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Adequate Zinc Eases Pneumonia in Elderly, Study Finds
August 10, 2010 — An new study has revealed that a high proportion of nursing facility residents were found to have low serum (blood) zinc concentrations, but those with normal blood zinc concentrations were about 50 ... > full story -
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Antibiotics Improve Survival but Not Comfort for Terminal Dementia Patients With Pneumonia, Study Finds
July 12, 2010 — A new study finds that the use of antibiotics to treat pneumonia in terminal dementia patients presents a "double-edged" sword for health-care providers and family members, finding that antibiotics ... > full story -
Vaccination Key to Preventing Childhood Pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa
May 25, 2010 — Researchers have found that respiratory syncytial virus appears to be the predominant virus detected among infants and children hospitalized in ... > full story -
Receiving Vaccine for Pneumonia by Men Not Associated With Reduced Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
May 4, 2010 — Men 45 years or older who received pneumococcal vaccine were not less likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared to men who did not receive the vaccine, according to a new ... > full story -
Surgeons' Pilot Prevention Program Reduces Incidence of Postoperative Pneumonia
May 3, 2010 — The results of new research results show that a pilot pneumonia-prevention program significantly reduced postoperative pneumonia in a hospital surgical ... > full story -
Vaccines Preventing Pneumococcal Disease Protect African Children With Sickle-Cell Disease
April 28, 2010 — A new study finds that African children who contract pneumococcus -- a bacterial infection that causes pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis -- are 36 times as likely to have sickle-cell disease, a blood ... > full story -
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Computer Model Better Than Clinical Judgment for Diagnosing Fever in Young Children
April 20, 2010 — A computerized diagnostic model outperforms clinical judgment for the diagnosis of fever in young children, and may improve early treatment, a new study ... > full story -
Pneumococcal Vaccine Offers Protection to HIV-Infected African Adults in Clinical Trial
March 3, 2010 — A clinical trial of a vaccine against a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis has shown that it can prevent three out of four cases of re-infection in HIV-infected adults in Africa. The trials, ... > full story -
Kidney Injury Linked to Greater Risk of Death Among Pneumonia Patients
March 2, 2010 — Patients hospitalized with even mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia who develop acute kidney injury (AKI) are more likely to die after discharge than pneumonia patients whose kidneys remain ... > full story -
Toxin Does Not Affect MRSA-Induced Pneumonia
February 24, 2010 — Scientists hve demonstrated that the cytotoxin Paton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) does not affect methicillin-resistant Staphlococcus aureus (MRSA)-induced ... > full story
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