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Consumer Reports warns of pork contamination
It used to be trichinosis was the big fear when eating pork, but the risk of getting that disease has been largely eliminated. However, Consumer Reports’ latest tests of pork find there are new reasons to take precautions. Consumer Reports’...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Lab Tests, Trichinosis, Consumers, Salmonella Infection
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Consumer Reports: Tests Show Ground Turkey Bacteria Resistant To Antibiotics
In its first lab analysis of ground turkey products, Consumer Reports found potential disease-causing organisms in most of the samples it tested, more than half of which proved resistant to more than three antibiotic drug classes. Consumer Reports tested...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, MRSA, Consumers, E. coli Infection, Salmonella Infection
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Superbug study: 'Universal' MRSA control may make the most sense
Using antibacterial soap and ointments to treat all patients in an intensive care unit — not just those who test positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA — reduced presence of the antibiotic-resistant superbug by 37%...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Harvard Medical School, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), University of California, Irvine, Science and Technology
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Antibiotics in livestock raising concerns up the food chain
While Sam Spitz's friends were loading up on pizza for lunch, the Whitney Young High School sophomore opted for a chicken Caesar salad. Spitz was in training for a big sophomore baseball season — after having pitched on the school's varsity team...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Midway Airport, Consumers, Teaching and Learning, Salmonella Infection
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RPT-FEATURE-Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Iron (dietary supplement), Trials, Science and Technology, Chemical Industry
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Health officials consider increasing plastic surgery center oversight
Maryland health officials may ask state lawmakers for permission to oversee plastic surgery centers, a move inspired in part by the death of a Lochearn woman after liposuction.
The state health department had already been considering whether to ask...Tags: Plastic Surgery Centers, Social Issues, Pharmaceuticals, Surgery, Crime, Law and Justice
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Another vaccine fails to prevent staph infections, study finds
Staph infections remain a significant problem for hospital patients, and scientists are trying to develop vaccines to prevent Staphylococcus aureus bacteria from establishing itself in vital areas like the heart, lungs or blood. But it’s turning out...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, American Medical Association, Trials, Science and Technology
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Bill to increase oversight of cosmetic surgery centers making late push in Assembly
A bill to give health regulators more oversight of facilities like the now-closed Monarch Medspa in Timonium is making a late surge in the General Assembly after weeks of discussions among state and industry officials. The House of Delegates...
Tags: Plastic Surgery Centers, Lawyers, Surgery, Cosmetic Procedures, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Microbe vs. microbe: Sharing bacteria at the roller derby
What happens in a day at the roller derby? For one thing, scientists have discovered and reported Tuesday in the journal PeerJ, a lot of bacteria get swapped around. Researchers at the University of Oregon's Biology and Built Environment Center, a...
Tags: Architecture, Science, Washington, DC, Arts and Culture, Biology
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Big pharma: Few new antibiotics in the works
Thirty years ago, when the world faced the terrifying prospect of an untreatable disease known as AIDS, big drugmakers saw an opportunity and raced to develop new medicines. Today, as the world confronts the crisis of antibiotic resistance, the industry...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, HIV, Research and Development, Companies and Corporations, AstraZeneca Plc
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CDC: Deadly, drug-defying CRE bacteria on rise in U.S. hospitals
A deadly bacteria that’s practically impervious to antibiotics is on the rise and has appeared in medical facilities in 42 U.S. states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. The rate of infection from carbapenem-resistant...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MRSA, Hospitals and Clinics, E. coli Infection, Disease Prevention
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York swimming star MaryElizabeth Warhol enjoying life to the fullest following near-death experience
YORK — Food is always very important for MaryElizabeth Warhol. And because Warhol, 17, is a national-class swimmer, she cheerily admits she burns so many calories daily that watching what she eats the way many teenage girls do is unnecessary. So,...
Tags: Swimming, High Blood Pressure, Health and Medical Professionals, Trials, Sports
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