Probiotics may be fatal in acute pancreatitis: study
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"Good" bacteria commonly found in probiotic yogurts and drinks may be fatal for people with severe cases of pancreatitis, Dutch researchers said on Thursday.
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It is well known that people  with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of pancreatic  cancer, and now it seems that the risk extends to those with  type 1 diabetes, researchers report. However, they point out  that the risk is still very small.
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Probiotic yoghurts are used to cut the risk of patients developing superbugs at a Sussex hospital trust.
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A drug commonly used to control diabetes increases the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, researchers reported yesterday in the latest episode to raise safety concerns about a widely prescribed drug.
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Taking vitamin D cut the risk of pancreatic cancer nearly in half, according to a new study that is being called the first to show such a benefit.
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NEW YORK  - Over two years ago, the case of  a man who died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York after  donating a portion of his liver to his brother gained a lot of  media attention. According to a report published this month,  fulminant gas gangrene of the stomach was the cause of death.
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NEW YORK  - Probiotics sold over the counter often don't contain enough live bacteria to be effective, according to a new report from ConsumerLab.com.
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A common antibiotic prescribed for 50 years to treat everything from strep throat to syphilis dramatically increases the risk of cardiac arrest, especially when taken with certain newer, popular drugs, a study found.
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have a sonar-like system that enables them to zero in on and destroy other bacteria or normal cells, says a study in the Dec. 24 issue of the journal Science.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDayNews) -- A new drug is effective against potentially fatal fungal infections in cancer patients, researchers report.
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People who take vitamin D tablets  are half as likely to get deadly pancreatic cancer as people  who do not, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Oral supplementation with the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri to the mother during pregnancy and to the infant after birth may help reduce the development of eczema and allergy associated with immunoglobulin E, a key protein involved in the allergic response, according to Swedish researchers.
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An antibiotic often used in hospital intensive care units to treat serious staph infections resistant to other medicines may cause a sometimes-fatal bleeding condition, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Taking lactobacillus by mouth or vaginally does not appear to prevent yeast infections in women when they take antibiotics, as frequently happens, according to new research findings.
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The antibiotic is erythromycin. And the complication is sudden death. This is an antibiotic that most of us have been prescribed at some time or the other in our lives.
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NEW YORK  - Eating lots of sugar and sugar-sweetened foods could increase a person's likelihood of developing cancer of the pancreas, by far one of the deadliest types of cancer, Swedish researchers report.
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A Washington state family that has lost nine members to pancreatic cancer is helping researchers better understand the disease. After 10 years research, scientists at the University of Washington identified a gene important in the inherited form of pancreatic cancer &#151; one of the deadliest forms. The finding could help diagnose the disease earlier and treat it.