http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Hospital associated infections (HAI) are often in the headlines, but what is the burden of mortality, morbidity and costs due to HAIs? In this week's PLoS Medicine, Marlieke de Kraker, Peter Davey and Hajo Grundmann, on behalf of the BURDEN (Burden of resistance and disease in European nations) study group, report the results of a prospective clinical investigation into the societal burden of HAIs from 31 European countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-burden-antibiotic-resistance-europe.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:33:53 EST news237573225 The EU is to invest 2.2 million euros in research on the new killer E.coli strain which infected almost 4,000 people and left 51 dead across Europe and caused massive losses to vegetable farmers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-eu-mln-euros-killer-ecoli.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:50:01 EST news232105400 The outbreak of a new foodborne bacterial strain wreaking havoc in Germany is a reminder of the fast-changing nature of microbes and the dangers they pose to society. University of Arizona researchers are developing innovative strategies to fight emerging germs threatening the food and health-care industry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-war-microbes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:10:18 EST news227442990 One in three women will be faced at least once in her life with cystitis, for some the start of a constantly recurring infection. Cystitis is caused by Escherichia coli bacteria which fasten on to the wall of the bladder by means of thread-like structures (pili). Han Remaut of the VIB Department for Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel reveals for the first time the complex interactions which lead to the formation of these pili. This knowledge can be used to develop new antibiotics to treat infections of the urinary tract. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-strategy-combat-cystitis.html Medical research Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:52:58 EST news226317149 Poor gut flora is believed to trigger obesity. In the same way, healthy gut flora could reduce the risk. This has shown to be the case in tests on rats. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-healthy-gut-flora-obesity.html Medical research Wed, 25 May 2011 10:56:31 EST news225539767