Family Medicine News

National handwashing campaign reduces incidence of Staphylococcus aureus infection in Australia’s hospitals

15.04.2019 Health Problems

Since its implementation in 2009, the National Australian Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) has seen significant, sustained improvements in hand hygiene compliance among Australian healthcare workers, and reduced risks of potentially fatal healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus infection, according to new research being presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April), and published […]

A+ Parents! Chrissy Teigen, John Legend Take Luna to Disneyland for B-Day

14.04.2019 Kids Health

Best … parents … ever! Chrissy Teigen and John Legend treated their daughter, Luna, to a Disneyland trip ahead of her third birthday. The couple’s eldest child, whose birthday actually falls on Sunday, April 14, visited the Anaheim, California, theme park on Friday, April 12. The model, 33, the singer, 40, Luna and the pair’s 10-month-old son, Miles, posed for […]

ICU patients with non-brain-related injuries may suffer undetected cognitive dysfunction

13.04.2019 Health Problems

A new study led by Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that most patients entering hospital intensive care units (ICU) for non-brain-related injuries or ailments also suffer from some level of related cognitive dysfunction that currently goes undetected in most cases. The findings were published today in the influential scientific journal, PLOS ONE. Many patients spend time […]

I feel you: Emotional mirror neurons found in rats

13.04.2019 Health Problems

Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have found that the rat brain activates the same cells when they observe the pain of others as when they experience pain themselves. In addition, without the activity of these mirror neurons, the animals no longer share the pain of others. Finding the neural basis for sharing the emotions of others is an […]

13 Easter Basket Ideas Your Kids Will Love

13.04.2019 Kids Health

Forget pre-made Easter baskets — they’re stuffed with chocolate and cheap plastic toys and typically suggest that the Easter Bunny/the big retail boss is still in the dark ages when it comes to gender equality. This year, why not ditch the pre-made baskets and go for something that will really make your kids’ eyes light up on Good Friday (and […]

True Turns 1! Kardashian Family Showers Khloe’s Baby With Love on Birthday

13.04.2019 Kids Health

The time has come! Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson’s daughter, True, celebrated her first birthday on Friday, April 12, and the Kardashian family showered her with sweet messages. Even before her baby girl’s big day arrived, the Strong Looks Better Naked author, 34, opened up about how emotional she was feeling. “Is it weird that I think I’m having anxiety […]

Prevalence of extragenital STDs high in men who have sex with men

12.04.2019 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—Extragenital (rectal and pharyngeal) chlamydia and gonorrhea are prevalent among men who have sex with men (MSM), according to research published in the April 12 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Michelle L. Johnson Jones, M.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues examined the prevalence of extragenital sexually transmitted diseases […]

Baby with genetic material from three parents born

12.04.2019 Kids Health

In Greece, researchers have fathered a child with the genetic material of three people to help a barren woman’s own offspring. The Baby, a Boy, came Tuesday morning, with a weight of 2960 grams of to the world, informed the Greek treatment centre, Institute of Life (IVF). He was in good health. In the case of the mother it is […]

Anesthesia sends neurons down the wrong path in unborn rat babies

12.04.2019 Health Problems

While there has long been discussion whether exposure to anesthesia affects brain development, new Rush University Medical Center research published in the journal Cerebral Cortex describes how prenatal anesthesia in rats seems to disrupt the “precisely choreographed” and timed migration of neurons to the area of the developing brain where thinking, memory and language occur. The finding further fuels the […]

Loss of a DNA repair system creates a unique vulnerability in many cancer types

11.04.2019 Health Problems

Cancer cells adapt to potentially fatal mutations and other molecular malfunctions by adjusting one or more other genes’ activity, in the process becoming dependent on those genes for their survival and growth. The resulting genetic dependencies may provide targets for developing new precision-guided drugs or other cancer treatment strategies. Reporting in Nature, researchers led by members of the Cancer Dependency […]

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