Bacteriuria is the presence of bacteria in the urine. Bacteriuria accompanied by symptoms is a urinary tract infection while that without is as asymptomatic bacteriuria. Diagnosis is by urinalysis or urine culture. Escherichia coli is the most common bacterium found. People without symptoms should generally not be tested for the condition. Differential diagnosis includes contamination. If symptoms are present treatment…
A new study measures the impact state-run; prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs); pain clinic legislation and opioid prescribing guidelines have on opioid exposures among children. Findings from the study presented during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2019 Meeting; taking place on April 24 – May 1 in Baltimore. Monitoring programs “The U.S. remains in the…
Many of us slather ourselves in DEET each summer in hopes of avoiding mosquito bites; and it generally works rather well. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology; have made the surprising discovery that part of the reason for DEET’s success can be found in the mosquito’s legs; not their biting mouthparts. “We show…
Prolonged exposure therapy is more effective at treating PTSD than Seeking Safety; a coping skills therapy, for patients who also have alcohol use disorder. The findings offer important guidance for clinicians in the VA health care system; which cares for many veterans coping with both PTSD and problem drinking. The researchers compared patients who given…
Physicians are scaling back on prescribing antibiotics for long-term acne treatment in favor of a combinations of therapies, according to Rutgers researchers. The findings, publish as Part I and Part II in the journal Dermatologic Clinics, survey studies on acute and long-term acne treatments over the past decade to identify trends. “People are more conscious…
Hundreds of drones will begin delivering life-saving vaccines, blood and medicines to patients in Ghana this week in the largest scheme of its kind, the global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Wednesday. Medics will place orders by text message when supplies run dry, said GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley. Using drones to deliver vaccines in…
Dr. Gary Andolfatto didn’t anticipate that furthering his pain management research would become a personal mission but he didn’t expect to injure himself either. On a sunny; snowy day in December 2015, the emergency room doctor took his bike for a spin in the forest; fell and broke his femur and then dragged himself for…
A new longitudinal study looked at the impact on criminal persistence of head injuries, which have been linked to increase levels of offending, among adolescents and early adults. It find that changes in individuals with head injuries were associate; hence with increases in self-report offending, and with violent offending in particular. Researchers have sought to…
Work stress and impaired sleep are linked to a threefold higher risk of cardiovascular death in employees with hypertension. That’s the finding of research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology; a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). So One-third of the working population has hypertension (high blood pressure). But Previous research…
New studies from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University have found for the first time; that HIV can transmit through the sharing of equipment; used to prepare drugs before injection and that a simple intervention—heating the equipment with a cigarette lighter for 10 seconds—can destroy the HIV virus, preventing that transmission. The findings, used…
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the country. In several studies, it’s also link to the nation’s leading cause of death cardiovascular disease. There are more than 150 strains of HPV, including the ones responsible for cancers of the cervix, penis, anus and the back of the throat. In…
An urgent appeal has been launched to find more than 600 new black blood donors in Birmingham. New figures reveal theres a shortage of black people on the city’s donor register. NHS Blood and Transplant say they need 670 new black blood donors to join the Birmingham Donor Centre in order to help patients with…