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[TRENDING NEWS] How I Became Extremely Open-Minded

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Author: BY ROSS DOUTHAT - Publish Date: November 7, 2021 at 02:00AM Fighting for my health, I went to the fringe without rejecting the center.

[TRENDING NEWS] How I Became a Science Experiment

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Author: BY ROSS DOUTHAT - Publish Date: October 31, 2021 at 02:00AM The challenge of treating an illness when there's no medical authority to trust.

[TRENDING NEWS] Bill Clinton Is Released From Hospital

Author: BY CHRISTOPHER MELE - Publish Date: October 17, 2021 at 11:33PM The former president was admitted to a California hospital on Tuesday for treatment of an infection that developed into sepsis, officials said.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Closer Look at the Colon Condition That Hospitalized the Pope

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Author: BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI - Publish Date: July 6, 2021 at 01:31AM Francis suffered a disorder that is relatively common and treatable, and doctors expect him to make a full recovery.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Breeding Ground for a Fatal Scourge: Nursing Homes

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Author: BY ANDREW JACOBS AND MATT RICHTEL - Publish Date: September 12, 2019 at 06:54AM Drug-resistant germs, including Candida auris, prey on severely ill patients in skilled nursing facilities, a problem sometimes amplified by poor care and low staffing.

[TRENDING NEWS] These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize

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Author: RONI CARYN RABIN - Publish Date: August 6, 2019 at 07:00AM Duodenoscopes have sickened hundreds of patients in hospital outbreaks. Now some experts are demanding the devices be redesigned or taken off the market.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Superbug Hunters Are Keeping Us Safe

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Author: MATT MCCARTHY - Publish Date: May 20, 2019 at 07:00AM There are trillions of bacteria living inside all of us. Why are we pretending they aren’t on our X-ray machines?

[TRENDING NEWS] Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics, Alarming Health Officials

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Author: ANDREW JACOBS and MICHAEL ADNO - Publish Date: May 17, 2019 at 07:00AM In its decision to approve two drugs for orange and grapefruit trees, the E.P.A. largely ignored objections from the C.D.C. and the F.D.A., which fear that expanding their use in cash crops could fuel antibiotic resistance in humans.

[TRENDING NEWS] Cystic Fibrosis Patients Turn to Experimental Phage Therapy

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Author: ABBY ELLIN - Publish Date: May 17, 2019 at 07:00AM Microphage therapy has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, but there is growing interest in the treatment for cystic fibrosis.

[TRENDING NEWS] When Travelers Bring Skin Infections Back as Souvenirs

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Author: JANE E. BRODY - Publish Date: May 6, 2019 at 07:00AM As more people travel abroad, travelers and doctors need to be alert to unusual and often perplexing skin infections.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Threat of Drug-Resistant Infections

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: April 14, 2019 at 07:00AM Readers discuss the spread of a deadly fungal infection and the overuse of antimicrobial drugs.

[TRENDING NEWS] In a Kenyan Slum, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections

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Author: ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTEL - Publish Date: April 7, 2019 at 07:00AM Overuse of the medicines is not just a problem in rich countries. Throughout the developing world antibiotics are dispensed with no prescription required.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy

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Author: MATT RICHTEL and ANDREW JACOBS - Publish Date: April 6, 2019 at 07:00AM The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs.

[TRENDING NEWS] Managing Teenage Acne

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Author: JANE E. BRODY - Publish Date: January 7, 2019 at 07:00AM If the face a teen presents to the world is marred by prominent lesions of acne, the ordinary stresses of adolescence can be that much more difficult to weather.

[TRENDING NEWS] Hospital-Acquired Infections Are Declining

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Author: NICHOLAS BAKALAR - Publish Date: December 10, 2018 at 07:00AM There were reductions in urinary and surgical infections, but not in pneumonia or C. diff infections.