What cures you may also ail you: Antibiotics, your gut and you
Public release date: 17-Nov-2008 - Even six months later, some types of bacteria had not managed to return to pre-treatment abundance levels We are always being told by marketers of…
Feed a cold, feed a fever: Research shows calorie cut makes it harder to fight flu
Public release date: 24-Nov-2008 EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Dieters or those who consume fewer calories during flu season could have a harder time fighting off the flu virus, according…
Survivors of 1918 flu pandemic protected with a lifetime immunity to virus / humans can sustain circulating B memory cells to viruses for up to 9 decades after exposure
Public release date: 17-Aug-2008 New research has discovered that infection and natural exposure to the 1918 influenza virus made survivors immune to the disease for the remaining of their lives.…
Think twice before using antibiotics for acute maxillary sinusitis ( simple sinusitis )
Public release date: 15-Apr-2008 A Cochrane Systematic Review of medical research found that four out of five patients who are seen in primary care with simple sinusitis improved within two weeks…
Toxoplasma Infection Increases Risk of Schizophrenia, Study Suggests
Public release date: 16-Jan-2008 Findings from what is believed to be the largest comparison of blood samples collected from healthy individuals and people with schizophrenia suggest that infection with the common…
New Screening Method May Identify Tumor Viruses
Public release date: 26-Oct-2007 For the first time, a new screening method shows promise for identifying new human tumor viruses, as well as determining which cancers are caused by infection…
Protein enhances lethality of influenza virus
Public release date: 10-Oct-2007 It is relatively rare for an influenza virus to be virulent enough to cause death in healthy humans. Many deaths associated with influenza are caused by…
Vaccine tied to ‘superbug’ ear infection
Public release date: 17-Sep-2007 CHICAGO --A vaccine that has dramatically curbed pneumonia and other serious illnesses in children is also having an unfortunate effect: promoting new superbugs that cause…
Who will recover spontaneously from hepatitis C virus infection
Public release date: 29-Aug-2007 Twenty to fifty percent of HCV infected patients recovers spontaneously. The hepatitis C patients and their relatives like to know if his/her infection would fall into…
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