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While the news that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) had eclipsed the annual death toll of HIV drew most of the attention, there was another disturbing finding in a recently published study that was largely overlooked: Nearly 14% of the invasive MRSA cases found were acquired in the community.
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A 180-pound patient is partially dependent, able to lift only about half his weight. He's in a chair and needs help standing. How many nurses would it take to help him safely if they have no lift equipment?
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Treatment with a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha blocker may help keep workers with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) employed, at least those with disease duration of 10 years or less, says a new study.
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With evidence mounting of links between serious medical conditions and night shift work, you should evaluate your shift work policies and practices to make sure they adhere to recommended best practices, such as minimizing schedule disruptions, says Robert Emery, DrPH, assistant vice president for safety, health, environment, and risk management at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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In response to the 2005 revision of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), as of Dec. 15, 2007, a new International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) has replaced the old certificates.
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The incidence of chicken pox has decreased dramatically in the United States since implementation of a universal vaccination program in 1995. However, the question of whether or not there is waning immunity to varicella after one dose of vaccine led Chaves and colleagues to investigate the incidence of varicella in individuals vaccinated with one dose of varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine between 1995 and 2004.
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A symposium on Plasmodium Vivax (P. vivax) malaria was held at the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Philadelphia.
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A clinical pre-meeting course at the 56th annual meeting at ASTMH was conducted and entitled, Chagas' Disease: (American Trypanosomiasis): No Longer an Exotic Disease.
