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Taiwan scientists unveil new weapon in swine flu fight

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taiwanese scientists said Tuesday they had developed an organic compound which could help control the global swine flu epidemic as the worldwide death toll from the disease passed 700.


New technology shows promise against resistant staph infections

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have combined their revolutionary new drug-delivery system with a powerful antimicrobial agent to treat potentially deadly drug-resistant staph infections ...


Study indicates some MRSA infections in ICU patients have been decreasing in recent years

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In contrast to the perception that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections associated with use of a catheter is an increasing problem in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, the incidence ...


Researchers find link to severe Staph infections

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created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health recently described studies that support the link between the severity of community-acquired antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA) infections and th ...


Staph infections carry long-term risks

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created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Patients who harbor the highly contagious bacterium causing staph infections can develop serious and sometimes deadly symptoms a year or longer after initial detection, a UC Irvine infectious disease researcher has found.