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Antibiotics: The Medicine We Can't Afford to Lose

Scholera @Scholera (56) • Newcastle Upon Tyne, England 25 Nov 15

I was in the waiting room of my local health centre earlier, and I saw a poster reminding patients that antibiotics are an utterly ineffective treatment for colds and flu. Put simply, the common cold and influenza are viral...

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WHO discovers link between processed meats and cancer

Colene @cpefley (1941) • San Jose, California 28 Oct 15

Bacon gives you cancer! Say it isn't so. I think I will definitely stop eating processed meats as soon as possible. Here is a link from...

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Test to detect tuberculosis at the early stage.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 7 Aug 11

A test developed recently to detect tuberculosis seems to be effective in accurately tracing the disease early. It can thus potentially cut delays in diagnosis and treatment of the disease, reducing tuberculosis- related morbidity...

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Because there's more danger than lurks in the hearts in Washington DC

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 22 Sep 09

I know most of my discussions are about politics, but I've decided to branch out a bit. I spent a lot of my adult life working in one facet of emergency services or another. I used to write a lot about it, but haven't for years,...

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H1N1 the virus formerly known as the Swine Flu, Should they've changed the name?

dpacjones @dpacjones (39) • Canada 4 May 09

The virus formerly known as the Swine Flu is now being renamed as Influenza A H1N1 by the World Health Organization (WHO). In what seems to be an attempt to prevent a sharp decline in global pork sales. Many media outlets such as...

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H1N1 the virus former known as the Swine Flu, what should we call it?

dpacjones @dpacjones (39) • Canada 2 May 09

The virus former known as the Swine Flu is now being renamed as Influenza A (N1H1) by the World Health Organization. In what seems to be an attempt to prevent a sharp declined in global sales for the pork industry. Many media...

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Everyone is Down

noyida @noyida (795) • Singapore 17 Apr 07

with influenza in my family. I visited a friend in hospital recently. She was admitted due to high fever and influenza. What I know, she is recovering when we visited her. The next morning, when I woke up, I found myself with a...

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