Three years ago, a 37-year-old Swiss traveler arrived at a Tucson, Ariz, emergency department with respiratory problems and a rash. Details of the case released today emphasize the high cost of measles more than a decade after the viral disease… Read More ›
Scientists have discovered a novel method that certain strains of bacteria use to counter the effects of certain antibiotics. The finding, published online in Science, could help drug researchers create new compounds that work in conjunction with established antibiotics to… Read More ›
Armadillos have been implicated in infecting humans in the southern United States with a never-before-seen strain of the bacterium that causes leprosy. Researchers have known for decades that armadillos harbor Mycobacterium leprae, which causes leprosy, also known as Hansen disease…. Read More ›
Patients who experience a heart attack are more likely to survive when they are treated according to guidelines that recommend evidence-based invasive procedures and drug therapies. But adoption of such evidence-based treatment strategies appears to be slow. In an article… Read More ›
Children and pregnant women have special vulnerabilities to hazardous chemicals in the marketplace and the federal government should to do more to protect them, says the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In a policy statement issued today in Pediatrics, the… Read More ›
Bullying may be more of a family affair than previously realized, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A first-of-its-kind statewide survey shows that children and teens in Massachusetts who were involved… Read More ›
A trio of new studies shows that children whose mothers are exposed to organophosphate pesticides (OP) while pregnant score lower on intelligence tests and may have memory problems at age 7 years. The studies, published online today in Environmental Health… Read More ›
A previously unknown chemical pathway in the brain may explain why some individuals are more susceptible to stress-associated psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, suggest findings from research in a mouse model. If confirmed in human… Read More ›
Sometimes incentives to control costs produce unintended consequences. New research appearing today in JAMA finds that under Medicare’s prospective payment system, which rewards reductions in the time a patient spends in the hospital recovering from total hip replacement surgery, patients… Read More ›
A blood-clotting agent approved by the US Food and Drug Administration only for the treatment of bleeding in patients with certain forms of hemophilia is now being used much more widely in hospitals to arrest heavy bleeding in patients without… Read More ›
