US soldiers in Iraq fighting drug-resistant bacteria after injuries
...A. calcoaceticus-baumannii complex is an important cause of trauma-associated and hospital-acquired infecti...re injury and simply traveled to the wound site to cause the infection. However, our research shows that this is not the case." Although the consequences ...Some children are born with 'temporary deafness' and do not require cochlear implant
...gnals that activate the auditory nerve. The second cause is a malfunction of the nerves. A child may be born with what appears to be a normal inner ear, but the hair cells do not "communicate" with the auditory nerves and the child cannot hear. To date, doctors have recommended the same treatment for all ...New study: Pycnogenol reduces heart failure
...ocess (known as cardiac remodeling) may eventually cause heart failure when the heart insufficiently supplies the body with oxygenated blood. The study showed that Pycnogenol prevents the heart from getting worn out during hypertension. Cardiac chamber walls showed a significantly higher rate of collagen c...Cow protein aids in treatment of gastrointestinal disorder
...Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, a major cause of upper gastrointestinal disorders, is unsuccessful in around 25 percent of cases. A new study, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, finds that adding a bovine protein called lactoferrin to the existing treatment may yield more eff...Violent sleep disorder linked to a form of dementia
...lowing gene expression. Just what happens to it to cause the conditions isnt clear." The result, however,...e of a CPAP breathing machine. In those cases, the cause is sleep apnea. Its the idiopathic RBD findings on sleep studies that may precede dementia or parkin...Asthma study shows patients have more options to control disease
... when symptoms occur more than two times a week or cause the patient to awaken during the night more than t... suppress inflammation within the airways that can cause narrowing. Study participants were randomly divided into three groups. One group continued to take...Aspirin use during pregnancy could reduce risk of pre-eclampsia
...kely to benefit from aspirin than any other. The cause of pre-eclampsia remains unclear, although it is known that complications in the maternal spiral arteries in early pregnancy can lead to irregular blood flow to the placenta, causing blood clots in and death to placental tissue. This can lead to acti...Hexavalent chromium in drinking water causes cancer in lab animals
...he technical report. "We now know that it can also cause cancer in animals when administered orally." The study findings were announced at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) after the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Technical Reports Review Subcommittee completed its ind...Will the healthcare workers go to work during disasters?
...than 5%. Lack of accurate information is likely to cause many more workers to stay home. "If fear and uncertainty are allowed to take over, many more workers will stay away, and pandemic staffing will turn out to be inadequate, complicating the disaster even more," says Dr. Irvin. The first presentation ...Reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors when discontinuing hormone replacement therapy
... She continues, "CVD continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women in westernized countriesConcern about the possible risks associated with HRT has left women and their heath care providers searching for safe and effective means to reduce CVD risk factors. One potential consequ...Full-term, low-birth-weight babies at significantly greater risk for early respiratory symptoms
...d with a relatively small airway caliber. This can cause decreased lung function and more respiratory symptoms later in life." According to the investigators, the effect of birth weight on respiratory symptoms was significantly greater among children exposed to tobacco smoke in their home. They also note...Screening men over 65 for abdominal aortic aneurysms could save lives
...that aortic aneurysm is relatively infrequent as a cause of death. "The overall population benefit from screening appears to be established, in that fewer people died from their aortic aneurysm as a result of screening. However, there will still be some deaths and ill health resulting in a small number ...Study finds women less likely than men to have their cholesterol controlled
...tor for cardiovascular disease, the leading single cause of death for both women and men. The study, "Improving the Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Disease: Using National Managed Care Performance Data to Investigate Gender Differences in HEDIS Measures Related to Heart Disease," analyzed data from a na...Pioneering study maps attention, memory and language links in the human brain
...'s still a lot of disagreement about what the root cause is, and about whether drugs like Ritalin that are being prescribed to children as young as 2 years old are doing any good, and if we have any business exposing our children to drugs at such a very early age," he added. As Christensen collects more...Neglected epidemic of chronic lung disease; childhood conditions affect adult progesterone levels
... by 2030 COPD will be the world's fourth commonest cause of death, after heart disease, stroke, and AIDS, a...ed to be irreversible. Smoking is not the only cause of COPD, he says, and yet there has been little research funding aimed at investigating other contri...Vitamin D supplements may offer cheap and effective immune system boost against TB
...unity to mycobacteria, the family of bacteria that cause TB. The researchers performed a randomised control trial on a group of volunteers who were given either a 2.5mg supplement or a placebo. Samples of the volunteers' blood were then tested in Dr Robert Wilkinson's Wellcome Trust-funded laboratory at...Research says boiling broccoli ruins its anti-cancer properties
...er than for storage in a refrigerator at 48 C) may cause significant loss of glucosinolates up to 33% by fracture of vegetable material during thawing. The researchers found that preparation of Brassica vegetables had caused only minor reductions in glucosinolate except when they were shredded finely whi...Pediatricians and pathologists see traumatic brain injury differently
...d Neglect. Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of abusive death in children and is especially com...icians] role as mandatory reporters of child abuse cause pediatricians to err on the side of caution, reporting our suspicions, and then letting the medical ...Drugs users are increasingly more cautious with needles
...increase in hepatitis and liver-related death. The cause of this was mostly hepatitis C. Drugs users wit... The side effects of the therapy might also be the cause of the increased chance of liver-related mortality. Patients need to be followed up for longer for d...Students devise oral quick-dissolve strips for rotavirus vaccine
...ery system is needed because rotavirus is a common cause of severe diarrhea and vomiting in children, leading to about 600,000 deaths annually. Most of these occur in developing nations, where medical services to treat intestinal distress are not widely available. Rotavirus vaccine to prevent this illness ...