Thailand's hundreds of thousands of flood victims are at risk of water-borne diseases and infections, the World Health Organisation said Saturday, though no major outbreaks have been reported yet.
Oct 22, 2011
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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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If you're a parent using Similac, Alimentum or EleCare infant formulas, here's updated facts on the ongoing product recall.
Mar 2, 2022
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Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population unfortunately generates a growing resistance to established antibiotic treatments—a threat that has been met with insufficient funding ...
Oct 13, 2022
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A blood test developed by researchers at Duke Medicine showed more than 90-percent accuracy in distinguishing between viral and bacterial infections when tested in people with respiratory illnesses.
Sep 18, 2013
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A newly developed experimental vaccine was more than eighty percent effective in protecting mice from succumbing to Staphylococcus aureus infection. S. aureus causes more than 30,000 deaths from hospital-acquired infections ...
Nov 12, 2019
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New research from the University of East Anglia shows how the human body powers its emergency response to salmonella infection.
Nov 11, 2019
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A new scientific study published this month in the Journal of Hospital Infection finds cutting-edge air purification technology installed at St. Mary's Hospital for Children reduced healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) ...
Oct 26, 2021
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In children with fever but no other symptoms of illness, it is difficult to know whether a child has a viral infection that will resolve on its own or a potentially serious bacterial infection that requires antibiotics.
Jul 15, 2013
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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have dealt with digestive issues for much of my 30s. Ulcers run in my family. My doctor said that while I could have an ulcer, testing could determine if it is functional dyspepsia. What is the difference, ...
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