http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Researchers from The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) have identified the nerves involved in the painful tropical disease called ciguatera. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-nerves-ciguatera-deadly-tropical-disease.html Medical research Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:09:47 EST news274439349 It's about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning. But there's a downside: It could make it harder to spot and solve dangerous outbreaks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-hamper-food-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:51:44 EST news274420284 New research from the Institute of Food Research has given new clues as to how some E. coli strains, normally at home in mammalian gastrointestinal tracts, have adopted slightly different transmission strategies, with some being better adapted to live on plants than others. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-coli-colonize.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:31:59 EST news270837106 (AP)—German health authorities say at least 4,000 children have fallen ill with vomiting and diarrhea after eating food from school canteens and daycare centers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-vomiting-virus-sickens-german-kids.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:35:57 EST news268029352 (Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Georgia published in the August issue of the Journal of Food Protection found that the social networking platform Facebook is good for more than keeping up with friends-targeted content can be used to teach college students how to safely prepare their own food. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-youth-facebook-food-safety.html Health Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:26:59 EST news266570712 (Medical Xpress) -- Each year a tiny, rod-shaped species of bacteria with a fondness for proliferating on human food causes numerous cases of food poisoning around the world, sometimes leading to severe illness and even death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-copper-bacteria.html Medical research Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:40:01 EST news262422607 A naturally occurring protein called TLR1 plays a critical role in protecting the body from illnesses caused by eating undercooked pork or drinking contaminated water, according to new research from the University of Southern California (USC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-tlr1-protein-immune-response-food-borne.html Medical research Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:21:10 EST news261130862 As illustrated by the 2011 E. coli outbreak in Germany in 2011, any delay in identifying the source of food poisoning outbreaks can cost lives and cause considerable political and economical damage. An international multidisciplinary team of scientists have shown that difficulties in finding the sources of contamination behind food poisoning cases are inevitable due to the increasing complexity of a global food traffic network where food products are constantly crossing country borders, generating a worldwide network. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-difficult-food-poisoning-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:21:14 EST news257764861 (HealthDay) -- Picnics, parades and cookouts are as much a part of Memorial Day weekend as tributes to the United States' war veterans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-food-safety-mind-memorial-day.html Health Sat, 26 May 2012 18:09:29 EST news257274524 (Medical Xpress) -- Using simple ethanol-based hand sanitisers and regular cleaning with ethanol wipes can dramatically reduce bacteria on shared computer keyboards. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-keyboards-health.html Health Mon, 14 May 2012 08:41:00 EST news256203587 Listeria, one of the most deadly causes of bacterial food poisoning, subverts a normally protective immune response to spread its infection more effectively, according to new research at National Jewish Health. Immunologists Laurel Lenz, PhD, Peter Henson, PhD, and their colleagues report online April 26, 2012, in the journal Immunity that production of nitric oxide (NO) by activated macrophages, which is normally thought of as an infection-fighting response, actually helps Listeria monocytogenes to more efficiently disseminate between infected and neighboring uninfected cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-bacteria-subverts-immune-response-aid.html Immunology Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:39:38 EST news254662692 The process for producing what has become known as "pink slime" actually seemed like a triumph of technology in an industry haunted by the specter of food poisoning and, at one point, even got rave reviews in the news media, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-chronicling-pink-slime-fall-grace.html Health Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:12:42 EST news254578350 Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, was responsible for 18.2 percent of all infection outbreaks and 65 percent of ward closures in U.S. hospitals during a two-year period, according to a new study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), the official publication of APIC - the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-norovirus-infection-outbreaks-hospitals.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:30:50 EST news247231831 A short burst of low voltage alternating current can effectively eradicate E. coli bacteria growing on the surface of even heavily contaminated beef, according to a study published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health. The technique offers an inexpensive and easy to implement approach to reducing the risk of food poisoning, which can occur despite handlers complying with hygiene standards. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-short-sharp-treatment-coli.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:06:45 EST news245498790 Drugs fed to animals to promote growth and prevent diseases may play a key role in the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, microbiologists said Sunday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-drugs-fed-animals.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:46:08 EST news235622757 The face-freezing pharmaceutical injection Botox gained another medical use on Wednesday when the US government approved it for use in some patients with overactive bladder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-botox-bladder.html Medications Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:26:40 EST news233414779 (AP) -- In early May, John Meyer stayed at a lakeside hotel in Hamburg, Germany. He attended a business conference. He went sailing. And he became one of the few U.S. victims in one of the worst food poisoning outbreaks in recent world history. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-days-hell-victim-german-coli.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:06:52 EST news230612795 (AP) -- Health officials have confirmed the first American death tied to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-european-coli-arizona-death.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:31:59 EST news229354305 (AP) -- Egyptian sprout seeds blamed for a massive and deadly E. coli outbreak are still on the market and were shipped to more European countries than was previously believed, officials said Tuesday, as the EU announced a ban on further imports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-seeds-blamed-europe-coli-sale.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:57:08 EST news229078615 Cedars-Sinai researchers have reported two advances in the understanding of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the most common gastrointestinal disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 30 million people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-deepens-common-gastrointestinal-disorder.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 11 May 2011 09:07:45 EST news224323627