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Researchers shed new light on MS relapse during upper respiratory infections

For most of us, the flu is just the flu. We suffer through it for several days, and eventually bounce back. But for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological diseases, the flu can trigger a cascade of immune responses that result in a full-blown relapse of the disease.

8 Aug 2017

Researchers hope to harness immune cells for better treatment of allergies, infections

By learning how a recently discovered immune cell works in the body, researchers hope to one day harness the cells to better treat allergies and infections, according to new Cornell University research.

4 Aug 2017

Molecular tests that detect drug-resistant TB may become faster alternative to traditional testing

Novel molecular tests are gaining popularity as a rapid way to detect genetic mutations that render tuberculosis impervious to drugs. Yet, how well these new tests fare in gauging risk of actual drug failure and patient death has remained unclear.

4 Aug 2017

Robot emits UV light to destroy infection-causing bugs in hard-to-clean places

Hospitals around the world are looking for new and innovative ways to battle deadly pathogens and kill multidrug resistant organisms that can cause hospital-acquired infections, or HAI.

4 Aug 2017

New online healthcare platform iDoc enables patients to book consultations with GPs anytime

Online digital healthcare provider iDoc, launches, with the aim of transforming the way patients access and interact with GPs and Paediatricians, nationally. Part of the Fidelity Health Group, iDoc offers patients the ability to have a GP appointment at a time and in a way, that suits them.

4 Aug 2017

New study shows how gut microbes can prevent severe flu infections in mice

Microbes that live in the gut don't just digest food. They also have far-reaching effects on the immune system.

3 Aug 2017

UAB specialists offer tips on eye safety while viewing the eclipse

Watching the captivating sight of the moon's passing between the sun and Earth, where the moon fully or partially covers the sun, could cause serious and potentially long-term harm to the eye if not viewed properly.

3 Aug 2017

FDA approves fixed dose combination chemotherapy for subtypes of AML that have poor survival outcomes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved Vyxeos - a fixed dose combination chemotherapy for the treatment of adults with two types of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The types of AML that would be treated with Vyxeos include newly diagnosed therapy-related AML (t-AML) and AML with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC). Vyxeos is a fixed-combination of the chemotherapy drugs daunorubicin and cytarabine.

3 Aug 2017

Under Trump, hospitals face same penalties embraced by Obama

Amid all the turbulence over the future of the Affordable Care Act, one facet continues unchanged: President Donald Trump's administration is penalizing more than half the nation's hospitals for having too many patients return within a month.

3 Aug 2017

Tiny molecule in the immune system could help develop cure for common cold

A tiny molecule found in the immune systems of humans and animals could be used to develop a cure for the common cold, new research suggests.

3 Aug 2017

Drug puts a $750,000 ‘price tag on life’

Jana Gundy and Amanda Chaffin live within two hours of each other in Oklahoma. Each has a child with the same devastating disease, one that robs them of muscle strength, affecting their ability to sit, stand or even breathe.

2 Aug 2017

Hospitalized cancer patients who suffer cardiac arrest have lower survival rate, study finds

Patients with advanced cancer who suffer cardiac arrest in the hospital have a survival rate of less than 10 percent--half the rate of other patients without cancer, according to a nationwide study led by the University of Rochester Medical Center.

2 Aug 2017

InDevR gets NIAID support for verification, validation studies on new potency test for influenza viruses

InDevR, Inc., an innovative life science company dedicated to improving biopharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing, announced support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, for verification and validation studies on a new potency test for influenza viruses with pandemic potential.

2 Aug 2017

Breastfeeding is currently failing to meet recommended standards across the globe, UNICEF and WHO report reveals

A new report released by the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization, WHO, in alliance with the Global Breastfeeding Collective – a new initiative to escalate the rates of global breastfeeding – suggests that the recommended standards for breastfeeding are not completely achieved by any countries in the world.

2 Aug 2017

Researchers identify new methods that could improve treatment for infectious diseases

Researchers have discovered new methods that could improve treatment for infectious diseases by enabling earlier detection of influenza outbreaks and curtailing inappropriate antibiotic usage. The findings were presented today at the 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo in San Diego.

2 Aug 2017

Cardiovascular disease risk increases after hospital admission for sepsis or pneumonia

Pneumonia or sepsis in adults that results in hospital admission is associated with a six-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease in the first year, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

2 Aug 2017

Researchers track how flu shot during pregnancy affects expectant mothers and babies

Pregnant women and young babies are among those most at risk for complications, hospitalization, and death from the flu.

1 Aug 2017

Two new discoveries provide better understanding of how bacteria resist antibiotics

Two new discoveries from Edward Yu's Iowa State University laboratory are adding to the scientific understanding of how bacteria resist antibiotics.

1 Aug 2017

LivaNova's latest VNS Therapy earns CE Mark for expanded MRI labeling

LivaNova PLC , a market-leading medical technology company, today announced its latest VNS Therapy Systems ("VNS Therapy") received CE Mark for expanded MRI labeling. VNS Therapy is now the only implantable device indicated for epilepsy therapy that allows patients to have high-quality 1.5T and 3T MRI scans without the need for special equipment.

1 Aug 2017

Biomedical researcher wins $1.9 million federal grant to develop enhanced influenza vaccines

Dr. Sang-Moo Kang, professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has renewed a four-year, $1.9 million federal grant to develop influenza vaccines that offer enhanced protection against a broad range of influenza virus strains.

31 Jul 2017

Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Researchers shed new light on MS relapse during upper respiratory infections

Researchers hope to harness immune cells for better treatment of allergies, infections

Molecular tests that detect drug-resistant TB may become faster alternative to traditional testing

Robot emits UV light to destroy infection-causing bugs in hard-to-clean places

New online healthcare platform iDoc enables patients to book consultations with GPs anytime

New study shows how gut microbes can prevent severe flu infections in mice

UAB specialists offer tips on eye safety while viewing the eclipse

FDA approves fixed dose combination chemotherapy for subtypes of AML that have poor survival outcomes

Under Trump, hospitals face same penalties embraced by Obama

Tiny molecule in the immune system could help develop cure for common cold

Drug puts a $750,000 ‘price tag on life’

Hospitalized cancer patients who suffer cardiac arrest have lower survival rate, study finds

InDevR gets NIAID support for verification, validation studies on new potency test for influenza viruses

Breastfeeding is currently failing to meet recommended standards across the globe, UNICEF and WHO report reveals

Researchers identify new methods that could improve treatment for infectious diseases

Cardiovascular disease risk increases after hospital admission for sepsis or pneumonia

Researchers track how flu shot during pregnancy affects expectant mothers and babies

Two new discoveries provide better understanding of how bacteria resist antibiotics

LivaNova's latest VNS Therapy earns CE Mark for expanded MRI labeling

Biomedical researcher wins $1.9 million federal grant to develop enhanced influenza vaccines

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