MRSA Notes

I guess the whole world isn’t in to Project Runway like I am - but I have just read some spoilers for the episode coming up here in 15 minutes, and Ill be darned if one of the most lovable contenders doesn’t have MRSA. It’s amazing how my two greatest interests, beauty and MRSA, […]

I have been contacted by a reporter doing a story on MRSA in Texas athletes:

I’ve contacted several high school and college athletic trainers about MRSA and they told me it wasn’t a problem, they’d neither seen nor heard of any athletes being infected, and were just telling kids to wash their hands more often. This […]

Sadly, the catalyst for letting this MRSA problem out of the closet was the death of a Staunton River High School (VA) student, Ashton Bonds. My heart goes out to Ashton’s family.

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…Of those people trying to keep this problem (maybe I can safely say epidemic now??) swept under the rug. It was only a matter of time. If the flurry of traffic and comments here at MRSA Notes and over at MRSA Resources as well is any indication, along with the slurry of emails […]

Stephanie Stricklen is a health writer for KGW-TV in Oregon, and she wrote a little blurb on her health blog about germs and MRSA in the local gyms, then was surprised at the reaction she got from her readers who let loose with their experiences with MRSA.
Yes, MRSA is all around us, all the […]

My friends at RID are featured in the Spring issue of Ms. magazine. Here is an exerpt:

Hospital-acquired infections add an estimated $30.5 billion to the nation’s annual health-care tab in hospital costs alone…’These infections are often transmitted by touch,’ McCaughey said. ‘RID has shown how deadly poor housekeeping can be in hospitals.’ ”
”McCaughey and […]

I encourage anyone in New Jersey who has dealt with MRSA to get in touch with Ms. Campbell. These are great opportunities to spread the word about MRSA, and sometimes it is just plain therapeutic to talk about it. Ms. Campbell left a post on MRSA Resources, but here it is again:

I am […]

Dr. Joshua Perper, the Broward Co. Chief Medical examiner has released Anna Nicole Smith’s autopsy report:
From the police chief - No illegal drugs were found - nothing unusual found on hotel security video, nothing on Stern’s computer - accidental overdose with no other criminal elements present.
From Dr. Perper: Anna Nicole was suffering from a stomach […]

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 […]

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 […]