* Measles warning issued for Japan Feb 15, 2008
Patients are also prone to otitis media, pneumonia and encephalitis, Lin said. The centers' recommended immunization schedule for infants states that children at or above the age of 12 months should receive a chicken pox vaccine, and those at or above 15 months should receive the MMR vaccine. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
What we doLucy Tinker talks about being an audiologist Feb 13, 2008
In the paediatric population, the most prevalent cause of hearing impairment is middle ear fluid, often referred to as 'glue ear' or 'otitis media with effusion. Glue ear tends to affect children more often than adults because within the middle ear, the area behind the eardrum, there is a narrow channel called the Eustachian tube which is smaller and more horizontal, making it easier for the tube to become blocked. (BBC News -- Health)
Genetic Link To One Form Of Common Pediatric Illness -- Inflammation Of The Middle Ear Jan 27, 2008
26, 2008) Inflammation of the middle ear (otitis media) is one of the most common pediatric ailments. Young children are particularly prone to otitis media as their Eustachian tubes, which regulate the pressure in the middle ear, have not yet fully developed ... However, other forms of the disease, e.g, otitis media with effusion, which occurs when fluid accumulates in the middle-ear cavity in the absence of an acute ear infection, are linked to auditory or eustachian tube dysfunction. (Science Daily)
Use Of Ear Tubes For Ear Infections Not Consistent With Expert Guidelines, Study Says Jan 11, 2008
Ear tubes may be inserted to treat recurrent episodes of acute otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear), or the persistence of otitis media with effusion (fluid in the middle ear space, but without the symptoms of an acute infection) ... 11, 2002) More children are treated in the U.S. with antibiotics for inflammation of the middle ear, or otitis media, than any other child health problem. (Science Daily)
Nasal Allergy Linked to Chronic Ear Drainage Dec 7, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The findings of a new study suggest that nasal allergies can cause chronic secretory otitis media, a condition involving persistent drainage of fluid from the ear that usually results from ear infections. Dr. Zdenek Pelikan, with the Allergy Research Foundation in Breda, the Netherlands, and associates investigated the possible role of nasal allergy in secretory otitis media in adults and determined if allergy testing in combination with ear examination can help... (MEDLINEplus)
Tamiflu effective for treatment and prevention of influenza in children 1 year and older Nov 16, 2007
In addition there was a 55% reduction in severe ear infections (otitis media) in the Tamiflu group compared to placebo if treatment was started within 24 hours2. Tamiflu given as prevention reduced the incidence of secondary influenza infections3 by 55. (EurekAlert!)
Fears About Complications Shouldn't Drive Antibiotic Prescribing, Study Finds Oct 30, 2007
27, 2007) General practitioners are still prescribing antibiotics for up to 80 percent of cases of sore throat, otitis media, upper respiratory tract infections, and sinusitis, despite the fact that official. (Sep. (Science Daily)
MedImmune to present RSV surveillance and cost-effectiveness data at American Academy of Pediatrics Oct 27, 2007
In clinical trials, the most common adverse events occurring at least 1 percent more frequently in Synagis-treated patients than controls were upper respiratory infection, otitis media, fever and rhinitis. Cyanosis and arrhythmia were seen in children with CHD.. (EurekAlert!)
Ear infection superbug discovered to be resistant to all pediatric antibiotics Oct 17, 2007
Acute otitis media is a bacterial ear infection that causes pain, fluid buildup and hearing loss in the worst cases. Until 2000, one species of bacteria, S. pneumoniae, also called pneumoccous, was the leading cause of otitis media, as well as of pneumonia and meningitis ... Among 1815 children, aged 6 to 36 months, in whom otitis media was diagnosed, tympanocentesis was performed in 212, yielding 59 cases of S pneumoniae infection and 9 cases infected with a serotype 19A strain resistant to all... (EurekAlert!)
