Maternal deaths worldwide can be addressed by investing in effective technologies and ensuring their availability. The Lancet series highlights key causes, including haemorrhage, sepsis, and obstructed labour.
Environmental samples from food factories and households contained E. sakazakii, highlighting the need for preventive control measures. Health professionals should follow recommendations to handle reconstituted powdered infant formulas with care.
A meta-analysis of 16 randomised trials shows that artesunate is highly effective in treating malaria when added to other antimalarial drugs. The new combination dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine is also found to be highly efficacious in Vietnam, where multidrug-resistant parasites are common.
A randomized, double-blind trial involving 1,484 couples found that Valtrex reduced symptomatic genital herpes transmission by 75% and overall acquisition by 48%. The study showed consistent results with previous studies on recurrences.
In a groundbreaking study, researchers at NYU School of Medicine found that young nerve cells can rewire their developmental timeline, defying long-held assumptions about brain development. This discovery opens up new possibilities for generating neural tissue for replacement therapies.
A team of Duke University Medical Center researchers found that patients with back pain incur significantly higher health-care expenditures than those without back pain. The study's results highlight the substantial economic burden of back pain, which varies widely across patients and demographics.