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Londonderry Student Contracts Potentially Serious Infection Middle ... - Eagle-tribune
londonderry — londonderry high school's wrestling room was disinfected and reopened yesterday, a day after a middle school student on the team was diagnosed with a communicable staph infection known as mrsa. the high school was affected because ...
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Health Tip: When Another Person Bites You
(healthday news) -- a human bite can lead to a dangerous infection, just as an animal bite can.
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Dry Skin? Don't Let Winter Win
title: dry skin? don't let winter win category: health news created: 12/1/2008 2:00:00 am last editorial review: 12/1/2008
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Novel Target For Therapeutics Against Staph Infection - Science Daily
sciencedaily (dec. 3, 2008) — researchers at the texas a&m health science center institute of biosciences and technology, and the university of edinburgh have uncovered how a bacterial pathogen interacts with the blood coagulation protein ...
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A Novel Target For Therapeutics Against Staph Infection - Medical News Today
researchers at the texas a&m health science center institute of biosciences and technology, and the university of edinburgh have uncovered how a bacterial pathogen interacts with the blood coagulation protein fibrinogen to cause methicillin-resistant ...
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Fact Or Fiction: Does Circumcision Help Prevent Hiv Infection?
the male foreskin--an unassuming flap of skin eagerly discarded in some cultures--has taken center stage in recent debates over hiv prevention. although researchers now agree that its removal is a proved method to reduce hiv spread in heterosexual men, the picture for homosexual men remains a bit foggy. in the late 1980s observations of heterosexual men in africa indicated that those who had ...
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Novel Target For Therapeutics Against Staph Infection
researchers have uncovered how a bacterial pathogen interacts with the blood coagulation protein fibrinogen to cause methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections, a finding that could aid in developing therapeutics against the potentially deadly disease.
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Halting Infection At The Door - Omaha World-herald
the veterans hospital in omaha and its counterparts nationwide are taking the rare step of testing every inpatient for a contagious, drug-resistant bacteria. those who test positive with a nose swab for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ...
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There Are Solutions To Dog's Skin Problem - Toledo Blade
dear dr. thompson: my dog was diagnosed with a yeast infection on her underside and armpits. it is not improving and she is licking herself day and night. what can i do to get her some relief? answer: yeast infections on the skin of dogs are not ...
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Natural Killer T Cells Play Important Role In Lyme Disease
a research team led by the la jolla institute for allergy & immunology and albany medical college has illuminated the important role of natural killer (nk) t cells in lyme disease, demonstrating that the once little understood white blood cells are central to clearing the bacterial infection and reducing the intensity and duration of arthritis associated with lyme disease.
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Researchers Identify Cell Group Key To Lyme Disease Arthritis
( la jolla institute for allergy and immunology ) a research team led by the la jolla institute for allergy & immunology and albany medical college has illuminated the important role of natural killer t cells in lyme disease, demonstrating that the once little understood white blood cells are central to clearing the bacterial infection and reducing the intensity and duration of arthritis ...
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Officials Warn Of Herpes At Westmoreland High School - Pittsburgh Channel
westmoreland county, pa. -- officials at penn trafford high school in westmoreland county are sending out a warning after a member of the varsity wrestling team was diagnosed with herpes gladiatorum. the skin infection, commonly known as "mat herpes ...
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Drug-resistant Bacteria Rising - Wlfi.com
lafayette - mrsa (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) is a type of staph infection resistant to antibiotics. another strain of bacteria doctors have seen more of is called community acquired mrsa. infectious diseases physician thomas meyer ...
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Health Tip: When Another Person Bites You
copyright © 2008 scoutnews llc. all rights reserved. (healthday news) -- a human bite can lead to a dangerous infection, just as an animal bite can.
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Mrsa Closes School Wrestling Room
londonderry (ap) -- a londonderry middle school student has been diagnosed with mrsa, a stubborn staph infection, and his school has closed its wrestling room as a precaution. the boy's mother said the infection started as a sore on his knee. ...
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Dry Skin? Don't Let Winter Win - National Womens Health Information Center
saturday, nov. 29 (healthday news) -- dry winter air can cause your skin to crack, chafe, itch and develop dry patches, but there are a number of things you can do to protect your skin, says jeff moore, an instructor of pharmaceutics at the ...
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Vet, Ad Man Team Up For Suds On Spot - Columbus Business Journal
dr. john gordon uses a nonprescription shampoo he formulated on cody at his worthington practice. while the shampoo has been on the market for about a year, the idea was hatched on the new albany country club golf course and led to the creation of ...
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Laser Skin Welding The Suture Of Future
doctors of the future may be able to trade their needle and thread for high-tech laser "skin welding."
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Middle School Wrestler Diagnosed With Mrsa
(prat thakkar, necn: londonderry, nh) – a new hampshire middle school is taking precautions after a student has come down with a dangerous infection. mrsa can be spread through skin-to-skin contact. so leaders at londonderry middle school aren't taking any chances. read more
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A Helping Hand Is Worth Millions - Forbes
the quest for bionic limbs is yielding stunning results: prototype prosthetic arms can pick a credit card out of a pocket, scratch an itchy nose and even move based on a human's brain waves. but while these prototypes are spectacularly more advanced ...
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