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  • August 2008

    • Superbugs May Push Us Into World Without Antibiotics

      New Yorker  |  Aug 7, 08 1:11 PM CDT

      Superbugs May Push Us Into World Without Antibiotics

      (Newser) - Antibiotic-resistant microbes don’t just open us up to dangerous illnesses—they also cost the American economy well over $5 billion annually, the New Yorker reports. And one expert says around 70% of the antibiotics produced in the US wind up in agriculture: "We've created a petri dish in our factory farms for the evolution of dangerous pathogens." More »

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      antibiotics  • New Yorker magazine  • drug-resistant bacteria

  • July 2008

    • Olympians Fearful of Chinese Food Chemicals

      ABC News  |  Jul 22, 08 4:57 AM CDT

      Olympians Fearful of Chinese Food Chemicals

      (Newser) - In addition to concerns about air quality in Beijing this August, many Olympic athletes are worried about contaminants and chemicals in the food, ABC News reports. With many of China's agricultural products boosted by growth stimulants, or steroids, or amped by antibiotics, athletes are particularly concerned that they might unwittingly ingest a banned substance. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • steroids  • athlete  • antibiotics  • Chinese food  • growth hormones

    • FDA Orders Urgent Warning About Cipro

      Associated Press  |  Jul 8, 08 3:09 PM CDT

      FDA Orders Urgent Warning About Cipro

      (Newser) - The FDA today mandated urgent “black box” warning labels on Cipro and other antibiotics of the powerful flouroquinolone family of drugs. The antibiotics carry a risk of tendinitis and tendon rupture, which could leave patients severely disabled, the AP reports. Particularly vulnerable are those over 60 and patients who have undergone heart, lung, or kidney transplants. More »

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      FDA  • drug companies  • antibiotics

  • May 2008

    • New Superbug Highlights Poor Hospital Hygiene

      MSNBC  |  May 2, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      New Superbug Highlights Poor Hospital Hygiene

      (Newser) - A deadly new superbug—beefed up by the over-prescription of antibiotics and spread by dirty hospitals and nursing homes—is raising concern in the medical community, MSNBC reports. The so-called C. diff is a mutated form of a benign bug typically transmitted in unsanitary medical facilities, especially bathrooms. Cases are on the rise, and the threat now rivals that of the headline-grabbing MRSA superbug, MSNBC notes. More »

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      hospitals  • infection  • antibiotics  • hygiene  • staph infections  • drug resistant

  • April 2008

    • For Infections, Try Gator-cillin

      Cox Newspapers  |  Apr 7, 08 3:28 PM CDT

      For Infections, Try Gator-cillin

      (Newser) - Scientists are trying to harness the power of alligator blood to fight disease, bacterial infections, and even HIV, Cox News reports. Proteins in the reptiles' blood have antibiotic properties thanks to the animals' long evolution and frequent exposure to bacteria; their exceptionally effective immune systems can fight off invaders without previous exposure. "It's pretty exciting," says one gator researcher. More »

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      medical research  • HIV  • antibiotics  • immune system  • pharmaceutical  • MRSA  • alligator  • reptiles

  • March 2008

    • Screening Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 12, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Screening Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

      (Newser) - Widespread screening of hospital patients for the drug-resistant staph bacteria MRSA doesn’t appear to reduce the number of infections, a new study finds. Swiss researchers screened more than 10,000 patients for the superbug when they were admitted to the University of Geneva Hospitals. Another 10,000 weren’t tested. The rates of MRSA infections were similar for both groups, the Chicago Tribune reports.  More »

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      infection  • epidemic  • antibiotics  • staph infections  • MRSA  • epidemiology  • drug-resistant bacteria  • JAMA

  • February 2008

    • Gecko Toes Inspire New Surgical Tape

      MSNBC  |  Feb 19, 08 9:20 AM CST

      Gecko Toes Inspire New Surgical Tape

      (Newser) - Inspired by geckos' sticky feet, MIT scientists have developed a bandage that could soon be used in place of stitches or staples during surgery. The waterproof material, coated with a sugar-based adhesive that has the nano-scale hills and valleys found on lizard feet, is flexible enough to be used on internal organs, MSNBC reports. Live studies have focused on rats, but human application isn't far off. More »

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      surgery  • medical breakthrough  • MIT  • antibiotics  • adhesive

