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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Diarrhea, stomach ache and nausea: The many ways COVID-19 can affect your gut
Media reports earlier this week described a Queensland nurse with stomach pains who went on to test positive for COVID-19. Could stomach pains be another symptom of COVID-19? And if you have stomach pains, should you get tested? Although we might think of COVID-19 as a respiratory disease, we know it involves the gut. In […]
People Are Getting Diarrhea from Swimming in Public Pools—Here's How to Protect Yourself
Fourth of July is right around the corner, meaning many across the country are gearing up to go for a swim either in a community pool or one in their own backyard. But the CDC is warning about an illness that’s on the rise that can be spread via contaminated pool water. The illness is […]
Consequences of Ebola: the quadrupling of Malaria threatens the victim
Diseases such as Malaria and pneumonia could cost as indirect consequences of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, substantially more than in past years. The clinics are busy and the staff overwhelmed, which complicates the treatment of other diseases. In West Africa, the Horror has a name: Ebola. But the highly contagious Virus is just […]
Black Food – Fashionable but unhealthy: beware of these dark-colored foods
Activated carbon: Black Food better avoid Burgers, pizzas, Smoothies: more and more food products are colored with active carbon black. Consumer advocates warn of the so-called Black Food. The consumption of such food can sometimes affect the health damage and the effect of drugs. Coal-black burgers and pizzas In the social media, a series of […]
German chicken in trade infested often with dangerous diarrhea germs
More and more chicken meat with bacteria contaminated? It’s been known for some years that more and more chicken meat is contaminated in the retail sale of dangerous germs. This is made from consumer activists and politicians, especially the Hygiene in the slaughterhouses responsible. In the food retail sector, more than any second fresh meat […]
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 […]
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 […]