News tagged with diarrhea
'Peepoo' bag offers sanitary human waste disposal for pennies
(PhysOrg.com) -- About 40 percent of the earth’s population, or 2.6 billion people, do not have access to a toilet, according to United Nations. The unsanitary conditions have resulted in contaminated drinking ...
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Swine Flu vs. Seasonal Flu: Be Prepared
It hit in April but continues to wreak havoc locally and globally. H1N1 -- also known as swine flu -- has sickened over 43,000 people nationwide and it’s not disappearing anytime soon, says University of Cincinnati infectious ...
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Aug 13, 2009 |
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Discovery blocks cancer drug's toxic side effect
A debilitating side effect of a widely used but harshly potent treatment for colon cancer could be eliminated if a promising new laboratory discovery bears fruit.
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
(AP) -- Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Routine rotavirus vaccination in Brazil has reduced diarrhea deaths in children
Rotavirus vaccination in all areas of Brazil is associated with reduced diarrhea-related deaths and hospital admissions in children aged under five years, reports a study in this week's PLoS Medicine.
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Apr 19, 2011 |
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Some 'low-gluten' beer contains high levels of gluten
Beer tested in a new study, including some brands labeled "low-gluten," contains levels of hordein, the form of gluten present in barley, that could cause symptoms in patients with celiac disease (CD), the ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Falling birth rates shift rotavirus epidemics
Fewer births in states such as California may be delaying the annual onset of a common intestinal virus in the southwest, according to epidemiologists. The timing of infectious outbreaks in other locations such as the northeast ...
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Jul 16, 2009 |
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Deadly Germany E. coli strain found mainly in humans: report
Germany's deadly E. coli strain is found mainly in humans rather than animals, the Taggesspiegel newspaper reported Tuesday citing scientific research.
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Jun 07, 2011 |
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Doctors identify patients at high risk of C. difficile
Doctors have developed and validated a clinical prediction rule for recurrent Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection that was simple, reliable and accurate, and can be used to identify high-risk patients most likely t ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Germany: outbreak waning, but more deaths possible
(AP) -- Germany's health minister says he's hopeful that the worst of an E. coli outbreak blamed on sprouts is over - but he is warning that the number of deaths, now at 33, may still increase.
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Jun 11, 2011 |
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Sweden detects E. coli case not linked to Germany
Swedish health authorities said Tuesday they had detected a case of infection with the E. coli strain that caused a deadly outbreak in Germany, in a man who had not been to that country.
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Jun 28, 2011 |
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Food workers should stay home when they are sick
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research article published in the February issue of the Journal of Food Protection presents disturbing findings to consumers, according to a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Study shows economic impact of dengue virus in Americas
Dengue illness, the most common mosquito-borne viral disease in the world, has expanded from its Southeast Asian origins and is resurgent in countries such as Argentina, Chile and the continental United States.
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Feb 07, 2011 |
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Toward a fast, simple test for detecting cholera rampaging in 40 countries
With cholera on the rampage in Haiti and almost 40 other countries, scientists are reporting the development of a key advance that could provide a fast, simple test to detect the toxin that causes the disease. The report ...
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Cholera outbreak in Cameroon 'worst in 20 years'
(AP) -- UNICEF says more than 300 people have died in the West African nation of Cameroon from the country's worst cholera outbreak in 20 years.
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Sep 06, 2010 |
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Diarrhea
In medicine, diarrhea (from the Greek, "diarrhoia" meaning "a flowing through"), also spelled diarrhoea (see spelling differences), is the condition of having frequent loose or liquid bowel movements. Acute diarrhea is a common cause of death in developing countries and the second most common cause of infant deaths worldwide. The loss of fluids through diarrhea can cause severe dehydration which is one cause of death in diarrhea sufferers. Along with water, sufferers also lose dangerous amounts of important salts, electrolytes, and other nutrients.
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