Nearly half of older adults think they ’ll get dementia
But few discuss prevention with their physician Related items fromOnMedica Experts urge radical action on mental health crises Double check patients with ‘penicillin’ allergy to avoid MRSA risk Social prescribing workers to ease GP pressure Scotland launches its ‘Detect Cancer Early’ campaign Midwives demand ‘equivalence’ in prison perinatal care (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 17, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Scientists discover how potent bacterial toxin kills MRSA bacteria
(University of Sheffield) Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered how a potent bacterial toxin is able to target and kill MRSA, paving the way for potential new treatments for superbugs. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 4, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Test can tell whether bacteria is resistant to antibiotics in less than 45 minutes
The new method, developed by experts at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, was tested on staphylococcus aureus and MRSA. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Genetic mutation may help people fight off deadly MRSA infections
Scientists from Duke University analysed 68 people, half of which had a persistent MRSA infection, while the remaining 34 participants managed to clear the bacteria from their bloodstream. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Infection prevention control and organisational patient safety culture within the context of isolation: study protocol
Healthcare associated infection (HCAI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In recent years, there have been high profile successes in infection prevention control (IPC), such as the dramatic reductions in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections (which is viewed as one proxy indicator of overall harm) and Clostridium difficile in the UK. Nevertheless, HCAI remains a costly burden to health services, a source of concern to patients and the public and at present, is receiving priority from policy makers as it contributes to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance. (Source: Curr...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Antibiotic resistance can spread in the absence of drugs
Using mice, scientists have recently identified a mechanism independent of antibiotic use that can spread drug resistance among intestinal bacteria. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
GPs should avoid antibiotics for non-bullous impetigo
NICE proposes use of antiseptic creams instead Related items fromOnMedica Single-dose malaria drug eliminates parasite from liver Patients often avoid vaccinations due to fear of side effects Double check patients with ‘penicillin’ allergy to avoid MRSA risk Ibuprofen not a safe alternative to antibiotics for uncomplicated UTIs Inhaled corticosteroids linked to higher infection risk (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - August 14, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Cigarette smoke increases superbug's antibiotic resistance
Scientists have exposed bacterial strains to cigarette smoke in the laboratory and found that the smoke increased the bacteria's resistance to antibiotics. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
Cigarette smoke makes MRSA more resistant to antibiotics
University of Bath experts exposed six different strains of MRSA - as well as other strains of S aureus - in the lab to tobacco smoke. The findings were published in Scientific Reports. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patients to be offered same-day pharmacy consultations
Scheme could ease pressure on GPs Related items fromOnMedica Double check patients with ‘penicillin’ allergy to avoid MRSA risk Review launched into prescription drug dependency Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030 Criminal sanctions fail to curb illegal drug use Educate teens about cannabis mental health risks (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - July 22, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Fighting HAIs with AI
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) continue to be an ongoing threat to patients. “Despite the best care, patients get infections,†Brian Gross, business lead, genomics for infectious disease at Philips, told MD+DI. Because they are “technically avoidable, there’s pressure on hospitals to drive their numbers down.â€
Healthcare system professionals have struggled with two main problems when trying to identify and act on infection risks, Gross explained. “The problem is two-fold. First, because of current tools, all...
Source: MDDI - July 17, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daphne Allen Tags: Software Source Type: news
Immune system effectiveness appears key to antibiotic success against persistent bacteria
(PLOS) Mathematical modeling suggests that the rate at which a patient's immune system clears slow-growing variants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria is a key determinant of whether antibiotics can cure the infection. Tsuyoshi Mikkaichi and Alexander Hoffmann of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the MRSA Systems Immunobiology Group present this work in PLOS Computational Biology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 11, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Fighting drug resistance with fast, artificial enhancement of natural products
(University of Tokyo) Japanese researchers have identified multiple promising new drug candidates to treat antibiotic-resistant infections, including superbugs. The team developed a new technique to enhance the infection-fighting potential of natural chemicals and test them quickly. In laboratory tests, three of the synthetic molecules that the researchers built are four times more effective at killing bacteria than their natural predecessor, which is itself already an order of magnitude more potent than the current drug used against MRSA, vancomycin. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 8, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Bacterial and Fungal Infections in Persons Who Inject Drugs --- Western New York, 2017
During 2014--2017, CDC Emerging Infections Program surveillance data reported that the occurrence of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections associated with injection drug use doubled among persons aged 18--49 years residing in Monroe County in western New York. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - July 3, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Infection MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) Source Type: news
6 NICU newborns and 6 staff members contract antibiotic-resistant MRSA at Pennsylvania hospital
Six NICU newborns and six workers have tested positive for MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant superbug, at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
