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      Vitamin B3 May Fight ‘Superbugs’

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      A new study suggests that nicotinamide, more commonly known as vitamin B3, may be able to combat some of the antibiotic-resistance staph infections that are increasingly common around the world, have killed thousands and can pose a significant threat to public health. The findings were published in the Journal of...
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      Natural Remedies for Yeast Infections

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      Vaginitis, or yeast infection, is a painful condition that many women experience at some point.  The Global Healing Center has assembled some of the most common natural remedies for yeast infections.  Here are a few of them: Probiotics If you are taking any form of antibiotic, the likelihood of a...
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      Hospitals Killing Nearly 50,000 a Year

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      New study shows sepsis and pneumonia caused by hospital-acquired infections kill 48,000 patients and cost $8.1 billion to treat. Nearly 20 percent of people who developed sepsis after surgery died as a result of the infection. Two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up...
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      Tea Tree Oil Plus Silver Make Better Antiseptics

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      In the fight against infected skin wounds, mixing tea tree oil and silver or putting them in liposomes, (small spheres made from natural lipids), greatly increases their antimicrobial activity and minimizes any side effects. Wan Li Low and colleagues from the University of Wolverhampton presented research at the Society for...
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      Light and Dye Therapy Stops Super Bugs

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      Killer dyes that can wipe out bacteria could help solve the superbug problems faced by surgical patients, scientists heard  at the Society for General Microbiology’s Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin. Infected wounds are a major problem for thousands of hospital patients every year, and up...
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      FDA: Immunosuppressive Drug Infection Deaths Require Strong Risk Warnings

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      Drugs Warningsa must highlight risk of serious fungal Infections, among the fungal infection 240 patients reviewed over 40 died. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that the manufacturers of Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel, and Remicade must strengthen the existing warnings, in the Warnings and Precaution sections of the drugs’...
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      Study Finds How Cranberry Juice Prevents Infections

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      For generations, the venerable cranberry has been a natural remedy for off urinary tract infections. Like so many natural remedies, especially herbal remedies, the exact biological mechanism of is not well understood. Now A new study by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) shows how the natural action of the...
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