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            <description>New findings focus on whites but studies on other groups underway (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>If licensed, it would protect babies from a strain of bacterium that can cause serious disease (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>It suggests that genes might make some people safer in bioterrorism attack (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Northeast and parts of the Midwest are hotbeds of the tick-borne disease (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Study found as mother's temperature rose, problems were more likely at birth (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Gastrointestinal bug causes vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Study estimates 1.2 million die each year, nearly double previous estimates (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Tougher laws needed to protect children from infection, report says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Too Few American Adults Getting Needed Vaccinations: CDC</title>
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            <description>Though three vaccines showed increases in coverage rates, coverage remains low for essential ones (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Published details of experiments could be used for harmful purposes, experts warn (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Home birth is seen as viable option for some women, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Sex, smoking associated with raised risk of transmission, researchers report (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Study found lower response to vaccines in those with higher levels of PFCs in their blood (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Young adults did 'reasonably well,' report concludes, although most avoided flu shot (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Health Tip: Help Calm a Cough</title>
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            <description>Here's what you can do (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Research is part of U.S. military's anti-bioterrorism efforts (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Fears that altered virus could escape from lab or be used by bioterrorists feeds debate (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Missed opportunities lead to many new infections each year, study found (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Disease caused by the B strain can be deadly (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Relatively few cases reported, experts say, but that doesn't mean a surge can't happen (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Suggestions to remain healthy (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Doing so exposes people with diabetes to blood-borne infection risk (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Study also projects $30 billion in savings over 25 years from such outreach (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Condom use, circumcision lowered risk of sexually infecting partners in study of African couples (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Indoor decorative fountains should undergo periodic testing for bacteria, study says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Harnessing this data could aid health care workers, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Outbreak at Ohio residential facility resulted in 7 deaths last winter, report says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Researchers want small correctional facilities included in vaccine program (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Developing countries should adopt this practice for at-risk moms-to-be, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Cutting the safe blood level of lead in children is long overdue, advocates say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Doctors should stress limits of protection to patients, researcher says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Fusarium was the cause of an outbreak of hard-to-treat cornea infections in contact lens wearers (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Opioids, illegal drugs can threaten recent lifespan gains (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Too many don't know when they're supposed to wash up, study finds (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Lifestyle factors like drinking, smoking and diabetes management might influence risk (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Romaine lettuce likely source of bacteria that sickened 60 people, investigation reveals (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Follow these food safety guidelines (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>They're aimed at shortening, simplifying the regimen used to prevent active disease (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Vaccine supplies are still ample, but could start to run short, CDC says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Finding is preliminary; poison expert downplays health risk (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>New strategies needed to improve compliance, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Your particular DNA may explain why you can't break the habit, study suggests (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>White House, numerous organizations say too many Americans are still becoming infected (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Babies slept more soundly when they had their shots after 1:30 p.m., researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Reports of influenza A were cut in half, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Treating chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis costs U.S. $17 billion a year (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>It can lead to life-threatening infections (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>However, other types of bacteria continue to cause disease (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Global tally also includes 20 million kids with flu who develop potentially deadly pneumonia (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Coverage against precancerous lesion called 'excellent' in large, multinational study (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>More than half didn't wash hands after treating patients, risking spread of infection, study says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Experimental treatments altered immune response in small, preliminary studies (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>But too few U.S. doctors use them, researcher says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Report confirms cases of people infected by H1N1 and another flu strain at the same time (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>But benefits still far outweigh the risk, say experts (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Study found patient's overall health, injury severity more likely to determine survival (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Study found antibody levels dropped more over time among those who weighed more (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>But not enough hospitals following the guidelines, research finds (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Common bird a favorite meal for mosquitoes that harbor the disease, research shows (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>New research also suggests that the vaccine does not increase miscarriage risk (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Vaccination and quick public health response are limiting these outbreaks, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>While drop is encouraging, more needs to be done, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Toll now stands at 25 people dead, 123 sickened in 26 states (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Study often turned up E. coli, pointing to poor hand-washing as the culprit (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>At least 100 people have tested positive for the respiratory ailment (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Levels of infection are low at the moment, but that's expected to change, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Even a small drop in smoking rates could prevent many from dying from the infectious lung disease, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>More fatalities may come since illness from the bacteria can take weeks to emerge, CDC says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Plague-related research furthers understanding of modern infectious diseases, expert says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>More fatalities