http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An epidemic of dengue fever has broken out in oil-rich Angola for the first time, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-dengue-epidemic-angola.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 08 May 2013 11:12:20 EST news287230332 With the help of a warning system which measures the risk of dengue incidence using precipitation and air temperature, it is possible to forecast the outbreak of dengue fever up to 16 weeks in advance. This is what Yien Ling Hii concludes in the dissertation she is defending at Umeå University in Sweden on 3 May. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-outbreaks-dengue-fever.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:50:03 EST news286446411 A dengue fever outbreak in the Pacific islands of New Caledonia has killed three people, officials said Friday, after the World Health Organization raised alarm over the spread of the virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-caledonia-dengue-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:46:28 EST news286170382 Brazil's health ministry says the number of dengue cases in Latin America's biggest country has started to decline after rising sharply in the first three months of the year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-dengue-cases-declines-brazil.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:10:01 EST news285428226 A four-year-old child has become Vietnam's first victim of the H5N1 bird flu virus in more than a year, a health worker said on Tuesday, amid growing regional concerns about the virulent disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-vietnam-bird-flu-death-months.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:42:13 EST news284701326 (HealthDay)—Some U.S. states have proposed denying Medicaid payments in cases where emergency department visits turn out to be "non-emergencies," but a new study highlights the flaws in that plan. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-penalize-non-emergency-ers-flawed.html Health Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:41:30 EST news282933682 Washington State University researchers have linked orchards and vineyards with a greater prevalence of West Nile virus in mosquitoes and the insects' ability to spread the virus to birds, horses and people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-west-nile-virus-orchards-vineyards.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:04:30 EST news278787857 During cold and flu season, most of us inevitably will experience one or more acute illness. Fortunately, most acute problems are treatable without hospital admission. With that in mind, doctors say it is important to seek care in the proper place for the best possible treatment, outcome, cost and satisfaction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cold-flu-doctor-er.html Health Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:59:42 EST news277718377 The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday that it had charted progress in the fight against tropical diseases but warned that dengue fever was spreading at an alarming rate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-dengue-global-epidemic-potential.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:06:02 EST news277549554 Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) has long been considered a therapeutic orphan. Until now, the principal effective treatment has been high-dose steroids (prednisone) which are accompanied by several serious side effects. Newer treatments for other forms of JIA have not been as successful for the systemic subtype. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-therapy-options-children-severe-juvenile.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:39:35 EST news275297965 A four-year-old boy has died of bird flu in Indonesia, the health ministry said Tuesday, the 10th fatal case in the country this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-four-year-old-dies-bird-flu-indonesia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:00:01 EST news275028459 Each year the flu puts more than 200,000 Americans in the hospital and causes anywhere from 3,000 to 49,000 deaths. With the exception of the H1N1 flu (also called swine flu) in 2009, most of these deaths occur in people over 65. But even for healthy younger people, the flu—characterized by high fever, body aches, headaches, and coughing—can be rough. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ready-flu-season.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:03:37 EST news273225802 Europe is experiencing its first sustained transmission of dengue fever since the 1920s after an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in Madeira, Portugal that has infected more than 1,300 people, an EU agency said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-big-dengue-fever-outbreak-europe.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:20:08 EST news272711174 Seizures during childhood fever are usually benign, but when prolonged, they can foreshadow an increased risk of epilepsy later in life. Now a study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that brain imaging and recordings of brain activity could help identify the children at highest risk. The study reveals that within days of a prolonged fever-related seizure, some children have signs of acute brain injury, abnormal brain anatomy, altered brain activity, or a combination. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-mri-eeg-children-epilepsy-febrile.html Neuroscience Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:00:06 EST news271517906 Clinicians should take caution when diagnosing a child who has a high fever and whose tests show evidence of adenovirus, and not assume the virus is responsible for Kawasaki-like symptoms. According to a new study from Nationwide Children's Hospital appearing in Clinical Infectious Diseases, adenovirus detection is not uncommon among children with Kawasaki disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-high-fever-evidence-virus-caution.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:54:17 EST news271342448 Dengue has spread in Portugal's Madeira archipelago since it appeared last week and there are now 18 confirmed cases, health officials said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-dengue-madeira-archipelago.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:32:49 EST news269087559 (Medical Xpress)—With cold and flu season upon us, many companies have geared up for what is predicted to be a busy flu season producing 150 million doses of the influenza vaccine, up 17 million from last year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-common-myths-flu-vaccine.html Medications Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:10:54 EST news269028646 The death toll from an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in Quebec City has risen to 12 since late July, health authorities in the Canadian city said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-toll-dead-canada-legionnaire-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:16:40 EST news266602568 Infections and fatalities from West Nile virus have risen to new record levels in the United States in the first week of September, the Centers for Disease Control said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-cases-west-nile-virus-soaring.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:05:42 EST news266123134 A Legionnaire's disease outbreak in Quebec City has killed 10 people since late July, health authorities in the francophone Canadian city said Saturday in an updated toll. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-dead-quebec-legionnaire-disease-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:22:19 EST news265778517 The West Nile virus, responsible for more than 60 deaths in the United States so far this year, has now claimed its first victim in the eastern state of Maryland, state health officials said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-west-nile-deaths-mount-dead.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:17:08 EST news265573020 (Medical Xpress)—Your child goes to bed in perfect health. The next morning she wakes up with high fever, malaise and bright red blisters erupting all over her body. Johns Hopkins Children's Center dermatologists say the disturbing scenario has become quite common in the last few months, sending scared parents to their pediatrician's office or straight to the emergency room. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-strain-foot-mouth-virus-parents.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:07:18 EST news265363138 (Medical Xpress)—While the death toll from the West Nile virus cases in the U.S., currently 41, is alarming, most people exposed to it never develop symptoms, notes Tom Russo, MD, professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-people-exposed-west-nile-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:45:30 EST news265362319 "Fight the bite!" was the advice Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby gave to Rice students, faculty and staff in an email Wednesday about precautions against the West Nile virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-precautions-west-nile-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:20:02 EST news265017818 Legionnaire's disease, which hit Quebec in mid-July, has infected 65 people and killed six, health authorities of the French-speaking Canadian province said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-dead-quebec-legionnaire-disease-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:10:01 EST news264987698 The US state of Texas is battling an outbreak of the West Nile virus, with 17 deaths being blamed on the mosquito-borne disease, authorities said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-west-nile-virus-texas-sickens.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:10:02 EST news264250814 An Indonesian man has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Saturday, in the country's ninth fatal case this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-bird-flu-ninth-victim-year.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:27:13 EST news263881573 Consider an all-too-common scenario: You're burning up from a high fever after a routine surgical procedure, and an infection specialist is called to help treat your problem. You assume that a short course of antibiotics will quickly turn things around. But the specialist candidly admits: "I'm sorry, I can't treat your infection. You've got a resistant bacteria, a super bug." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-humans-microbes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:00:02 EST news263569302 It's not bird flu or SARS, and nor does it appear to be contagious, but little more is known about a mysterious disease that has killed dozens of Cambodian children, some within 24 hours of being hospitalised. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-killer-disease-cambodia-stumps-experts.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:31:32 EST news260944284 The Philippines has stepped up screening of airport arrivals to prevent the entry of a mysterious disease that has killed 60 children in Cambodia, the health secretary said Saturday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-philippines-mystery-cambodian-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:41:53 EST news260862104