http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Women with a severe form of morning sickness who take antihistamines to help them sleep through their debilitating nausea are significantly more likely to experience adverse pregnancy outcomes, including low birth weight babies and premature births, a UCLA study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-women-severe-morning-sickness-antihistamines.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:27:19 EST news290104030 Touted for safety, ease and patient convenience, peripherally inserted central catheters have become many clinicians' go-to for IV delivery of antibiotics, nutrition, chemotherapy, and other medications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-commonly-catheters-blood-clots-icu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 20 May 2013 02:34:16 EST news288236044 (HealthDay)—Studies loaded with fraudulent data may have encouraged the use of a treatment for patients in intensive care units that now appears to do more harm than good, new research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-fraudulent-risky-treatment-icus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:40:03 EST news280553155 In an analysis of studies that examined critically ill patients requiring an increase in blood fluid volume, intravenous use of the fluid hydroxyethyl starch, compared with other resuscitation solutions, was not associated with decreased mortality, according to an article appearing in the February 20 issue of JAMA. Moreover, after exclusion of 7 trials performed by an investigator whose research has been retracted because of scientific misconduct, the analysis of the remaining studies indicated that hydroxyethyl starch was associated with a significant increased risk of death and acute kidney injury. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-intravenous-fluid-critically-ill-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:10:02 EST news280513964 For anyone who has had hyperemesis gravidarum, the pregnancy-induced vomiting that has caused Prince William's wife Kate to be hospitalised, the term "morning sickness" is way off the mark. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-hyperemesis-gravidarum-acute-morning-sickness.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:57:48 EST news273837462 In a pilot study assessing the effect of different levels of chloride in intravenous fluids administered to critically ill patients in an intensive care unit, restricting the amount of chloride administration was associated with a significant decrease in the incidence of acute kidney injury and the use of renal replacement therapy, according to a study in the October 17 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-chloride-intravenous-fluids-critically-ill.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:00:08 EST news269615267 (AP) -- Bob Landorf walked miles during his hospital stay, dragging his IV pole along, too, on a mission to upend disturbing statistics for patients his age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-bed-hospitals-aim-elderly-strong.html Health Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:14:29 EST news250517662 Only 21 percent of surveyed medical students could identify five true and two false indications of when and when not to wash their hands in the clinical setting, according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of APIC - the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-medical-students.html Other Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:31:15 EST news241964947 Infection with E. coli bacteria can wreak havoc in children, leading to bloody diarrhea, fever and kidney failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-iv-fluids-severity-kidney-failure.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:53:18 EST news230611971