may come since illness from the bacteria can take weeks to emerge, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Gloves are no substitute for infection-preventing hand-washing practices, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>But health risks rise when sedation, contrast dyes are used, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Increased awareness of traumatic brain injury may be driving this trend, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Black residents less likely than whites to get vaccination (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Diverse collection of viruses awaits exploration, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Who is a candidate, and who isn't (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Still, there are about 300,000 incidents a day, and 11,000 traffic deaths annually, CDC says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Meanwhile, health officials still investigating tainted cantaloupes linked to 13 deaths (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Institute of Medicine committee recommends local officials plan antibiotic distribution (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Smoke-free workplaces and health insurance can help workers quit, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Researchers find earliest evidence to date of the virus that killed more than 50 million people (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Health Tip: Who Needs a Whooping Cough Vaccine?</title>
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            <description>Here are some guidelines (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Illnesses linked to tainted cantaloupes have already claimed 13 lives, CDC reports (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Study finds decline from years past but 'we have a long way to go,' advocate says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Recent re-emergence of the illness is behind changes to Tdap shot (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Stress the ‘Human’ in HPV, One Man Suggests</title>
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            <description>Health advocate offers reminder that virus affects men and women equally (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Immunizing half the population isn't forceful enough against widespread virus, expert says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>134 recreational water illness outbreaks caused nearly 14,000 illnesses during 2007-08 (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>CDC Urges Americans: Get Your Flu Shot</title>
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            <description>Supplies are plentiful and the vaccine is a good match for circulating strains, officials say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Proposed guideline would screen more aggressively for hepatitis B and C (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Fewer preschoolers getting flu after U.S. government called for vaccination of 2 to 4-year-olds (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Health Tip: Protect Kids and Pets From Rabies</title>
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            <description>Have pets vaccinated (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Former health official says H1N1 scare shows what pushes people to get needed shots (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Adults need protection from array of diseases beyond the flu, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>U.S. must remain vigilant against the respiratory disease, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Many of the deaths could have been prevented with vaccinations, agency says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Expectant mothers are more vulnerable to the dangerous effects of flu infection, experts warn (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>New program hopes to get more Americans to live healthier lives (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Complications from these devices put patients at greater risk for death, study suggests (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Eye Antibiotics Can Cause Drug-Resistant Bacteria: Study</title>
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            <description>80 percent of specific bacteria samples seemed resistant to at least three antibiotics, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>But rate of decline has slowed to a crawl, report finds (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Researchers say screening test for babesiosis in donated blood needed (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>But health experts say there's still room for improvement among 11- and 12-year-olds (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Two U.S. Children Contract New Strain of Swine Flu</title>
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            <description>But general public should not be concerned, CDC says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Last Year’s Flu Shot Won’t Protect Kids This  Season</title>
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            <description>Vaccination needed for children 6 months and up, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Dangerous Bacteria Hide Out in Nurses’, Doctors’ Uniforms</title>
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            <description>Israeli study found worrisome pathogens on 60% of items sampled (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <title>Kids Carrying MRSA Germ Prone to Serious  Infection: Study</title>
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            <description>Separate hospital rooms, topical antibiotics and antiseptics can help with prevention, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Health Tip: At Greater Risk of Flu Complications?</title>
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            <description>Check these risk factors to find out (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>IOM panel pored over 1,000 studies and found little evidence for lasting harm (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Researchers suggest growing number of sicker patients explains the increase (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>For most children, respiratory symptoms don't indicate presence of the illness, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>But few get the recommended immunizations, experts say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Who may need the treatment (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Formulation meant to protect against seasonal flu and H1N1 (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Most people recover with antibiotic treatment, CDC says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Both work well, but nasal spray produces broadest immune response in youngsters, research shows (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Making vaccination readily available improves compliance with guidelines, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Researchers attack ground-turkey Salmonella outbreak with new tools gleaned from reflection (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Children accounted for 17 percent of all U.S. hospital stays in 2009 (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Extra step before soaking helps remove resistant germs, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Many urban dwellers don't bother to take steps to discourage mosquito breeding, study finds (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Number of infected people is probably much higher than reported, expert says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>DRACO looks for genetic target that's common to virally infected cells, but will it work in humans? (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Risk up to 20 times greater in metropolitan areas with high rates of AIDS (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Canine blood tests can indicate high-risk areas for people, CDC researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Training in hand hygiene and disinfection may be a simple, cheap way to reduce infectious illness (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Study finds many youngsters' lunches kept at unsafe temperatures (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>36 million lbs of meat will be recalled after dozens of illnesses occurring across 26 states (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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            <description>Poultry from Africa carrying S. Kentucky strain may have been a source of infection in Europeans (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)</description>
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