Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds link between malnutrition, alcoholism and tuberculosis in India
A new study reveals a striking link between malnutrition, heavy alcohol use and tuberculosis (TB) in southern India.
Aug 23, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Readily available antibiotic could help to curb lung damage from TB
Imperial scientists have found how a common antibiotic could help reduce lung destruction in people with Tuberculosis (TB).
May 23, 2017
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Health
Number of tuberculosis cases in India is double current estimates, says new study
The number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) in India may be up to two to three times higher than current estimates, suggests a new study.
Aug 25, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Patients with TB and HIV should receive prompt coordinated treatment for both conditions
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading killer of people with HIV, and providing therapy for both illnesses simultaneously saves lives - according to new guidelines on the treatment of drug-susceptible TB developed jointly by the ...
Aug 11, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
HIV is not a super-spreader of drug-resistant tuberculosis
While the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic fuels tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks, it does not drive the development and transmission of multidrug-resistance in TB patients as previously suspected, according to a study ...
Aug 9, 2016
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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
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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Genetics
HIV patients in Africa with a specific genetic variant have much lower rate of tuberculosis
In the first known discovery of its kind, a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine-led team has found that HIV patients in Africa with a certain genetic variant have a 63-percent lower chance of developing tuberculosis ...
Mar 9, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study looks at reasons for delayed tuberculosis diagnosis in Uganda
Most studies of delayed tuberculosis diagnosis focus on the adverse effect of time elapsed between the onset of symptoms to reaching diagnosis and subsequent patient outcomes and control of community transmission.
Dec 28, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tuberculosis: Daily antibiotics recommended to prevent resistant strains
A computer model of tuberculosis has shown that approved treatments prescribing antibiotic doses once or twice a week are more likely to lead to drug resistant strains than are daily antibiotic regimens.
Nov 23, 2015
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