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Common Antibiotic Linked to Heart Problems in Patients With Lung Conditions
March 21, 2013 — The antibiotic clarithromycin -- widely used for treating lower respiratory tract infections like pneumonia and acute exacerbations (sudden worsening) of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- may ... > full story -
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First Real-Time, Electronic Tool to Enhance Diagnosis of Pneumonia
March 18, 2013 — Researchers have developed and implemented the first real-time electronic screening tool to identify patients with pneumonia to speed up diagnosis and treatment and improve ... > full story -
Pneumonia Patients Nearly Twice as Likely to Suffer from Depression, Impairments
March 18, 2013 — Long-term cognitive and functional impairments that follow pneumonia hospitalization are comparable to the negative health effects of heart ... > full story -
Steroids May Shorten Hospital Stay for Pneumonia Patients
February 28, 2013 — Patients with pneumonia may spend fewer days in the hospital if they are given steroids along with antibiotics and supportive ... > full story -
Hospitalization: Strong Link Between Income Inequality and Readmission Risk, but Not Mortality
February 14, 2013 — Income inequality is associated with an increased risk of readmission to hospital, but not mortality, finds a large US study of older ... > full story -
The Human Pathogen Streptococcus Pneumonia Shields Foreign DNA Derived from Other Bacteria to Promote Genetic Diversity and Vaccine Evasion
February 14, 2013 — A new report shows that the human pathogen Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae (one of the known causes of bacterial pneumonia) has an unusual enzyme that protects foreign DNA taken up during ... > full story -
GP Judgement Not Enough to Accurately Diagnose Cases of Pneumonia, Study Suggests
January 23, 2013 — Pneumonia cannot be accurately diagnosed solely on a doctor’s analysis of symptoms and patient history, according to new ... > full story -
Stopping Smoking Reduces Risk of Bacterial Pneumonia in People With HIV
January 21, 2013 — Bacterial pneumonia is one of the commonest and most serious infections occurring in people infected with HIV. A metanalysis of cohort and case control studies finds that current smokers with ... > full story -
Widely Used Sedatives/sleeping Pills Linked to Increased Fatal Pneumonia Risk: Benzodiazepines Affect Immune System, Study Suggests
December 5, 2012 — Commonly prescribed sleeping pills/sedatives may increase the risk of contracting pneumonia by as much as 50 percent and increase the risk of dying from it, suggests new ... > full story -
Overweight Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia More Apt to Survive
November 5, 2012 — Medical researchers studied the records of nearly 1000 patients who were admitted to hospital with pneumonia and noted those who were obese were more apt to survive compared to those who were of ... > full story
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