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RALEIGH, N.C., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Arbor Pharmaceuticals ("Arbor"), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused exclusively on pediatric medicine, announced today that the company has launched ZINOTIC ES as a new treatment option for Acute Otitis Externa (AOE). ZINOTIC ES is an extra strength formulation of original ZINOTIC intended to provide children suffering from AOE with a greater degree of pain relief and skin protection. ZINOTIC ES is Arbor Pharmaceuticals' fourth product launch...

Ear wax helps avoid otitis externa -- swimmer's ear -- a U.S. doctor says. Dr. Ian Storper of the New York -Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center explains swimmer's ear is actually an inflammation of the external ear canal and the wax producing -- cerumen -- glands that it lines. The root of the problem is an absence of ear wax which protects the thin skin of the ear from summer's high humidity and heat as well as the exposure of the ear canal to bacteria-laden waters...

Device can provide solution for early detection of ear infections LENEXA, Kan., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents are blogging and tweeting away this winter on the topic of ear infections, which are the No. 1 reason for children's visits to the emergency room. "Parents often turn to the Internet for advice on childhood illnesses, especially ear infections," says Joe Kessinger of Innovia Medical, manufacturer of the EarCheck Middle Ear Monitor. "We know they're online seeking advice and...

U.S. researchers suggest chronic ear infections could be linked to people's preference for fatty foods, which increases their risk of being overweight. Linda Bartoshuk of the University of Florida College of Dentistry said preliminary findings from a series of studies showed that a strong link was found between localized taste damage as a result of chronic middle ear infections, or otitis media, and an increased preference for high-fat foods. In one study, 6,584 people ages 16 to 92...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Plc could help to reduce middle ear infection, a common problem in toddlers, scientists said on Friday. Researchers at the University of Defense in Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic said the vaccine they tested against middle ear infection, or otitis media, reduced cases of the illness by about 30 percent in babies who had been vaccinated in the first six months of life. "We found a reduction in ear, nose and throat...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new vaccine could help to reduce middle ear infection, a common problem in toddlers, scientists said on Friday. Researchers at the University of Defense in Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic said the vaccine they tested against middle ear infection, or otitis media, reduced cases of the illness by a about 30 percent in babies who had been vaccinated in the first six months of life. "We found a reduction in ear, nose and throat specialist-confirmed episodes of...

A Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh study finds that prompt insertion of tympanostomy tubes (small ear tubes) does not improve developmental outcomes of children at 6 years of age as once thought.Lead investigator Jack L. Paradise, MD, pediatrician and otitis media expert at Children's and professor of Pediatrics and Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and fellow researchers found that in otherwise healthy children younger than 3 years of age who have persistent...