Zinc adjunct therapy reduces case fatality in severe childhood pneumonia: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial

Clinical trial evidence shows zinc supplementation can reduce mortality rates of children with severe pneumonia, having a greater effect in HIV positive infants, without reducing time to normalization of disease severity parameters.

Treatment of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) infection and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)

In light of the verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) European epidemic in 2011, Goldwater and Bettelheim comment on the complex pathogenesis of these strains and recommend a multi-targeted approach to current and future treatment strategies.

Outbreaks of virulent diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli - are we in control?

Improvements in management strategies to control Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreaks are discussed by Dirk Werber et al, who advocate early detection via careful surveillance and investigation of food source, as well as integration of molecular data.

MetaMerge: scaling up genome-scale metabolic reconstructions, with application to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

An algorithm that reconciles metabolic network reconstructions into a single model

The buffering effect of relationship satisfaction on emotional distress in couples

High relationship satisfaction in pregnant women and their partners substantially moderates the adverse effects of various emotional stressors, including first-time pregnancy, somatic disease, and unemployment, suggesting that partnership quality may buffer emotional strain.