http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Many pre-term babies suffer recurrent episodes of wheezing. Now, researchers say a common infection is a likely culprit and they may be able to prevent the breathing problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-palivizumab-days-wheezing-preemies.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 09 May 2013 07:40:02 EST news287302721 Abbott Laboratories is recalling its FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meters after finding that they display and store incorrect test results for dangerously high blood sugar levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-abbott-laboratories-recalls-blood-glucose.html Medications Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:14:32 EST news285232462 (HealthDay)—For patients with moderate-to-severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic skin disease characterized by painful abscesses, nodules, and draining fistulas in the axilla and groin, treatment with once-weekly adalimumab is associated with improvements in pain and inflammation, according to a study published online Dec. 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-adalimumab-relieves-hidradenitis-suppurativa.html Inflammatory disorders Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:07:14 EST news275076428 (HealthDay)—Combination treatment with fenofibrate and simvastatin (FENO-S) significantly reduces postprandial (PP) triglyceride (TG) levels compared with simvastatin alone in all subjects, regardless of fasting TG level, but reduces atherogenic apolipoprotein (apo) B48 particles only in those with increased fasting TG levels, according to research published online Oct. 25 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-fenofibrate-simvastatin-benefit-dyslipidemia-explored.html Diabetes Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:20:01 EST news271013848 In HIV-plagued sub-Saharan Africa, it can take up to three months for mothers to learn whether their babies have been infected by the deadly virus, delaying what could be life-sustaining treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-hiv-infants-breakthrough-sub-saharan-africa.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:00:01 EST news270470756 Abbott Laboratories said Monday that its experimental hepatitis C drug regimen cured 99 percent of patients in a midstage study with the most common and hardest-to-treat type of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-abbott-labs-hepatitis-drug.html Medications Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:51:10 EST news269520664 (HealthDay)—Humira (adalimumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis in adults, the agency said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-humira-widened-ulcerative-colitis.html Medications Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:54:15 EST news268336447 (Medical Xpress)—Ongoing research at the Methodist Cancer Center could reveal whether metastatic breast cancer patients with BRCA gene mutations are particularly responsive to a drug regimen that includes Veliparib, an investigational drug believed to hamper cancer cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-brca1-brca2-mutation-treatment-option.html Cancer Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:45:20 EST news267345911 The Food and Drug Administration has approved Abbott Laboratories' ESA test for Chagas disease, which could be a useful tool in protecting the nation's blood supply from contamination. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-fda-chagas-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:33:17 EST news241536763