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Bacteria that caused flesh-eating infection more common than believed
The story of a 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting a flesh-eating disease has prompted a microbiologist with the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System to speak out about the infection.
Aimee Copeland lost most of her left leg after the...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Rodney Dangerfield, Amoxicillin (drug), Medical Research
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Pneumonia is biggest killer of young kids, study shows
Around the globe, the leading cause of death for children under age 5 is pneumonia, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
About 18 percent of the deaths are from the infection. That’s 1.4 million kids...Tags: Malaria, Measles, Pneumonia, Family, AIDS
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Animals popular with Easter may spread Salmonella
State health officials are warning Marylanders that baby rabbits, turtles, chicks, ducklings and other animals popular around the Easter holiday can spread salmonella and other harmful bacteria to people.
Since September 2001, six people in Maryland have...Tags: Symptoms, Health Treatments, Cancer, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Salmonella Infection
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8 Marylanders infected in nationwide salmonella outbreak
Eight people in Maryland are among 93 across the country who have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak with a possible link to sushi, according to state health officials.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began investigating the...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Salmonella Infection, Easter
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Wealthy nations must follow through on disease fight
In 1980, I moved my family from Maryland to the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Arizona to work on an issue most people are not comfortable talking about — diarrhea. At the time, diarrhea, which is preventable and treatable, was rampantly...Tags: Minority Groups, Merck & Company Incorporated, Preventative Medicine, Gabriela Mistral, India
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GBMC doctor talks about food safety for the Fourth of July
With the Fourth of July approaching, many people are contemplating cookouts and picnics. But all that celebratory food and drink can pose a threat to your health. There are steps to take to ensure there aren't any unwelcome fireworks in your belly,...Tags: Abdominal Pain, Cholera, Fever, E. coli Infection, Chemicals
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Inflammatory bowel disease on the rise in kids
For 10-year-old Jacob Krause, getting ready for the new school year wasn't a simple matter of back-to-school shopping. It also involved working out logistics for getting to the bathroom as many as 20 times during a single school day.
The Clarksville...Tags: Symptoms, Pediatrics, Sleep Deprivation, Chemotherapy, Genes and Chromosomes
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How medical errors took a little girl's life
Sun StaffFirst of two parts During those frightening first days in the hospital, Sorrel King came to trust the doctors and nurses looking after her 18-month- old daughter. Hooked up to tubes and machines, sterile dressings covering her burns, Josie looked nothing...Tags: Duke University, Transportation Accidents, Baltimore Weather, Motorvehicle Accidents, Arts
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Ontario bolsters isolation efforts to battle SARS
From Wire ReportsIn an extraordinary measure, Ontario health officials are asking anyone who has even one symptom of SARS to stay home for a few days out of fear that they might spread the disease over the Easter weekend. "We are asking for a level of people staying home...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Organizations, Canada, Toronto (Canada)
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SARS virus may be robust
Times Staff WriterThe virus that causes SARS can survive in the environment much longer than researchers had suspected, the World Health Organization said Sunday, suggesting that halting transmission of the disease may be harder than they thought. Research from...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Transportation Accidents, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Organizations, Taiwan
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Patients plentiful, supplies scarce
Sun StaffUMM QASR, Iraq - The hospital is mobbed. Mothers press inside the concrete structure with sons and daughters suffering from diarrhea, malnutrition, coughs and fevers. Men hobble about the lobby with crude crutches that Americans might recognize from Civil...Tags: Kuwait, Basra (Iraq), Hospitals and Clinics, England, Water Supply
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