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• New, Virulent Strain Of MRSA Poses Renewed Antibiotic Resistance Concerns

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 702
  The often feared and sometimes deadly infections caused by MRSA - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - are now moving out of hospitals and emerging as an even more virulent strain in community settings and on athletic teams, and raising new concerns about antibiotic resistance. Right now, the new ...
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• New, improved anti-fungal compounds developed

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): Scientists from Syracuse University have created new brominated furanones that may help to check deadly fungal infections.The drugs may also be effective against the most dangerous fungus Candida albicans, which is found in 75percent of the people.Assistant professor Dacheng Ren of the ...
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• Scientists working to develop model of HIV/AIDS care for developing nations

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, December 23 (ANI): A team of scientists from Michigan State University (MSU) is working in the Dominican Republic to establish a model for HIV/AIDS care that can be exported to developing nations, where resources are limited.The team, led by Reza Nassiri, the director of MSU’s Institute of International ...
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• Pomegranates: The Latest Weapon In The Fight Against MRSA

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 702
  Pomegranates have already been hailed as a super-food but a team of scientists from Kingston University in South West London has found a new use for the deep red fruit. The team, led by Professor Declan Naughton, has discovered that the rind can be turned into an ointment for treating MRSA and other common hospital ...
  1 week ago

• New MRSA Objective Reflects NHS Zero Tolerance Approach To Infections, UK

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 702
  A new MRSA objective will focus progress on Trusts that need to improve the most, Health Minister Ann Keen announced yesterday. From April 2010, the MRSA objective will be applied to all NHS organisations to ensure patients receive clean safe care across the whole NHS. In November 2004, the Department set the NHS ...
  1 week ago

• MicroPhage Obtains CE Mark To Sell Worlds First Rapid MRSA/MSSA Test In Europe

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 702
  MicroPhage announced that it has obtained its CE Mark to market in Europe the first of its instrument-free, rapid tests based on its patented Bacteriophage Amplification technology. The Companys initial commercial product is designed to rapidly identify Staphylococcus aureus ("staph") bacteria as well as determine ...
  2 weeks ago

• A new mouse could help understand how some lung cancer cells eva...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  (The Company of Biologists) A new study published in Disease Models and Mechanisms describes the development of drug resistance in mice with lung cancer. The lung tumors in mice result from changes similar to those seen in human patients. Also like humans, these tumors initially respond to drug treatment but ...
  2 weeks ago

• Drug-Resistant Hospital Bacteria Could Be Inactivated At Their Outset

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 702
  Most scientists believe that staph infections are caused by many bacterial cells that signal each other to emit toxins. The signaling process is called quorum sensing because many bacteria must be present to start the process. But the Jeff Brinker research group has determined that the very first stage of staph ...
  2 weeks ago

• Eradicating MRSA With New Plasma Technology

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 702
  MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and unfailing bactericidal cocktails. Two prototype devices have been developed: one for efficient disinfection of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Since several outbreaks in Zimbabwe Court or flu (H1N1) type A is resistant to the drug count Since several outbreaks in Zimbabwe Court or flu (H1N1)

  
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  Since several outbreaks in Zimbabwe Court or flu (H1N1) type A is resistant to the drug count Since several outbreaks in Zimbabwe Court or flu (H1N1) type A is resistant to the drug countPeak of pandemic flu in the Northern Hemisphere land ClipHealth authorities in Zimbabwe Court review of several outbreaks of drug ...
  4 weeks ago

• Resistant H1N1 found in people not taking antivirals for active infection

  
  Medical Search Tips, News, and Information for Healthcare Professionals — Authority: 118
  Quebec doctors report the rapid emergence of H1N1 resistance to oseltamivir in a father who was given the drug in a failed attempt to prevent him from catching the pandemic flu from his infected child. They urge that prophylactic doses be raised to therapeutic levels as soon as symptoms develop. Monitoring for the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Antibiotic Resistance A Growing Problem, Particularly In Southern, Eastern Europe

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 702
  Antibiotic resistance is increasing throughout the world because of excessive use, Agence France-Press reports. The news service writes, "Experts at the 2nd annual European antibiotics awareness day held by the Stockholm-based European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC) said new, hyper-resistant ...
  4 weeks ago

• ScienceDaily: “Slowing Evolution to Stop Drug Resistance”

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  ScienceDaily: “Slowing Evolution to Stop Drug Resistance” --snip-- For years, evolutionists have pointed to antibiotic resistance as proof of evolution in action. The argument often amounts to this (in simplified form): the fact that certain organisms grow resistant to certain antibiotics is evidence for the ...
  4 weeks ago

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