http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Despite government efforts to expand diagnostic criteria for pelvic inflammatory disease, emergency department doctors are not identifying the condition any more often in adolescent girls, finds a new study in Journal of Adolescent Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-emergency-departments-pelvic-disease-teens.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:33:46 EST news290417774 While most infection control measures are focused on hospitals, a new study points to the need for more targeted interventions to prevent the spread of drug-resistant bugs in nursing homes as community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) are on the rise in these facilities. The study is published in the March issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-high-prevalence-drug-resistant-mrsa-nursing.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:27:30 EST news279811635 (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 Two strains of Streptococcus bacteria, that have evolved to cause potentially fatal infections in either horses or humans, use the same box of tricks to cause disease. Exploiting their genetic similarities could lead to novel vaccines for both man and beast, according to a review published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-genome-blueprint-horse-human-vaccines.html Medical research Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:00:01 EST news229875093 Seven out of ten hospital nurses who took part in a Canadian study used the dorsogluteal (DG) buttock site to administer intramuscular injections - despite the potential risks of sciatic nerve injury - with only 14% using the ventrogluteal (VG) hip site recommended by the nursing literature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-nurses-dont-intramuscular-site-potential.html Other Mon, 09 May 2011 09:47:36 EST news224153223