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Scientists take step toward simple and portable tuberculosis tests for developing world
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Oct 08 09
Two billion people worldwide carry the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB), and most of them do not even know they are infected. This is…
Many swine flu deaths linked with second infection
• Infections • • Swine Flu • Oct 01 09
Many people who have died of swine flu infections in the United States have also had bacterial infections, health officials reported on Wednesday.
A…
Discovery could improve hepatitis C treatment
• Infections • Sep 23 09
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers are part of an international team that has discovered a genetic variation that could identify those people infected…
Study Uncovers How Tuberculosis Agent Survives on Fatty Acids
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Sep 03 09
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered a key mechanism behind the survival instinct of tuberculosis. TB is the…
Drug-resistant typhoid increasing in the U.S.
• Infections • • Public Health • Aug 26 09
In the United States, there has been an increase in cases of typhoid fever resistant to the drugs most commonly used against the…
Smoking increases risk of developing active TB
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 24 09
Smoking is a risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB) disease, according to a new study on TB incidence in Taiwan.
The research analyzed data…
How meningitis bacteria attack the brain
• Brain • • Infections • Aug 18 09
A specific protein on the surface of a common bacterial pathogen allows the bacteria to leave the bloodstream and enter the brain, initiating the…
Gene predicts response to hepatitis C drugs: study
• Genetics • • Infections • Aug 17 09
A slight difference in a person’s genetic code could determine whether they respond to a grueling round of treatment for hepatitis C infection…
Most drug-resistant tuberculosis underdiagnosed
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Aug 11 09
Cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are underdiagnosed around the world and even among those who have been diagnosed, only a fraction are…
Higher Drug Doses Needed to Defeat Tuberculosis
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Jul 31 09
The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical…
Blood transfusions associated with infection
• Infections • Jul 31 09
A study of almost 25,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients has shown that receiving blood from another person is associated with a two-fold…
Expert Alert: Breastfeeding – Is It Simply a Matter of Choice?
• Children's Health • • Immunology • • Infections • Jul 27 09
When it comes to the health of a child, every decision a parent makes – before and after birth – can have long-term implications.…
Recent respiratory infection predicts stroke
• Infections • • Stroke • Jun 24 09
People with recent respiratory infections may be at higher risk of stroke, according to a study published in the current issue of the journal…
Good news for some hard-to-treat hepatitis C patients
• Immunology • • Infections • Jun 16 09
In a multi-center trial led by a Saint Louis University researcher, investigators found that a new combination therapy of daily consensus interferon and ribavirin…
Herb helps fight drug-resistant microbe
• Alternative Medicine • • Infections • Jun 12 09
- Brazilian researchers have discovered that an extract of the herb Turnera ulmifolia helps the antibiotics gentamicin and kanamycin in treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus…
Global airlines move to reduce infection risks
• Infections • Jun 04 09
Global airlines, still reeling from the recent flu-virus scare, have stepped up efforts to protect passengers from health risks on international flights.
In Asia,…
Refusing immunizations puts children at increased risk of pertussis infection
• Children's Health • • Infections • May 26 09
Children of parents who refuse vaccines are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough compared to fully immunized children, according to a new…
Intrathecal Medication Therapy Effective for Painful Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Caused by Shingles
• Infections • • Neurology • • Pain • May 05 09
Every year, 200,000 patients in the United States develop shingles, for which there is no cure. Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral infection that…
Simple Steps to Healthy Summer Feet
• Gender: Female • • Infections • May 01 09
The first thing most women do before exchanging their winter boots for summer sandals is make an appointment with their pedicurist. It is the…
Expert Available to Talk About Contingency Planning for Flu Outbreaks/Pandemics
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 30 09
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech are using high-performance computer simulations to show how diseases like flu spread through large populations.…
Hospital Care Varies Greatly for Children with Urinary Tract Infections
• Children's Health • • Infections • • Urine Problems • Apr 21 09
More than 45,000 infants and children in the United States are hospitalized each year for urinary tract infections, but a new study reveals significant…
Meningitis kills over 1,100 West Africans - WHO
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 28 09
One third of the world’s stockpiled meningitis vaccine doses have been dispatched to West Africa where an outbreak has killed more than 1,100…
U.S. tuberculosis rate hits all-time low: CDC
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Mar 19 09
The U.S. tuberculosis rate hit an all-time low in 2008, but the infection continues to disproportionately affect minorities and immigrants, the U.S. Centers for…
Expert Available to Discuss Status of Tuberculosis in America
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • • Public Health • Mar 11 09
Dr. Lee B. Reichman, MPH, an internationally recognized tuberculosis expert, holds joint faculty appointments in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Preventive…
Mobile phones may be source of hospital infections
• Infections • Mar 06 09
Mobile phones used by hospital healthcare workers are often contaminated with germs, including those that can causes illness in hospitalized patients, a Turkish research…