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Decision-support tool could reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for child diarrhea

A decision-support tool that could be accessed via mobile devices may help clinicians in lower-resource settings avoid unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for children with diarrhea, a study published today in eLife shows. The preliminary findings suggest that incorporating real-time environmental, epidemiologic, and clinical data into an easy-to-access, electronic tool could help clinicians appropriately treat children with […]

Health Problems

Treatment of Graves’ disease

Graves’ disease is a toxic form of hyperthyroidism that may require immediate treatment. Treatment includes antithyroid drugs or medications, radiation therapy with radioactive iodine and surgery. Hyperthyroidism due to Graves’ disease is, in general, easily controlled and safely treated and treatment is almost always successful. However, with most therapies for hyperthyroidism there is an eventual […]

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What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Irritable bowel syndrome, commonly called IBS, is a chronic condition affecting the gastrointestinal system. It is also called spastic colon or colitis, irritable colon or mucus colitis. It may be greatly distressing. At least one in five Americans has some symptoms of IBS and this makes the condition one of the commonest diagnosed disorders in […]

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Important recall: this sausage diseases threatening diarrhea

Callback started: sausage E. Coli could contain germs The Hans Gasser GmbH from the Austrian Mayrhofen has started a recall for the raw sausage “Wild roots.”. According to the company, the sausage with Vero could be contaminated-/Shigatoxin-forming Escherichia coli (VTEC/STEC). These germs can lead to health problems. Possible contamination with harmful bacteria The Hans Gasser […]

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Attention recall: This type of sausage is being recalled due to potential bacterial contamination

Callback started: sausage E. Coli could contain germs The Hans Gasser GmbH from the Austrian Mayrhofen has started a recall for the raw sausage “Wild roots.”. According to the company, the sausage with Vero could be contaminated-/Shigatoxin-forming Escherichia coli (VTEC/STEC). These germs can lead to health problems. Possible contamination with harmful bacteria The Hans Gasser […]