A computer for your mouse! Oct 13, 2007
Research on genetic mutations in laboratory mice has led to new models for diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, currently a growing epidemic in the developed world, rheumatoid arthritis and otitis media, an acutely painful condition which affects thousands of children and which can lead to permanent deafness. The success of research programmes in the field, particularly following advances in genome sequencing and other high-throughput technologies means that the volume of data available has become... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Babies Swimming In Public Pools Linked To Infections, Study Shows Oct 9, 2007
Diarrhea and otitis media during the first year of life are especially noteworthy. No increased risks were found for atopic diseases during the first six years. (Science Daily)
Find right strategy to end ear infections Oct 9, 2007
The American Academy of Pediatrics reports middle ear infections clear up without antibiotics in about eight of 10 children with acute otitis media. When nothing else seems to work, ear tubes can be implanted to stop recurrent ear infections. (The Clarion-Ledger)
»World Breastfeeding Week begins today Aug 1, 2007
A greater susceptibility to infections (such as diarrhea, respiratory tract infections, otitis media, pneumonia, urinary infection, necrotizing entercolitis and invasive bacterial infection). Depressed immune system response. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Antibiotic Resistance: Doctors' Antibiotic Prescribing Practices Still Contributing To Problem Jul 28, 2007
General practitioners are still prescribing antibiotics for up to 80% of cases of sore throat, otitis media, upper respiratory tract infections, and sinusitis, despite the fact that official guidance warns against this practice, according to an analysis of the world's largest primary care database of consultations and prescriptions, published in a supplement to the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy ... The ten most common causes of antibacterial prescribing identified in the study were:... (Science Daily)
What you should know about pertussis: Part II Jul 25, 2007
Other potential complications include seizures, encephalopathy, pneumothorax and otitis media. Patients may need hospitalization due to complications. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Essential services must follow the troops Jul 2, 2007
Camped in their tents, the new medics will discover diseases and conditions of poverty they rarely see in the cities, including anaemia, scabies, otitis media, lungs full of life-threatening puss, acute rheumatic heart fever, all illnesses identified by other medical assessors over the past decades. If a doctor finds a child has been sexually abused or neglected, what happens next. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Earlier Initiation of Tamiflu(R) Treatment Improves Clinical Benefits for Children With Influenza Jun 23, 2007
2 percent less likely to develop otitis media (ear infection). While the beneficial effects of Tamiflu treatment over placebo were observed in all analyses, the impact on time to return to normal health (34. (PR Newswire)
OFFICIAL CORRECTION Aurobindo still awaiting cefpodoxime proxetil FDA approval Jun 6, 2007
Cefpodoxime is an oral, third generation cephalosporin antibiotic, mostly used to treat acute otitis media, community acquired pneumonia, uncomplicated urinary tract infections and also skin infections. ami. (Forbes -- Markets)
Autoimmune Neutropenia Jun 6, 2007
Decreased White Blood Cell Counts in Children. These antibodies destroy granulocytic neutrophils. (Suite101.com)
Purification and preliminary crystallization of alanine racemase from Streptococcus pneumoniae May 18, 2007
Clinical isolates from patients with community-acquired pneumonia or otitis media often display resistance to two or more antibiotics. Given the need for new therapeutics, we intend to investigate enzymes of cell wall biosynthesis as novel drug targets. (BioMed Central)
Infections leading cause of kids' hospitalisations: study May 3, 2007
"The most common causes of hospital admissions were respiratory infections such as bronchiolitis, pneumonia and otitis media (ear infections) followed by gastroenteritis," she said. Infections are not often highlighted as a priority health issue but these findings show very clearly the need for all children to have access to good quality health care before these infections become so serious that they require hospitalisation. (IBN News)
Childhood Obesity Appears Linked to Middle Ear Effusion Apr 19, 2007
SEUOL, Korea, April 17 -- The average body mass index in a group of children with otitis media with effusion was about 35% higher than among children with no history of ear infection, found researchers here ... Mean cholesterol levels were also significantly higher in the children with otitis media than among unaffected children, Seung Geun Yeo, M.D., Ph ... Although otitis media with effusion, but without earache or fever, has become frequent in children as has obesity, the association between... (MedPage Today)
Obesity May Be Linked To Middle Ear Effusions In Children Apr 18, 2007
Childhood obesity may be associated with a condition known as otitis media with effusion, which consists of fluid build-up in the middle ear space without symptoms of acute ear infection, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Otitis media with effusion, a condition in which fluid is retained in the middle ear space, but without earache, fever or other symptoms, has become increasingly frequent in children,... (Science Daily)
Can Too Much Weight Cause Ear Infections in Kids? Apr 17, 2007
Technically, the children suffered from a form of ear infection known as otitis media with effusion ... "That means that their eustachian tubes that drain their ears are narrowed, and that can lead to otitis media with effusion. Even worse, as the diameter of their nose and airway is reduced, these people can develop snoring and sleep apnea.". (Forbes)
Childhood obesity linked to middle-ear problem Apr 17, 2007
In otitis media with effusion (OME), the middle ear is inflamed as fluid builds up ... "In comparing children with and without otitis media with effusion, we found that childhood obesity was significantly higher in children with otitis media with effusion," the authors concluded in April issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery ... "Childhood obesity may be associated with the occurrence of otitis media with effusion.". (CBC News)
Vaccine Significantly Reduces Childhood Pneumonia Cases Apr 7, 2007
However, it also protects from other common infections, such as pneumonia and ear infections (otitis media). The team studied hospital admissions for pneumonia nationwide during two periods - 1997 to 1999 - and - 2001 to 2004. (Medical News Today)
