researchers in Sweden, who studied more than 40,000 Swedish twins to determine the extent to which behavior, environment and genes each play a role ion the development of chronic bronchitis.

Results from a new national survey demonstrate that elevated allergen levels in the home are associated with asthma symptoms in allergic individuals. The study suggests that asthmatics that have allergies may alleviate symptoms by reducing allergen exposures inside their homes. The work was carried out by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the University of Iowa, Rho Inc., and the Constella Group.