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Hospital Study Shows Steep Rise in Antibiotic-Resistant Staph (HealthDay)

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Between 2000 and 2005, Chicago's Cook County Hospital system experienced a nearly sevenfold increase in the incidence of cases of antibiotic-resistant staph infections acquired in the community and not in health care facilities, a new study finds. ...

read more Between 2000 and 2005, Chicago's Cook County Hospital system experienced a nearly sevenfold increase in the incidence of cases of antibiotic-resistant staph infections acquired in the community and not in health care facilities, a new study finds. read more Wed May 2007

Research Looks To Detect Chemical Warfare Agents

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Cutting-edge research at South Dakota State University could give doctors a longer window of time in which to find out whether someone has been exposed to chemical warfare agents. Assistant professor Brian Logue in SDSU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is doing the lab studies to find out ...

read more Cutting-edge research at South Dakota State University could give doctors a longer window of time in which to find out whether someone has been exposed to chemical warfare agents. Assistant professor Brian Logue in SDSU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is doing the lab studies to find out read more Wed May 2007

Eye-Protecting Sunglasses Are Cool Again This Summer (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
The official start of summer this Memorial Day weekend is a great time to remember the danger to eyes from the sun's ultraviolet rays, say experts at Prevent Blindness America. ...

read more The official start of summer this Memorial Day weekend is a great time to remember the danger to eyes from the sun's ultraviolet rays, say experts at Prevent Blindness America. read more Tue May 2007

Driving With Passengers Boosts Accident Risk (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
While not as dangerous as talking on a cell phone while driving, passengers can cause distractions that boost crash risks, an Australian study finds. ...

read more While not as dangerous as talking on a cell phone while driving, passengers can cause distractions that boost crash risks, an Australian study finds. read more Sat May 2007

Type 2 Diabetes Takes Toll on Teens (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
With the incidence of type 2 diabetes and its complications among young people on the increase worldwide, aggressive measures are needed to treat and prevent the disease, two diabetes experts say. ...

read more With the incidence of type 2 diabetes and its complications among young people on the increase worldwide, aggressive measures are needed to treat and prevent the disease, two diabetes experts say. read more Fri May 2007

Bali Bomb Lessons Helped Shape Australia's Mental Health Response To Terrorism And Trauma

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Australian healthcare professionals were able to offer better mental health support to the victims of the 2005 Bali bombings, thanks to improved procedures and services introduced after the first explosions in 2002, according to the May issue of the UK-based Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health ...

read more Australian healthcare professionals were able to offer better mental health support to the victims of the 2005 Bali bombings, thanks to improved procedures and services introduced after the first explosions in 2002, according to the May issue of the UK-based Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health read more Wed May 2007

New Drugs, Better Care Can Beat Malaria (HealthDay)

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Scientists are reporting medical advances against malaria, a global scourge that kills more than one million people each year, many of them children. ...

read more Scientists are reporting medical advances against malaria, a global scourge that kills more than one million people each year, many of them children. read more Wed May 2007

Engineered Protein Effective Against Staphylococcus Aureus Toxin

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
A research team led by the University of Illinois has developed a treatment for exposure to enterotoxin B, a noxious substance produced by the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. The team engineered a protein, which was successfully tested in rabbits, that could one day be used to treat humans exposed ...

read more A research team led by the University of Illinois has developed a treatment for exposure to enterotoxin B, a noxious substance produced by the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. The team engineered a protein, which was successfully tested in rabbits, that could one day be used to treat humans exposed read more Tue May 2007

Diabetes Drug Avandia Boosts Heart Attack, Death Risk: Study (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Avandia, a pill widely prescribed by doctors to treat type 2 diabetes, actually increases users' risk for heart attack by 43 percent, U.S. researchers reported Monday. ...

read more Avandia, a pill widely prescribed by doctors to treat type 2 diabetes, actually increases users' risk for heart attack by 43 percent, U.S. researchers reported Monday. read more Tue May 2007

Gardasil Guards Against Vaginal, Vulval Cancers (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
An international study shows that the cervical cancer vaccine that received government approval in the United States last year also protects women against vulval and vaginal cancers. ...

read more An international study shows that the cervical cancer vaccine that received government approval in the United States last year also protects women against vulval and vaginal cancers. read more Fri May 2007

Katrina Victims 10 Times More Prone to Post-Traumatic Stress (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at a rate that was 10 times that of the general population, a new study finds. ...

read more Following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at a rate that was 10 times that of the general population, a new study finds. read more Fri May 2007

Fish Fed Tainted Food Test Negative for Melamine (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Fish fed melamine-contaminated meal have all tested negative for the compound, U.S. health officials said Thursday. ...

read more Fish fed melamine-contaminated meal have all tested negative for the compound, U.S. health officials said Thursday. read more Fri May 2007

Lifestyle Changes Help Older Women's Hearts After HRT (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Healthy eating and exercise helps ease cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women who've stopped using hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a new U.S. study says. ...

read more Healthy eating and exercise helps ease cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women who've stopped using hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a new U.S. study says. read more Thu May 2007

Air Bags Dangerous for Tall, Small People: Study (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Short people and tall people can receive serious injuries from air bags, a new study found. ...

read more Short people and tall people can receive serious injuries from air bags, a new study found. read more Thu May 2007

Hogs That Ate Melamine-Tainted Feed Released to U.S. Market (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Up to 56,000 quarantined hogs that ate melamine-tainted feed are to be released for processing and sale after testing revealed their meat poses no harm to humans, U.S. health officials said in an afternoon teleconference Tuesday. ...

read more Up to 56,000 quarantined hogs that ate melamine-tainted feed are to be released for processing and sale after testing revealed their meat poses no harm to humans, U.S. health officials said in an afternoon teleconference Tuesday. read more Wed May 2007

U.S. Mammography Rates Dropping (HealthDay)

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Adding to the confusion over exactly what is behind the recent drop in breast cancer incidence rates, government researchers report that mammography screening rates in the United States dropped 4 percent between 2000 and 2005. ...

read more Adding to the confusion over exactly what is behind the recent drop in breast cancer incidence rates, government researchers report that mammography screening rates in the United States dropped 4 percent between 2000 and 2005. read more Wed May 2007

Biosensor Sniffs Out Explosives

Categorie : Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Temple University School of Medicine researchers have developed a new biosensor that sniffs out explosives and could one day be used to detect landmines and deadly agents, such as sarin gas, according to a paper in the June issue of Nature Chemical Biology. [click link for full article] ...

read more Temple University School of Medicine researchers have developed a new biosensor that sniffs out explosives and could one day be used to detect landmines and deadly agents, such as sarin gas, according to a paper in the June issue of Nature Chemical Biology. [click link for full article] read more Wed May 2007