http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A researcher at the University of Southampton, working as part of a team from the UK and USA, believes the global eradication of malaria could be achieved by individual countries eliminating the disease within their own borders and coordinating efforts regionally. The team's findings have been published in the journal Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-malaria-defeated-globally-eradication.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:28:24 EST news281103994 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 A better way to improve organizations using overlooked employee talent has taken a top award from a notable management group. Marguerite Schneider, an associate professor in NJIT School of Management, is the co-author of "Leadership a Complex Adaptive System: Insights from Positive Deviance." Curt Lindberg, of Complexity Partners, Bordentown, NJ, was her co-author. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-hospital-employees-msra-infection.html Other Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:38:07 EST news258813476 The introduction of daily bathing with disposable, germ-killing cloths resulted in a sustained, significant decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) incidence at a Canadian geriatric facility, according to a poster presented at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-mrsa-incidence-elderly-patients-percent.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:22:45 EST news258085348 The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the U.S. is reported as being on the decrease, however untreated infected people act as a reservoir for disease. Any pool of the world's population harboring this disease gives cause for concern, especially since the BCG vaccine is only 70-80% effective at best. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health, shows that in 2009 the number of cases of TB reported across America was much lower than that recorded in previous years. This larger than expected decrease was most noticeable among recent immigrants, the homeless and other disadvantaged groups, which suggested that the decrease was most likely due to economic recession and lower immigration rates and may mask the future impact of TB. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-decrease-tb-economic-recession.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:05:29 EST news239861055 Schools were closed, restaurants shuttered and large public gatherings cancelled. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-h1n1-schools-effective.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 May 2011 17:50:17 EST news225478190