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MRSA still vulnerable to soap

MRSA still vulnerable to soapSoap worksI agree! Soap does work. And, you don’t have to use some super-duper antibiotic soap. 97% of all bacteria are beneficial to human development. Only 3% are harmful. For 60 years we have been trying to kill all the bacteria. It doesn’t work! They just...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, bacteria, MRSA

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

Colloidal silver touted as MRSA cure

Colloidal silver touted as MRSA cureColloidal SilverTaken in part from wiki entry [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloidal_silver]here[/url][i]"...o As a supplementAdvocates of colloidal silver claim it to be a useful supplement to their diet, providing them with improved health and well being and among other things a low incidence of colds and flu.[citation needed] These...

Tags: Federal government, Vertical industries, Benefits, FDA, MRSA

Discussion threads 2007-10-31

One Silicon Valley firm will cash in on MRSA scare

But you wannabe day-traders are too late. The stock of Sunnyvale-based Cepheid has already more than doubled in the past six months. Cepheid makes gene-based testing systems for whatever nasty germ is fearsome right now. Their technology uses digital analysis of biochemical componets of micro-organisms as each...

Tags: Public Health, MRSA, Cepheid, Healthcare, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-28

MRSA alarm is now nationwide, but many docs seem unconcerned

MRSA alarm is now nationwide, but many docs seem unconcernedMRSA in the USI read this article and it was like reading something from the UK.....but five years ago. I suggest you all stop writing anything and Google our experience of MRSA so you can start from our body of...

Tags: Insurance, MRSA

Discussion threads 2007-10-26

MRSA alarm is now nationwide, but many docs seem unconcerned

Sure, our environment is full of the staph bacteria. But when the CDC recently reported the virulent MRSA form is killing more Americans annually than AIDS, the public noticed. Then cases began being reported from schools around the country. It seemed especially prevalent among high school football players....

Tags: School, Hospital, MRSA, Healthcare, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-26

High school football under attack across America!

There's a disorganized but effective attack on high school football in America. In fact, it's directly hitting the football players themselves. As the Center for Disease Control reported earlier this week, the virulent MRSA bacterium is becoming more widespread. And it really seems to have a thing...

Tags: High School, Idaho, Football, Attack, MRSA, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get rich

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get richNovel AntibioticsMRSA is a real problem. I work in a microbiology lab with a researcher who takes a particular interest in novel antibiotics, and have taken quite an interest in these little critters. I have learned alot from him but...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, SECURITY, global warming, MRSA, antibiotic, bacteria, ear infection

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get rich

File this one under Law of Unintended Consequences. Everything you do will have some environmental effect you cannot forsee. Decades of antibiotic use and we now have some killer bacteria that are anti-antibiotic. That terrorizes me pretty well. They say the bacteria especialy like us...

Tags: Infection, Terrorism, Bacteria, Global Warming, MRSA, Security, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-16

Data Mining Physician Decisions for MRSA

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus MRSA is a type of bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as Septra, Cipro, Penicillin and Amoxicillin. MRSA occurs most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities such as nursing homes and dialysis centers who...

Tags: SAS Institute, Health Care, MRSA, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Data Mining, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Data Management

White papers 2007-05-14

Additional Resources

MRSA still vulnerable to soap

In all the growing excitement over MRSA, the "deadly," "flesh-eating" bacteria which the media is turning into another "gay plague," one very important point is being almost systematically ignored. It's still vulnerable to soap. Simple lye-based soap. Wash your hands and, if you've been using the rest...

Tags: Medicine, Grandmother, Sales Tools, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-15

Colloidal silver touted as MRSA cure

Two companies are claiming they have a solution of colloidal silver that can cure MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph infection which is panicking the U.S. media. (Picture from Altered States, a New Zealand site which offers colloidal silver as a general remedy.) LifeSilver and MRSA Medical both claim their "patented"...

Tags: Infection, Remedy, Security, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-31

Information lag turns deadly in MRSA case

While I was getting my prescriptions renewed this morning my pharmacist made a point of showing me a poster that has been on his door, in front of patients' noses, for over a year now. It was a warning about MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph infection now panicking...

Tags: Infection, Health Care, Pharmacist, MRSA Horse, Vertical Industries, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-19

Today's Debate: Is Dr. Gupta bad for your health?

CNN supposedly has John Roberts and Kiran Chetry anchoring its morning show these days, but the real star lately has been Sanjay Gupta. Gupta, the network's medical editor, has been on more than Wolf Blitzer lately, because each day has brought a new health scare. Today it's...

Tags: Dr., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Flu bug is mapped in 3-D

While it's sexy to panic today over MRSA, the drug-resistant bacteria we now know has been killing thousands since 2005, the good news is we're making rapid progress in fighting the hot "scare story" of 2005, the bird flu. (Illustration from Virology-Online.) The Baylor College of Medicine...

Tags: 3D, Scientist, Virus, Flu Bug, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-17

GPS accuracy for a robotic neurosurgeon

GPS accuracy for a robotic neurosurgeon"GPS Accuracy" is a bad misnomerThe navigation system is nothing like GPS, it uses an image-based system, not timed radio signals from multiple sources, and is far more accurate than a GPS could ever be. It is more like the system that guides cruise...

Tags: Handhelds, navigation system, GPS, GPS Accuracy

Discussion threads 2007-10-08

Bioengineered viruses kill bacteria

Bioengineered viruses kill bacteriaArgh!Don't worry. When the bioengineered e coli starts to kill good bacteria ... they'll do another designer module to eat the first one ...Nothing New Here...I've been doing some research into MRSA (M~cillin Resistant Staph Aureus) infection. My son is in the hospital with one right now.The...

Tags: bacteria, Bioengineered virus

Discussion threads 2007-07-11

Microsoft readies a consumer healthcare platform

Microsoft readies a consumer healthcare platformFine choice[i]How would you feel about a Microsoft healthcare platform/service? Would you trust it any more/less than a Google one?[/i]That's like being asked whether you prefer execution by firing squad or burning at the stake.Google has a better track record on security and lock-in (which...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Microsoft Corp., health care, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-29