Results from the first study to investigate the effect of the UK’s ‘Cleanyourhands’ campaign concluded that the drive has helped to reduce rates of some healthcare-associated infections such as MRSA and clostridium difficile.
Clinical update on helicobacter pylori
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In his latest Clinical Update, Gary Culliton looks at advances in the prevention, treatment and eradication of H.pylori highlighted at the recent European Helicobacter Study Group conference in Dublin.
When the immune system fails — immunodeficiency
April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Prof Conleth Feighery and Dr Cariosa Lee-Brennan of St James’s Hospital examine how best to identify and treat primary immunodeficiency conditions.
Clinical update on pneumococcal disease
March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In his latest Clinical Update, Gary Culliton looks at recent developments in the area of adult vaccination and invasive pneumococcal disease.
A wide variety of causes identified
March 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In his latest Clinical Update, Gary Culliton looks at recent developments in the field of asthma, including research on how cytokines that cause the problem may be blocked.
Prospect of ‘personalised’ anti-viral therapy
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In his latest Clinical Update, Gary Culliton looks at recent developments in the treatment of the hepatitis C virus and advances made possible by new protease inhibitor therapies.
Giardiasis linked to risk of ongoing IBS and chronic fatigue symptoms
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Infection with the intestinal parasite giardia lamblia more than triples the risk of persistent irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and chronic fatigue, lasting up to three years, indicates research published online in Gut.
Optimising the body’s own mechanisms to fight disease
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A group at UCD is researching the effects on electrical activity in their brain, which is related to learning, of a chemical found in high concentrations in Alzheimer’s disease patients. The group — led by Dr Caroline Herron, Senior Lecturer at UCD’s School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science — is investigating the effects of agents [...]
Reducing spread of H1N1 among children
June 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A targeted programme of preventive antiviral medication, combined with the use of hand sanitisers and surface contamination, was associated with containing the spread of the H1N1 virus in a summer camp setting, according to a new report. With rare exceptions, the H1N1 virus has retained sensitivity to the antiviral medication oseltamivir phosphate. The drug has [...]
RSV vaccination may offer health benefit
June 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Among infants and children hospitalised in Kenya with severe pneumonia, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) appears to be the predominant virus detected, according to a new study. In the study, doctors examined the viral causes of severe pneumonia among infants and children at a rural Kenyan district hospital using comprehensive and sensitive molecular diagnostic techniques. Participants [...]
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