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Superbug study: 'Universal' MRSA control may make the most sense
Using antibacterial soap and ointments to treat all patients in an intensive care unit — not just those who test positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA — reduced presence of the antibiotic-resistant superbug by 37% and blood-borne infections in general by 44%, researchers said. The finding suggests that the current practice of testing incoming patients for MRSA and isolating the ones who seem to have the bug on their bodies — which is recommended by the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and mandated by nine states including California — might not be the best way to fight MRSA, which accounts for more healthcare-associated...
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Superbug study: 'Universal' MRSA control may make the most sense
Using antibacterial soap and ointments to treat all patients in an intensive care unit — not just those who test positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA — reduced presence of the antibiotic-resistant superbug by 37% and...
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In November, following an emotional public hearing some months earlier, the Food and Drug Administration withdrew approval for the cancer drug Avastin for patients with metastatic breast cancer — the late-stage, incurable form of the disease. The...
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1. KANSAS
LOCATION: Lawrence. ENROLLMENT: 29,624
HOW THEY GOT HERE: Won Big 12 tournament.
RECORD: 30-4. RPI: 11th.
RECORD VS. FIELD: 5-3.
NCAA HISTORY: This is 36th appearance, and 18th in a row. The Jayhawks won it all in 1952 and 1988; they...
HOPEWELL, Va. — Researcher Matt Balazik wears his passion for saving the Atlantic sturgeon on his right arm -- a tattoo of the ancient fish -- and lives it by counting the bottom-feeding giants in the James River. The 30-year-old ...
Reeves Nelson got a chance to put all that extra long-range shooting he did in the off-season to the test. But the UCLA power forward couldn't connect on a three-pointer that would have pulled the Bruins into a tie with ...
UCLA has fallen behind again, and it couldn't get back up. The Bruins spotted Virginia Commonwealth the first eight points of their NIT Season Tip-Off consolation game, just as they had Villanova two nights earlier. And it could have been ...
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