Infections
05 Jul 2014
Wound care: Dr Joe Kosterich
Wound healing usually happens automatically after simple first aid. But if infections affect wounds, extra care may be needed, or treatments such as antibiotics.
Children's health
26 May 2014
Vaccine could offer protection against ear infections
A team of international researchers has moved a step closer to developing a vaccine to protect against middle ear infection, currently the most common infection…
Children's health
20 Apr 2014
Evolution of whooping cough bacterium could reduce
The bacterium that causes whooping cough, Bordetella pertussis, has changed – most likely in response to the vaccine used to prevent the disease – with…
Children's health
11 Feb 2014
Well-Child Visits Linked to More Than 700,000 Subsequent Flu-like Illnesses
New research shows that well-child doctor appointments for annual exams and vaccinations are associated with an increased risk of flu-like illnesses in children and family…
Infections
27 Oct 2013
Protease inhibitors (PIs)
Protease inhibitors (PIs) act on the HIV viral enzyme protease, which is responsible for assembling new virus particles. Blocking viral protease slows the production and…
Children's health
25 Oct 2013
Diagnosing and treating sore throat should be part of overall strategy to prevent rheumatic heart disease
Diagnosing and treating sore (strep) throat (primary prevention) in children and adolescents to prevent such cases developing into acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) should be a cornerstone in any overall RHD strategy. The issues around primary prevention are discussed in one of the papers in the…
Children's health
25 Oct 2013
Viral infection disrupts neural development in offspring, increasing risk of autism
Activating a mother’s immune system during her pregnancy disrupts the development of neural cells in the brain of her offspring and damages the cells’ ability to transmit signals and communicate with one another, researchers with the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Department of Neurology have found. They said the…
Infections
13 Oct 2013
NRTIs (Nucleoside/Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors)
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the cornerstone of treating the HIV infection. Nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) try to inhibit the key viral enzyme…
Children's health
10 Oct 2013
Measles cases on the rise in US, vaccine encouraged
Prior to the use of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination, hundreds of those infected with the measles would die yearly, tens of thousands would be hospitalized and around 1,000 cases would result in chronic disability. Decades later, after believing that endemic transmission of this highly contagious illness was eradicated in the United…
