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- Otitis Media (Ear Infection)
Otitis media is an infection or inflammation of the middle ear. This inflammation often begins when infections that cause sore throats, colds, or other respiratory or breathing problems spread to the middle ear. These can be viral or bacterial infections. Seventy-five percent of children experience at least one episode of otitis media by their third birthday. Almost half of these children will have three or more ear infections during their first 3 years. It is estimated that medical costs and...
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Intranasal SARS Vaccine Protects Monkeys from Infection
A single dose of a test vaccine sprayed into the nose protects monkeys against the SARS virus, according to Alexander Bukreyev, Ph.D., Peter Collins, Ph.D., and coworkers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, published in the June 26 issue of the British journal The Lancet, is the third recently issued by NIAID that describes a promising candidate vaccine against SARS. This vaccine differs from the...
National Institutes of Health
- Pet Turtles Pose Risk of Salmonella
Infection for Infants and Small Children
The Houston Office of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging consumers not to purchase live, baby turtles, with a carapace (shell) of less than 4 inches, as pets. The FDA has been alerted to a resurgence in sales of live, baby turtles in Houston area malls. FDA prohibited the distribution and sale of baby turtles with shells 4 inches in length or less in 1970 after a quarter million infants and small children were diagnosed with having turtle-associated salmonellosis. The agency...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Parasitic Roundworm Diseases
A parasite is a living being or organism that exists by depending on another organism. Parasites that infect humans are much more widespread than many people realize. These diseases affect not only poverty-stricken peoples in remote areas of the world, but they also can be important health problems for rich and poor throughout the world, including the United States. As with other parasitic diseases, roundworm infections are more common in warm climates than in cooler, temperate areas. Many...
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) in Adults
Pyelonephritis is a kidney infection, usually from bacteria that have spread from the bladder. Possible causes of infection include the following: infections in the bladder use of a catheter to drain urine from the bladder use of a cystoscope to examine the bladder and urethra surgery on the urinary tract conditions such as prostate enlargement and kidney stones that prevent the efficient flow of urine from the bladder Symptoms and signs include back, side, and groin pain; urgent, frequent...
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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- HPV Infection Common Among Females In US
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
- Obesity associated with hip complications
The Earth Times - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:59 EST
- Stem Cells Determine Their Daughters' Fate
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Second Human Bird Flu Infection Suspected In Laos
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Flu Shot Cuts Kids' Infection Risk in Half
MedicineNet - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
Clinical Trials
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- Valganciclovir to Prevent Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patients Following Donor Stem Cell Transplantation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00016068 - Active, not recruiting
Infection
- Infection Surveillance in Intensive Care Patients
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00197847 - Active, not recruiting
Infection; Pneumonia; Sepsis; Cross Infection
- Levofloxacin to Prevent Infection Following Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors or Lymphoma
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005590 - Active, not recruiting
Cancer; Infection
- Valacyclovir in Preventing Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patients Who Are Undergoing Donor Stem Cell Transplantation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00045292 - Active, not recruiting
Cancer; Infection
- The Role of CYP2C19 on the Eradication of H. Pylori Infection:Implication of PK/PD Relationships
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00162877 - Active, not recruiting
Peptic Ulcer With H. Pylori Infection; Gastritis With H. Pylori Infection

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