Diseases

02/26/2009

Work stress among staff associated with hospital infections

Hospital-associated infections are a serious public health problem. Approximately 50 000 patients get hospital infection during their stay, and these infections are estimated to …

02/11/2009

Faster, More Affordable Test Being Developed for Improved MRSA Screening

A rapid, portable, point-of-care test for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), developed by TwistDx based on a new way of detecting DNA, was one of nine products …

01/09/2009

Diabetes: Low-glycemic food decreases risk for heart diseases

A study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently has found that those with type 2 diabetes who had a diet high in low-glycemic foods such as …

01/08/2009

Decreasing MRSA infections in UK

MRSA bloodstream infections in England are continuing to fall, the latest quarterly statistics from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) showed: There were 725 MRSA bloodstream …

12/20/2008

Healthcare sector to fight ATB over-consumption

Czech hospitals are seeking powerful inspiration regarding antibiotics (ATB) consumption from France, where a recent public campaign helped to decrease ATB consumption by 30%. …

11/21/2008

BioCote reduces bacteria by 95% in hospitals

The antimicrobial technology firm BioCote Ltd, which is showing its products at the British Pavillion, is also promoting the results from the first study to investigate how silver …

11/20/2008

The US diabetes epidemic

There's little evidence that newer, more expensive drugs work any better than older, cheaper medications. Diabetes, which came 7th in the list of the USA's top mortality causes in …

11/20/2008

Diabetic foot

The 2nd international symposium `Diabetic foot: surgery, therapy, rehabilitation´ took place on the beginning of October in St. Petersburg. Olga Ostrovskaya reports from Russia …

11/20/2008

Revisions to the diabetes treatment algorithm

A panel of experts, convened by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, has issued updated treatment recommendations for type 2 …

11/20/2008

Bariatric surgery cuts cardiovascular risk in obese patients

Cardiovascular risk in obese patients can be reduced up to 79% in those who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after other treatments have failed, compared with those who do not …

11/20/2008

Obese children at higher risk for premature heart disease

The obesity epidemic is increasingly affecting young teens worldwide. In the USA the epidemic is well-established: more than 17% of children are obese and about a third of those …

11/19/2008

Growing up with diabetes

Diabetes presents a special challenge for the young. Here we see how a young Swiss girl has successfully come to terms with her metabolic disorder. …

11/04/2008

Insulin-Produktion dank transplantierter Zellen

Die erste am Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus vorgenommene Transplantation von Inselzellen aus einer Bauchspeicheldrüse verlief erfolgreich: Zwei Wochen nach dem …

10/28/2008

Avian 'flu research suggests vaccine should be used now, not stockpiled

Governmental fear of an avian 'flu pandemic remains high, and a certain amount of vaccine has been stockpiled to meet sudden demand. …

10/12/2008

Rehacare International 2008

The number 1 fair for people with special needs, those requiring care and the chronically ill the REHACARE 2008, takes place from 15 to 18 October, Halls 3 to 7 of the …

10/02/2008

NICE renewed flu guidance

The next flu season will come. To prevent high-risk people from infections, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recently published a final guidance on …

10/01/2008

Education for the best disease management

At the opening of the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Institute in Paris experts took the opportunity to warn against the growing incidence of diabetes. They reinforced the believe …

10/01/2008

Hospital staff don't care for influenza vaccination — for themselves

Injections, that's everyday business for the men and women working in healthcare. As long as it is the patients who have to face the needle, it seems. Like in the years before Dr …

09/30/2008

Eat for goals

The UEFA and the World Heart Federation, with the support of the European Commission, today launched the children's cookery book, "Eat for Goals!". Its message of a healthy …

09/30/2008

Scrub the scrubs

For several year, experts have been deploring the lack of physicians' and healthcare workers' attention to hand hygiene and equipment sterilisation. Now, hospital clothes are also …