News articles tagged with 'poisoning' (Page 2)
Medication effective for acute liver failure in early stages of disease
— 9 Oct 2009 09:44 | HealthThe antidote for acute liver failure caused by acetaminophen poisoning also can treat acute liver failure due to most other causes if given before severe injury occurs, UT Southwestern…
No evidence that WHO-recommended treatment for insecticide poisoning improves survival
— 30 Jun 2009 12:54 | HealthA study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine finds no evidence to suggest that a controversial antidote recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to…
Reengineering a food poisoning microbe to carry medicines and vaccines
— 15 Jun 2009 19:53 | HealthScientists have used genetic engineering to tame one of the most deadly food poisoning microbes and turn it into a potential new way of giving patients medicine and vaccines in pills…
Pediatric carbon monoxide poisoning linked to video games after Hurricane Ike
— 27 May 2009 08:50 | HealthHours after Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Texas, more than two million homes were without power, which left some scrambling to preserve food and others looking for ways to entertain…
Study finds homicidal poisoning rising, more likely in infants and elderly
— 8 May 2009 04:24 | HealthHomicidal poisonings are rare but on the rise - and infants are the most common victims - according to a new University of Georgia study that aims to raise awareness of this often overlooked…
Alternative medicine and heavy metal poisoning
— 24 Oct 2008 14:02 | HealthMany Ayurvedic medicines can contain dangerous quantities of heavy metals, including lead, mercury, thallium and arsenic, according to clinical toxicology specialists in London writing…
Scientific hunch poised to save thousands from toxic fish poisoning
— 22 Oct 2008 10:26 | HealthA neuroscientist at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute has found a way to combat a debilitating illness that affects an estimated 50,000 people a year in tropical regions…
How Salmonella bacteria contaminate salad leaves - it's not rocket science
— 4 Sep 2008 19:28 | HealthHow Salmonella bacteria can cause food poisoning by attaching to salad leaves is revealed in new research presented 3 September at the 21st International ICFMH Symposium 'Food Micro…
Researchers provide solution to world's worst mass poisoning case
— 3 Sep 2008 15:59 | HealthA solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast. Currently…
Chronic lead poisoning from urban soils
— 23 Aug 2008 15:58 | HealthChronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated…