Drug Resistant Shigellosis Spreading in U.S.
Shigella sonnei bacteria resistant to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin sickened 243 people in 32 states and Puerto Rico between May 2014 and February 2015. Research by the CDC found that the drug-resistant illness was being repeatedly introduced as ill travelers returned and was then infecting other people in a series of outbreaks around the country. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 3, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Digestive System Disorders Source Type: news
Shigella: What to Know About America's New Drug-Resistant Bug
The stomach bug Shigella isn't deadly, but it's becoming antibiotic resistant, CDC says. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Travelers Bringing Drug-Resistant Shigella Back Into the USTravelers Bringing Drug-Resistant Shigella Back Into the US
Recent clusters of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella sonnei have been identified in the United States that are arriving via infections brought to the country by international travelers. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 3, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Travelers Bringing Drug-Resistant Bacteria to United States
Strain of Shigella is easily transmitted and causes tough-to-treat diarrhea, CDC says (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - April 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Travelers Bringing Drug-Resistant Bacteria to United States
Strain of Shigella is easily transmitted and causes tough-to-treat diarrhea, CDC says
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Bacterial Infections, Traveler's Health (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Get A Grip On Aging
If you can jump to your feet after reading this and give someone a strong and energetic handshake, I’ve got good news for you.
It means you’re probably going to live a healthy life for many years to come.
But if your hands are so weak that you can’t open a jelly jar… or a water bottle… or a car door…
Well, I have good news for you, too.
You can get your grip-strength back – and it doesn’t involve monotonous iron-pumping sessions, trips to the gym, difficult physical exertion, steroids or anything like that.
The stronger your grip, the younger your body – regardless of how many birthday...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - March 31, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging antioxidants DNA energy inflammation Nutrition supplements telomerase telomeres Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Diarrheal Illness Caused by Shigella flexneri — American Samoa, May–June 2014
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 16, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Drug - Resistant Dysentery Emerging Among Gay Men
(Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge - November 11, 2014 Category: Reproduction Medicine Tags: Infections, Reproductive Medicine, News, Source Type: news
World War I Soldier Gives New Clues to Fighting Dysentery
Title: World War I Soldier Gives New Clues to Fighting DysenteryCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/6/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/7/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Crohn's Disease General)
Source: MedicineNet Crohn's Disease General - November 7, 2014 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Drug-resistant superbug found in 1915 soldier killed by dysentery
Private Ernest Cable of the East Surrey Regiment - who died in March of 1915, could hold the key to understanding superbugs, say researchers at the Wellcome Trust. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
World War I Soldier Gives New Clues to Fighting Dysentery
Sample of bacterium that killed British man in 1915 shows how germ changed over time, researchers saySource: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Bacterial Infections, Diarrhea (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WHO warns about threat of drug resistance
“WHO calls for urgent action to preserve power of antibiotics and make new ones,” The Guardian reports. The World Health Organization (WHO), has published a report highlighting the growing global threat of drug resistance.
Expert opinions on the implications of the WHO report have been informative, such as the quote, on BBC News, from Dr Jennifer Cohn, medical director of Médecins sans Frontières' Access Campaign, who said that this report should be “a wake-up call to governments to introduce incentives for industry to develop new, affordable antibiotics that do not rely [on] patents and high prices and are adapted...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication QA articles Source Type: news
World water day: are filters the future?
780 million people still lack access to clean drinking water. A new breed of filter could change that but must be made more affordable alongside wider sanitation effortsSince 1990 more than 2 billion people have gained access to improved water sources. It's a huge achievement that has saved thousands of lives, but the biggest challenge will be getting water to the remaining 780 million, many of whom live in the most remote and underdeveloped places on earth.Another considerable but necessary task is to provide clean water to those hit by humanitarian disasters. According to the UK government, diseases caused by dirty water...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 22, 2014 Category: Science Tags: Global development professionals network Global health innovation Water Environment Access to water Sanitation Society Hygiene Humanitarian response Science World news Guardian Professional Features Source Type: news
World water day: are filters the future?
780 million people still lack access to clean drinking water. A new breed of filter could change that but must be made more affordable alongside wider sanitation effortsSince 1990 more than 2 billion people have gained access to improved water sources. It's a huge achievement that has saved thousands of lives, but the biggest challenge will be getting water to the remaining 780 million, many of whom live in the most remote and underdeveloped places on earth.Another considerable but necessary task is to provide clean water to those hit by humanitarian disasters. According to the UK government, diseases caused by dirty water...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 22, 2014 Category: Science Tags: Global health innovation Guardian Professional World news Society Water Access to water Features Hygiene Global development professionals network Environment Humanitarian response Sanitation Science Source Type: news
Shigella
Title: ShigellaCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 1/13/2010 4:06:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/19/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General)
Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General - March 19, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
