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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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OSHA Guide Walks Healthcare Employers Through Regulations

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) regulates everything in a hospital from sterilization to radiation. Federal guidelines provide a plethora of information, leaving many healthcare workers confused and worried they will be fined for inadvertent ...More
February 23, 2001
Posted in News
New Product Increases T-Cell Count in HIV/AIDS Patients

CLAREMORE, OK-Ives Health Company has released a brief summary of the touted Java project. The project was a landmark AIDS study carried out by Slayton-Beedeen, MD, an immunologist and founder of the product T-Factor. Slayton-Beedeed worked with the World Health ...More
February 23, 2001
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VITEX Appoints New Member to Board of Directors

WATERTOWN, Mass--VI Technologies (VITEX) has announced the appointment of Joseph M. Limber to its Board of Directors. Limber, currently the president and CEO of ACLARA BioSciences, Inc., has 25 years of biotechnology and pharmaceutical management experience. VITEX is a ...More
February 22, 2001
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HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Does Not Increase Risky Behavior

WESTPORT, CT-Some scientists and researchers worried that an HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) would increase high-risk behavior among its recipients. However, the results of a new study prove otherwise. J.N. Martin, MD, of the University of California at San Francisco ...More
February 22, 2001
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New York Presbyterian Wins National Environmental Award

NEW YORK-The Weill Cornell Medical Center of the New York Presbyterian Hosptial has been awarded for helping the environment. The hospital has been given membership to the EPA National Track Program for exceeding environmental protection requirements during the last 18 ...More
February 22, 2001
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Pokeweed Antiviral Inhibits HIV

WESTPORT, Conn-Researchers from the Parker Hughes Institute in St. Paul, Minn, have found that pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP) inhibits HIV-1without injuring sperm or female genital tract epithelial cells. The nonspermicidal antiretroviral treatment could allow pregnancy ...More
February 19, 2001
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Canadian Doctors Struggle To Discover Congolese Woman's Disease

HAMILTON, Canada-Health officials at Henderson General Hospital in Hamilton, Canada, are scratching their heads and readjusting their microscopes. They do not know what is making a Congolese woman sick, but they do know it isn't the Ebola virus as previously thought. The ...More
February 16, 2001
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Laughing for Good Health

CHICAGO-A Japanese study shows laughter may really be the best medicine. In an experiment, 26 men and women with allergic skin rashes were tested for improvement in the size of their skin welts. The group that watched Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" had smaller welts ...More
February 14, 2001
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Africans Less Likely than Americans To Develop Alzheimer's

IBADAN, Nigeria-Living in poverty, with little variety in diet and few healthcare options available is the average life of a Nigerian. Although they may live without many of the comforts of the western world, a new study shows they are also less likely to live with ...More
February 14, 2001
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Icelanders' DNA Helps Map Disease

REYKJAVIK, Iceland-Pharmaceutical company Hoffman-La Roche will try to develop a schizophrenia drug based on information from the Icelandic gene pool. A research project done by deCODE genetics in Iceland has been using the entire Icelandic population as a study subject. ...More
February 14, 2001
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