http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—A 2008 shift in Medicare/Medicaid policy that cut off reimbursements for costs related to preventable infections in hospitals did not improve infection rates, new research indicates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-medicaremedicaid-policy-shift-didnt-budge.html Health Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:30:01 EST news269107866 Women who have a positive urine culture test on the day of surgery for a pelvic-floor disorder are more likely to have a urinary tract infection (UTI) in the first six weeks after the procedure. These findings were presented this past week by researchers from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine at the American Urogynecologic Society's 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-women-urinary-tract-infections-pelvic-floor.html Cardiology Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:03:43 EST news268988515 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year nearly 100,000 hospitalized patients die from infections acquired while undergoing treatment for other conditions. While many factors may contribute to the phenomenon, nurse staffing (i.e., the number of patients assigned to a nurse) has been implicated as a major cause. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-links-hospital-infections-nurse-burnout.html Health Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:31:23 EST news267971472 The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have each released new tools and information to help track deadly healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in nursing homes and other long-term care settings. Potentially deadly HAIs strike volumes of nursing home residents each year, with best estimates suggesting that up to 2.8 million infections can occur in this population annually. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-tools-nursing-homes-track-deadly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:36:07 EST news267197760 Aiming to cut expenses and improve care, a 2008 Medicare policy stopped paying hospitals extra to treat some preventable, hospital-acquired conditions – including urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients after bladder catheters are placed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-hospital-acquired-utis-rarely-penalties.html Health Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:30:03 EST news266077795 (AP)—The United States' most influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-circumcision-pluses-outweigh-pediatricians.html Health Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:50:15 EST news265261809 A new "smart catheter" that senses the start of an infection, and automatically releases an anti-bacterial substance, is being developed to combat the problem of catheter-related blood and urinary tract infections, scientists reported here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-smart-catheters-major-problem-catheter-related.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:50:05 EST news264953336 Nurse burnout leads to higher healthcare-associated infection rates (HAIs) and costs hospitals millions of additional dollars annually, according to a study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nurse-staffing-burnout-linked-hospital.html Health Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:58:37 EST news262861110 Use of cranberry-containing products appears to be associated with prevention of urinary tract infections in some individuals, according to a study that reviewed the available medical literature and was published by Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-cranberry-products-urinary-tract-infections.html Health Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:00:02 EST news261066288 A potential new approach for treating urinary tract infections (UTIs) — which affect millions of people annually — without traditional antibiotics is being reported in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. It involves so-called FimH antagonists, which are non-antibiotic compounds and would not contribute to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance bacteria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-non-antibiotic-approach-urinary-tract-infections.html Medical research Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:20:29 EST news259410020 Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found new clues to why some urinary tract infections recur persistently after multiple rounds of treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-discovery-mice-urinary-tract-infections.html Medical research Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:08:08 EST news259250838 Urologic conditions like urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and prostate cancer are a major economic burden on Americans, resulting in health care costs of close to $40 billion annually, according to a newly released national report that charts the demographic and economic impact of urologic diseases in the U.S. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-comprehensive-documents-impact-urologic-diseases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 18 May 2012 12:32:36 EST news256563149 Henry Ford Hospital researchers have found that the presence of excess protein in a common urine test is an effective prognostic marker of acute renal failure in patients with severe sepsis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-urine-dipstick-accurate-predictor-renal.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:01 EST news256207102 Invasive and costly tests commonly performed on women before surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) may not be necessary, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine and the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. The study, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is published online May 2 by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-invasive-bladder-incontinence-surgery-unnecessary.html Surgery Wed, 02 May 2012 17:50:01 EST news255191966 WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (April 30, 2012) – In a surveillance study of over 12 million bacteria, investigators at The George Washington University and Providence Hospital found E. coli antimicrobial resistance to ciprofloxacin, the most commonly prescribed antimicrobial for urinary tract infections in the U.S., increased over five-fold from 2000 to 2010. In addition, nearly one in four isolates in 2010 were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim®), the second most commonly prescribed drug for this infection. This research was published in the April edition of the journal, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-antimicrobial-resistance-common-urinary-tract.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:01 EST news255016165 A new catheter coating that reduces bacterial attachment to its surface is being developed by scientists who are reporting their work at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Dublin this week. The antimicrobial coating could eventually be applied to other medical implants to reduce infection which would provide significant socioeconomic benefits to the NHS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-antimicrobial-catheters-nhs-millions.html Other Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:50:02 EST news252040200 Investigators in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a mouse model in which a mother's urinary tract infection negatively affects the offspring, an occurrence anecdotally observed in humans. Using this first-of-its-kind model, they have identified proteins in the blood that may indicate whether such an infection might stunt fetal growth. Study findings have been published in the March 21, 2012, edition of PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-potential-biomarkers-linked-uti-related-pregnancy.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:41:09 EST news251631642 An Adelaide ultrasound device is set to reduce invasive treatments for women after childbirth, thanks to a collaboration arranged by the Flinders University-based Medical Device Partnering Program (MDPP). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-trials-ultrasound-device.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:50:04 EST news250249788 Urinary tract infections are common conditions that occur when bacteria from the intestines enter the urinary tract. New research, however, suggests that the bacteria causing these infections may come from contaminated food - especially chickens. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-urinary-tract-infections-linked-contaminated.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:10:45 EST news248962227 Rothman Institute at Jefferson joint researchers continue to seek better ways to diagnose and subsequently treat periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients following total joint arthroplasty. Their latest research shows leukocyte esterase reagent (LE) strips, common in diagnosing urinary tract infections, can also have a role in rapid diagnosis of PJI. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-le-pji.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:40:01 EST news247810913 Common infections in children pose a high risk of ischemic stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-infections-childhood-linked-high-ischemic.html Cardiology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:47:46 EST news247312039 A new method for identifying bacteria that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs) will lead to much faster, more effective treatment as well as a reduction in costs. The procedure, described in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, could eventually be used for the identification of micro-organisms in other bodily fluids, including blood and spinal fluid. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-method-uti-causing-bacteria-treatment.html Medical research Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:52:23 EST news246685915 The European Union warned Thursday of a sharp rise in deaths across the 27-nation bloc due to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-eu-alarm-resistance-antibiotics.html Medications Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:10:01 EST news240768349 An experimental treatment for urinary tract infections has easily passed its first test in animals, alleviating weeks-long infections in mice in as little as six hours. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-experimental-drug-chronic-urinary-infections.html Medical research Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:00:06 EST news240665231 Parents often ask their doctors for advice on toilet training young children, and a new article in CMAJ summarizes current approaches and evidence to help physicians respond to these queries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-toilet-children.html Health Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:54:39 EST news232026845 In premenopausal women who have repeated urinary tract infections (UTIs), the antibiotic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) appeared more effective than cranberry capsules for preventing recurrent infections, at the risk of contributing to antibiotic resistance, according to a report in the July 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-antibiotic-effective-cranberry-capsules-urinary.html Medications Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:49:24 EST news230831340 A pediatric urologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center who pioneered a surgical technique for repairing a common birth defect in boys reports the procedure is singularly effective in correcting the problem with few complications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-surgeons-hypospadias-efficacy-patients-differing.html Other Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:50:01 EST news227330643 Two new studies led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have found some antibiotics may be overused for children with asthma and urinary tract infections. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-ucsf-antibiotic-patterns-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 25 May 2011 09:52:16 EST news225535918 Urinary tract infections are common in women, costing an estimated $2.5 billion per year to treat in 2000 in the United States alone. These infections frequently recur, affecting 2 to 3 percent of all women. A depletion of vaginal lactobacilli, a type of bacteria, is associated with urinary tract infection risk, which suggests that replenishing these bacteria may be beneficial. Researchers conducted a double-blind placebo-controlled trial to investigate this theory. Their results are published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-treatment-recurrent-urinary-tract-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:56:41 EST news222064016 Drinking 100 percent fruit juices could have protective health benefits similar to those of whole fruits, according to research presented in a literature review yesterday at the 2011 Experimental Biology (EB) meeting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-percent-fruit-juice-disease-fighting-benefits.html Health Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:46:55 EST news221712400