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Antibiotic overuse still a problem, experts say
SAN FRANCISCO -- Experts have been pounding the same message over and over again for years - overuse of antibiotics has helped fuel the rise of drug-resistant "superbugs.''
Yet the abuse of antibiotics remains a cause for concern and could even be on the rise, scientists and doctors told a drugs ...
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Last Resort Drug Against Worst Bugs
Strongest Antibiotic Approved
From Associated Press
Today, the FDA approved Synercid to treat vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections, a life-threatening infection that typically strikes hospital patients.
One recent study estimated as many as 52 percent of enterococcal infections are...
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Race is on to make drugs to fight super bugs
For the last 10 years, scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and elsewhere have, according to news stories, been sounding alarms about the growth of antibiotic resistance, a problem that is particularly prevalent in hospitals, where microbes spread quickly and attack the e...
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Removing tonsils rarely worth the risks
planetc1.com news
Taking out a child's tonsils and adenoids, or the adenoids alone, to treat chronic middle-ear trouble offers only short-term and limited relief, says a study out Wednesday.
Medical Doctors should resort to adenoid surgery only after vaccines, antibiotics and insertion of ...
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New superbug renews antibiotic worries
planetc1.com news
An emerging strain of community-acquired MRSA underscores the complexity of the public health challenges associated with antibiotic resistance.
Washington -- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- MRSA for short, is commonplace in hospitals and nursing homes, whe...
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Drug-resistant bacteria on the rise
Source: USA Today
ATLANTA - The bacteria that cause pneumonia, meningitis and other serious illnesses are becoming increasingly resistant to penicillin, federal health officials said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that in 1997, 25% of the illnesses caused by strepto...
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When you get right on the inside
By Michael Dorausch, DC
"They're not going to measure you based on what they think of you, they're going to measure you based on what you think of you. Do you understand that? This is not about you worrying about what they think about you." - Ian Grassam, Chiropractor
This is the 6th insta...
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Do you have to be a health nut to be healthy?
By Darrel Crain, Doctor of Chiropractic
Do you have to be a health nut to be healthy? "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing," said Redd Foxx.
Good health is something most folks don't even think about until they have lost it. If your good health...
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Flu Vaccine for Pregnant Moms
By Darrel Crain, DC
How is it possible that the wealthiest nation on the planet has an infant mortality rate higher than just about every other industrialized country? Help is finally on the way for solving this dilemma, or so I thought when I first noticed the headlines announcing new recommen...
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Is Medical Science an Oxymoron?
by Darrel Crain, Chiropractor
Today's topic is Medical Science, one of the most expensive and prominent enterprises in our country. The time has come to give the scientific theories of medicine a checkup and find out how healthy they are. First though, we need to review the basics of real scien...
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March 2008 Review of Chiropractic News Archives
By Daria Belov
From as early as last week, to news from the turn-of-the-century, there is often times stories and articles we may have missed that deserve greater attention. But with the growth of social media, RSS feeds, and an abundance of news related web sites, there's tons of information c...
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Breathing Easier Without Asthma Medication
By Darrel Crain, DC
"For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth," according to the Sanskrit proverb.
When it comes to asthma, modern medicine has apparently breathed new life into the old saying, "The cure is worse than the disease."
Researchers at Cornell...
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The germ theory of life
By Darrel Crain, Doctor of Chiropractic
I received some startling news the other day and now I'm bugged. "You're going to just stand there and tell me that 90 percent of my body is made up of microbes?" I gasped.
"Get over yourself," my friend the microbe expert said offhandedly, surprised...
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The true healers of disease
By Darrel Crain, DC
The man known as the father of medicine is quoted as saying, "Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease." He also said, "It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has."
That was Hippocrates, ...
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Adderall Drug Controversy Continues
by Michael Dorausch, DC
Controversy surrounding the prescription stimulant medication Adderall has been in the press frequently this past week.
Adderall, a prescription amphetamine, typically prescribed for children and adults with ADHD, is becoming more popular for its off label uses. Amo...
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