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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bacteria only recently revealed as a major cause of ulcers and stomach cancer may help protect children from developing asthma, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) A long-time microbial inhabitant of the human stomach may protect children from developing asthma, according to a new study among more than 7,000 subjects led by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers. Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that has co-existed with humans for at least 50,000 years, may lead to peptic ulcers and stomach cancer. Yet, kids between the ages of 3 and 13 are nearly 59 percent less likely to have asthma if they carry the bug, the researchers report.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with peanut allergies may run the risk of not receiving life-saving treatment for a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis because they don't have their epinephrine autoinjector with them at School, Canadian researchers report.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands -- If nut products are eaten regularly during pregnancy, the risk of asthma in the child goes up significantly, investigators here reported.

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 11 July 2008 CPJ press release: TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL unable to reach reporter New York, July 11, 2008 - A contributing reporter for the Turkmen Service of the U....

New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu (R) on Thursday said that his six-part health care plan would make health coverage more affordable for uninsured individuals and small businesses, the Nashua Telegraph reports.

Many families of 2,800 immigrant children who recently lost coverage through Rhode Island's RIte Care program are unaware that they can receive no-cost, basic care at local community health centers, Providence Journal reports. Officials notified the families in May that their children would no longer be eligible for RIte Care.

Legislation (HR 6331) that would delay a 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees, scheduled to take effect on July 1, could lead to a reduction to physician fees of more than 20% in 2010 unless a long-term solution is found, the New York Times reports.

Many private not-for-profit hospitals in San Francisco agreed Thursday to treat participants of Healthy San Francisco, the city's universal health care program, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.Under the agreement, patients will pay between zero and $250 per hospital admission, all of which will go to the Healthy San Francisco fund.

Hinds County, Miss., Chancery Court Judge William Singletary recently ruled against a hospital tax proposed by Gov. Haley Barbour (R), saying that only the state Legislature has the authority to set taxes or fees paid by hospitals, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. The tax, intended to cover a $90 million gap in the state Medicaid budget, was originally proposed in 2006.