Bacteria may help protect military with new vaccines

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Christina

Michael Daly, a pathology professor at Uniformed University of the Health Sciences, led a team that has created a vaccine for MRSA, a bacteria that can cause infections that are resistant to antibiotics. Courtesy of Michael Daly. YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan …
See all stories on this topic »
Stars and Stripes

Excerpt from: Bacteria may help protect military with new vaccines

Posted in MRSA | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Academic hospitals see more MRSA infections

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Christina

Hospital admissions for any MRSA infection went from about 21 out of every 1000 hospitalized patients in 2003 to about 42 out of every 1000 in 2008, or roughly 1 in 20 inpatients, according to a study in the August issue of Infection Control and …
See all stories on this topic »
FierceHealthcare

See more here: Academic hospitals see more MRSA infections

Posted in MRSA, MRSA in the U.S. | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

MRSA Skin Infections Up, Linked to Furunculosis

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Maureen

The incidence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the United States is increasing and is associated with follicular infection, most commonly folliculitis followed by furunculosis, according to a review published …
See all stories on this topic »

Read more: MRSA Skin Infections Up, Linked to Furunculosis

Posted in MRSA in the U.S. | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

MRSA cases double in five years while natural solution is overlooked

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Christina

According to materials released July 26, 2012 by the University of Chicago Press Journals the number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections doubled in academic medical centers from 2003 to 2008. The study scheduled for release …
See all stories on this topic »
Examiner.com

Read more from the original source: MRSA cases double in five years while natural solution is overlooked

Posted in MRSA in the U.S. | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Exposure to magnetic fields in womb raises child’s risk of obesity; MRSA rates …

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Christina Jones

News For July 27, 2012. Exposure to magnetic fields in womb raises child's risk of obesity; MRSA rates double in US academic hospitals; UK medical schools barely teaching physical activity · Childhood obesity linked to magnetic field exposure in utero …
See all stories on this topic »

See the rest here: Exposure to magnetic fields in womb raises child's risk of obesity; MRSA rates …

Posted in MRSA in the U.S. | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment