Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Walking pneumonia: What you should know
Not all medical conditions have names that spell out their meaning, but "walking pneumonia" seems to be an exception.
Feb 26, 2024
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Pneumonia
Medical research
Severe lung damage caused when flu is followed by infection with measles-like virus, study finds
Infection with a measles-like virus causes catastrophic lung failure in ferrets previously infected with influenza virus or respiratory syncytial virus, according to a study by researchers in the Center for Translational ...
Feb 8, 2024
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Medications
Shortened antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICU patients just as effective as standard course
Less is also better—that is what researchers have found while conducting a tri-nation clinical trial to see if shorter courses of antibiotics are as effective as longer prescriptions of the drug to treat ventilator-associated ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Community-acquired pneumonia: Machine learning enhances early risk prediction in hospitalized patients
Pneumonia remains one of the most significant health challenges globally, being a primary cause of hospitalization and leading to severe respiratory failure. Traditional tools for assessing the severity of pneumonia, such ...
Jan 24, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
One in three children who contract bacterial meningitis live with permanent disability: Study
One in three children who suffer from bacterial meningitis live with permanent neurological disabilities due to the infection. This is according to a new epidemiological study led by Karolinska Institutet and published in ...
Jan 19, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Toothbrushing and hospital infection prevention Q&A
Rupak Datta, MD, Ph.D., MPH, is an assistant professor of medicine (infectious diseases) at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and an assistant hospital epidemiologist in the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. His ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Health
Staying up to date with adult vaccinations for the new year
Personal health is often among the top New Year's resolutions each January. Beyond diet and exercise, Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says the start of a new year is a good calendar reminder to ...
Jan 2, 2024
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Health informatics
Antimicrobial resistance leads to more deaths and illnesses in the WHO African region than anywhere else: Study
Over 1.05 million deaths were associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and 250,000 deaths were attributable to AMR in the WHO African region, posing an unprecedented health threat. That's according to a new study published ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Daily toothbrushing tied to lower rates of pneumonia among hospitalized patients
Researchers have found an inexpensive tool that may help reduce rates of pneumonia for hospitalized patients—and it comes with bristles on one end.
Dec 18, 2023
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Medications
Doxycycline tied to lower risk for C. difficile in pneumonia patients
For patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), doxycycline is associated with a reduced risk for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), according to a study published online Nov. 1 in the American Journal of Infection ...
Dec 2, 2023
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