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  Biosensor detects antibiotic resistance

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 27 May 2013

  JoVE will publish research that demonstrates how a biosensor can detect antibiotic resistance in bacteria. This new technology is a preliminary step in identifying and fighting superbugs, a major… read more.

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  Erasmus virus treated by altering lung cells

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 24 May 2013

  Erasmus virus resets cells’ genes and causes breathing distress and kidney failure.  A new virus that causes severe breathing distress and kidney failure elicits a distinctive airway cell… read more.

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  Low Vit D levels a risk factor for pneumonia

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 23 May 2013

  A study showed that low serum vitamin D levels are a risk factor for pneumonia. The risk of contracting pneumonia was more than 2.5 times greater in subjects… read more.

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  Guidelines on EIB

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 23 May 2013

  The American Thoracic Society has released new official clinical practice guidelines on the diagnosis and management of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), the acute airway narrowing that occurs as a… read more.

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  Children may be ‘allergic to school’

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 22 May 2013

  Chalk dust can contain milk protein, triggering respiratory symptoms.  Many of today’s school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands and classrooms clean. But according to a… read more.

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  Children may be 'allergic to school'

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 22 May 2013

  Chalk dust can contain milk protein, triggering respiratory symptoms.  Many of today’s school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands and classrooms clean. But according to a… read more.

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  House dust protein spurs asthma

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 22 May 2013

  A bacterial protein in common house dust may worsen allergic responses to indoor allergens, according to research conducted by the National Institutes of Health and Duke University. The… read more.

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  Naltrexone may lessen chronic pain

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 21 May 2013

  Low doses of the opioid antagonist naltrexone  may relieve pain associated with fibromyalgia compared with placebo by targeting the immune pathway of pain, researchers said.

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  Ablation possible when steroid injections fail

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 21 May 2013

  Patients with low back pain who don’t respond robustly to intra-articular steroid injections may still be candidates for treatment with radiofrequency ablation (RFA), researchers said here.

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  Aggression linked to second-hand smoke

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 21 May 2013

  Groundbreaking study controls for smoking during pregnancy and antisocial parents.  Children who are exposed to second-hand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically… read more.

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  Gabapentin decreases PHN

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 20 May 2013

  Gabapentin treatment helped more than half of patients achieve relief from postherpetic neuralgia pain (PHN) in a “real-world clinical practice,” researchers said here.

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  Smartphone improves colonoscopy

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 20 May 2013

  The use of a smartphone application significantly improves patients’ preparation for a colonoscopy, according to new research.  The preparation process, which begins days in advance of the procedure,… read more.