Strep Vaccine for Kids Cuts Pneumonia Even Among Adults Apr 7, 2007
The report comes just days after researchers reported on another aspect of the vaccine -- its effect on otitis media. In that study, they found that the main beneficiaries of the vaccine were those prone to repeated ear infections. (MedPage Today)
Vaccine Cuts U.S. Child Pneumonia Rate By 39% Apr 6, 2007
"It was believed that the primary focus of the vaccine was on diseases such as meningitis and bacteremia, but this vaccine also has the ability to protect against more common infections like pneumonia and otitis media (ear infections)," he said. In the study, Grijalva's team used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample -- the largest inpatient database available in the United States -- to collect statistics on hospital admissions for pneumonia among children under 2 years of age. (Health-Finder)
Vaccine Helps Prevent Ear Infections Apr 4, 2007
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the vaccine combats the seven most common strains of pneumococcal bacteria behind otitis media (middle ear infection) ... Study co-author J. Pekka Nuorti, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, estimates that the PCV7 vaccine prevents two million cases of otitis media in children under two years of age in the U.S. annually ... "Parents shouldn't think that just because... (Scientific American)
Can vaccine help Utah's kids? Apr 3, 2007
"I would just temper it with the fact that you may still see otitis media [ear infections] because we have different serotypes in our community," she said. Lisieski is still deciding whether to opt for ear tube surgery for her son. (Salt Lake Tribune)
Bacteria-killing viruses fight ear infections too Mar 26, 2007
It was like magic," said Dr. Jonathan McCullers of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Years of testing must be done to make sure the treatment is safe, but it was 100 percent effective in mice, McCullers and colleagues report in Friday's issue of the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Pathogens. As many as 80 percent of children in the United States have at least one ear infection in early childhood -- a condition known as acute otitis media. It causes pain and... (Reuters)
Viral Enzyme Clears Ear Infection In Mice Mar 24, 2007
March 23 -- Clinicians may one day give children a weekly nasal spray of viral enzyme to prevent acute otitis media, researchers said here ... Explain to interested patients that acute otitis media is a major cause of disease among young children, and much of it is caused by a single species of bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Explain that in this study an enzyme derived from a virus that preys on bacteria was used to destroy S. pneumoniae in mice, which prevented the development of otitis... (MedPage Today)
Viral enzyme recruited in fight against ear infection Mar 23, 2007
St. Jude study success in using virus enzyme to treat mouse model of acute otitis media suggests that nasal spray could prevent both ear infection and pneumonia in people with influenza ... Middle ear infection, also called acute otitis media, is an inflammation of the middle ear space that can cause pain, fever, irritability, lack of appetite and vomiting ... About half of all children carry the bacteria that cause acute otitis media, which migrate from the nose and throat to the middle ear... (EurekAlert!)
FDA Extends Marketing Exclusivity for LEVAQUIN(R) Mar 15, 2007
This decision was based on five, company-sponsored pediatric studies conducted at the request of the FDA. The studies included trials to determine the pharmacokinetic profile and the efficacy and safety of LEVAQUIN in children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and recurrent and/or persistent acute otitis media. The studies were conducted in close collaboration with leaders in the pediatric and infectious disease communities and in consultation with the FDA. LEVAQUIN is not indicated for... (PR Newswire)
New Report Says Secondhand Smoke Costs Minnesota $215.7 Million Annually Mar 2, 2007
Diseases caused by secondhand smoke in infants and children include low birth weight, acute lower respiratory illness, otitis media, middle ear effusion, and asthma. The study calculated the proportion of each disease caused by secondhand smoke and found that at least 66,000 Minnesotans are treated for diseases caused by secondhand smoke each year. (PR Newswire)
Recurrent Middle Ear Infections Can Have A Major Impact On Children's Development Feb 7, 2007
Study author, Dr Heather Winskel, from the University's School of Psychology, says middle ear infection or otitis media (OM) is the most common childhood illness. "At least 70% of children are likely to experience at least one episode of otitis media before they are three-years-old and for many children it is a recurrent problem," says Dr Winskel ... (October 11, 2002) -- More children are treated in the U.S. with antibiotics for inflammation of the middle ear, or otitis media, than any other... (Science Daily)
More of this story Feb 3, 2007
Public health officials have concluded that secondhand smoke from cigarettes causes disease, including lung cancer and heart disease, in non-smoking adults, as well as causes conditions in children such as asthma, respiratory infections, cough, wheeze, otitis media (middle ear infection) and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. In addition, public health officials have concluded that secondhand smoke can exacerbate adult asthma and cause eye, throat and nasal irritation. (LaGrange Oldham Era, KY)
Glue ear damages vocab, reading skills Jan 31, 2007
Also called otitis media, the problem is sparked by a build-up of fluid in the eustachian tubes. About 70 per cent of kids experience at least one infection before they are three years old, and for many it is recurrent. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
CHILD HAVEN CASE: Coroner's findings released Jan 27, 2007
Otitis media, or ear infection. Influenza. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Fluid In The Ear Does Not Impair Development In Children, Study Finds Jan 23, 2007
Early insertion of ear tubes in otherwise healthy infants and young children with persistent fluid in the middle ear does not improve developmental outcomes up to 9 to 11 years of age, according to results of an important study at Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC led by otitis media researcher Jack Paradise, MD. ... Among children in the United States, otitis media is the most commonly diagnosed illness after the common cold ... About 90 percent of children have at least one episode of... (Science Daily)
'Magic Bullet' Antibiotics Missing Target Jan 10, 2007
Ear infections, or otitis media, are one of the most common childhood maladies. According to Kidshealth. (Click2Houston, TX)
