Community-onset Clostridium difficile linked to higher risk of surgery
Patients whose symptoms of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) start outside of the hospital setting have a higher risk of colectomy due to severe infection, according to a large multicenter study funded by the Centers for Di ...
Surgery
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Pneumonia wonder drug: Zinc saves lives
Respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, are the most common cause of death in children under the age of five. In a study looking at children given standard antibiotic therapy, new research published in BioMed Central's ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 08, 2012 |
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French study suggests maggots may clean wounds faster than surgery
(Medical Xpress) -- For thousands of years, people have used maggots to clean out wounds, particularly in battlefield situations when there were few other options. Use of maggots (fly larvae) virtually disappeared ...
Medical research
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Hospital superbug debugged
An international team of scientists led by Monash University researchers has uncovered how a common hospital bacterium becomes a deadly superbug that kills increasing numbers of hospital patients worldwide and accounts for ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Chronic pain: Watch out before accepting diagnosis and treatment
A new commentary published online in The FASEB Journal argues that patients should be diligent and demand proof of safety and benefit before beginning any treatment regimen for chronic pain, as some treatments have very l ...
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Sep 08, 2011 |
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Novel imaging probe allows noninvasive detection of dangerous heart-valve infection
A novel imaging probe developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may make it possible to diagnose accurately a dangerous infection of the heart valves. In their Nature Medicine report, which is receiv ...
Medical research
Aug 21, 2011 |
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Finding could lead to reduced side effects in anti-cancer antibiotics
Most of us have had a doctor prescribe an antibiotic for a stubborn bacterial infection, or for a cut that gets infected. However, prescribing an antibiotic to fight cancer? In fact, anti-cancer antibiotics have been used ...
Cancer
Jun 28, 2011 |
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UCSF studies examine antibiotic prescribing patterns for children
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.
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May 25, 2011 |
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