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Study: Privacy curtains in hospitals can become breeding grounds for dangerous germs

Without timely intervention, privacy curtains in hospitals can become breeding grounds for resistant bacteria, posing a threat to patient safety, according to new research published in the American Journal of Infection Control, the journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

28 Sep 2018

Study aims to investigate antimicrobial resistance of uropathogenic E. coli from elderly patients

Urinary Tract Infection is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults. Escherichia coli is one of the bacterial agents with higher prevalence in community-acquired and health care associated urinary infections in elderly patients.

27 Sep 2018

Simple way to measure abdominal obesity index

In obesity research, the body mass index has been traditionally used to determine if an individual is normal weight, underweight, overweight or obese. However, BMI does not differentiate between the types of the mass (fat or muscle) or body shapes.

27 Sep 2018

Cidara initiates Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate efficacy, safety of rezafungin to treat invasive candidiasis

Cidara Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel anti-infectives including immunotherapies, today announced that the first trial site has been activated for ReSTORE, a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of the company's lead antifungal, rezafungin, to treat candidemia and invasive candidiasis.

27 Sep 2018

GARDP partners with Novartis to accelerate development of generic antibiotic treatments for children

The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership and Novartis are joining forces to accelerate the development and availability of generic antibiotic treatments for children in low- and middle-income countries.

27 Sep 2018

New drug to treat Parkinson's disease psychosis do not pose greater risk of death

In the wake of media and public reports about increased mortality linked to a new drug for treating Parkinson's disease psychosis -- a symptom of the progressive nervous system disorder in which patients experience hallucinations and delusions -- researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine conducted a retrospective study of qualifying patients in the UC San Diego Health system, concluding that the new drug, pimavanserin, did not pose a statistically significant greater risk of death.

27 Sep 2018

Study explores demographic, socioeconomic patterns linked with use of dermatologic services

The odds of a black or Hispanic patient visiting an outpatient dermatologist are about half that of a white patient with the same skin condition, according to a new study in JAMA Dermatology.

27 Sep 2018

New approach to vaccine development and improved surveillance could help target deadly diseases

Scientists hope that a new approach to vaccine development, combined with improved surveillance of potential future threats of outbreak, could help to massively reduce the impact of deadly diseases such as Ebola, Marburg and Lassa fever.

26 Sep 2018

Mesoblast’s MPC therapy for children featured at symposium for congenital heart disease

Mesoblast Limited today announced that Mesoblast's proprietary allogeneic mesenchymal precursor cell heart failure product candidate MPC-150-IM for use in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was featured at the First Cardiac Regenerative Symposium for Congenital Heart Disease in Baltimore, Maryland on the weekend.

26 Sep 2018

Recurrence risk of VTE appears similar for patients with cancer and those with unprovoked VTE

Patients with venous thromboembolism carry a high risk of recurrence. Accordingly, a 16-year Danish prospective cohort study of nearly 74,000 patients with incident VTE concluded that the risk of recurrence is substantial.

25 Sep 2018

Immunologist to study how Chikungunya causes devastating effects in older adults

Emerging viruses such as Ebola, SARS and swine flu are familiar sounding, yet seemingly distant diseases to many Americans. But that's not the case with Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that recently struck close to home and has proven deadly for the elderly.

25 Sep 2018

Researchers reassess negative pressure wound therapy as its benefit and harm remain unclear

About one decade after its first benefit assessment of negative pressure wound therapy, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care is reassessing this treatment method. However, then as now, its benefit and harm are unclear.

25 Sep 2018

New test speeds up diagnosis of multi-resistant pathogens

Researchers at the University of Cologne and the German Center for Infection Research have made an important step towards speeding up the diagnosis of multi-resistant pathogens.

24 Sep 2018

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

Smoke inhalation, pneumonia, and combat-related trauma are just a few causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome - a condition where the lungs fill with fluid, and is too often fatal.

24 Sep 2018

Study: Transcatheter mitral valve repair reduces mortality for patients with mitral regurgitation

A multicenter clinical trial has found that a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and mortality for heart failure patients with moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation.

24 Sep 2018

October 1918 marks the centenary of Spanish Flu that claimed more lives than World War I

JUST as the cataclysmic conflict of the Great War was in its death throes, a new killer emerged that would, on a global scale, be even more lethal - the Spanish Flu pandemic, which was at its most virulent in October and November 1918.

24 Sep 2018

Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

One man's trash is another man's treasure, as the saying goes. If things go to plan, feces from registered and thoroughly tested healthy donors will in a few years be the standard treatment for the bacterium Clostridium difficile at Danish hospitals.

21 Sep 2018

New study shows how Ethiopia has managed to achieve extraordinary progress

Ethiopia is one of the world's least developed states. Yet for the past two decades the country has been making extraordinary progress.

21 Sep 2018

CHMP provides positive opinion to Cabometyx for previously-treated patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Ipsen announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency, provided a positive opinion for Cabometyx (cabozantinib) as a monotherapy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in adults who have been previously treated with sorafenib.

21 Sep 2018

Scientists achieve breakthrough in accelerated diagnosis of multi-resistant hospital pathogens

A team of researchers at the University of Cologne's Faculty of Medicine and the German Center for Infection Research has achieved a scientific breakthrough in the accelerated diagnosis of multi-resistant hospital pathogens.

20 Sep 2018

Mortality News and Research

Study: Privacy curtains in hospitals can become breeding grounds for dangerous germs

Study aims to investigate antimicrobial resistance of uropathogenic E. coli from elderly patients

Simple way to measure abdominal obesity index

Cidara initiates Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate efficacy, safety of rezafungin to treat invasive candidiasis

GARDP partners with Novartis to accelerate development of generic antibiotic treatments for children

New drug to treat Parkinson's disease psychosis do not pose greater risk of death

Study explores demographic, socioeconomic patterns linked with use of dermatologic services

New approach to vaccine development and improved surveillance could help target deadly diseases

Mesoblast’s MPC therapy for children featured at symposium for congenital heart disease

Recurrence risk of VTE appears similar for patients with cancer and those with unprovoked VTE

Immunologist to study how Chikungunya causes devastating effects in older adults

Researchers reassess negative pressure wound therapy as its benefit and harm remain unclear

New test speeds up diagnosis of multi-resistant pathogens

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

Study: Transcatheter mitral valve repair reduces mortality for patients with mitral regurgitation

October 1918 marks the centenary of Spanish Flu that claimed more lives than World War I

Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

New study shows how Ethiopia has managed to achieve extraordinary progress

CHMP provides positive opinion to Cabometyx for previously-treated patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Scientists achieve breakthrough in accelerated diagnosis of multi-resistant hospital pathogens

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