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Alcohol hand rubs not enough to curb hospital infections

February 17th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Making alcohol-based hand gels common and accessible in hospitals increases their use and cuts the amount of microbes on the hands of nursing staff. But it does not cut the rates of device-associated infections, illness caused by drug-resistant bacteria or cases of Clostridium difficile, says a study published in the January Read the rest of this entry »

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Targeting infection seen as prevention, treatment for schizophrenia

February 4th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

The infections that studies have associated with schizophrenia actually might cause this mental illness, and a better understanding of the phenomenon could lead to new therapies and ways to prevent its development, according to a pair of papers published last month in The American Journal of Psychiatry Read the rest of this entry »

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Infection control in your practice (AAFP annual scientific assembly)

November 12th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

The next big respiratory disease epidemic could be in the form of the annual flu or something more exotic. But it is coming, and doctors should change what their offices look like in order to ensure they don’t contribute to its spread. Plans also need to be in place to make it more likely that care will be provided to the usual cadre of patients along with those infected by this pathogen, whatever it may be, according to several presentations at the American Academy of Family Physicians’ annual scientific assembly last month in Chicago.

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Here are other natural remedies for seasonal allergies: (Allergies And Bladder Infections)

October 14th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

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Here are other natural remedies for seasonal allergies: … back quercetin up as one of the most important supplements for allergy season. …

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Tournistrip: Simple and cheap tech for reducing hospital infections

June 28th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

There will surely be challenges to adapting the “Tournistrip” to low resource settings, however, it is a cheap and simple way to cut hospital infections due to the high volume reuse of traditional tourniquets. I am just shocked that they don’t already do this in hospitals found in the West:

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