  • January 2008

    • Superbug Strikes Gay Men

      New York Times  |  Jan 15, 08 7:54 AM CST

      Superbug Strikes Gay Men

      (Newser) - A new strain of the "flesh-eating" bacteria MRSA is spreading rapidly among gay men in Boston and San Francisco and there are warnings it could extend to a larger population, the New York Times reports. The drug-resistant strain seems to be spreading largely by sexual contact, but it can also be passed via skin contact or simply by touching a contaminated surface, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine . More »

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      San Francisco  • Boston  • antibiotics  • MRSA  • staph infections  • superbug

  • December 2007

    • Antibiotics Don't Help Suffering Sinuses

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 5, 07 8:46 AM CST

      Antibiotics Don't Help Suffering Sinuses

      (Newser) - Antibiotics don't cure sinus infections and may actually do more harm than good, researchers have found, the Los Angeles Times reports. While more than 80% of US doctors prescribe antibiotics for sinus infections, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found the difference in recovery times between people on placebos and antibiotics so small it was insignificant. More »

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      health  • doctor  • medical research  • antibiotics  • American Medical Association  • cold medicine

  • November 2007

    • USDA Yanks Tyson's Coveted ‘No Antibiotics' Tag

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 20, 07 6:34 PM CST

      USDA Yanks Tyson's Coveted ‘No Antibiotics' Tag

      (Newser) - The USDA has revoked permission for Tyson to label its chicken “raised without antibiotics,” a major blow to a company that has spent tens of millions trumpeting the tag it won in May. The government says it erred in granting the label, because Tyson’s poultry feed contains antimicrobials—which the company maintains aren't antibiotics. More »

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      antibiotics  • USDA  • label  • Tyson Foods  • poultry

    • Staph Strain Explodes Immune Cells

      Associated Press  |  Nov 12, 07 4:30 AM CST

      Staph Strain Explodes Immune Cells

      (Newser) - A key reason why a powerful strain of drug-resistant staph infections known as MRSA has proven so deadly is because it produces a compound that causes immune cells to explode, a new study in Nature concludes. The finding helps explain why MRSA, usually found in hospitals in patients with weakened immune systems, has also recently caused fatal infections in otherwise healthy people.  More »

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      vaccine  • hospitals  • immune system  • antibiotics  • MRSA  • staph infections  • drug resistant

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Hardy Bacteria Plagues Military Hospitals

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 30, 07 3:29 PM CDT

      Hardy Bacteria Plagues Military Hospitals

      (Newser) - It runs rampant in military hospitals, not virulent enough to infect the healthy, but highly resistant to many antibiotics and capable of lying dormant for years. Dozens infected by it have died, but it may not be the actual killer. The strange bacterium Acinetobacter has scientists scratching their heads, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • antibiotics  • military hospitals

  • August 2007

    • Missing Link in Pneumonia Deaths Found

      Reuters  |  Aug 23, 07 4:04 PM CDT

      Missing Link in Pneumonia Deaths Found

      (Newser) - Many pneumonia patients die despite receiving treatment, and a new study finds that an infectious toxin unaffected by antibiotics can cause the deaths. One of the researchers involved in the study, published in the journal Immunity , tells Reuters that scientists are working to find a treatment for sometimes-fatal bleeding in the lungs that current drugs might in fact exacerbate. More »

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      health  • medical research  • medical breakthrough  • antibiotics  • treatment  • illness  • toxin  • pneumonia

    • Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      Associated Press  |  Aug 6, 07 3:17 PM CDT

      Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      (Newser) - Pharmacies in Publix supermarkets across five Southern states will distribute seven antibiotics free to patients with prescriptions, the chain said today. The CEO allows that one goal is to drive customer traffic, but it's also an example of the private sector assisting access to affordable health care, the AP reports. Wal-Mart and Kmart recently started selling uber-cheap meds. More »

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      health care  • medicine  • retail  • Charlie Crist  • antibiotics  • pharma  • free

  • June 2007

    • Staph Infection Rate Stuns Experts

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jun 25, 07 4:39 PM CDT

      Staph Infection Rate Stuns Experts

      (Newser) - Over a million hospital patients contract a dangerous, drug-resistant staph infection every year, a rate 10 times more than previously thought. Tens of thousands infected with antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" may die from what officials call one of the nation's most serious public-health threats, today's Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      medicine  • hospital  • infection  • bacteria  • antibiotics  • staph infections  • superbug

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