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What’s the germiest place on the planet? Well, it could very well be your local hospital. Studies- have shown that hospitals are hotbeds for nasty pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Clostridium difficile (C. diff) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE). People who visit the hospital are at risk of picking up one of these bugs and carrying it to another location or coming down with...
December 20, 2024
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other drug-resistant “superbugs” are an increasing problem. Treatment can be tricky, with an increasing number of antibiotics becoming useless against them. Now, researchers are going old-school, taking a closer look at a toxin discovered over 50 years ago as a means of knocking out these persistent, potentially deadly infections. MRSA and other...
March 11, 2022
It seems like everywhere we go, we need to be careful not to catch a potential new bug. Some we might not even know we already have. One we may want to be particularly aware of is - Candida auris- or -C. auris.- It's a superbug that's making waves in the antibiotic-resistant world. C. auris poses a significant infection risk to sensitive areas of the body. It’s a fungal infection that loves to attack...
May 10, 2021
Pollution is the price we pay for our industrialized world. And it’s all around us. Inevitable and pervasive. From the smog in our air to the toxic runoff polluting our water, there’s no escaping it anymore. And the health effects can be dire, with air pollution alone believed to contribute to -4.2 million deaths- across the world each year. Now, researchers are discovering another deadly side effect,...
November 9, 2020
Antibiotics have changed the face of infection treatment, making many diseases that were once death sentences — the -bubonic plague-, for example — frequently treatable. But now, antibiotic resistance threatens to turn the tables once again, with superbugs rising to wreak havoc on unsuspecting populations. Antibiotics are important in the treatment of numerous infections, but overuse has led to strains...
January 31, 2020
Antibiotic resistance has led to the development of superbugs, which are responsible for at least -2 million infections- and 23,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Until now, treatments have proved ineffective against these ever-changing strains of bacteria, but a recent medical breakthrough could change that. Scientists have discovered a new -compound- that presents exciting opportunities for the future...
July 8, 2019
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