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78Surgical Complications: How Medical Procedures Go Awry: Pt. 1
After many cancellations on my part, only a few weeks ago I decided, finally, to have my second total hip replacement surgically performed. The first operation, on my left hip, was 'done' in July of 2009, and 24 days ago, in March of 2012, my right...
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67New Discoveries in How Bacteria Grow: potential medical and environmental implications
Recent research has identified a new method by which some species of rod-shaped bacterial replicate. This research has potentially important medical and environmental implications.
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79Mountain Chicken - critically endangered
The critically endangered frog - the Mountain Chicken is one of the world's largest frogs and has been hunted for its meat, lost habitat to humans and now is nearly wiped out via the chytrid fungus. There have been attempts to rescue this frog and are now small captive populations in some zoos.Read all about the Mountain Chicken and its plight.
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76Essential Scented Oils and Aromatherapy
The use of essential oils is crucial to the effectiveness of aromatherapy for healing, purification and holistic health and well being. Essential oils are plant derivatives of parts of over 400 different species of plants and can be obtained from the leaf, bark, root, flower or stem of the plants. When used they are either ingested, applied to the skin or hair or inhaled. Oils such as eucalyptus, patchouli, sandalwood and others have been used for thousands of years by a myriad of cultures.
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71MRSA in the community
MRSA is widely known as a hospital acquired infection. It has received most attention for its association with invasive necrotizing conditions. In the last 10 years this antibiotic resistant bacteria has moved into the community at large heralding a potential health crisis.
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66Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections: Hospital-Acquired Infections Statistics
Hundreds of thousands of hospital patients are dying from hospital-acquired infections. In the United States, hospital-acquired infection is the fourth major cause of death. There are some things you can do to ensure your own safety within a hospital.
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59The silence that hurts us-Speak out. Get issues off your back.
A review of the London riots after the storm has calmed.Including David Starkeys deeply racist remarks.
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77Cannabinoids are potent antibiotics against MRSA: why the neglect?
Cannabinoids have potent antibiotic activity against MRSA. Despite the fact that MRSA causes massive problems in public health, this finding has yet to be put to practical use.
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61Why MRSA is resistant to antibiotics?
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is Staphylococcus aureus that is no longer effectively treated with the methicillin family of antibiotics. Due to methicillin being toxic to the kidneys,...
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69E. Coli O104.H4: Bio Weapon or Radioactive Evolution?
The recent outbreak of the super strain of e. coli in Germany and other parts of the world, has many people on edge. Where did this outbreak start? Why is this strain of e. coli so resistant to so many types of antibiotics? How far has the bug...
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