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Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers that affects men in their third and fourth decade of life; however, in absolute numbers, it is relatively uncommon.
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Fueled by anger and frustration often linked to the death or injury of a loved one, a grass-roots consumer movement is arising nationally to demand more openness and accountability about hospital-acquired infections.
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According to the rapidly changing map on the web site of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), as this issue went to press, 14 states had adopted laws requiring mandatory reporting of hospital infection rates and many others are in some stage of legislative study or discussion.
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Two distinctly different infections are sparking common concern about their virulence and alarming increase: A new strain of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) and the increasing threat of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(CA-MRSA).
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The editors do us a fascinating and frightening favor by reprinting this historical firsthand account by a physician-in-training facing the 1918 flu pandemic at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
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Perception may be as important as reality when it comes to preventing needlestick injuries to health care workers. The more workers perceive that their facility has a "culture of safety," the less likely they are to sustain a needlestick, reports Scott Grytdal, MPH, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Planning and effective delivery of care in outpatient settings is critical to the nation's pandemic flu preparedness, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) states. Though a physician's group recently questioned the adequacy of HHS planning for nonhospital settings, the HHS does have some guidance for outpatient care.