Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is tuberculosis making a comeback?
A year ago, Laura Hall felt tired all the time, was losing weight and had a bad cough.
May 16, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO approves new, faster treatment for drug-resistant TB
The World Health Organization approved a new treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) on Thursday, a crucial step towards replacing an old, costly therapy that is brutal on patients and only 50-percent effective.
May 12, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drug resistance adds to India's tuberculosis menace
After three years of battling tuberculosis, a disease that claimed the lives of his father and younger brother, Sonu Verma, a patient in northern India, hopes a cure for his illness may be within reach.
Mar 24, 2016
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Better healthcare could reduce crippling personal costs of tuberculosis care in China
Improved universal healthcare is urgently needed to lower catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) for low-income tuberculosis (TB) patients in China, according to a study published in the open access journal Infectious Diseases ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Foreign-born students in US have higher case rate of TB
(HealthDay)—Foreign-born students in the United States have a higher case rate of tuberculosis (TB) than other foreign-born individuals, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in the Annals of the American Thoracic ...
Jan 18, 2016
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Medications
Study offers new recommendations for TB vaccine testing in humans
When results from a landmark tuberculosis vaccine trial in Cape Town, South Africa were published in The Lancet in February 2013, the headlines were grim, despite hopes that the trial would point toward a successful way to ...
Nov 13, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers discover potential treatment for tuberculosis
Deakin University scientists have discovered a potential new treatment for tuberculosis, a disease rapidly gaining resistance against current medical therapies.
Oct 29, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tuberculosis deaths 'unacceptably high,' despite advances
Tuberculosis kills 4,400 people daily, a number that remains "unacceptably high," said a World Health Organization report Wednesday that ranked TB alongside HIV as a leading cause of death globally.
Oct 28, 2015
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Researcher speeds up TB detection in Cambodia
Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major health problem in Cambodia. Natalie Lorent, PhD student at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) and the University of Antwerp (UA), conducted her research in the slums of Phnom Penh, ...
Oct 6, 2015
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Blood-based biomarkers could enable simple, accurate TB tests for diagnosis and monitoring
Researchers have identified blood-based biomarkers in patients with active tuberculosis (ATB) that could lead to new blood-based diagnostics and tools for monitoring treatment response and cure.
Mar 30, 2015
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