The book shows parents how to stretch, massage and perform exercises, along with information about modifications for special needs children, multiple births and adopted babies and the role fathers play. Find it at bookstores now. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology's Nationwide Asthma Screening Program comes to Michigan from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 20 at the Providence Medical Center in Novi. Adults and kids can participate in free screenings by area allergists to determine if asthma is present or controlled properly.
Uncontrolled asthma can cause lung damage.
A new campaign hopes to find more women for medical research. Medical research is the link between disease and cure, but for many years, research focused specifically on men. Now the Society for Women's Health Research is urging women to participate in medical research in a new campaign called Some Things Only a Woman Can Do. Research done by Dr. Samuel Baron, professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, indicates that saliva can destroy HIV-infected cells. Baron and his colleagues believe that adding the properties of saliva to lubricants may work to prevent the transmission of the virus in humans.