Medications
FDA approves new antibiotic for skin infections
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new antibiotic from Durata Therapeutics to treat adults with common skin infections often acquired in U.S. hospitals.
May 23, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers identify good bacteria that protects against HIV
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston by growing vaginal skin cells outside the body and studying the way they interact with "good and bad" bacteria, think they may be able to better identify ...
Mar 28, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Doctors issue new treatment guidelines for skin abscesses caused by MRSA
It has been more than 10 years since the clinical battle began with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and doctors are still grappling with how to diagnose, treat and prevent this virulent ...
Mar 12, 2014
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Health
Rare skin infection traced to NYC fish markets
(AP)—Health officials say they have traced a rare skin infection to raw seafood purchased at fish markets in New York City's three Chinatowns.
Mar 6, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Socio-economic factors affect disease spread
Maori and Pacific people are at highest risk of an increasing rate of Staphylococcus aureus disease in New Zealand.
Feb 12, 2014
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Diabetes
Skin cell response to environmental stimuli like viruses may predict type 1 diabetes
(Boston)—Type 1 diabetes is a genetically-driven autoimmune disease of pancreatic beta-cells, whose origins remain unknown. Researchers at the Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) ...
Jan 28, 2014
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Medical research
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria turns immune system against itself
Around 20 percent of all humans are persistently colonized with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a leading cause of skin infections and one of the major sources of hospital-acquired infections, including the antibiotic-resistant ...
Nov 19, 2013
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Medical research
More than skin deep: New layer to the body's fight against infection
The layers of skin that form the first line of defence in the body's fight against infection have revealed a unanticipated secret.
Nov 18, 2013
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Surgery
Narrow-spectrum UV light may reduce surgical infections
Despite major efforts to keep operating rooms sterile, surgical wound infections remain a serious and stubborn problem, killing up to 8,200 patients a year in the U.S. A study by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) ...
Oct 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Skin infection linked to exposure to aquariums is under-diagnosed
A skin infection linked to exposure to contaminated water in home aquariums is frequently under-diagnosed, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Oct 5, 2013
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