Health and Medical Guide to Digestive System Tuberculosis Health information topics about Tuberculosis: Children 1. TB (Tuberculosis) Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/pediatrics/cqqa/tb.html 2. Pediatric Tuberculosis American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35805 Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Tuberculosis National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D014376&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. QuantiFERON-TB Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mda/docs/P010033.pdf 2. Tuberculosis: The Meaning of a Positive Test American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/120.xml 3. Radiography (X-Ray): Chest American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/chest_radiography.htm 4. AFB Culture American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/afb_culture/test.html National Institutes of Health 1. Learn about Tuberculosis National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/pubTB/TBEnglish06.pdf 2. Tuberculosis Overview National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/tb.htm 3. Learn about Tuberculosis Infection National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/pubTB/TBInfEng06.pdf Organizations 1. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ 2. American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/ Other Languages 1. Tuberculosis Information - Albanian: Informacion P Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/pamphlets/albanian_factsheets/albanian_al... 2. Tuberculosis Information - Albanian: Informacion P Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/pamphlets/albanian_factsheets/albanian2_a... Overviews 1. Questions and Answers about TB Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/faqs/qa.htm 2. Tuberculosis Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00372 3. Tuberculosis (TB) American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35778 Prevention/Screening 1. You Can Prevent TB Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/prevention_eng.htm 2. TB Skin Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/tb_skin/test.html Related Issues 1. Connection between TB and HIV (the AIDS Virus) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/pamphlets/tbandhiv_eng.htm 2. Traveler's Health: Tuberculosis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/tb.htm Research 1. First U.S. Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial in 60 Years National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2004/niaid-26.htm Specific Conditions 1. Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35815 2. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) National Jewish Medical and Research Center http://www.nationaljewish.org/medfacts/nontuberculosis.html Statistics 1. TB Elimination: Now Is the Time! National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/nowisthetime/pageone.htm 2. Tuberculosis in the United States, 2004 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs050317.htm 3. 2003 TB Rates Remain High for Foreign-Born, Racial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs040318.htm Treatment 1. Tuberculosis: Treatment of Active Tuberculosis American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/184.xml 2. Tuberculosis: Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/185.xml Women 1. Tuberculosis National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/tuberculosis-etr.htm   Respiratory / Asthma News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. What's Causing Life-Threatening Blood Clots Following Brain Surgery? 4 Sep 2010 at 3:00am One of the most severe complications of brain surgery is a life-threatening blood clot in the lungs called a pulmonary embolism. 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