News tagged with broad spectrum


Researchers building melanoma vaccine to combat skin cancer

Mayo Clinic researchers have trained mouse immune systems to eradicate skin cancer from within, using a genetic combination of human DNA from melanoma cells and a cousin of the rabies virus. The strategy, called cancer immunotherapy, ...

Cancer created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Eye-tracking reveals variability in successful social strategies for children with autism

In a study published in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Katherine Rice and colleagues, from the Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Em ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study evaluates antibiotic option for treating bladder infection in women

Short-term use of the antibiotic cefpodoxime for the treatment of women with uncomplicated cystitis (bladder infection) did not meet criteria for noninferiority for achieving clinical cure compared with ciprofloxacin, a drug ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows massage reduces inflammation following strenuous exercise

Most athletes can testify to the pain-relieving, recovery-promoting effects of massage. Now there's a scientific basis that supports booking a session with a massage therapist: On the cellular level massage reduces inflammation ...

Health created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New laboratory method uses mass spectrometry to rapidly detect staph infections

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a new laboratory test that can rapidly identify the bacterium responsible for staph infections. ...

Medical research created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Crash experts find car seats protect overweight kids, too

Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Injury Research and Prevention studied nearly 1,000 1- to 8-year-old children involved in crashes and found no evidence of increased injury risk for children ...

Overweight and Obesity created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Babies who eat fish before nine months are less likely to suffer pre-school wheeze

Children who started eating fish before nine months of age are less likely to suffer from pre-school wheeze, but face a higher risk if they were treated with broad spectrum antibiotics in the first week of life or their mother ...

Health created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: Many Europeans have mental disorders

(AP) -- Some 38 percent of Europeans, or 165 million people, suffer from mental illness or neurological disorders on a broad spectrum ranging from anxiety to dementia, a new study published Tuesday says. Most are not being ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Urgent assessment in emergency departments can reduce surgical decision time and overcrowding

The use of Acute Care Emergency Surgical Service (ACCESS) in emergency departments (EDs) can lead to significant reductions in key patient measures, such as length of stay, surgical decision-making time and "time-to-stretcher" ...

Other created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Combating the C. diff terrorists on the loose in hospitals

Just like intelligence agents watching for the real terrorists threatening to attack, monitoring healthcare worker adherence to mandatory hand-washing protocols via hand-washing squads in hospitals can go a long way to stop ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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