Best supplements for IBS: Five vitamins and minerals to relieve pain and symptoms
BEST supplements for IBS: IBS is a common condition that affects the digestive system, triggering symptoms such as stomach cramps, bloating and diarrhoea. While simple changes to diet and lifestyle are recommended, taking supplements could also help. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Health Ministry Acknowledges 800 Deaths From 'Watery Diarrhoea', in 2017
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -Sudan's Health Minister Mohamed Abuzeid has acknowledged that 800 out 36,000 cases infected with acute watery diarrhoea resulted in fatalities last year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 22, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ice and soda water are contaminated with FAECES at Wetherspoon, Slug and Lettuce, and Hungry Horse
Five of the UK's leading pub chains - which also included Harvester and Two For One - have the faecal bacteria coliform in their ice and soda water, which can lead to severe diarrhoea. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ice and soda water are contaminated with FAECES at Wetherspoon, Slug and Lettuce, and Hungry House
Five of the UK's leading pub chains - which also included Harvester and Two For One - have the faecal bacteria coliform in their ice and soda water, which can lead to severe diarrhoea. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
E. coli warning - the vegetable you should AVOID after ‘life-threatening’ outbreak
E.coli symptoms include a high fever, diarrhoea, and having stomach cramps. The public have been warned to avoid eating romaine lettuce after an outbreak of the bacterial infection was reported in the US. These are the warning signs of the E.coli bacterial infection to look out for. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Poo transplant: The ‘oil change’ treatment for your gut - when would you need it?
POO transplants could help to boost the health of the gut, and to avoid symptoms of bacterial infections, including C.difficile ’s nausea, dehydration, diarrhoea and weight loss. When would you need a faecal microbiota transplantation, and how could it boost your immune system? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New study aims to reduce the use of oral antibiotics for ear infections in children
Middle ear infections, known medically as acute otitis media (AOM), are common painful infections in children, for which there are up to three million treatment episodes in England and Wales each year. They are often treated with antibiotics by mouth. However, these can cause side effects like rashes, diarrhoea and vomiting, and their over-use contributes to the growing global health threat of antibiotic resistance. Researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Southampton, King ’ s College London and Imperial College London, are collaborating on a new study to investigate alternative treatments, which they hope will red...
Source: University of Bristol news - November 16, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
Sudan: Concerns Over Spread of Disease Following Rains in Port Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Port Sudan -The residents of Port Sudan, capital of eastern Sudan's Red Sea state, have complained of the spread of flies and mosquitoes due to recent rains. They expressed concern over the emergence and spread of diseases of ophthalmic, malaria, diarrhoea, and typhoid. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 12, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Norovirus UK warning: Where you're most likely to get infected with the vomiting bug
NOROVIRUS symptoms include diarrhoea and being sick, and it has the nickname ‘the winter vomiting bug’. With reported 2018 infection outbreaks on the rise, where in the UK are you most likely to become infected with the virus? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cleaners at the forefront of needlestick injuries
Almost two thirds of workers who successfully claim compensation for needlestick injuries are cleaners – mainly because the needles weren’t correctly disposed.
“These figures are a timely reminder of the risks to health and safety posed by used needlesticks, and how they can affect staff in all sectors, and not just clinical staff,” warned UNISON assistant national health and safety officer Robert Baughan.
He was speaking at the start of European Health and Safety Week, which focuses this year on hazardous substances.
A UNISON analysis of nearly 100 successful compensation claims for needlestick injuries lodged by ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - October 22, 2018 Category: Food Science Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article Eurohsweek european health and safety week health and safety reps needlesticks Source Type: news
Multi-strain probiotic reduces chemotherapy-induced diarrhoea [ESMO 2018 Press Release]
(European Society for Medical Oncology) A high concentration of multi-strain probiotic helps to reduce mild to moderate episodes of chemotherapy-induced diarrhoea (CID) in cancer patients, according to results of a phase II/III study in India. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 22, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Women may experience more side effects than men during gastric cancer chemotherapy
(The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust) Women may experience certain chemotherapy side-effects including nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, mouth ulceration and hair loss more frequently than men, according to a new analysis of oesophageal and stomach cancer patients. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 18, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Bacteria that cause diarrhoea survive the high temperatures used in hospital laundries
Researchers from De Montfort University found that C.difficile spores are present at levels sufficient to cause an outbreak even after sheets are washed as set out by the NHS' healthcare laundry policy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria:Save the Children Seeks End to Diarrhoea Infection
[Vanguard] The Chief of Party, Save the Children's Stop Diarrhea Initiative, Dr David Atamewalen has called on parents and teachers to join hands with other stakeholders to curb diarrhoea among children under the age of 5. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 16, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
