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Just in time for runny nose season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren't really helped by antibiotics and other medicine that's often prescribed.
Federal health officials are revising their estimate of how many people are infected by HIV each year, and advocacy groups say the number could rise by 35 percent or more.
The aggressive antibiotic-resistant staph infection responsible for thousands of recent illnesses undermines the body's defenses by causing germ-fighting cells to explode, researchers reported Sunday. Experts say the findings may help lead to better treatments.
Drug-resistant staph infections that have made headlines in recent weeks come from what the nation's top doctor calls "the cockroach of bacteria" — a bad germ that can lurk in lots of places, but not one that should trigger panic.
Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph "superbug" could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates say and early evidence suggests.
Nine athletes and a coach at Iona College contracted an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, which has spread through schools nationwide, health officials said Friday.
The word is out about the dangers of antibiotic-resistant staph infections, and there are reports of staph cases from at least half a dozen states today.
Good hygiene is the best way to avoid infection from a potentially dangerous drug-resistant germ called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. A new government report suggests that more 90,000 Americans annually get an invasive form of the disease, which can be deadly.
More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.
An outbreak of E. coli has sickened at least 10 people, including seven schoolchildren, and officials have ruled out school cafeteria food as a source.
That familiar tug on his ear or restless night sleep is usually the sign that little Baedden Pollett has another ear infection. The 2 1/2-year-old has had more of them than his parents can count.
A once-rare drug-resistant germ now appears to cause more than half of all skin infections treated in U.S. emergency rooms, say researchers who documented the superbug's startling spread in the general population.
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Summary of Legionella infections in Europe 2005-2006. In Europe, 35 countries participate in the European Surveillance Scheme for Travel Associated Legionnaires disease. This report also includes non-travel associated cases. 11,980 cases were reported during 2005-2006.
The damage that the human body can survive these days is as awesome as it is horrible: crushing, burning, bombing, a burst blood vessel in the brain, a ruptured colon, a massive heart attack, rampaging infection. These conditions had once been uniformly fatal.
Experts say the number of people, especially young children with food allergies in the United States is on the increase and specialists are seeing more and more children with multiple allergies.
The CDC says that every year, more than 90,000 people contract MRSA, a drug-resistant staph infection. Most people contract MRSA in a healthcare setting.
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"The cigarette tax is a proven strategy to protect thousands of kids from tobacco addiction," said William V. Corr, Executive Director of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "A higher cigarette tax is a win-win solution - a health win that will reduce tobacco use and
A dangerous, drug-resistant staph germ may be infecting as many as 5 percent of hospital and nursing home patients, according to a comprehensive study. At least 30,000 U.S.
A research team led by the University of Illinois has developed a treatment for exposure to enterotoxin B, a noxious substance produced by the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium.
Childhood obesity may be linked to a buildup of fluid in the middle ear, a small study by researchers in South Korea suggests.
"Acute viral infections may cause accumulating damage in the brain and lead to memory problems later in life, a mouse study suggests."
Ear infections are the most common reason for antibiotic use among U.S. children, with 15 million prescriptions written annually.
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Amoxicillin is a wide spectrum antibiotic used to treat many common infections, including strep throat. The usual prescription for treatment requires three 500mg amoxicillin doses daily.
Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking Abbott Laboratories' blockbuster drug Humira or Johnson & Johnson's Remicade face triple the risk of developing several kinds of cancer and double the risk of getting serious infections, a new study found.
Australian ban on fluoroquinolone antibiotic use in poultry & only 2% human Campylobacter infections antibiotic-resistant (up to 29% elsewhere); after long pharmcorp battle, FDA has now banned such use in US
AL-QAEDA is recruiting suicide bombers who are infected with the AIDS virus, according to documents revealed to the Sunday Mirror.
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