MRSA bloodstream infection linked to high mortality rate
A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
posted in category: Diseases/Conditions tags: Antibiotic Hospital Penicillin Pneumonia Staphylococcus aureus Strains Antibiotics
Dialysis patients with low body fat face high mortality rate
Dialysis patients with low body fat are at increased risk of death-even compared to patients at the highest level of body fat percentage, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego.
posted in category: Diseases/Conditions tags: Dialysis Kidney Disease Nephrology Obesity Fat Chronic kidney disease
China far outpaces research activities of rest of the world; expected to overtake USA in the next decade
A study from Thomson Reuters released today shows explosive growth in research output from China, far outpacing research activity in the rest of the world.
posted in category: Miscellaneous News tags: Genetics Immunology
Amgen publishes Phase 3 study results of Aranesp
Amgen today announced the publication of results from TREAT (the Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events with Aranesp® Therapy), a large, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 3 pivotal study of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not on dialysis, moderate anemia and type-2 diabetes.
posted in category: Medications/Drugs news tags: Anemia Cancer Cell Diabetes Dialysis Heart Failure Kidney Disease Nephrology Stroke Heart Attack Hemoglobin Chronic kidney disease
Global health organizations observe World Pneumonia Day; urge governments to take steps to fight pneumonia
Nearly 100 leading global health organizations from around the world joined forces to recognize the first-annual World Pneumonia Day on November 2 and urge governments to take steps to fight pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of young children.
posted in category: Child Health News tags: Breastfeeding DNA Hygiene Immunization Investment Malaria Measles Nutrition Pneumococcal Disease Pneumonia Streptococcus pneumoniae Vaccine AIDS Antibiotics
