“Probiotics modestly help stave off colds and the need for antibiotics to treat them, according to a Cochrane review.
Taking prophylactic doses of healthy bacteria in yogurt and supplements was associated with 12% fewer acute upper respiratory tract infections (rate ratio 0.88 versus placebo,…
Laughter really is the best medicine
British researchers determine that laughing can elevate pain tolerance by 10 percent. Two different studies show that unforced laughter releases endorphins, thereby protecting against discomfort.
Study finds gene ‘overdose’ link to being skinny
Half of all children in the study demonstrated a weight gain that was lower than normal due to an extra set of genes.
“But in around one in 2,000 people, part of chromosome 16 is duplicated, making men 23 times and women five times more likely to be underweight.”
An ANT is ON me and I can’t see it!
Anton’s Syndrome is cortical blindness without awareness of the deficit. A condition where a person is unable to accept the fact that they are partially or totally blind. They make excuses for not being able to see despite medical advice to the contrary.
Another one of the mnemonics ^_^
“Researchers are warning of the emergence of a new strain of salmonella that is highly resistant to ciprofloxacin (Cipro), the main drug used to treat infections with the bacteria.
In some cases, isolates are resistant to a suite of other drugs, including such antibiotics as amoxicillin, streptomycin, spectinomycin, gentamicin, sulfamethoxazole, and tetracycline.
Nearly 500 cases were identified in several European countries during the period 2002 through 2008, according to François-Xavier Weill, MD, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and colleagues.
Reports of infection in Canada and contamination of imported foods in the U.S. suggest that the strain has also reached North America, Weill and colleagues reported online in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
The resistant strain, dubbed CIPR for its resistance characteristics, formed an increasing proportion of all cases of infection with Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky in France, England and Wales, and Denmark over the study period, Weill and colleagues reported.
The report comes as U.S. officials are reporting that an outbreak of salmonellosis, probably linked to eating ground turkey, has killed one person and sickened 76 others.”
http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/GeneralInfectiousDisease/27867?pfc=40&spc=238
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