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MRSA in livestock acquired drug resistance on the farm, now infects humans
Researchers have discovered that a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria that humans contract from livestock was originally a human strain, but it developed resistance to antibiotics once i ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Veterinarians find infections faster by monitoring blood compound
In pets and people, the time it takes to diagnose an infection may mean life or death. Now, a University of Missouri veterinarian is identifying ways to diagnose pet infections in approximately a third of ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Resistance to antibiotics is ancient: study
Scientists were surprised at how fast bacteria developed resistance to the miracle antibiotic drugs when they were developed less than a century ago. Now scientists at McMaster University have found that resistance has been ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm
In the zeal to eliminate dangerous bacteria, it is possible that we are also permanently killing off beneficial bacteria as well, posits Martin Blaser, MD, Frederick H. King Professor of Medicine, professor of Microbiology ...
Aug 24, 2011 |
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'Last resort' antibiotics use on the rise, study shows
A large, multi-year study of antibiotic use in Veterans Health Administration's acute care facilities demonstrates dramatically increased use of carbapenems, a powerful class of antibiotics, over the last five years. These ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Seven cholera deaths in Dominican Republic
A cholera outbreak has killed seven people and infected nearly 650 in the Dominican Republic, a Caribbean country bordering Haiti, where the illness has claimed 4,500 lives in the past five months, officials said Friday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Zinc reduces the burden of the common cold
Zinc supplements reduce the severity and duration of illness caused by the common cold, according to a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. The findings could help reduce the amount of time lost from work a ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Antibiotic use in infancy may increase risk of childhood asthma
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children who receive antibiotics within the first six months of life are at a significantly increased risk of developing asthma and allergies by 6 years of age, even without a genetic predisposition, new ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Study: Doctors overprescribe antibiotics for respiratory infections
Doctors frequently misuse antibiotics when treating patients hospitalized with respiratory tract infections (RTIs), according to a study to be published in the November issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Comprehensive approach associated with reduced MRSA in French hospitals
An intensive program of surveillance, precautions, training and feedback in a large multihospital institution appears to be associated with reductions in rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) over a ...
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Mar 22, 2010 |
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Study finds sutures cause fewer complications than staples with cesarean deliveries
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Chicago, researchers will present findings that there were less complications for women, after ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Researchers find that common stomach pathogen may protect against tuberculosis
It's been implicated as the bacterium that causes ulcers and the majority of stomach cancers, but studies by researchers at Stanford University, UC Davis, and the University of Pittsburgh have found that Helicobacter py ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture
(AP) -- The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat.
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Universal influenza vaccination may reduce antibiotic use
We all know that influenza vaccination helps prevent disease, but a new study from Canada suggests it may also prevent another public health problem: inappropriate antibiotic use. The findings come from a new study in the ...
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Aug 20, 2009 |
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