http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A mother's milk bank catering to needy infants free of cost has been set up in northwestern India as part of a drive to save the lives of vulnerable children, officials said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-breast-bank-cater-needy-infants.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:30:02 EST news285239719 (Medical Xpress)—A new study by researchers at the Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute provides novel insight into how an emerging strain of the diarrhea-causing bacteria E. coli interacts with its host. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-potential-therapeutic-coli-infections.html Medical research Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:40:03 EST news283677820 A large randomized controlled study is among the first to rigorously demonstrate that health information technology can improve compliance with patient care guidelines by clinicians in resource-limited countries. The study was led by Regenstrief Institute investigator Martin Chieng Were, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Regenstrief Institute affiliated scientist Rachel Vreeman, M.D., M.S, assistant professor of pediatrics at the IU School of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-computerized-significantly-hiv-resource-limited.html Pediatrics Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:40:49 EST news281889641 A study of young twins in Malawi, in sub-Saharan Africa, finds that bacteria living in the intestine are an underlying cause of a form of severe acute childhood malnutrition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-gut-microbes-root-severe-malnutrition.html Medical research Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:46:27 EST news278790376 Severely malnourished children are far more likely to recover and survive when given antibiotics along with a therapeutic peanut-based food than children who are simply treated with the therapeutic food alone, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-antibiotics-death-malnourished-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:06:05 EST news278787949 (AP)—On the day of their son's surgery, the family woke before dawn. They saddled their horses and set out across the 12-mile-long carpet of sand to the nearest town, where they hoped the reputed doctor would cure their frail, feverish baby. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-traditions-chad-underfed-children.html Health Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:50:01 EST news275559581 Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have discovered unexpectedly large genetic differences between two similar species of the pathogenic Cryptosporidium parasite. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-genetic-discovery-diarrhea-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:00:05 EST news258811594 At least 430 people, mainly children, have died from an outbreak of encephalitis in a deeply neglected region of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Saturday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-encephalitis-india.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:11:38 EST news237877883