Side Lunge Stretch Keep your upper body straight and legs apart. Then shift your weight in a slow “lunge” to the side over a bent knee (not forward, as in a typical lunge). You should feel a stretch along the inner thigh of the opposite leg, which should be straight as you push your weight [...]
Antibiotics are drugs used to fight infections caused by bacteria – but some bacteria become resistant and no longer respond to these drugs. This phenomenon is known as antibiotic resistance. In Europe, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control estimates that 25,000 people die each year as a direct result of antibiotic resistance. In [...]
Health authorities say the timing “couldn’t be worse” as a major measles outbreak takes hold in Brisbane’s south, centring around a local school. Metro South Hospital and Health Service said there were 23 confirmed cases of measles from Brisbane’s southside, Logan and Redland Coast areas. CDC/NIP/Barbara Rice [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsRead more… The post [...]
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — California and Arizona make up more than 95% of all U.S. cases of valley fever — an infection caused by a fungus that lives in soil in the Southwest — largely because they share arid climates and have an abundance of outdoor workers. New research finds that as climate change alters [...]
Nasal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has shown high negative predicative values (NPVs) and therefore may be a powerful stewardship tool for de-escalation and avoidance of empirical therapy, according to results of a retrospective cohort study across Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers in the United State published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study was performed at VA [...]
Bavarian Nordic today announced that it and its partner Janssen Pharmaceuticals, part of Johnson & Johnson, have submitted an application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of their investigational two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen (Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN Filo). The news comes as one new Ebola case was reported today in the Democratic Republic of the [...]
NEW DELHI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — The number of Cancer cases, including oral, cervical and breast cancer, rose by over 300 percent in India between 2017 and 2018, a latest official data has revealed. According to the data, out of the 65 million people who visited the NCD clinics for screening, 160,000 were diagnosed with [...]
A spate of measles cases has broken out in southeast Queensland amid concerns the vaccination rate may not be high as hoped. Southern Brisbane and Logan have registered 21 recent cases of the deadly airborne disease. Credit: CDC Read more… The post Measles outbreak hits Queensland’s south-east amid vaccination concerns appeared first on Healthier Environment [...]
Caspofungin prophylaxis reduced cases of invasive fungal disease during chemotherapy Upending an interim analysis that suggested futility, caspofungin (Cancidas) proved superior to fluconazole (Diflucan) as antifungal prophylaxis for children and young adults with leukemia, a randomized trial indicated. Among over 500 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy, the cumulative incidence of either probable [...]
Keeping your shoulder muscles flexible will help prevent injury. The shoulder is the body’s most complicated joint. It’s where the ends of the collarbone, upper arm bone, and shoulder blade meet. And it’s prone to arthritis (a wearing away of the cartilage between the bones), as well as tears or tendinitis (inflammation) in the rotator [...]
