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News: November 24, 2009

Nicola Sturgeon says Scottish hospitals winning C...
... Political Editor Published: 3:29PM BST 07 Oct 2009 Nicola Sturgeon also said there has been a drop in the number of MRSA cases but warned against complacency. Official figures, produced by Health Protection Scotland, show there were 996 new cases of ...
Source:Telegraph.co.uk
Date:October 7, 2009
Hospital bug rate at record low
Rates of infection from Clostridium difficile and MRSA in Scotland have been cut, figures have shown.
Source:BBC News
Date:October 7, 2009
MRSA Activists Declare MRSA An Epidemic On World ...
The Chicago-based non-profit organization, MRSA Survivors Network launched the first inaugural World MRSA Day event on Oct.
Source:Medical News Today
Date:October 7, 2009
Medical Minute 10/06: Eczema Bleach Bath
... battled eczema all over his body. Creams and antibiotics didn't work, and his skin was constantly infected, once with mrsa, the dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. "He scratches the eczema and then he scratches in the bacteria, and he gets infected, ...
Source:WCTV Tallahassee
Date:October 6, 2009
Cutting Edge: Nature's bug fighter
... Recent research has shown it has an antimicrobial effect on several specific pathogens such as the superbugs MRSA and clostridium difficile, the food poisoning bacteria e.Coli and even the virus responsible for swine flu, influenza A (H1N1). A ...
Source:Halifax Today
Date:October 6, 2009
Family demand answers after op cancelled twice
... of at least one other patient whose operation was cancelled. "I find it very alarming that, at a time of swine flu and MRSA, doctors find this a reasonable excuse to give for a delay in an urgent operation. "As a consequence, my 83-year-old ...
Source:Evening Times
Date:October 6, 2009
Report Finds Invasive MRSA Infections on the Rise...
Invasive community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is an increasing public health threat in Iowa, according to a study in the October issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases .
Source:RNweb
Date:October 5, 2009
Pure Green to Exhibit at ISSA/INTERCLEAN 2009
... by silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC), provides excellent protection against Human and Avian Influenza A, Norovirus, MRSA and dozens of other pathogenic bacteria, viruses and fungi. David L. Stetson, Co-Founder of Pure Green, LLC, stated, "We are ...
Source:Business Wire
Date:October 5, 2009
Bleach Bath for Eczema
... more than 17 percent of children in the U.S. Treatment usually involves steroid creams and antibiotics if an infection is present, but now doctors are going back to the basics -- and into the cleaning closet -- to find relief. Eight-year-old Lego ...
Source:Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs
Date:October 5, 2009
Health Tip: What's Causing My Laryngitis?
... National Library of Medicine lists these common causes of laryngitis: The common cold or flu. Bacterial or viral infection. Bronchitis. Pneumonia. Allergies. Chemical irritation. Injury to the larynx. Latest Daily MedNews... Latest FDA Drug Alerts ...
Source:Drugs.com
Date:October 5, 2009
Hospital superbug in deadly spread
... aureus, in both the form that can be treated with penicillin, and the more dangerous antibiotic-resistant form known as MRSA. The results showed that almost two-thirds of the 1994 infections from June 2007 to May 2008 were picked up in the ...
Source:The Age
Date:October 4, 2009
Drug Resistance Weakening Revenue Lines Of Antibi...
Main Category: MRSA / Drug Resistance Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 02 Oct 2009 - 15:00 PDT Drug resistance is a key public health problem and also a problem for makers of branded antibacterial products, according to the findings of a new report.
Source:Medical News Today
Date:October 2, 2009
Nurse died after contracting MRSA
... Wiltshire coroner David Ridley heard that Mini Francis, 28, was admitted to the hospital after contracting superbug MRSA but went into septic shock and died on March 23. Mrs Francis was originally born in southern India and had recently returned ...
Source:Salisbury Journal
Date:October 2, 2009
Darwen mum - was not told her son was MRSA carrie...
A MUM has hit out after claiming she was not told her severely disabled son was a carrier of the superbug MRSA.
Source:Lancashire Telegraph
Date:October 2, 2009
Two Avon students have MRSA, read the letters to ...
AVON a ' A student at Avon Middle School is hospitalized with MRSA and a younger sibling of the student, a student at Avon Heritage South Elementary School, is out of school with a less severe case of MRSA.
Source:Chronicle-Telegram
Date:October 2, 2009
Games extra special to Mello
... returned. That night, his temperature shot up to 103 degrees. He met with an orthopedist, who said Mello had contracted MRSA, a dangerous staph infection that is highly resistant to some antibiotics. "The potential was there, if it had gone any ...
Source:The Free Lance-Star
Date:October 2, 2009
Staph survivors plan memorial for victims
Utahns who have survived a bout with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA - an often-deadly staph infection - will hold a candlelight remembrance Friday night at the Capitol for those who have died of the superbug.
Source:Deseret Morning News
Date:October 1, 2009
Rally for victims of superbug
Utahns who have survived a bout with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA - an often-deadly staph infection - will hold a candlelight remembrance Friday night at the Capitol for those who have died of the superbug.
Source:Deseret NeDeseret News
Date:October 1, 2009
Local student hospitalized with MRSA
An Avon Middle School student is in the hospital after becoming infected with MRSA.
Source:WMMS-FM Independence
Date:October 1, 2009
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