http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Women suffering from recurring urinary tract infections may carry a particularly hearty strain of E. coli bacteria that flourishes in both the gut and the bladder, and can migrate back and forth despite repeated treatments, a small new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-bacteria-urinary-tract-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 09 May 2013 18:41:38 EST news287343689 Under the microscope, Sam Telford surveyed the tiny, spiral bacteria floating in spinal fluid taken from an 80-year-old woman. They looked very similar to the spirochete bacteria that can cause Lyme disease. But in fact, he had discovered yet another public health threat—a brand new disease that people can get from the same ticks that transmit the Lyme bacteria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cases-lyme-illness-transmitted-bug.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:24:37 EST news281604258 (AP)—Scientists wondering why some children and not others survived one of China's worst food safety scandals have uncovered a suspect: germs that live in the gut. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-clues-survived-china-melamine-scandal.html Medical research Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:10:01 EST news279994939 Acute toxoplasmosis, an infectious disease carried by cats, may be a much more severe illness than previously understood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-acute-toxoplasmosis-impairs-memory.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:27:26 EST news279440833 It has been called the world's oldest recorded disease, an evil that humans have known for more than 3,500 years, as papyri from ancient Egypt testify. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-leprosy-ancient-disease-21st-century.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:19:43 EST news278317175 The bacterial zoo inside your gut could look very different if you are a vegetarian or an Atkins dieter, a couch potato or an athlete, fat or thin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-citizen-scientists-gut.html Medical research Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:28:16 EST news273817690 A new study finds significant associations between antibodies for multiple oral bacteria and the risk of pancreatic cancer, adding support for the emerging idea that the ostensibly distant medical conditions are related. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-oral-bacteria-pancreatic-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:40:01 EST news267186632 (Medical Xpress) -- Oral bacteria lifted from bite marks may provide a new source of clues for forensic experts, thanks to research projects completed by students at the Sir John Walsh Research Institute in the University of Otago's School of Dentistry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-bacteria-potential-forensic-clues.html Health Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:50:01 EST news260163581 Next time your digestive system malfunctions in some embarrassing way, you can always blame man's best friend - not the dog, but the bacterial cells that live in your intestines. Not everyone has a dog but we all have enormous communities of bacteria that help us digest food. They don't always do a perfect job, but without them we'd have a tough time surviving. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-bacteria-people.html Medical research Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:40:02 EST news258719980 There's new hope for development of an antibiotic that can put down a lethal bacteria or superbug linked to the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients around the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-weakness-armor-killer-hospital-bacteria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:00:14 EST news258306056 (HealthDay) -- Tick season has started earlier than normal due to the mild winter, which means hikers, gardeners and others who love the outdoors should take precautions to prevent becoming a meal for ticks, an expert says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-season-early-year.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:40:01 EST news254374705 (Medical Xpress) -- Doctor Jack Gilbert, a microbiologist with Argonne National Laboratory, spoke at the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Vancouver, Canada, and among other things, suggested that hospital administrators take note of what famed nurse Florence Nightingale preached over a hundred and fifty years ago; namely, open the windows to let in fresh air when tending to the sick, and they will heal better. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-microbiologist-hospitals-windows-bacterial-infections.html Health Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:07:00 EST news248951203 After 70 years, antibiotics are still the primary treatment for halting the spread of bacterial infections. But the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is now outpacing the rate of new drug discovery and approval. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-antibiotic-effect-resistance.html Medical research Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:13:16 EST news239026319 (Medical Xpress) -- A University at Buffalo microbiologist whose lab has been studying the human papilloma virus for years, says that parents should have their children vaccinated with Gardasil, the HPV vaccine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-vaccinated-hpv-expert-ub-medical.html Cancer Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:16:49 EST news237539803 Scientists of the Medical Faculty of the University Munster and the University Hospital Munster in collaboration with scientists of the enterprise 'Life Technologies Corporation' were the first to release a draft genome sequence of a German enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) 2011 outbreak strain on June 3rd. Their in-depth genomic characterization of this outbreak was published on July 20th in the online open access journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-ehec-outbreak-scientists-publish-prospective.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:43:45 EST news230402614