An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness affected > 200 persons attending a party at a Copenhagen high school party in November_2006. The illness was caused by enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and Salmonella serotype Anatum. The outbreak investigation indicated that contaminated pesto was the cause of the outbreak.
Dr. Angela Clark, associate professor of nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, is conducting a new study to help people living with chronic heart failure, an illness which affects five million people in the United States. Clark says an estimated one-third to one-half of hospital re-admissions for chronic heart failure could be prevented with better education about symptoms, medications and diet.
For decades heart disease and heart attacks have been viewed as a man?s illness. Unfortunately, nothing could be farther from the truth. Heart disease kills 500,000 American women each year. That is over 50,000 more than the number of men who die of the disease.
A research team at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the University of Heidelberg has proven that a gene protects some people with diabetes from developing severe kidney failure or “end-stage renal disease.”
Testing has identified Norovirus as the cause of illness in two care homes in the Criccieth area. In the Bryn Awelon home, 22 of the 30 residents and eight of the 22 staff have had the stomach bug. The first person fell ill on 22_December and the last case was reported on 29_December.
Thai researchers have discovered that patients who fail treatment with a commonly used, inexpensive, first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) are also usually resistant to other, similar drugs, leaving progressively fewer options for replacement therapies. Since catching treatment failure early is key to preventing further resistance, this research, published in the February 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases also argues for greater access in the developing world to tests that detect when the amount of virus in a patient’s blood is increasing.
Nurses with higher levels of hopefulness are more likely to report feeling confident and competent in their ability to care for dying children and their families. Based on a survey of hundreds of pediatric nurses, researchers found that nurses who were more confident about their skills also were more likely to have received education in palliative care — the practice of providing high-quality, responsive care to patients with a life-threatening illness.
A preliminary study suggests there may be hope in the offing for some sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome with a new therapy being tested by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Eating Disorders Association’s Steve Bloomfield warna about internet websites which he believes are leading vulnerable people into anorexia and bulimia. He claimed that the so-called “pro-ana” sites are “literally killing people”.
The test results received today from the student at Hopkins Hill Elementary School in Coventry who contracted meningitis showed no connection to the illnesses in Warwick and West Warwick.