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Antibiotics Dangerous for Diarrhoea in Children Caused by E.Coli

Researchers have warned doctors that Antibiotics when given to children with diarrhea caused by Escherichia coli bacteria, may put the children at increased risk of developing a serious condition known as "Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome". The report appears on the website of The New England Journal of Medicine (www.nejm.org). Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, which occurs most commonly in children after a ga...

Dangerous food bacteria

Scientists say the bacteria that cause food poisonings aren't going away, despite the efforts of the food industry to eliminate them.New germs arrive in imported foods and bacteria develop in new forms, according to a study from the Institute of Food// Technologists. The bacteria Listeria monocytogenes are so common in the environment. It's practically impossible to keep food entirely free of the...

Influenza Avian Flu strain has become more contagious and dangerous.

The Influenza avian flu strain - H5N1 has mutated since 2002 to become more dangerous //and increases the risk of causing a pandemic disease. ..The Asian strain H5N1 influenza virus has changed its characters since 2002, as the virus has become less deadly to ducks; the virus multiplies in the ducks without infecting them but spreads and infects other birds and humans. The duck Waterfowl is a n...

Moles Among The Older Generation May Be Dangerous

A research study has revealed that one third of the moles which are seen among elderly Australians who run the risk of contracting skin cancer are melanomas which are dangerous. // The country’s skin specialists believe that this is applicable to Australians who are aged over 50 years. As many as 309 patients were studied during the course of the research over a period of three years. The chances...

Breaking up Dangerous Clots

Dangerous blood clots that often develop after hip surgery can be reduced by 96 percent when patients receive about a month’s worth of treatment with a new type of blood thinner. ..That’s the major finding from a new study published in this month’s Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers from Sweden studied about 650 patients who were undergoing surgery for a hip fracture. About half received...

Weight-loss Products Dangerous

Taking herbal supplements for weight loss has become a popular trend, but a new study shows not all products are safe. ..Researchers say people should not assume herbal weight loss aids are safe. Because the products can be //purchased without a prescription, they are not subject to the same standards as drugs. ..Researchers in Japan studied 12 patients who developed liver problems after taking...

Low-Tar Cigarettes As dangerous As High-Tar Cigarettes

Addicted smokers sometimes switch to lower tar cigarettes in hopes of continuing with their habit and hoping to not experience the consequences of higher tar cigarettes.// ..Non-filter cigarettes make up less than 1 percent of sales in the United States and United Kingdom. A new study shows the risk for lung cancer is the same for people who smoke medium-tar cigarettes, low-tar cigarettes, or ve...

Human Growth Hormone Found To be Dangerous For Human Use

Studies have clearly shown that increased levels of IGF-1 will increase substantially risks of breast, colon and prostate cancer.// ..Researchers in Chicago, say human growth hormone is a disaster waiting to happen. They say the hormone which is naturally produced by the body -- increases levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). Their concern is what those raised levels of IGF-1 can do....

Mixing Ginseng and Blood Thinners Might Be Dangerous

New research shows mixing warfarin with ginseng, one of the best-selling herbal supplements, could have significant consequences. Researches say // anyone who takes both ginseng and warfarin, also known as Coumadin, should tell his or her doctor. They also urge doctors prescribing the anti-clotting drug to ask their patients if they regularly take ginseng. ..Specialists say warfarin has a narrow...

Swallowing Magnets Found To Be Dangerous for Kids

Swallowing foreign objects is a common occurrence among children between 6 months and 3 years old. About 80 percent of objects // that reach the stomach will pass through the gastrointestinal tract on their own. However, up to 20 percent will need to be surgically removed. ..Children who swallow more than one magnet need immediate medical attention. Researchers say if magnets are allowed to pass...

Vaginal Birth After C-section Dangerous For Both Mother And Baby

Women who opt for a vaginal birth after first delivering a child via cesarean section may be putting themselves and their newborns at risk,// say researchers based on findings of a recent study. Though the overall chance anything will go wrong is extremely small, uterine rupture is possible, as is injury to the newborn due to lack of oxygen (hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy). Women may also experi...

Antibiotics help combat dangerous tropical disease

More than 120 million people worldwide suffer from Filarial infection and some// get grotesque condition called elephantiasis, where their legs resemble that of an Elephant. The condition is caused by a pathogen called wuchereria bancrofti, this is a threadlike worm They go and house themselves in the body’s lymph nodes where they cause the blockage of the flow of lymphatic fluids and cause swell...

Listeria Food Poisoning Can Be Dangerous In Pregnant Women And Elderly

Infection of food due to Listeria can be life-threatening unless vigilance is practiced to curb the infection // according to the report published by Food Safety Authority of Ireland.(FSAI). The mortality due to infection can be as much as 30% associated with Listeria food contamination and only miniscule amounts need to be consumed to cause serious infection. ....Professor Flynn said.: “The...

Wearing High Heels May Be Dangerous To Health

Researchers from Sweden had presented a report saying that wearing high heels may be associated with //higher incidence of mental disorders like schizophrenia etc... ..Jarl Flensmark says high heels cause their wearers to tense their calves in a way that normal walking never does. That could prevent neuro-receptors in the calf muscles from triggering release of dopamine, a compound necessary for...

Sudden Rise in PSA Dangerous for men

Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men and kills nearly 30,000 men each year. The lifetime risk of being diagnosed, one in six, is higher than the one in eight risk of breast cancer in women. // A new study shows the rate of rise in prostate-specific antigen levels, or PSA velocity, before prostate cancer diagnosis is a more powerful indicator of eventual death from pr...

CT Pulmonary Angiography Scan More Effective In Detecting Dangerous Blood Clots In The Legs

Researchers now say an indirect CT venography ( CTV ) could identify blood clots in the legs that have the potential to break free, travel to the lung, and block an artery a life-threatening condition known as pulmonary embolism // as smaller arteries are not visible in a commonly used lung scan, CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA), which is used to detect the presence of these blood clots in the lun...

Fruits and vegetables found to interact with drugs in a dangerous way

Eating fruits and vegetables can pave way for a long and healthy life has been known for years. Recent research has pointed out that fruits and vegetables can cause dangerous interactions when taken along with medicines. Foods can // increase or decrease the activity and toxicity of orally administered drugs. The effect does not hold good for drugs administered intravenously. .. ..One of the most...

Hookah And The Gums: A Dangerous Mix

An article published in the November issue of the Journal of Periodontology says that smoking a hookah or a water pipe has the same effect on the gums as smoking a cigarette//. Both promote periodontal disease and are equally devastating as far as the oral hygiene is concerned. ....The article notes that the hookah has become pretty popular in Mediterranean restaurants, cafes and bars. It warns...

Driving While Using A Mobile Phone May Be Dangerous

It is extremely dangerous to talk over one’s mobile phone while driving a vehicle. The cost of switching activities may be in terms of accuracy and response time, as efficiently switching over to a new task can be // prevented by structural cognitive limitations, according to Oregon State University’s Assistant Professor of Psychology Mei-Ching Lien. ....This includes simple tasks also. The stu...

Fat rich diet is real dangerous and predispose lifestyle diseases.

Besides adding the extra kilos to the body a fat rich diet predisposes to diabetes as well. ..The mechanism is by elevating the blood sugar levels and cause diabetes. //The study was conducted by researchers in University of California. This can now better explain why obese people are diabetic. ..The biochemical mechanism is that fats in the diet do not let insulin producing enzyme to act prope...

Drug Name Confusion Makes Imports Dangerous: FDA

Many doctors and pharmacists in the U.S. are not aware that ingredients of drugs sold abroad are different from ingredients of drugs of the same brand name or a similar sounding name in the country. ..An alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) //said medication name mix-ups pose serious health consequences to consumers if they end up buying and using the wrong medicine. ..An FD...

Drug Combinations Could Be Dangerous

With sustained improvement in the field of pharmacology; the number of people taking medications or drugs has improved considerably over the recent years. It is however to be noted that combining two or more drugs can lead to disastrous consequences, including death. // ......Several medications contain active ingredients that can interact or work against each other. Patients and doctors can rul...

Potentially Dangerous levels of Platinum Found in Women with Silicone Gel Breast Implants

Safety of silicone gel breast implants have sparked off doubts in the researchers after potentially harmful levels of the metal platinum was found// in some of the women who were sporting silicone implants for a number of years. .. ..This discovery is not perfect timing, uncannily close to the permission due to be accorded by the Food and Drug Administration, that will allow silicone implants t...

Apartment Dwellers Live Dangerously

Recent studies have revealed that apartment dwellers experience substantially higher rates of injury compared to people who live in detached or single-family homes. // ....'People who lived in apartments had twice the risk of any type of injury,' said lead researcher Ronan Lyons, whose study showed that apartment residents had a twofold increase in risk from burns and scalds and a sixfold increa...

Elements In Grape fruit Juice Combine Lethally with Certain Drugs, leading to potentially dangerous side effects, study.

Novel research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has zeroed in on a substance in grapefruit juice that could cause dangerous side effects when ingested with certain drugs.// ..Certain medications administered to patients for control of blood pressure and cholesterol and other drugs if consumed along with grape fruit juice could cause unhealthy and even dangerous side effects....

Lens Wearers Alerted Over Dangerous Fungal Infection

Following high incidence of a potentially dangerous infection associated with use of ReNu MoistureLoc lens solution, manufactured by Bausch & Lomb//, those in Hong Kong, US and Singapore have been alerted regarding the same and the controversial product has been withdrawn from sales. ..Preliminary investigations have not revealed any contamination of the product. However the company has been una...

LABA Drugs Dangerous In Asthma

The European Medicines Agency has been advised by experts in respiratory diseases to warn patients that long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) drugs are dangerous. LABA drugs are// used to treat the more severe forms of asthma. ....Vassilis Vassiliou, of the University of Cambridge who penned an editorial in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine said that LABA drugs, which include Serevent, salm...

England in the Grip of Dangerous Alcohol Addiction

Public health experts have warned that England is a land in the grip of a dangerous alcohol addiction, following the release of research// that showed that 18.2% of adults binge drink over double the daily recommended limit at least once a week. ..Research revealed that in the north-east and north-west parts of the country almost a quarter of all adults consume double the limit in one or more dr...

Blackberry Email Can Get Dangerously Addictive

Experts have warned the users of Blackberry email devices on its addictive qualities.// ....The health experts have warned that the devices could get so addictive that owners might need to be slowly moved away from using them with treatment that is similar to that given to drug users. ....The study, which had been carried out by Rutgers University School, in New Jersey, claims that the Blackber...

WATCH's 2006 List Of Ten Potentially - Dangerous Toys

W.A.T.C.H. Group (World Against Toys Causing Harm), for the 34th time, has published an annual list of 10 toys// with the title 'Most Dangerous Toys of 2006' to watch out for. 'Don't assume that all the toys are safe' says James Swartz, an attorney and director of Boston-based WATCH, which is being funded by donations. ..He added that toy shelves are potentially stocked with dangerous toys whic...

Interrupted Treatment Dangerous to HIV Management

A recent research keenly studied the effect of discontinuing HIV drug therapy and then restarting it as and when required. The results can be positively// devastating, reported the study. New England Journal of Medicine has published the results of this current research in its Nov 30 issue. If the treatment is discontinued, the patients face a greater chance of developing full blown AIDS and also...

Websites That Offer Panacea for Eating Disorders may Be Dangerous

Web sites that profess to help out teenagers with eating disorders can do much damage ,found a team of researchers from Stanford University. // ..The December issue of the journal, Pediatrics, has published the results of the study conducted by the researchers from California. ..More than half of all the people who surf websites that offer solutions for all kinds of eating disorders, pick up meth...

Dangerous Natural Phenomena Hits Russia in 2006

This year Russia registered the highest number of unfavourable and dangerous natural phenomena in the history of meteorological observation//. ....Roman Vilfand, director of Russia's hydrometeorology centre, said between January and November 371 dangerous natural phenomena - including extreme cold, heat waves, strong winds and driving rains - were registered throughout Russia. ...."The year a...

Findings on Dangerous Parasite, Toxoplasma Gondii Published

Montana State University researchers and their collaborators are gaining widespread attention for discoveries involving// a common parasite that can threaten everyone from babies to AIDS patients. ....Their findings about Toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis were published recently in three major scientific journals. Nature published a paper in its advanced online version. ...."It's not often...

A Laboratory Filtration System Kills 100 Percent Of Dangerous Microbes In Water

Engineers have developed a laboratory filtration system that uses a simple water purification technique and can eliminate 100 percent of the microbes// in New Orleans water samples left from Hurricane Katrina. ..The technique makes use of specialized resins, copper and hydrogen peroxide to purify tainted water. ..National Science Foundation-funded researchers Vishal Shah and Shreya Shah of Dow...

Antibiotic Vancomycin May Trigger Dangerously Low Platelet Count

Researchers have linked vancomycin to an abnormal decrease in blood platelet count, a condition called thrombocytopenia//. If accompanied by uncontrollable bleeding, thrombocytopenia can be fatal. ....Patients suspected of having thrombocytopenia, or low blood platelet count often associated with bleeding, can be tested for a special type of antibody to see if it is related to medications. For t...

Early Psychosis Is Dangerous

There is a far greater risk of lethal assault during the first episode of psychotic illness compared to later episodes, warn mental health experts.// ....In the latest Medical Journal of Australia (MJA), Dr Olav Nielssen, psychiatrist at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, and his co-authors review homicides committed during psychotic illness in NSW between 1993 and 2002. ....Of the 88 subjects,...

Smoking And Drinking Are More Dangerous Than LSD

According to a latest study complied by addiction specialists and published in Lancet Medical journal, tobacco and alcohol are// more detrimental to health than class A drugs. Prof David Nutt from Bristol University headed this research. ..This study rates alcohol as the fifth most dangerous drug followed by ketamine, speed and safety. Tobacco is considered more addictive than heroin. Cannabi...

‘Dirty’ and Dangerous Tools Put Full Stop to Operatin

A patient from Aberdeenshire, Scotland will have to go through ‘one of the most stressful things’ of his life, yet again//. ..Alan Paterson who was suffering from an acoustic neuroma - a form of brain tumour in the inner ear- was all prepped and connected to monitors, before the 18-hour-long brain surgery was to begin. .. It was then that doctors noticed three sets of non-sterile surgical ins...

Bolivian Glacier Melts, Dangerously Fast

The world's glaciers and ice caps are in terminal decline because of global warming, scientists have said time and again. // ....A survey late last year revealed that the rate of melting across the world had sharply accelerated in recent years, placing even previously stable glaciers in jeopardy. ....The loss of glaciers in South America and Asia would threaten the water supplies of millions of...