Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world. An estimated 7.2 million people are living with HIV and 4.4 million are on antiretroviral therapy. Despite the progress made, AIDS remains the leading cause of death among adolescents. There were…
This non-invasive diagnostic method could help detect the disease in its earliest stages with a small urine sample. A team from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), the La Fe Health Research Institute (IIS-La Fe); and the Centre for Biomedic Research in the fields of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), dependant of the Carlos III…
Baricitinib monotherapy improves disease control in many patients with rheumatoid arthritis; who were did not respond to methotrexate, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research. “Many patients and physicians prefer monotherapy treatment; for numerous reasons including cost and decreased potential toxicity,” Roy M. Fleischmann. “This post hoc analysis was designed to investigate what %…
Respiratory Function; Palivizumab a monoclonal antibody that prevents respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in high risk infants did not improve long-term outcomes like respiratory function in children with cystic fibrosis. The AAP does not recommend routine use of palivizumab for RSV prophylaxis in young children with cystic fibrosis (CF). However, the academy recommends that children…
As vaccination has become a principal public health response to the growing number of contagious diseases that infect the worlds’ population. Following the highly-publicized 2014 outbreak of Ebola in Africa and anticipating the possibility of a future Ebola outbreak in the United States. Vaccination is the primary public health response to the growing number of…
There’s the risk of those passengers spreading infectious diseases and microorganisms resistant to multiple drugs (superbugs) around the world. Yet, our recently published research into health advice provided by inflight magazines; shows plane passengers are given practically no advice on how to limit the spread of infectious diseases. Low airfares and a series of social…
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease causing by the dengue virus; study on the dengue taking an alarming turn in Dhaka; Hundreds of children are among 5,500 reporting cases so far this year in Bangladesh. By using mosquito nets even during daytime; kept all her rooms clean and destroyed all the potential breeding sources at her home.…
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition; that arising when the body’s response to infection causing injury to its own tissues and organs. That occuring when the body’s immune response to infection spirals out of control. But the bacteria in the bloodstream trigger immune cells to release powerful molecules called cytokines to quickly activate the body’s defenses.…
To assess the radiation-induced optic neuropathy (RION) prevalence, following high dose pencil beam scanning proton therapy (PBS PT) to skull base and head and neck (H&N) tumours Treatment of aggressive intracranial tumours often require high radiation doses, the delivery of which can be limited by the dose constraints to neighboring organs at risk (OARs), such…
A new innovative study on the organic molecule composed; of simple sugars could become a potent weapon in the fight against rising antibiotic resistance; according to EU-funded researchers who have developed a novel; targeted drug-delivery technique to treat deadly tuberculosis and other lethal pathogens. By targeting tuberculosis, one of the leading causes of death worldwide…
A genetic predisposition to higher serum parathyroid hormone concentration is not an independent risk factor for developing coronary artery disease, according to findings from a Mendelian randomization analysis. “The results of this Mendelian randomization study showed that genetic predisposition to higher [serum parathyroid hormone] concentrations is not associated with CAD or other common cardiovascular diseases,”…
A significant jump in preterm births to Latina mothers living in the U.S. occurred; in the nine months following the November 8, 2016 election of President Donald Trump; according to a study led by a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study, publish in JAMA Network Open, prompted by smaller…