http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Results from the Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy (FEAST) trial in East Africa show that children who are given fluid to treat shock have an increased risk of death due to cardiovascular collapse at 48 hours. These findings in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine challenge the generally held idea that early and rapid reversal of shock by fluid resuscitation translates into longer-term survival benefits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-treatment-clinical-trial-standard-procedure.html Other Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:23:34 EST news282421408 In a first-ever comprehensive study of 124 natural product combinations, a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Tsinghua University, led by Professor Chen Yu Zong from the Department of Pharmacy at the NUS Faculty of Science, found that certain combinations of natural products can be as effective as man-made drugs in acting against specific disease processes. However, the chances of finding the effective combination of natural products could be as low as below 3 per cent.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-natural-products-effective-synthetic-drugs.html Medications Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:24:08 EST news279444239 (Medical Xpress)—UNSW researchers have discovered a new strain of norovirus that they warn could cause a severe epidemic of acute gastroenteritis in Australia this winter. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-norovirus-strain-severe-gastro-epidemic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:26:21 EST news277457172 Celiac disease affects about one percent of the population but occasional 'epidemics' have been noticed along with a seasonal variation in number of cases diagnosed. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Pediatrics indicates that repeated infections early in life increases the risk for celiac disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-celiac-epidemics-link-infections-early.html Pediatrics Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:00:06 EST news275073126 According to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), people who became ill during the Walkerton, Ontario, Escherichia coli O157:H7outbreak were not at greater risk of heart disease or stroke 10 years later. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-elevated-year-heart-disease-people.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:00:10 EST news272536077 A variety of institutions and governments have developed "commonsense-based" disinfection guidelines to control norovirus contamination, but now, for the first time, a Dutch team has come up with science-based guidelines. The research is published in the November 2012 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-norovirus-disinfection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:50:01 EST news271668755 In a study that included more than 300 Medicare-certified nursing homes, rates of hospitalization and death were substantially increased during outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis vs. non-outbreak periods, according to a study appearing in the October 24/31 issue of JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at the ID (infectious disease) Week meeting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-norovirus-outbreaks-nursing-homes-hospitalizations.html Health Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:20:01 EST news269779338 (AP)—Authorities say a single batch of deep-frozen strawberries appears to have been behind an outbreak of gastroenteritis in eastern Germany that hit more than 11,000 people, mostly children at schools and day-care centers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-germany-frozen-fruit-blamed-vomiting.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 06 Oct 2012 07:44:30 EST news268728250 University Teknologi MARA researchers conducted a study on Norovirus (NoV) in lettuces. The virus causes outbreaks of Gastroenteritis among children below age 5 in Malaysia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-malaysia-norovirus-lettuce.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:20:39 EST news266761230 (Medical Xpress) -- The findings of new research from UCD Conway Institute and the National Children’s Research Centre shows oxygen radicals are the first line of defence against gastroenteritis caused by Campylobacter organisms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-oxygen-radicals-defend-intestine-gastroenteritis.html Medical research Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:35:12 EST news264756697 Oregon investigators recently mapped the trail of an outbreak of a nasty stomach bug among participants in a girls' soccer tournament to a reusable open top grocery bag stored in a hotel bathroom. Their findings, which illustrate the role that inanimate objects can play in spreading norovirus infection, appear in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-role-reusable-grocery-bag-norovirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:01 EST news255712002 The number of people who died from gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines that causes vomiting and diarrhea) more than doubled from 1999 to 2007. The findings of this study will be presented today at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-deaths-gastroenteritis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:18:31 EST news250960704 Noroviruses are believed to make up half of all food-borne disease outbreaks in the United States, causing incapacitating (and often violent) stomach flu. These notorious human pathogens are responsible for 90 percent of epidemic nonbacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis around the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-countdown-introduction-norovirus-vaccine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:06:38 EST news248709984 (Medical Xpress) -- A new vaccine is being tested in the US that may protect against the norovirus, which causes "stomach flu" or acute viral gastroenteritis, that can occur in confined living settings such as cruise ships, nursing homes, hospitals, schools, and military establishments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-vaccine-epidemic-gastroenteritis.html Medications Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:20:01 EST news242642730 A physician team from Rhode Island Hospital led a study to evaluate the accuracy of the commonly used dehydration scales as they apply to children in a low-income country. Based on their experience in Rwanda, the researchers determined that none of the three scales were accurate predictors of severe dehydration in children with diarrhea and/or vomiting. The team calls for further research to develop and validate new clinical scales with greater accuracy for use in low-income countries. Their findings are published in the International Journal of Emergency Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-ri-hospital-dehydration-scales-accurate.html Health Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:44:04 EST news239967838 New research shows that febrile seizures in children may be linked to respiratory alkalosis, indicated by elevated blood pH and low carbon dioxide levels caused by hyperventilation, and independent of the underlying infection severity. Febrile seizures were not observed in susceptible children with fevers brought on by gastroenteritis, suggesting that low blood pH levels (acidosis) may have a protective effect. Full findings now appear in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-hyperventilation-trigger-febrile-seizures-children.html Medical research Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:08:41 EST news235015706 Vaccination against rotavirus, a major cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children, dramatically decreased hospitalization rates for the infection among infants in three U.S. counties, according to a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-rotavirus-vaccine-greatly-gastroenteritis-hospitalizations.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:11:59 EST news228107492