Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Overuse Of Antibiotics May Make More Bacteria Drug-resistant

Between 2002 and 2006, academic medical centers in the United States increased their use of antibacterial drugs. According to new research published in the November 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a greater use of broad-spectrum agents and the antibiotic vancomycin accounted for much of this increase. Continue reading ...

Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (OTCBB:PWRM) announced today that Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, Chief Medical-Scientific Officer of Sun Health and Dr. Ira L. Goldknopf, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Power3, have jointly submitted an abstract entitled "Development of a novel biomarker approach for detection of Alzheimer's disease" for presentation by Dr. Sabbagh to the 61st annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology to take place in Seattle on April 25 - May 1, 2009. Continue reading ...

Medical experts from UK charities concerned about the rise in miracle cure stories, wonder drugs and so-called breakthrough therapies have teamed up to produce a guide that explains how to tell the beneficial from the bogus. Continue reading ...

The Measles Initiative is supporting the government of the People's Republic of China in providing measles vaccines to more than 7.3 million children, implementing additional measles control activities and strengthening the delivery of routine immunization in the provinces of Chongqing, Gansu, Sha'anxi and Sichuan -- areas severely impacted by the 8.0 magnitude earthquake that struck six months ago. Continue reading ...

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