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• in Lifestyle
  New Antibiotic Found for the Treatment of Tuberculosis
  Scientists found new antibiotic to fight tuberculosis.
  by chetanmohan / on Jun 23, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  700 People Notified by Atlanta Hospital: Possible Tuberculosis Exposure
  Tuberculosis can kill if not treated!
  by lindaseccaspina / on May 27, 2011
• in Politics
  President Bush Runs Out Of Hand Sanitizer
  During a visit to Haiti, Bush is seen wiping his hand on Clinton's shirt after shaking the hands of some locals.
  by sussman / on Mar 24, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “tuberculosis”

 

• It’s An Airtight Case

  
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  Biology concepts – respiration, aerobe, anaerobe, CAM plants, plastron respiration, cutaneous respiration Question of the Day – what living thing can hold its breath the longest? It may seem like an exaggeration, but people whose tissues are low on oxygen (hypoxic) can have a bluish ...
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• fighting tuberculosis with rats

  
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  Image from NPR. Abdullah Mchumvu trains African giant pouched rats in Morogoro, Tanzania Tuberculosis still kills 1.4 million people a year, mostly in the developing world. So it is still beneficial to create new diagnostic techniques, especially when they can be used in rural communities. NPR recently reported on ...
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• Improved TB Diagnosis & Treatment: Research and Innovation Urgently Needed to Address Global Epidemic

  
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  In 1882, Dr. Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes TB.
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• Mass General repurposes cancer Dx tool for multiple use

  
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  Massachusetts General Hospital researchers repurposed a portable, fast-acting diagnostic device they developed to spot cancer as a successful test for tuberculosis and other infectious diseases such as pneumonia. Additionally, they used it to pinpoint antibiotic resistant bacteria such as the deadly MRSA.
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• Portable device provides rapid, accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis, other bacterial infections

  
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  The post Portable device provides rapid, accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis, other bacterial infections appeared first on Innovation Toronto. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Health and Economic Returns on Science and Innovation Investments for Global Health

  
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  Much work is to be done. Global diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis take eight lives per minute. Read more >>
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• Portable device provides rapid, accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis, other bacterial infections

  
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  A handheld diagnostic device first developed to diagnose cancer has been adapted to rapidly diagnose tuberculosis and other important infectious bacteria. Two versions of the portable device combine microfluidic technology with nuclear magnetic resonance to not only diagnose these important infections but also ...
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• Some Rats Actually Help Detect Disease, Not Spread It

  
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  Giant African pouch rats are helping to diagnose tuberculosis in Tanzania.
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• Injuries

  
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  Injuries, whether intentional or unintentional, account for a substantial burden on the health care system. The latest article in our new Global Health series describes the magnitude of the problem worldwide, enumerates ongoing efforts to prevent injuries, and summarizes systems that need to be in place to care for ...
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• MAISE & METFORD: The Programme (A Novella, Part 2)

  
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  The Programme On the second day of my absence from school, a programme called “Defeat Tuberculosis” came on telly. I normally didn’t pay attention to the BBC’s public information films. They were dull, had no children in them, and tended to air on weekday evenings while I was helping Mum scrub the supper ...
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• Food insecurity opens door to TB

  
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  Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN Waning donor support for food assistance is seeing increasing food insecurity. Malnutrition and the susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) are directly linked TOLIARA,  - Health experts fear the interruption of food assistance in Madagascar is increasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Toliara, ...
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• A White Wind Blew by James Markert – Book Review

  
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  A White Wind Blew by James Markert Book Review" /> A White Wind Blew by James Markert Book Review" />A White Wind Blew by James Markert Published by Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourceboks Wolfgang Pike is a man who is not entirely sure of his place in life. He has long thought that he might ...
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• The cost of cutting PEPFAR, What VOICE did tell us, and answers to other pressing questions . . .

  
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  If we want an AIDS-free generation, why are we cutting PEPFAR? The Obama administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2014, which includes a fourth consecutive cut to funding for the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief that would bring the program to its lowest funding level since 2007, raises questions, ...
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• U2 lead singer Bono defends Steve Jobs

  
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  Irish rock band U2”s lead singer, Bono, has defended Apple’s co-founder, Steve Jobs, after a columnist wrote that the billionaire businessman does not give enough to charity. The singer wrote in a letter in response to the New York Times article that Jobs said there was ‘nothing better than the chance to save ...
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• Symptoms of tuberculosis in children

  
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  Symptoms of tuberculosis in children is a post from: Go Healthy Life tuberculosis Cases of tuberculosis in children is relatively rare indeed heard by the public. In fact, this disease is one of the infectious diseases that endanger health. There are many people who do not know how the cases of infection ...
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• Technology revolutionizes TB management

  
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  NAIROBI,  - The use of technology is revolutionizing the way Kenya manages tuberculosis (TB). Through a computer- and mobile-phone based programme called TIBU, h ealth facilities are able to request TB drugs in real-time and manage TB patient data more effectively, health officials say. They also use the platform to ...
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• TB in SA: The good, bad and long overdue

  
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  By Andrew Mews and Vuyiseka Dubula Tuberculosis remains South Africa’s leading cause of death. This year alone, the country will see 500 000 cases, of which about 3% will be resistant to both of the most commonly used anti-TB drugs. The majority of these patients will have caught drug-resistant TB from someone in ...
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• Tips to quit smoking are effective

  
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  Understand the dangers of tobacco For those who frequently smoke or even addicts have often wondered how to quit smoking? Previously we must know and also understand the dangers of smoking activity, good for our bodies and for the people around us. If someone understand the dangers of tobacco, and he still wants to ...
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• TB Rates Need To Drop 10 Times Faster For Elimination By 2050

  
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  Tuberculosis (TB) rates are coming down, but not dropping fast enough to keep the world on track to meet the target of Stop TB Partnership: to eliminate TB by 2050 (less than 1 percent TB in population is referred to as elimination). "The current decline in TB rate is 2 percent globally every year" said Dr Christian ...
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• Introducing South Africa’s Gold Mines and the Politics of Silicosis by Jock McCulloch

  
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  From the author of Asbestos Blues comes a work on the history of gold mining and tuberculosis in South Africa: This book reveals how the South African mining industry, abetted by a minority state, hid a pandemic of silicosis for almost a century and allowed workers infected with tuberculosis to spread the ...
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