Archive: 29/04/2016

Norovirus sickens 159 on cruise ship docked in Norfolk

Passengers on a cruise ship docked in Virginia have been sickened with norovirus.

Apr 29, 2016

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Screening method uncovers drugs that may combat deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria

In recent years, hospitals have reported dramatic increases in the number of cases of the highly contagious, difficult-to-treat, and often deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). ...

Apr 29, 2016

HPV infection can be identified in self-collected vaginal swabs

High risk, potentially cancer causing human papillomavirus infections are common among women in Papua New Guinea. But self sampling with vaginal swabs may provide materials that screen as accurately as the more labor-intensive ...

Apr 29, 2016

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In older adults, frailty and depression symptoms are linked and can affect spouses

Frailty, a condition that affects 10 percent of people aged 65 and older, can make older adults more prone to disability, falls, hospitalization and a shorter lifespan. Recently, researchers writing in the Journal of the ...

Apr 29, 2016

Lower weight, diabetes, and heart disease can worsen quality of life for frail older women

Researchers writing in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society recently learned that older women who are frail, and who have six or more chronic health conditions, are twice as likely to have a lower quality of life ...

Apr 29, 2016