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...study, researchers followed 31 children between the ages of 6 months and 17 years, who had both conditions: atopic dermatitis, the most common form of childhood eczema, which affects 17% of the school-aged population, as well as a co-infection of Staphylococcus aureus. Although antibiotics are typically used successfully to combat such staph infections, the emergence of drug-resistant MRSA (or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) has physicians increasingly wary of overusing the medicines...
...funds.But other finance experts said the issuances were less the result of poor decision making in the past and more a reflection of the unpredictably volatile market in which it issued its debt. David Scudder, a former vice president at Harvard Management Company who now serves as chairman of Aureus Asset Management, said that December was not an easy month to issue any bonds at all, and that 2008 was a “very exceptional year in which virtually every class around the globe, with the single exception of Treasury bonds, went down in value...
Stories about killer bacteria ravaging your child's school gym, locker rooms and nursing homes have made for grabby headlines in recent years. But the truth is that such life-threatening infections with MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, are still largely confined to certain hospital settings, rather than the community at large. And even in the highest-risk health-care environments, according to a new report, the threat of MRSA infection is diminishing...
...cushion between bones, in Manning's left knee. The infection required surgery and forced him to miss most of the preseason. Though the Colts released a statement on Friday insisting Manning didn't contract a more perilous staph, the anti-biotic resistant strain known as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), the incidents should alarm the NFL. "The NFL, and all the leagues, should be diligent, and not let their guards down," says Dr. Robert Gotlin, director of Orthopedic and Sports Rehabilitation at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. "They've got to do better...
More and more, the four scariest letters for parents and students across the country are MRSA, for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Over the past month, schools have shuttered their doors, sanitized their hallways and alerted parents to the presence of the spreading drug-resistant bacteria in locker rooms and on wrestling mats. At least three students have died of the infection. Headlines have alarmingly--if predictably--cried out warnings of a superbug, and there is in fact cause for real worry...