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Villain stomach bug may have a sweet side: Researchers reveal how 'bad' gut bacteria may help control diabetes

A stomach bacterium believed to cause health problems such as gastritis, ulcers, and gastric cancer may play a dual role by balancing the stomach's ecosystem and controlling body weight and glucose tolerance, according to ...

Medical research created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drug-resistant MRSA bacteria: Here to stay in both hospital, community

(Medical Xpress)—The drug-resistant bacteria known as MRSA, once confined to hospitals but now widespread in communities, will likely continue to exist in both settings as separate strains, according to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 15, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New flu drug stops virus in its tracks

A new class of influenza drug has been shown effective against drug-resistant strains of the flu virus, according to a study led by University of British Columbia researchers.

Medical research created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New compound overcomes drug-resistant Staph infection in mice

Researchers have discovered a new compound that restores the health of mice infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an otherwise dangerous bacterial infection. The new compound targets ...

Medical research created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Medicinal toothbrush tree yields antibiotic to treat TB in new way

A compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers working on vaccine for acne

(Medical Xpress) -- With 85 percent of teenagers and some 40 million Americans suffering with acne, researchers from the University of California and the vaccine company Sanofi-Pasteur announced they are coming together to ...

Medical research created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Breast milk protein complex helps reverse antibiotic resistance

A protein complex found in human breast milk can help reverse the antibiotic resistance of bacterial species that cause dangerous pneumonia and staph infections, according to new University at Buffalo research.

Medical research created May 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Compound that halts growth of malaria parasite created

A drug candidate that has shown promise for neutralizing dangerous bacteria also prevents the parasite that causes malaria from growing, new research by a Yale University team headed by Nobel laureate Sidney Altman shows.

Medical research created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New data suggests HIV superinfection rate comparable to initial HIV infection

HIV superinfection, when a person with HIV could acquire a second, new strain of HIV, may occur as often as initial HIV infection in the general population in Uganda, a study suggests.

HIV & AIDS created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Varying drug levels in the body could speed the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria

(Medical Xpress) -- Strains of bacteria able to resist multiple antibiotics pose a growing threat to public health, yet the means by which resistance quickly emerges aren’t well understood.

Medical research created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rainforest plant combats multi-resistant bacterial strains

Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide. The development of bacterial resistance is alarming. Now a young Danish scientist has found a natural substance in a Chilean rainforest plant ...

Medical research created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cambodians fight malaria with the push of a button

Cambodian villagers armed with a little medical know-how—and their mobile telephones—are the nation's new foot soldiers in the fight against drug-resistant malaria.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genome sequencing helps quell bacterial outbreak in Clinical Center

For six months last year, a deadly outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria kept infection-control specialists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Clinical Center in a state of high alert. A New York City patient ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fighting drug resistance on Asia's malaria frontline

At a remote medical outpost near the jungle-blanketed Thai-Myanmar border, a villager pricks the finger of a feverish baby living on the frontline of the war on drug-resistant malaria.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical trials for bacterial meningitis treatments are not keeping pace with the rise of resistance

New vaccines and drug treatments are urgently needed for bacterial meningitis, a devastating disease which kills or maims around a fifth of people who contract it, according to medical experts writing in a new Series on bacterial ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast