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Machines take over the battle against hospital bugs

Hospital acquired infection is one of the most common reason which results in ...tentially dangerous bug which causes this type of infection is the bacterium// called acinetobacter. This bacterium is found naturally in the environment and su...

Wash your hands to keep healthy!

...e most simple and low cost way of cutting rates of infection by nearly half. A recent American study included a huge number of Navy recruits who were made to wash their hands five times a day for a year and the rate of illness was measured. The researchers found that at the end of the hand washing program aft...

H.Pylori testing recommended in patients with peptic ulcer

...should be tested for Helicobacter Pylori(H.Pylori) infection rather than receiving treatment for the infection as a matter of course. Testing was a more appropriate option// than empiric treatment in patients wi...

New way to control hospital infection

...tic-coated catheter can help control hospital born infection as they have found that the incidence of infection is decreased by about 36 percent with such a catheter. Dr. Saint added that urinary catheters are an...

New genital gel could empower women against the AIDS epidemic

...micide nonoxynol-9 have been found to increase HIV infection as attack and weaken vaginal cell walls, as well a...used in monkeys two hours before sex, it prevented infection in 9 out of 12 monkeys, while 12 out of 13 monkeys were infected without the antibody. This antibody...

Liver cancers which spread are linked to a particular gene

...n the Asian and African countries due to hepatitis infection and aflatoxin contamination of foodstuffs. The cancer is also becoming prevalent in the United States. Researchers in the US and China have been studying gene activity in liver tumors using the new 'gene chip' technology and found a way of detecting ...

Periodontal disease and oral cancer may be linked

...ontal disease is a form of gum disease that causes infection and inflammation of the tissue surrounding and sup...The study however, does not prove that periodontal infection causes oral cancer. But, if proved, then researchers believe that the scope for prevention and earli...

Ways to handle ugly toenails

...This condition is caused by a long standing fungal infection and it gives toenails a thick, yellow and crumbly appearance. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic advice consulting with a chiropodist who might recommend an anti-fungal drug. However, these drugs might cause some side effects if the person suffers from any p...

WHO Declares Vietnam First Country to Control SARS

...al closed its doors, there by reducing the rate of infection and keeping SARS from spreading beyond its doors. No new cases of SARS have been reported from Vietnam since April 8.// The country showed strong commitment at the highest level from the beginning of the outbreak. Vietnam has been able to show the wo...

China reports declining number of SARS Cases

.... Hong Kong reported just one new death and one// infection Monday. The epidemic has killed 267 people in Hong Kong and 1,726 patients are infected. Taiwan reported 15 new SARS cases Monday, but no new deaths. Seventy-two Taiwanese have died of the disease since March. The total number of cases is now 585. Th...

Traffic pollution linked to severe asthma attacks

...xposed to traffic pollution before getting a viral infection have more serious asthma attacks. In children, about 80 percent of attacks are due to viruses -- most of them from the common cold virus. Researchers have discovered that exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from vehicle exhaust exacerbates the attacks...

Diabetics Need to Guard Against Nail Fungus

...gus may have trouble walking or wearing shoes. The infection can spread to other nails and other people. Now that the warm weather is here, people with diabetes may be at greater risk of developing nail fungus. That's because they're more exposed to specific risk factors such as walking barefoot in swimming p...

Scientists crack dengue fever puzzle

.../symptoms are more severe during a second or third infection compared to first-time infection.Experts estimate ...e virus falls into four distinct subtypes. Initial infection with one subtype causes the immune system to direct its response to that specific variant. But if an...

Heart disease diagnosed by dentist?

...le, Tennessee, dentist . "By eliminating a local infection involving a tooth or the gums, patients have been able to decrease blood pressure medications and improve overall health," he said. If bacteria in the infected gums dislodge, they can enter the bloodstream, attach to blood vessels and increase clot...

When Man Bites Man

...ere especially interested in finding out what role infection plays in human bites and how surgical intervention... more than 24 hours after the bite. Post-operative infection was also associated with exposed cartilage and receiving less than 48 hours of IV antibiotics. The ...

Anthrax hammers immune system

... boost the immune system at the earliest stages of infection could counteract the toxin that anthrax produces in its initial attack. Antibiotics, like Cipro, could be used in concert to kill the bacteria themselves. The federally supported study began in the months following the 2001 anthrax attacks that ...

AIDS vaccine falls short but shows some promise

...it were 30 percent effective, but the reduction of infection among the entire sample of volunteers, including a... show a statistically significant reduction of HIV infection within the study population as a whole, which was the primary endpoint of the trial."// The researc...

S. Africa AIDS in 'death phase'

... prevent newborn children from contracting the HIV infection from their mothers.As the incidence of HIVAIDS starts to plateau at about 33 percent, sickness and deaths are on the increase. Activists say AIDS kills about 600 South Africans each day -- a number that seems sure to grow as more people enter late s...

Dental Procedure Reduces Preterm Births

... 350 pregnant women who had periodontitis -- a gum infection that destroys the fibers and supporting bone that ...s it works because it reduces the inflammation and infection that is thought to induce early labor. Results also show adjunctive metronidazole therapy did not i...

Better Drug for Heart Transplant

...ith another drug reduced the rejection and risk of infection in kidney transplant patients. Researchers from Temple University in Philadelphia conducted a study to determine if everolimus is also effective for heart transplant patients. For the study, 634 patients were randomly assigned to receive one of two ...

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