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POPSSolution to killer superbug found in Norway Now a spate of new studies from around the world prove that Norway's model can be replicated with extraordinary success, and public health experts are saying these deaths " 19,000 in the U.S. each year alone, more than from AIDS " are unnecessary.
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POPS(satire) 10 things I'd rather do than get a Swine Flu vaccine shot #5) Base jump off a tall building with nothing more than a parachute made under the same quality control oversight as FDA-approved swine flu vaccines. #6) Be subjected to forced chemotherapy at gunpoint, just like all the other U.S. teens who are kidnapped by state authorities and forcibly injected with chemo. #7) Have all the superfoods in my pantry secretly replaced with MSG-laced processed food products made by Frito-Lay. #8) Work as a biological hazards disposal volunteer in the "superbug ward" of a local hospital. #9) Drink diet soda until my brain explodes from the aspartame exposure. #10) Get a public relations job at the White House where my sole responsibility is to show the brain-numbed masses how to stupidly sneeze into their own shirt sleeves.
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POPSHoney, I Killed the Superbug A message for people who think that local ecologies are not significant in the grand scheme of things. If the tree became extinct, this stuff wouldn't exist (the source doesn't mention whether the bee species is also specific to this type of honey. This makes the decline in the bee population over the last couple of years a matter of even more concern. Undoubtedly, there are people who would, without this information, consider either the trees or the bees not worth saving were they endangered. As they used to say, "Bee healthy; eat your honey!"
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POPSpork problems linking MRSA to feeding livestock anitbiotics- for you non- vegetarians out here- including myself- yuck-
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POPSNano Superbug-Killers -Identifies Bacteria That Have Become Resistant to Antibiotics The drugs to be tested work by latching onto the bacteria and literally ripping its cell wall to pieces, exposing the vulnerable core to destruction by the surrounding environment. When a drug can latch onto the mucopeptide, it bends the cantilever and alters the reflection of the laser. The response to the drug can be observed almost instantly. While this technique only works for surface-latching antibiotics (by no means the only antibiotic mechanism), Professor McKendry and colleagues are already planning an upgrade where entire bacterial cells will be pinned to the nano-lever and stretched by drugs.
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POPSC. dificile: Superbug Attacking when the good bacteria are down, makes this new antibiotic resistant strain of Clostridium bacteria deadly.
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POPSFecal transplants can cure superbug The ends do justify the means when it comes to C. difficile treatment! :D This is really good news for those suffering from the debilitating bacterial infection that has killed thousands of people in the last few years. "The procedure involves getting a close relative of the patient, such as a sibling, to donate several days-worth of stool. Louie tests the stool for diseases such as hepatitis and HIV and then mixes it with saline to create liquid feces. He then administers the stool to the patient through an enema." "Louie said the technique allows good bacteria from the transplanted stool to reduce the number of C. difficile bacteria in the intestines and to restore normal intestinal function." Don't poo-poo the technique. :roll:
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POPSU.S. sets record in sexual disease cases The increase is relative to U.S. figures There are likely to be higher rates elsewhere, but the trend, is an indication of the ability of bacteria to develop immunity to antibiotics.Apart from the unsafe sex practices. It seems to be becoming more of a threat because people have not yet listened to alerts to the continued adaptation of bacteria to overcome the barriers that we put up against them. For the sake of sex, we can choose not to remember the risks. If someone already has a virus, they aren't afraid of catching it
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