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Protein offers way to stop microscopic parasites in their tracks

...er organs. Cryptosporidium, which causes diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms, is one of the most common causes of water-borne disease in the world. "These other parasites are more devastating in terms of the number of people they affect, but they're somewhat harder to work on," Sibley explains. "Because it...

Opiates Better Than Sedatives For Treating Newborns In Withdrawal

...(NAS) exhibit seizures, poor feeding, diarrhea and vomiting that lead to excessive weight loss and dehydration, sleeping problems and fever. Disruption in the mother-child bonding process has also been reported, and there is an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. In the studies, newborns sufferin...

Researchers discover new route to hemoglobin synthesis

...(NAS) exhibit seizures, poor feeding, diarrhea and vomiting that lead to excessive weight loss and dehydration, sleeping problems and fever. Disruption in the mother-child bonding process has also been reported, and there is an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. In the studies, newborns sufferin...

Lactose intolerance linked to ancestral environment

... pathogens, especially in hot climates. Nausea and vomiting early in pregnancy also may protect women and their embryos from food-borne pathogens and other toxins." A Darwinian medicinal view complements traditional medicine, Sherman said, because if researchers can better understand why a symptom occurs, su...

Prenatal exposure to marine toxin causes lasting damage

...ng contaminated seafood develop symptoms including vomiting nausea, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. In severe cases, the toxin leads to neurological damage, characterized by headaches, confusion, coma and even death. Exposure can also cause amnesic shellfish poisoning, characterized by permanent loss of short-...

Pittsburgh researchers discover that certain chemicals in the blood may indicate brain injury

... are too young to talk, and the symptoms such as vomiting and fussiness are common in many childhood illness...s: an apparent life-threatening event (near-SIDS), vomiting without diarrhea, a seizure, fussiness or irritability. Infants had their blood or spinal fluid dra...

Dogs keep dying: Many owners unaware of toxic dog food

...hat severely affected dogs suffer from intractable vomiting and internal bleeding. "Despite our understanding ...by afltoxin include lethargy, loss of appetite and vomiting and, later, orange-colored urine and jaundice (a yellowing of the eyes, gums and nonpigmented skin t...

New vaccine for condition that kills 500,000 children a year

...t 98 percent of severe cases of viral diarrhea and vomiting that account for 2 million hospital visits and 500...ter for Pediatric Research. "In a matter of hours, vomiting and diarrhea from rotavirus can lead to dehydration, which can result in hospitalization and even be...

New device could cut chemotherapy deaths

...thout incurring side effects such as hair loss and vomiting is being developed. The method, produced at the University of Bath, England, involves using tiny fibres and beads soaked in the chemotherapy drug which are then implanted into the cancerous area in the patient's body. These fibres are bio-degradab...

Novel therapy combinations gain ground in treating hepatitis

...iral breakthrough has been seen to date. However, vomiting and dehydration requiring hospitalization occurred...four grams per day. Flu-like symptoms, nausea and vomiting are common in patients with early viral hepatitis and APAP is commonly used in this setting. "This...

Smooth sailing: 'cruise ship virus' tackled by UH, Baylor College of Medicine

...se than the waves. Before you know it, nausea and vomiting have replaced shuffle board and sun-bathing. U...n intestinal illness that causes nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramps. The research conducted at UH and BCM may save a number of people from a vacatio...

Common cold virus may kill breast cancer cells

...ated with conventional treatments (such as nausea, vomiting and hair loss) could also be avoided by using the Coxsackie virus. "If this research is successful we could have something that produces side effects as harmless as a mild, common cold-like infection yet it could successfully treat breast cancer," ...

Misusing vitamin to foil drug test may be toxic; plus, it doesn't work

...hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), as well as nausea, vomiting and dizziness. One of the teens also had disrupted heart rhythms. All four patients recovered after treatment in hospital emergency rooms for the adverse effects. The report appeared online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. "Testing urine fo...

Runners -- Let thirst be your guide

...tion to extreme sports, which makes the body think vomiting will ensue, so water needs to be conserved, Verbalis says. Finally, a research team that included Verbalis recently reported in the American Journal of Medicine that release from muscles of a cytokine known as interleukin-6 (Il-6) is also capable o...