C. difficile deaths double in Britains dirty hospitals

The UKs National Health System is admired by many but in the last few years deaths from infections caught by patients whilst in hospital have caused many to fear admission for even minor surgery. MRSA was the first...

More than 350 sickened by tomato Salmonella outbreak

US food safety officials said today that more than 350 people have fallen ill from a Salmonella outbreak linked to certain kinds of tomatoes.I just had tomatoes with my lunch so I'm hoping that wasn't a bad...

Bacterial species is found trapped in 120,000-year-old ice

99.9% of bacteria can be wiped or washed away by many of the soaps we have today but clearly this bacteria found in a Greenland glacier is more resilient than that. Surviving for more than 120,000 years in an...

Researchers Study Possible Bacterial Link to SIDS

"LONDON —  A baffling phenomenon known as sudden infant death syndrome is one of the leading causes of death for children under 1. Now, British researchers say they may have found a contributing factor: bacteria. They found potentially dangerous...

Large parts of US water supply contaminated

"The United States is facing a growing threat to its water supply from bacterial contaminition, especially as antibiotic resistant strains become increasingly common"

Breakthrough energy discovery?

"Calling it “the ultimate recycling” project, a Georgia agricultural researcher says he has found the solution to the world’s energy crisis. Using a process of genetic modification and cloning of bacterial...

Gordon Moore predicts end to Moore's law in 10 years

The quantum limit, with all his weirdness, knocks at our door. "After more than 40 years of empirical truth, Moores law -- the maxim which declares a doubling of transistors on a computer chip roughly every two...

Smith died of accidental overdose

Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and at least eight other prescription drugs, and she had recently had a bacterial infection from injecting drugs into her buttocks, authorities said Monday. Broward County Medical...

Is It Anthrax or Just White Powder?

"When a patient is admitted to the hospital with signs of a dangerous systemic bacterial infection, or when a post-office worker finds white powder in a suspicious-looking envelope, the ability to quickly identify potential pathogens is important. To accomplish that, a team...

Flesh-eating disease making a comeback

"A disease, almost eradicated, that eats through people's skin, cartilage and bones is re-appearing in Africa, Asia and South America, the World Health Organisation has warned. Yaws, a bacterial infection that can cause debilitating deformations, particularly in under-15's,...

Ahead Of Their Time

"How doctors are rethinking the growing problem of preterm births--by focusing on the moms, not the babies. In the U.S., one of the richest countries in the world, the number of babies born too early keeps going up--and with all their medical savvy, doctors can't figure out...

More Votes Than Registered Voters

The mainstream media censored the vast majority of the evidence of fraud, so that most Americans to this day, have never heard a fraction of what was amiss.

Could the Spinach Scare Happen Again?

"A week after the first cases were called into the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), health officials have finally found what they believe could be the smoking gun in the 23-state outbreak of spinach-related E. coli...

The Truth About Toilet Seats

This is about the diseases that lurk in public restrooms.

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