Germ Study Suggests Bloodletting May Work
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WASHINGTON Sept. 9, 2004 - Could that ancient practice of bleeding patients really have done some good? A scientist says new research on how germs thrive in the body suggests it just may have for some people.
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Transfusions of blood products might help to cut deaths in a future flu pandemic, research suggests.
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Blood transfusions can save lives. But they can also spread diseases. Researchers believe this is how at least two people in Britain became infected with the human version of mad cow disease. They say the cases appears to confirm that ...
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A new study suggests the reason for the association may be that antibiotics destroy not only disease-causing microbes, but also those that are helpful to the developing immune system.
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A haemophiliac exposed to contaminated blood products over 20 years ago gives evidence at an independent inquiry.
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Scientists have developed a new way to treat liver failure by manipulating the immune response.
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A new treatment for the age-old scourge of cholera and perhaps a whole new type of antibiotic medicine may emerge from chemicals discovered in an Australian seaweed, new research results suggest.
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A transport system used by the malaria parasite to infect blood cells could be a target for new treatments, scientists have said. Australian and US teams both claim that they have pinpointed the key proteins involved in the process.
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A simple salt-water spray may help cut the spread of germs that cause the majority of respiratory infections, according to a study of 11 volunteers that will appear this week in the
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The government plans to develop an experimental treatment for anthrax from the blood of people vaccinated against it. Such a medicine has never been tested on people, but scientists think it has a good chance of working based on animal tests.
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Researchers find evidence that those who feel guilty crave antiseptic wipes.
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Researchers claim to have  found a way to make MRSA vulnerable to the antibiotic it normally resists.
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The ancient practice of bleeding patients might actually have helped fight some infections, University of Chicago scientists have found.
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In a study to be published Nov. 18 in The New England Journal of Medicine, Stroke Team doctors at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say they may have discovered a new tool to use in the treatment of strokes.
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On a whim, two parents got in on a bloodstream study to find out what kinds of chemicals are in their children's blood. It turned out that in just 18 months, their toddler had amassed more man-made gunk in his body than they'd gotten in decades. It all came from the environment in which he lives, from mattresses, fabrics, and plastic spoons and plates.
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New technologies will shed light on how beneficial bacteria might help our health.
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Scientists say they have found a safer way of controlling genes to treat disease.