News tagged with urinary tract
Evidence supports ban on growth promotion use of antibiotics in farming
In a review study, researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine zero in on the controversial, non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals and fish farming as a cause of antibiotic resistance. They report that ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Study shows cranberry juice is better than extracts at fighting bacterial infections
With scientific evidence now supporting the age-old wisdom that cranberries, whether in sauce or as juice, prevent urinary tract infections, people have wondered if there was an element of the berry that, ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Team approach reduces urinary tract infections in rehab patients
Nurses, occupational and physical therapists, case managers and education staff, all working together at a 300-bed Nebraska rehabilitation hospital, have successfully implemented a team approach to dramatically reduce infections ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Bacterial protein caught in the act of secreting sticky appendages
(PhysOrg.com) -- New atomic-level "snapshots" published in the June 2, 2011, issue of Nature reveal details of how bacteria such as E. coli produce and secrete sticky appendages called pili, which help the mi ...
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Potential new strategy to reduce catheter blockage
Bacterial genes that make urine less acidic could be good targets to prevent catheter blockage, according to research presented at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Harrogate. The ...
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Fibroids cause women's lower urinary tract problems: uterine fibroid embolization helps
Uterine fibroid embolization—an interventional radiology treatment for the noncancerous yet very common growths that develop in the muscular wall of the uterus—improves a number of women's lower urinary tract problems ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Some hospitals open ERs just for graying patients
(AP) -- Many hospitals run emergency rooms just for children. Now a few are opening ERs specially designed for seniors, without all the confusion and clamor and with a little more comfort.
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Many healthcare-acquired infections can be prevented
As many as 70% of certain cases of healthcare-acquired infections may be preventable with current evidence-based strategies according to a new study by Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 18, 2011 |
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New research finds delaying surgical procedures increases infection risk and health care costs
Delaying elective surgical procedures after a patient has been admitted to the hospital significantly increases the risk of infectious complications and raises hospital costs, according to the results of a new study in the ...
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Study suggests cranberry juice not effective against urinary tract infections
Drinking cranberry juice has been recommended to decrease the incidence of urinary tract infections, based on observational studies and a few small clinical trials. However, a new study published in the January 1 issue of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Risk of death increases in IBD patients with hospital-acquired infections
Death and length of stay are increased among hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients who develop hospital-acquired infections, according to a study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journa ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Vaccine for urinary tract infections is one step closer
Urinary tract infections are a painful, recurring problem for millions of women. They are also getting more dangerous as bacteria develop resistance to the most common treatments.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Elderly women at higher risk for unnecessary urinary catheterization, study reports
Elderly women are at high risk for inappropriate urinary catheter utilization in emergency departments, according to a new study in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Finasteride reduces symptoms and disease progression associated with enlarged prostates
When compared with placebo and other drugs, long-term use of finasteride improves urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia, and reduces disease progression. This conclusion comes from combining ...
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Oct 06, 2010 |
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Risk of infection after ultrasound-guided procedures is low, study suggests
The incidence of serious infection after common ultrasound-guided procedures, such as biopsy, fine-needle aspiration (a form of biopsy) and thoracentesis (procedure involving needle drainage of the chest cavity) is low, according ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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