Foot Blog News this Week- Issue 5
No special risk factors for CA-MRSA Infections
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) – A person doesn’t have any special risk factors to get community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureas, or CA-MRSA, says a U.S. study.
Dr. Loren Miller and colleagues at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center found no reliable epidemiological or clinical risk factors that could distinguish patients with CA-MRSA infection from patients with CA-MSSA infection.
Calcium, vitamin D reduce stress fractures
OMAHA, Feb. 12 (UPI) — Calcium and vitamin D supplementation can significantly reduce stress fractures in female military recruits, according to a U.S. study.
The randomized, double-blind study looked at 5,201 female U.S. Navy recruits during eight weeks of basic training from 2002 to 2006 at Great Lakes Naval Station near Chicago.
New genes point to diabetes risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers said on Sunday they had homed in on five areas of DNA that could account for 70 percent of the genetic risk for type-2 diabetes.They identified four different areas of genetic variation that conferred a significant risk of developing diabetes and confirmed that a fifth area, a gene called TCF7L2 suspected in diabetes, is associated with the disease.
Novartis maps genome of type-2 diabetes
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG said it has mapped the genome of a large group of type-2 diabetes patients, enabling scientists to better search for the genes causing the disease.The company, working together with the Lund University and The Broad Institute scientific centers, said on Monday it has mapped all genes of a group of patients and compared them with those of healthy individuals.
New Hospital Gowns To Combat MRSA
Medical News Today -11 Feb 2007- The fight against the MRSA bug will take a step forward this week when a new-style hospital gown goes on trial at a London hospital.The patient gown combines a new and innovative design with an anti-microbial finish that controls the growth of bacteria.
The gown’s unique design aims to reduce the spread of infection by minimising patient handling. It facilitates access to the patient’s body for examination and makes it easier to change than regular gowns. Less patient handling means less contact with nurse’s uniforms which reduces the chance of cross-contamination.
Causal Link Between Antibiotic Prescription And Antibiotic Resistance
Medical News Today:
Article Date: 11 Feb 2007 – The link between antimicrobial use and increasing resistance is established in an Article in this week’s issue of The Lancet. This information should be a vital warning to physicians of the consequences of inappropriate and uncontrolled antibiotic prescribing.Resistance to antibiotics is a major public-health problem. Many previous studies have shown a clear relation between antibiotic use and resistance, but they have been limited to showing an association and not a causal effect.
Diabetic News This Week
- Research Explores Chiropractic’s Effect On Diabetes
- Chromium Picolinate Shows Greater Benefits In Diabetes Care Than Other Forms Of Chromium
- Number Of New Diabetes-related Kidney Failure Patients More Than Doubles In 10 Years
- Major Discovery Is Promising Target For New Diabetes Therapies
- Scientists Find New Genetic Explanation For Type 2 Diabetes
- Interfering With Vagal Nerve Activity In Mice Prevents Diabetes And Hypertension
- New Pan-European Guidelines On The Treatment Of Diabetes, Cardiovascular And Valvular Heart Diseases Published
- Exercise Pivotal In Preventing And Fighting Type II Diabetes
Smoking Pot eases foot pain, HIV patients report
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — Smoking marijuana eased HIV-related pain in some patients in a small study that nevertheless represented one of the few rigorous attempts to find out whether the drug has medicinal benefits.The Bush administration’s Office of National Drug Control Policy quickly sought to shoot holes in the experiment.
The study, conducted at San Francisco General Hospital from 2003 to 2005 and published Monday in the journal Neurology, involved 50 patients suffering from HIV-related foot pain known as peripheral neuropathy. There are no drugs specifically approved to treat that kind of pain.
