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A Timeline of Anna Nicole’s Final Days

March 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This may be of interest to some of you who have been through this – I know it brings back memories for Marshall and I. “As she boarded the plane for Miami, Anna Nicole developed a painful abscess at the site of the injection,” said a source with knowledge of the case. “The needle wasn’t [...]

Tags: Awareness · CA-MRSA · Florida · MRSA · MRSA in the U.S. · PR & Media · Texas

More on Anna Nicole Smith’s Death

March 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

More details now after a little research – apparently Star Magazine and the National Enquirer have managed to get ahold of the autopsy report – bet they spent a fortune on it – but thats another story. Apparently Anna Nicole overdosed on chloral hydrate, a sleeping medication, but she was also suffering from a life [...]

Tags: Awareness · CA-MRSA · Florida · MRSA · MRSA in the U.S. · PR & Media · Texas

Anna Nicole Smith Dead From Septic Staph Infection and Drug Overdose

March 23rd, 2007 · 6 Comments

I have just heard that the reason for the death of Anna Nicole Smith (which is to be announced officially on Monday morning), is a Staphylococcus aureus infection in her bloodstream (septicemia), along with a drug overdose. You may remember that her former stepson, Pierce Marshall, who Anna Nicole was in a bitter court battle [...]

Tags: Awareness · CA-MRSA · MRSA · MRSA in the U.S. · MRSA Internationally · Texas

Disgusting Hospital in Alberta Closes

March 21st, 2007 · No Comments

This is a horrible story and is appalling in this day and age. St. Joseph’s General Hospital in Vegreville, Alberta Canada has been closed down to new admissions and to visitors for two major reasons. There has been a recent spread of MRSA through its patients, and in the process of investigating that problem, health [...]

Tags: Awareness · HA-MRSA · Infection Prevention · MRSA · MRSA Internationally

Nosocomial Infection in Central Florida?

March 14th, 2007 · 11 Comments

If you are in central Florida and are the victim of a nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infection (doesn’t have to necessarily be MRSA), someone is looking for a spokesperson. If you will email me at christina@b5media.com, or leave a comment if you are interested, I will get you in touch with the right person. Awareness, Florida, HA [...]

Tags: Awareness · Florida · HA-MRSA · MRSA · MRSA in the U.S. · PR & Media

Rhoda’s MRSA Story

March 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments

We have a new story posted on MRSA Resources, this is the story of Rhoda’s experience with MRSA in her daughter, who was battling addiction, Graves Disease and Fibromyalgia at the time she caught MRSA. Hi. My name is Rhoda and I am the mother of three beautiful daughters and five granddaughters and one grandson. [...]

Tags: Awareness · CA-MRSA · MRSA · MRSA in the U.S. · Site Updates

MRSA Poetry

March 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments

A reader at MRSA Resources left this poem in the comments: I’ve never tried so hard to speak and found myself yet unheard Look out or you’ll die!! You’d think they’d stop at that word Die. Dead. Decaesed. Kaput. With man’s fear of mortality, he should think something afoot. Surely someone alive besides me Feels [...]

Tags: Awareness · MRSA · MRSA in the U.S.

b5media Science & Health Theme Day: Emergency Preparedness

March 1st, 2007 · No Comments

And it has been another great Theme Day at b5media’s Science & Health channel. This month we are all talking about emergency preparedness – something that is *oh so* important. You don’t realize how important til you get in that situation, but we are all in that situation at some point or another. Tris has [...]

Tags: Awareness · MRSA · Site Updates

Undiagnosed Spider Bites

February 28th, 2007 · 74 Comments

Another personal story from our forum – so many of these are just the same. If any of this rings a bell, and you haven’t been properly diagnosed, please find another doctor. And please feel free to join us in the MRSA Forum. Image from UC-SF. It all started about 3 years ago, I started [...]

Tags: Awareness · CA-MRSA · Infection Prevention · MRSA · MRSA in the U.S. · Staph images

MRSA Awareness in the Washington Times

February 27th, 2007 · No Comments

The Washington Times begins its article about HA-MRSA awareness with a bang: The family thought about suing the hospital, but Maureen Daly said it was not possible because infection was listed as a risk that the family accepted in authorizing Mrs. Daly’s surgery. It is a common predicament faced by those contemplating litigation. The Hospital [...]

Tags: Awareness · HA-MRSA · MRSA · MRSA in the U.S. · Washington

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