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New study finds MRSA on the rise in hospital outpatients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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The community-associated strain of the deadly superbug MRSA -- an infection-causing bacteria resistant to most common antibiotics -- poses a far greater health threat than previously known and is making its way into hospitals, ...


Reduced skin infections in Northern Australian Aboriginal children

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A community-based program aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease across remote communities in Australia's Northern Territory has been successful according to a study published November 24 in the open-access journal ...


UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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(AP) -- The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS - about 33 million - has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.


Multiple health concerns surface as winter, vitamin D deficiences arrive

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

A string of recent discoveries about the multiple health benefits of vitamin D has renewed interest in this multi-purpose nutrient, increased awareness of the huge numbers of people who are deficient in it, spurred research ...


Trying last-ditch lung bypass for worst swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest.


CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu (AP)

CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu

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(AP) -- Let us give thanks - and pass the Purell. Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the table - and at crowded airports and shopping ...


Measuring and modeling blood flow in malaria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When people have malaria, they are infected with Plasmodium parasites, which enter the body from the saliva of a mosquito, infect cells in the liver, and then spread to red blood cells. Inside the blood cells, the parasites ...


Researchers track down protein responsible for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A protein known to stimulate blood vessel growth has now been found to be responsible for the cell overgrowth in the development of polyps that characterize one of the most severe forms of sinusitis, a study by Johns Hopkins ...


Alarming trend -- antiviral therapy to treat hepatitis C is declining in the US

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Researchers from the University of Michigan determined that only 663,000 of the approximately 3.9 million Americans with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection received antiviral therapy between 2002 and 2007. Treatment rates ...


10 x '20: ID experts call for 10 new antibiotics by 2020

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has asked for a commitment from the Obama administration and the European Union to further the Society's mission to achieve the development of 10 new antibiotics within the ...



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