Archive: 20/08/2019

One dead, dozens hospitalised in Spain listeria outbreak

A 90-year-old woman has died and 53 people are in hospital in Spain, including several pregnant women, after eating contaminated meatloaf, officials said Tuesday.

Aug 20, 2019

Studying organ crosstalk leads to a deeper understanding of sepsis

Sepsis, a complex systemic response to infection leading to organ failure, is generally studied at the level of individual organs; this research has hinted at altered metabolic changes. A new study in the American Journal ...

Aug 20, 2019

Patient preferences explored in multiple myeloma treatment

(HealthDay)—An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≥2 is linked to lower treatment satisfaction in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM), but receiving medication orally ...

Aug 20, 2019

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Certain dietary supplements tied to dysphagia, choking in seniors

(HealthDay)—Most reports of swallowing problems caused by dietary supplements involve seniors taking multivitamins or calcium supplements, according to a research letter published online Aug. 20 in the Annals of Internal ...

Aug 20, 2019

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Association for diabetes, stroke risk varies by age, race, sex

(HealthDay)—The magnitude of the association of diabetes with stroke risk varies by age, race, and sex, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in Diabetes Care.

Aug 20, 2019

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Minority, low-income individuals less likely to receive oral cancer screening

(HealthDay)—Despite a recent dental visit, more individuals of a minority race/ethnicity and low socioeconomic status report not receiving an oral cancer screening exam, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in ...

Aug 20, 2019

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Examining the link between caste and under-five mortality in India

In India, children that belong to disadvantaged castes face a much higher likelihood of not living past their fifth birthday than their counterparts in non-deprived castes. IIASA researchers examined the association between ...

Aug 20, 2019

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Antibiotics report highlights stewardship, workforce, research needs

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on the use of antibiotics in health care settings across the United States in 2018 tell us that while progress has been made to promote appropriate use of infection-fighting ...

Aug 20, 2019

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Kidney transplants covered by Medicaid increased in states after Medicaid expansion

Medicaid expansion has helped more young, low-income adults with advanced kidney disease to avoid the costs and poor quality-of-life associated with dialysis, reports a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine from ...

Aug 20, 2019

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New immune system understanding may help doctors target cancer

Your immune system's natural killer cells recognize and attack two major kinds of danger—cells infected by viruses and cells affected by cancer. When natural killer (NK) cells see a cancer cell, they kill it (naturally...). ...

Aug 20, 2019

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