Clostridium Difficile - Articles
Well, It Could Always Be Worse
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AimeeTheSuperMom
Little Guy has had a rough week. He's been in and out and in and out of the local hospital. Turns out he had a case of C. Difficile, a bulging ear infection, a sore throat, some lung congestion, and...um....I can't even remember the other thing he had. It's been a long week, but we're home now. I think the highlight of the week was the trail of ...
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Mainstream Medicine Catches on to Nutritionists Tools
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Tony B.
... ; Dr Mary Hickson, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust adds: “Certain strains of bacteria have good evidence to show they prevent antibiotic associated diarrhoea and Clostridium difficile diarrhoea. Providing products containing these strains to hospital patients may help to reduce these detrimental side effects and so reduce healthcare co ...
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Organic Baby Food Recall: Plum Organics Apple and Carrot
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Jennifer Lance
If you feed your little one Plum Organics, here’s a baby food recall you need to know about. The organic baby food company issued a voluntary recall yesterday due to a botulism danger. The only product affected is the Apple and Carrot Portable Pouch, which comes in a 4.22 ounce bag. The pouches are being pulled from store shelves because of a ...
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Thinkering: A New Model for Biotechnology
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epistemocrat
... these types of thought-experiments 'randomly'. In fact, this is how I built my novel model for the intricate interaction between antibiotics and intestinal-tract microflora: Clostridium difficileis a weed inside your digestive tract. Research studies, physiological concepts, and other scientific principles served as data points and reference frame ...
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Deadly Intestinal Infection Spreading Outside Hospitals
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franklinb
... tentially deadly intestinal infection is on the rise outside of hospital settings, especially among the elderly, researchers warn.The germ that causes the condition, known as Clostridium difficile, can create serious symptoms, including diarrhea and an inflammation of the colon, that can be fatal. The infection can be difficult to treat because the ...
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Deadly Intestinal Infection Spreading Outside Hospitals
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franklinb
... tentially deadly intestinal infection is on the rise outside of hospital settings, especially among the elderly, researchers warn.The germ that causes the condition, known as Clostridium difficile, can create serious symptoms, including diarrhea and an inflammation of the colon, that can be fatal. The infection can be difficult to treat because the ...
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Transplanting Good Bacteria
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Matt M.
Thanks to epistemocrat for tipping me off to this subject. Clostridium difficile is an infection that leads to chronic diarrhea and sometimes death. A controversial treatment is to take healthy bacteria (from a relative's feces), rec ...
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Dr. Debbie Wright
INVISIBLE_TEXTA research study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine states that “ Arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee provides no additional benefit to optimized physical and medical therapy.”INVISIBLE_TEXTResearchers followed two groups of patients with knee arthritis randomly assigned to receive ...
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