Health
Communication is key for clinicians when it comes to viral illness
Clinicians tend to use language that minimises the severity of viral illness in children with respiratory tract infections (RTIs), a new study has found.
Mar 9, 2016
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Respiratory Tract Infections
Medications
Researchers aim to improve the use of antibiotics in primary care
New research led by Bristol NHS CCG and the University of Bristol, aimed at improving the quality of primary care for children with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) will be presented in London today.
Feb 26, 2016
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Cardiology
Common macrolide antibiotics show no increased risk of serious heart arrhythmia or death
Macrolide antibiotics such as azithromycin, clarithromycin and erythromycin are commonly used to treat respiratory tract infections worldwide, with more than 57 million outpatient prescriptions written in 2010 in the United ...
Feb 22, 2016
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Medications
Effectiveness of behavioral interventions to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
Among primary care practices, the use of two socially motivated behavioral interventions - accountable justification and peer comparison - resulted in significant reductions in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute ...
Feb 9, 2016
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Health
Infectious diseases cause significant emergency visits, hospitalizations for older adults
In a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers calculated that infectious diseases account for 13.5 percent of emergency room (ER) visits involving older adults—a higher ...
Feb 1, 2016
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Medical research
Antibiotic use in early life disrupt normal gut microbiota development
The use of antibiotics in early childhood interferes with normal development of the intestinal microbiota, shows research conducted at the University of Helsinki. Particularly the broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotics, commonly ...
Jan 26, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Take a chill pill if you want to avoid the flu this year
Along with snow and frigid temperatures, the winter months also bring coughs, colds and the flu. Lower respiratory tract infections, the ones that cause feelings of chest congestion despite the deepest coughs, are one of ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chile researchers develop vaccine for virus common in children
Researchers in Chile said Friday they have developed the first vaccine against a virus that commonly causes lung and respiratory tract infections in children.
Jan 8, 2016
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Health
Pre-travel advice does not reduce the risk of falling ill while traveling
Travelling abroad involves risk of illnesses and carriage of antibiotic resistant bacteria, especially among students. Illnesses such as travellers' diarrhoea and respiratory tract infections are most common. Even if travellers ...
Nov 24, 2015
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Inflammatory disorders
Early childhood bronchiolitis increases asthma risk in adulthood
Persons who have had bronchiolitis in early childhood have an increased risk of asthma at the age of 28-31 and a weaker health-related quality of life than their peers. In lung function tests, they also demonstrate changes ...
Nov 23, 2015
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