Treating C. diff infection with oral, frozen encapsulated fecal material

Medicine & Technology Oct 12, 2014

A preliminary study has shown the potential of treating recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (a bacterium that is one of the most common causes of infection of the colon) with oral administration of frozen encapsulated fecal material from unrelated donors, which resulted in an overall rate of resolution of diarrhea of 90 percent, according to a study published in JAMA. The study is being released early online to coincide with its presentation at IDWeek 2014.

Researchers identify a new class of 'good' fats

Oct 12, 2014

Discovery offers a promising new direction for diabetes prevention and treatment

Study examines effect of antibiotic susceptibility for patients with bloodstream infection

Oct 12, 2014

In an analysis of more than 8,000 episodes of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, there were no significant differences in the risk of death when comparing patients exhibiting less susceptibility to the antibiotic vancomycin to patients with more vancomycin susceptible strains of S. aureus, according to a study published in JAMA. The study is being released early online to coincide with the IDWeek 2014 meeting.

College athletes in contact sports more likely to carry MRSA, study finds

Oct 12, 2014

Should practice good hygiene, not share razors and towels

Similar but different: new discovery for degenerative disease

Oct 12, 2014

Researchers from the University of Melbourne have established how two diseases that present in similar ways are in fact quite different.

Hormone loss could be involved in colon cancer

Oct 12, 2014

Like diabetes, colon cancer may be caused in part by the loss of 1 hormone, suggesting hormone replacement therapy could stall cancer formation

New technique enables increasingly accurate PET scan to detect cancer and heart conditions

Oct 12, 2014

A novel technique which reduces image degradation caused by respiratory motion during a PET scan was developed in a recent study at the University of Eastern Finland. PET scanning is routinely used to detect cancer and heart conditions. The new technique presented in the PhD thesis of Tuomas Koivumäki, MSc (Tech.), is based on bioimpedance measurement and it allows for image reconstruction at a specific phase of the patient's breathing pattern. This, in turn, makes it possible to reduce image degradation caused by motion.

New cough study demonstrates diphenhydramine to inhibit cough reflex with Dr. Cocoa form

Oct 12, 2014

Cough expert Peter V. Dicpinigaitis, M.D., shares his findings at the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting (infirst Healthcare Booth #1521)

Body contouring after bariatric surgery helps obese patients keep the weight off

Oct 12, 2014

Patients who have plastic surgery to reshape their bodies after bariatric procedures are able to maintain "significantly greater" weight loss than those who do not have surgery, according to a new study by Henry Ford Hospital researchers.

16 new Ebola virus "suspects" in Spain placed under quarantine

Oct 12, 2014

Three more people have been hospitalized in Madrid, bringing to 16 the number of people under observation after a Spanish nurse came down with Ebola.

Harvard researchers provide possible cure for type 1 Diabetes

Oct 11, 2014

Diabetes 1 is possible curable after all following the breakthrough study of Harvard researchers on the use of stem cells to provide permanent cure to the condition.

Counting pitches can save young players' arms but not always used consistently

Oct 11, 2014

Youth baseball has morphed into a year-round sport, with some athletes playing on multiple teams in the same season. One result: an increasing number of pitchers sidelined with overuse injuries or needing surgery.

Survey: Moms who choose to breastfeed older babies motivated by health, nutrition benefits

Oct 11, 2014

Mothers who decide to breastfeed their children beyond 1 year of age consider their child's physical and social development to be most important, while the advice of health care professionals, family and friends are least important, according to a study to be presented Monday, Oct. 13 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition in San Diego.

Real-life social networking prompts people to get tested for HIV

Oct 11, 2014

Method 2-and-a-half times more effective than traditional referral programs

Pneumococcal vaccine reduces antibiotic-resistant infections in children by 62 percent

Oct 11, 2014

Important tool in combating superbugs