Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists close in on first dengue treatment
Clinical trials for a dengue fever treatment could start within a year, following a discovery by University of Queensland scientists.
Sep 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study points to a possible new pathway toward a vaccine against MRSA
New research led by NYU Langone Medical Center has uncovered why a particular strain of Staphylococcus aureus—known as HA-MRSA—becomes more deadly than other variations. These new findings open up possible new pathways ...
Sep 9, 2015
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Cardiology
Respiratory infection associated with increased death after acute myocardial infarction
Respiratory infection is associated with a four-fold increased risk of in-hospital cardiovascular mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Catarina Quina-Rodrigues, ...
Aug 31, 2015
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Medical research
Bacteria evolve differences within the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis
Treatments for the same opportunistic bacteria found in cystic fibrosis patients can work in one area in the lung and be less effective in others. The reason, reported August 20 in Cell Host & Microbe, is that bacteria become ...
Aug 20, 2015
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Medical research
What's lurking in your lungs? Surprising findings emerge from microbiome research
With every breath you take, microbes have a chance of making it into your lungs. But what happens when they get there? And why do dangerous lung infections like pneumonia happen in some people, but not others?
Aug 17, 2015
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Medical research
Antibiotics increase risk of hearing loss in patients with deadly bacterial infections
Seeking to stem the tide of permanent hearing loss from the use of life-saving antibiotics, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found that patients stricken with dangerous bacterial infections are at greater ...
Jul 29, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Protecting yourself from rare flesh-eating bacteria found on Florida's beaches
The Florida Health Department has warned residents and tourists of a rare form of flesh-eating, potentially deadly bacteria that has made its way to Florida beaches. Vibrio vulnificus has already infected eight people this ...
Jul 7, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
6-year-old dies in Spain's first diphtheria case since 1987
A 6-year-old boy has died in Spain's first case of diphtheria since 1987, his hospital said Saturday.
Jun 27, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Important advance in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infection
A new technology which could increase protection against antibacterial and antifungal infection for weeks, months or years has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol.
Jun 17, 2015
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Medical research
Helicobacter pylori causes gene activity in the gastric cells resembling the activity of cancer cells
Around half of the global population is chronically infected with the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori, almost 1% of whom go on to develop gastric adenocarcinoma, one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Usually it takes ...
Jun 12, 2015
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