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Asymptomatic HIV babies could use earlier treatment

... Maldonado and her colleagues collected data from hospitals throughout northern California over a 17- year period. Statistical calculations indicate that their sample of 205 children represent nearly every HIV-infected child born in the area during that time—an unbiased sample that allowed them to analyze all...

To Stop Evolution: New Way Of Fighting Antibiotic Resistance Demonstrated By Scripps Scientists

...ut 70 percent of bacteria that cause infections in hospitals are resistant to at least one antibiotic, and some are so resistant that no antibiotics are effective, and they must be treated with experimental and potentially toxic drugs. Now some super bugs -- multiple drug-resistant bacteria -- are emerging as...

Distributed Basic Local Alignment Search Toolkit (W.ND-BLAST)

...and death from infections that patients acquire in hospitals has created a renewed focus on identifying ways to...e healthcare environment. "Infections acquired in hospitals and healthcare institutions affect approximately two million people resulting in about 98,000 deaths...

New strategies to reduce hospital-aquired infections

...and death from infections that patients acquire in hospitals has created a renewed focus on identifying ways to...e healthcare environment. "Infections acquired in hospitals and healthcare institutions affect approximately two million people resulting in about 98,000 deaths...

Measles Deaths Worldwide Drop By Nearly 40% Over Five Years

...African continent, a long-term budget item in many hospitals can be freed up to save children from other diseases. “We now have the opportunity to replicate this successful model as we tackle other child killers such as malaria,?Bellamy said, noting that in late 2004, Togo’s children received four life-saving...

Confocal imaging promises early detection of skin cancer

...tpatient centres.?/p> Trials at two university hospitals ?in Regensburg, Germany, with experienced dermatologists, and in Brescia, Italy, with people who were not experts in the field ?proved the principle of confocal imaging. “We demonstrated our system can detect skin cancer earlier than existing techni...

Duke engineers develop new 3-D cardiac imaging probe

...s Pua, developed the probe specifically for use in hospitals and clinics. For example, they used the outer casing of a commercially available 2-D TEE probe to house their new 3-D model. The casing design already has been tested and approved for use. The new Duke 3-D probe is tipped with a dime-sized array of ...

Researchers make gains in understanding antibiotic resistance

...tics published in the journal Nature, stating that hospitals in the United States see some two million cases of antibiotic-resistant infections each year; 90,000 patients die annually from such infections. In their experiments, Steitz and his colleagues used x-ray crystallography to do high-resolution structu...

Rare surgery performed to remove pancreas, prevent diabetes

...er, where they have begun to produce insulin. Few hospitals have the technologically sophisticated facilities necessary to isolate and purify the pancreatic islet cells either from a cadaver donor for transplantation or, as in this case, for infusion back into the same patient. The removal of the entire panc...

Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Angola update

...ment of their close contacts, infection control in hospitals and protective clothing for staff work to interrupt chains of transmission and thus seal off opportunities for further spread. Such straightforward measures are complicated by the distinct features of this disease. The sudden onset, dramatic symptom...

New Drugs For Bad Bugs: UF Approach Could Bolster Antibiotic Arsenal

...ket.?/p> About 70 percent of bacteria found in hospitals resist at least one of the drugs commonly used to treat the infections they cause, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency warns that unless problems are detected early and swift action taken to find substitute drugs, previously tre...

WHO Warns Of Increased Risk Of Vector-borne Diseases In Tsunami-affected Areas

... health has stockpiled anti-malarial treatments in hospitals across the affected areas. And in the Maldives, which is not endemic for malaria and dengue fever, the ministry of health continues to conduct its routine vector-control activities. A generous outpouring of donations targeting vector-control efforts...

Substance protects resilient staph bacteria

...ious agents that can be transmitted to patients in hospitals via contaminated medical implants. The new report concludes that the substance--known as poly-gamma-DL-glutamic acid, or PGA--must be present for S. epidermidis to survive on medical implants. S. epidermidis infections are rarely fatal but can lead t...

Unprecedented water level rise in Somalia

...es such as commuting to work, school and accessing hospitals and markets. The floods affected at least 170 households. ...

Leukemia Drug Breakthrough Study In New England Journal Of Medicine

.... News & World Report as one of the top cancer hospitals in America. Moffitt's sole mission is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. ...

Learning to fight an adversary that won't stay down

...any genes responsible for antibiotic resistance in hospitals and the environment. "What has been found is that...g that doctors who deal with microbial diseases in hospitals must remain cautious about exposing the bacterial pathogens to the newest and most effective drugs s...

Genes In The Interferon System Important In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

...hospitals in Umeå and Lund, in Sweden, and several hospitals in Finlandas well as one hospital in Reykjavik provided the project with DNAsamples and diagnostic information from SLE patients....

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