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Stop Spreading Those Germs!
Handwashing- The key to stopspreading of germs in daycare.
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A Simple Dressing Change
A simple dressing change is differentiated by the size (and depth) of the wound and the complexity of the treatment or procedure.
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Symptoms of Mumps
The mumps affects college-aged (18-25) students who haven't had the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and come in contact with carriers who spread germs on contact.
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Teach Kids to Wash Their Hands
A new soap is available to help children learn how to wash their hands thoroughly and effectively.
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Wash Your Hands!
Handwashing is essential to help avoid colds and flu and spreading other germs.
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What is MRSA?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a common type of "staph" bacteria that has become resistant to certain antibiotics.
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Staying Healthy
For those of us with autoimmune disease, staying healthy can be a challenge. Often, our already mixed up immune systems have trouble defending us against the hoards of virus and bacteria bombarding our skins. Once one of them breaches our defenses, it can be very hard to route out again.
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Dissection: Alternatives
Disection isn't for everyone so learn about how you can help to change educational activities in science. Places to learn about anatomy, without having to do an actual dissection.
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Children's Cold Medicines Warnings
Children under the age of 6 may be at risk and children under the age of two are difinitely at risk in the use of OTC cold and cough medications.
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Flu Shot May Not Be Effective
For 2007-8 the flu vaccine covers two types of Influenza A and one type of Influenza B, but another strain of Influenza B is appearing and causing a lot of illness.
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Gastroenteritis is Not a Flu
Influenza manifests with symptoms such as high fever, dry cough, sore throat, stuffy nose and severe aches and pains in the legs and low back.
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How to Prepare for a Pandemic
Any disaster plan must be realistic; for example, don't plan to go to work, if in reality you might stay at home. Instead, plan to make your stay at home safer.
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Is It a Cold?
For at least three days my contacts were so uncomfortable that I had to wear my glasses. That is unusual for me. Funny, I'm the one that always says "listen to your body"
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The Contagious Classroom
As winter approaches, thoughts turn to holidays and outdoor fun. But in classrooms, winter also brings more unplesant things. Here is how to deal with germs and "bugs."
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Drug Resistant Staph Infections
Life threatening infections are showing up more and more throughout the world. Current trends and ideas to combat this bacteria are discussed.
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Normal Saline for Wound Care
Normal saline can be used to cleanse, irrigate, or moisturize wounds. It is also used in IV fluids for dehydration and in contact lens solutions.
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Reducing Patient Infections
An article in our local paper last Saturday reported that one in nine patients in Canadian hospitals gets an infection before leaving hospital.
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Why Is Hand Washing Important?
Most of us take for granted the knowledge that hand washing is essential for good personal hygiene. But this wasn't always the case.
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Slaughterhouse Sanitation
A review of slaughterhouses in Newfoundland has identified numerous health concerns causing four to be shut down and a number of others to be given conditional licences.
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My Experience with Exposure and Ritual Prevention:
How does exposure and response prevention work in real life? How can your family help?
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Norovirus
Appearing suddenly in large groups, Norovirus can quickly spread and make individuals exposed to it fall rapidly ill.
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Alcohol Based Hand-cleansers
The effectiveness of alcohol-based hand-cleansers is dependant on the concentration of alcohol, the time of exposure, and the volume used.
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Escherichia Coli Infections
E. coli is often associated with serious food poisoning and other conditions. What exactly can this bacteria do?
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Thyroid Disease Linked to Foodborne Illness
The stomach upset caused by tainted food may not go away in the usual twenty-four to forty-eight hours. The long term effects may not become apparent for some time. Foodborne disease has been linked to many autoimmune diseases.
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It's Cold and Flu Season Again
Get a flu shot early as it takes about 5-6 weeks to become effective.
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Medicare Won't Pay For Errors
Hospitals have been on notice for some time now that costly errors would no longer be covered. Pay for Performance began several years ago and is getting stricter now.
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Why Peanut Butter is Recalled
When we hear about salmonella we usually think of raw eggs and chicken, but not peanut butter.
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Beyond Necessities -- Checklist
The last of a four-part article, this article provides a printable list of both necessities and non-necessities to keep track of what every renter needs.
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Latex Allergy - Part 1
Latex allergy is becoming more common. Are you at risk?
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Please Wash Your Hands!
Saying what you do is much easier than doing it. Americans say they wash their hands after using the bathroom but do they really?
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Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonotic diseases are a fact of life for anyone handling livestock.
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Fingernail Length and Microbes
Infections in neonatal intensive care units prompt studies to determine the relationship between the length of fingernails and potential pathogens carried on them.
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Measles Outbreak 2008
Measles is not a thing of the past. There is a current outbreak affecting the U.S. that is disturbing health officials.
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Mutant Strain of Influenza Found
A small number of cases of influenza worldwide have proven to be resistant to the popular anti-influenza drug Tamiflu.
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Pet-Related Infections
Infections that occur in animals and can be passed to humans are known as zoonotic diseases. Contact between humans and their pets results in millions of zoonotic infecti
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Puppies and Intestinal Parasites
Learn what intestinal parasites are, how puppies get them, and how dog owners can keep their pet safe.
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Measures to Reduce MRSA in Sports
Weight lifters and competitive sports teams, including basketball, fencing, football, rugby, soccer, volleyball and wrestling have an increased risk of MRSA infection.
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Mumps
Mumps is mainly a mild childhood infection of 5 to 9-year-olds, but can affect adults as well. Infection in adults is associated with more severe complications than kids.
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Winter Blues
Some easy tips to make your kitchen more welcoming and a few tried and true family recipes that are SOOOOO good!
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Disaster Clean Up
Recent hurricanes have created havok around the USA. This article covers some basics of cleaning up after hurricane, flood or other disaster.
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