Antimicrobial May Harm Developing Nervous System
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Prolonged exposure to a germ killer widely used in industry and in household and personal care products, stunts the growth of developing nerves in the brains of rats, according to new research.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- West Nile virus may be especially harmful to organ transplant recipients, placing them at high risk for severe neurological illness, according to a study in the August issue of the Archives of Neurology.
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Curis Inc. said it received $5.4 million from the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation to identify drugs that could be used to treat the disease, a leading genetic cause of infant and toddler death. Curis, of Cambridge, will look for promising compounds that affect motor neurons, the nerve cells that degenerate in patients with the disorder, which affects more than 25,000 ...
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A low-cost antibiotic which has  performed well in tests should be given to all HIV children in  developing countries to prevent infections such as pneumonia  and reduce deaths, scientists said on Friday.
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Benefits of an antibiotic linked to rare reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, outweigh its risks in treating pneumonia but not less serious bacterial infections like bronchitis and sinusitis, federal health advisers said Friday.
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Nutrition in the first weeks of life could have a profound impact on the way the brain develops, research suggests.
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[Health India]: Washington, Nov 16 : Activation of brain&#39;s immune system might be the real culprit behind autism, a Johns Hopkins study has found.
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Children with autism have  inflammation in their brains, although it is not yet clear  whether the inflammation actually causes the condition,     researchers said on Monday.
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They found that frequent use of these products during pregnancy and early childhood was associated with increased incidence of earaches and diarrhea in infants and depression and headaches in mothers, BBC News Online reported.
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It's one of the grimmest threats to premature babies: Their immature intestines break down. They can't be fed. In the worst cases, holes in the bowel let bacteria leak into the blood &#151; and kill.
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Exposure to a younger sibling's  infections during the first six years of life helps the elder  child's immune system develop and cuts the risk of multiple  sclerosis later on, Australian researchers said on Tuesday.
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According to a study in the Nov. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, infections in extremely low birth-weight infants are associated with impaired cognitive development and physical growth problems.
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By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- A bacterium that is becoming more resistant to first-line antibiotics is causing record numbers of skin infections in otherwise healthy children, according to a new study.    The bacterium, called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is also emerging as a cause of pneumonia, which can be fatal...
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The smallest premature babies, already at high risk of brain damage, are likely to develop even more mental disorders if they get any infection in the first weeks of life, researchers said on Tuesday.
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A new research conducted at Monash University has revealed that primitive nerve cells, grown from stem cells in the lab, could reduce symptoms of an MS-type illness when injected into mice.
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Washington - World Health Organisation (WHO) and United States medical experts have warned that the increasing ability of bacteria to resist antibiotics threatens the existing arsenal of drugs against dangerous infectious diseases.
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LONDON - All children with HIV in developing countries should take a low-cost antibiotic because it could nearly halve the death rate, researchers say.