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CDC Protocols Cut Dialysis Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 ...read more

Antimicrobial Resistance

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and similar drugs—called antimicrobials—is considered a major public health threat by the Food and Drug ...read more

Clostridium difficile

This report explores the essentials of Clostridium difficile, one of the most problematic pathogens facing healthcare institutions today. It provides ...read more

Clostridium difficile

Infection Control Today reports on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile, including hospitals' efforts to prevent and control this ...read more

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Boston Scientific Stent May Prevent Restenosis

NEW YORK-A tiny scaffold created to prop open arteries after angioplasty procedures may help prevent restenosis-a reoccurring thickening of the cardiovascular arteries and vessels. The scaffold, also known as a stent, has been perfected by Boston Scientific-a medical ...More
September 26, 2001
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Swedish Farm Under Mad Cow Suspicion

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Two dairy cows that were acting suspiciously have forced Swedish agriculture officials to place a dairy farm in a northern region of the country under quarantine. Preliminary test results of both of the 3-year-old cows are expected later this week. Cattle ...More
September 25, 2001
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Coping With Disaster: Drs Recommend Sleep, Food, Exercise

WASHINGTON, DC-Researchers and physicians are calling on Americans to get "back to the basics" during this time of national unrest. With the terrorist attacks on September 11, many hospitals have reported increased numbers of depression and mental health patients. Coping ...More
September 25, 2001
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Steris/Gemco Medical Partnership Announced

MENTOR, Ohio-Steris Corporation has announced an agreement with Gemco Medical to market certain Steris products to the non-acute medical care market, including medical offices, long-term facilities, and home healthcare. The marketing agreement includes Steris's broad line ...More
September 25, 2001
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Brain Stimulated, Comforted by Music

WASHINGTON, DC-A new study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports brain structures that respond to food and sex are also stimulated by music. The report, authored by Anne Blood, MD, a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and ...More
September 25, 2001
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DRs Not Prescribing Abortion Pill

WASHINGTON, DC-Surrounded by controversy years before becoming legal in the US one year ago, RU-486 was designed as a non-surgical abortion option. However, a new survey from the nonprofit Kasier Family Foundation reports 6% of American gynecologists are providing the ...More
September 25, 2001
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Anthrax Vaccine Running Low

WASHINGTON , DC-Pentagon officials do not want to discuss the decreasing levels of an anthrax vaccine that could help protect service people headed to the Middle East. Officials will not release the amount of vaccine they have left, but there is only one manufacturer of the ...More
September 20, 2001
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FFF Enterprises Sends Important Pharmaceuticals to NY Victims

TEMECULA, Calif-One week ago, four hijacked American planes crashed, leaving passengers and people on the ground dead and wounded. Many victims were burned by jet fuel and rushed to local hospitals. With the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) closing all commercial air ...More
September 18, 2001
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FDA Approves Cathflo Activase

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif-The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cathflo Activase (Alteplase) for the restoration of function to central venous access devices (CDADs) that have become occluded by a blood clot, or thrombus. Cathflo Activase is a thrombolytic ...More
September 18, 2001
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Highway Bush Berries May Fight Cancer

:Highway Bush Berries May Fight Cancer @Body:WASHINGTON-Berries from plants usually placed near highways to fight erosion may contain a certain substance thought to prevent cancer. Autumn olives have shown to have high levels of lycopene-a substance previously thought to be ...More
September 17, 2001
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