http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—There are few things more inviting than a cool, clear pool on a hot summer day. But a new federal report will have you thinking twice before dipping a toe in the water. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pools-contaminated-human-cdc.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 16:40:01 EST news287939166 New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that as many as 200,000 central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) have been prevented among patients in intensive care units (ICUs) since 1990. The study, published in the June issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, suggests that this progress is likely related to prevention strategies now common in hospitals across the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-clabsi-efforts-result-infections-intensive.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 13 May 2013 16:49:52 EST news287682565 (Medical Xpress)—People provided with a real-time readout of activity in specific regions of their brains can learn to control that activity and lessen their anxiety, according to new findings published online in the journal Translational Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-real-time-brain-feedback-people-anxiety.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 09 May 2013 05:57:12 EST news287297779 (HealthDay)—A new Swedish study suggests that parents who want to protect their infants from developing allergies should try a simple approach to introducing their children to the wide world of microbes: Just pop their pacifiers into their own mouths before giving them back to their babies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-tots-allergies-pacifiers.html Immunology Mon, 06 May 2013 09:17:07 EST news287050609 (HealthDay)—Kcentra (prothrombin complex concentrate, human) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat severe acute bleeding in adults after administration of the anti-clotting drug warfarin and similar products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-kcentra-severe-heart-patients.html Medications Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:50:01 EST news286547963 US labs that research bioterror germs such as anthrax are at risk for accidents because they do not have uniform building and operation standards, a Congressional investigative group said on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-highlights-bioterror-labs.html Health Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:26:48 EST news283429597 (AP)—On the sidewalks and the subways it's clear: Japan is becoming a sea of surgical masks. It's about pollen, about germs and even a little about China, its polluting rival across the sea. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-masks-galore-japanese-ward-pollen.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:46:29 EST news283167977 Antibiotic resistance has been recognised in recent years as a major healthcare problem, however, a paper in The Lancet Infectious Diseases reviewing the issue on a global scale, concludes that, not enough attention is given to the critical role that the natural environment plays in the cycling of antibiotics and the associated development of resistance by bacteria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-recognising-role-environment-global-antibiotic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:50:02 EST news282296269 A deadly strain of hard-to-treat bacteria is spreading in US health facilities, posing a particular risk to the nation's most vulnerable patients, authorities said in a report on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-alarmed-superbug.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:02:40 EST news281714542 (AP)—The nation's top disease detective says impending budget cuts will make it harder to solve outbreaks, fight hospital infections and keep illnesses overseas from making their way here. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cdc-chief-threaten-health.html Health Sat, 23 Feb 2013 06:10:01 EST news280821447 (Medical Xpress)—When someone comes to work sick, about half of the commonly touched surfaces in the office will become infected with the virus by lunchtime, according to a new study at the UA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-germs-fast.html Health Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:42:40 EST news278840532 (AP)—A government study has fingered leafy green vegetables as the leading source of food poisoning illnesses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-leafy-greens-food-poisoning-source.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:07:01 EST news278676416 (HealthDay)—With the United States in the throes of one of the worst flu outbreaks in years, health-care experts say there are ways you can fight back and protect yourself from the virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:20:02 EST news277044748 Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) dropped by 52 percent when an alcohol-impregnated disinfection cap was used instead of standard scrubbing protocol, according to a new study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-disinfection-caps-clabsi-cases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:07:03 EST news276433612 Stuffy noses, hacking coughs and aches all over—cold and flu season has arrived. Though your body may be aching and your nose running like a faucet, it can be difficult to decide if you should continue your exercise routine or take a temporary break. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-sick.html Health Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:40:02 EST news271582126 University Hospitals Case Medical Center clinical researchers will present findings about a one-two punch to prevent colds and flu in San Francisco at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) on September 9, 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-airborne-germ-killing-oral-effective-colds.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:38:43 EST news266420312 Not only infants crawl. ETH researchers have shown that so-called dendritic cells, important cells of the immune system, use a similar mode of movement more often than previously assumed. The scientists used intravital microscopy to image dendritic cells crawling within lymphatic vessels of living animals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-preschool-lymphatic-vessels.html Medical research Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:59:27 EST news263717954 American parents may want to think again about how much they want to protect their children from everyday germs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-links-inflammation-chronic-disease.html Inflammatory disorders Wed, 30 May 2012 15:00:01 EST news257607814 Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by imported food appeared to rise in 2009 and 2010, and nearly half of the outbreaks implicated foods imported from areas which previously had not been associated with outbreaks, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, presented today at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cdc-outbreaks-linked-imported-foods.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:24:28 EST news250961060 University of Utah biologists found new evidence why mice, people and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of varieties of genes to make immune-system proteins named MHCs – even though some of those genes make us susceptible to infections and to autoimmune diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-bad-immunity-genes-survive-implicates.html Medical research Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:09 EST news247755113 The public health message about getting a flu shot is drilled into us at this point, and this far into the season, everyone should have already have fulfilled their duty and received one. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-beware-germs-lurking-desk.html Health Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:43:59 EST news245069006 Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic, Calif., and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to rejoin his classmates, recalls his mother, Tracy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-childhood-disorder-bolsters-infection-link.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:20:02 EST news242912638 Healthcare workers who wear gloves while treating patients are much less likely to clean their hands before and after patient contact, according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. This failure of basic hand hygiene could be contributing to the spread of infection in healthcare settings, the researchers say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-latex-gloves-lax-hygiene-hospitals.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:06:26 EST news239551579 Using the only microscope of its kind in Australia, medical scientists have seen for the first time the inner workings of T-cells, the front-line troops that alert our immune system to go on the defensive against germs and other invaders in our bloodstream. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-microscope-enables-super-science.html Medical research Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:25:41 EST news229181125 Use of a glowing gel that shows kids how well they wash their hands by illustrating bacteria they missed while washing and may significantly improve hand hygiene, according to a study published in the July issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. What makes this particular intervention unique is where it was performed: a children's hospital emergency department waiting room. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-room-kids-handwashing.html Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:50:05 EST news227353783 Using the only microscope of its kind in Australia, medical scientists have been able for the first time to see the inner workings of T-cells, the front-line troops that alert our immune system to go on the defensive against germs and other invaders in our bloodstream. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-super-microscope-body-immunity.html Medical research Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:00:25 EST news226497002 Among patients with a diagnosis of delusional skin infestation, neither biopsies nor patient-provided specimens provided objective evidence of skin infestation, according to a report posted online today that will be published in the September issue of Archives of Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-evidence-skin-infestation-lacking-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 16 May 2011 17:25:00 EST news224785476 Germs survive for several days in wind instruments including the clarinet, flute, and saxophone, according to a pilot study published in the International Journal of Environmental Health Research. The researchers, led by Stuart Levy, MD, of Tufts University School of Medicine, urge proper cleaning of these instruments. The data suggest a need for additional research to determine the conditions for survival of germs on shared musical instruments, especially those with wooden reeds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-musical-instruments-germs.html Health Thu, 12 May 2011 10:46:35 EST news224415954