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Source: US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention The CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) (If you think we have too many governmental organizations now, just wait) has compiled its first (Yes, first) State-Specific Summary and Report on Healthcare-Associated Infections. The results of the NHSN’s 18 page (including references) report are not entirely clear. However there are [...] Source: BBC Health; The Lancet All it takes is one editorial…or something like that. The respected Brit Medical journal The Lancet has published an editorial tied to a current study by physicians in the U.S. and in Greece on obesity and antibiotic dosage. The argument? With rising waistline sizes, the doses of antibiotics currently administered to [...] Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Bacteria are living things. Specifically, single-celled organisms found both in our bodies and upon our skin. Bacteria have apparently evolved with us and most bacteria are not harmful. A virus is an organism which requires a host (cells of the body) in which to live. Why is this distinction [...] Source: US Dpt. of Health & Human Services; www.womens.health.gov; Wall Street Journal The vast majority of women who are pregnant are also taking at least one prescription drug. In our modern, hectic and stressful society, antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications are among them. But are they really safe? The answer is we really don’t exactly know…exactly. There are [...] Source: BBC Health You might want to re-think those little hand sanitizer gels and wipes we are all fond of carrying around or the antibacterial soaps. Researchers now believe that so-called super bugs (antibiotic resistant bacteria such as MRSA and VRE) can be taught drug resistance from resisting surface disinfectants. The latest research involves Pseudomonas Aeruginosa [...] Clostridium Difficile. C. Difficile or “C-dif” has been implicated in a number of diseases and tends to cause gastrointestinal problems. It is a remarkably resilient (and apparently sticky) spore which survives in hospitals and nursing homes and newborn nurseries. Sampling has located spores on everything from hands, lab coats, computer keyboards, telephones and [...] |
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