Podcast: Vaccines for preventing rotavirus diarrhoea: vaccines in use
Rotavirus infection is a common cause of diarrhoea and a variety of vaccines are used to try to prevent it. The evidence for these is examined in the fourth update of a Cochrane Review, published in March 2019 and we asked Hanna Bergman one of the authors based in the Cochrane Response team in London UK to tell us about the problem and the latest findings." Rotavirus infection is common across the world and although some babies and young children might not develop any symptoms, others might get so ill that they need to go into hospital and some may die. Most of the deaths associated with rotavirus occur in children in low-...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - June 6, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
Podcast: Immunosuppressive treatment for people with proliferative lupus nephritis
Systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, is an autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body. About half the people with it develop lupus nephritis. In the June 2018 update of their Cochrane Review, David Tunnicliffe from the Centre for Kidney Research in the Children ’s Hospital at Westmead and the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health in Australia and colleagues brought together the studies that have tested a range of treatments." Lupus nephritis is a serious condition, leading to end-stage kidney disease in 15% of patients after 10 years. It mainly affects women of child-bearing age, and is more comm...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 30, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
Bone and joint infections: are oral antibiotics safe and effective compared with intravenous antibiotics?
A UK multicentre trial including 1,054 adults with acute or chronic bone or joint infections found that using oral antibiotics in the first 6 weeks of treatment did not increase the risk of treatment failure within 1 year, compared with using intravenous antibiotics. People in the intravenous group experienced more intravenous catheter complications and had longer hospital stays than people in the oral group. There was no significant difference between the groups in the incidence of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea or the percentage of participants reporting serious adverse events. The potential for a difference in the long...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Probiotics for the prevention of paediatric antibioticassociated diarrhoea
Review (33 RCTs; n= 6352) concluded that the overall evidence suggests a moderate protective effect of probiotics for preventing antibiotic ‐associated diarrhoea (NNTB 9, 95% CI 7 to 13). The likelihood of serious adverse events is very rare. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cancer Research UK: Less chemotherapy better for older patients with some advanced cancers
(Cancer Research UK) Less chemotherapy is as effective at controlling disease for elderly or frail patients with advanced cancer of the stomach or oesophagus (food pipe), and leads to fewer side effects such as diarrhoea and lethargy. These are the results of a Cancer Research UK funded study, presented prior to the ASCO conference today (Wednesday). (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Mozambique: Breastfeeding Is Critical for Child Survival Following Cyclones in Mozambique
[WHO] Breastmilk is the best source of food for all babies wherever they live but, in emergency settings where there is a high risk of diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition, breastfeeding can be critical for child survival. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 8, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Deadly outcome after ingestion of squirting cucumber - Patabendige SHM, Svendsen JB, Kampmann JD.
In this case report, an 83-year-old woman with dementia was admitted to hospital with vomiting and diarrhoea. Her medical history included dementia, atrial fibrillation and seizures. She had accidentally ingested a kind of "fruit", which was used as part o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
IBS symptoms: Five steps to minimising flare ups, bloating and diarrhoea
IBS flare ups, which can include bloating, bouts of stomach cramps, diarrhoea and constipation, can happen at any time. But luckily there are things you can do to alleviate the symptoms of an attack - and to avoid them in the future. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ROGER DOBSON: Bacteria pill for IBS helps fight the misery of bloating by soaking 'rotten egg gas'
As many as one in five Britons has this chronic gut disorder that can cause stomach cramps, bloating, diarrhoea and constipation. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dog dies from a tropical disease in the first ever UK case
The three-year-old Shih Tzu, who lived in Hertfordshire, became increasingly ill with vomiting, diarrhoea and weight loss over three weeks. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Vryheid Diarrhoea Outbreak Subsiding - KZN Health Dept
[News24Wire] The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health says the outbreak of diarrhoea that resulted in 535 people being hospitalised in Vryheid, is subsiding. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 5, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cannabis sold in Europe 'contains FAECES because smugglers take laxatives to expel pellets'
Samples of cannabis were collected by researchers in Madrid and tested for bacteria. Three quarters were found to be contaminated with E.coli, a bug which can cause diarrhoea and vomiting. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Diarrhoea Outbreak - Vryheid Residents Warned Against Drinking Municipal Water
[News24Wire] Drinking water in the Abaqulusi District Municipality in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal has been red-flagged after 60 people were treated for diarrhoea. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Holiday rep, 22, was told she had just DAYS to live after she developed deadly bowel inflammation
Hayley Kelsey, now 25, thought too much milk was triggering her diarrhoea and abdominal cramps when they suddenly came on in January 2016, while she was working as a rep in Turkey, (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS hospitals are the fullest they have been all winter with 95% of beds occupied
NHS figures for last week have revealed hospitals in England had the fewest free beds of any week so far this winter, as a spike in norovirus, diarrhoea and vomiting has led to more bed closures. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
