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Pneumococcal Vaccine Linked To Less Hospitalizations, Costs For Children Under Age 2
December 3, 2007 — Vaccinating children younger than age 2 with the pneumococcal vaccine appears to be associated with decreased hospitalizations from pneumonia and reduced health care expenses, according to a new ... > full story -
Vaccines Can Improve The Lives Of HIV-Infected Children
November 28, 2007 — A new review shows that HIV increases the risk of pneumococcal infection by up to 40 fold, that the disease is usually due to serotypes in the PCV, and that the vaccine can protect HIV-infected ... > full story -
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US Emergency Department Care For Heart Attacks And Pneumonia Falls Short Of National Goals
October 31, 2007 — Emergency departments across the nation are failing to meet national goals in treating many heart attack and pneumonia patients, according to a new study. An estimated 22,000 preventable deaths ... > full story -
Zinc May Reduce Pneumonia Risk In Nursing Home Elderly
October 22, 2007 — Maintaining normal serum zinc concentration in the blood may help reduce the risk of pneumonia development in elderly nursing home residents. Study participants with normal serum zinc concentrations ... > full story -
Fears About Complications Shouldn't Drive Antibiotic Prescribing, Study Finds
October 18, 2007 — Antibiotics are not justified to reduce the risk of complications after upper respiratory tract infection, sore throat, or ear infection, finds a study published on the British Medical Journal web ... > full story -
Avian Flu -- 1918 and Today -- Protein Enhances Lethality Of Virus
October 10, 2007 — The 1918 influenza virus pandemic was responsible for more than 40 million deaths across the globe. The incredible lethality of the 1918 flu strain is not well understood, despite having been under ... > full story -
Patients With Pneumonia Who Received Pneumococcal Vaccine Have Lower Rate Of Death
October 8, 2007 — Among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, those who had previously received the pneumococcal vaccine had a lower risk of death and admission to the intensive care unit than ... > full story -
Bleeding, Not Inflammation, Is Major Cause Of Early Lung Infection Death
August 27, 2007 — Researchers believe they have discovered why a bacterial lung infection is so lethal in the early stages, and it's not what medical authorities had thought. The study reveals for the first time that ... > full story -
COPD Patients Taking Inhaled Steroids Are At Greater Risk For Severe Pneumonia, Study Finds
July 16, 2007 — Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are increasingly being prescribed inhaled corticosteroids to control exacerbations of the disease, but a new study finds that the ... > full story -
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New Research Spares Children The Pain Of The Needle
June 26, 2007 — Children suffering from pneumonia could be spared the pain of the doctor's needle, thanks to new research. The study discovered that children given oral treatment recovered as quickly, suffered less ... > full story
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