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One of America's oldest nurses still going strong
15 May 2012, 9:56 pm
She was there the day
penicillin was introduced, at the hospital the night Elvis Presley was pronounced dead, and used to treat Archie Manning for football injuries. Now she's making history of her own. With her application submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records, she may be the oldest nurse in America, and says retirement is nowhere in her vocabulary.
Why we need a new kind of doctor
14 May 2012, 2:42 pm
In the years before
penicillin came into wide use in the 1940s, medicine couldn't do very much for many of the sickest patients. A hospital could keep you warm and provide food and nursing care, but as surgeon and writer Atul Gawande pointed out, in many cases the patient would do no better than if he or she had stayed home.
Antibiotic use fuels drug resistant superbugs from India
11 May 2012, 8:01 am
The antibiotics that have saved countless lives since the discovery of
penicillin in the 1920s have a problem: Many germs are developing immunity to those life-savers. Drug resistance can spread like wildfire when bacteria of various kinds exchange genetic material. This is exactly what has happened in the last century — because of overuse and improper use of antibiotics. It’s a global problem ...
Video Captures Experiences, Memories of Retired Nurses
5 May 2012, 7:28 pm
Memories of 13 retired nurses, including one who practiced before
penicillin was widely used and another who took LSD as part of a research project, fill a video produced by a recent Florida Southern College graduate. Clifford Parody, 25, said he's captivated by the varied experiences of the nurses he interviewed this spring at Florida Presbyterian Homes in Lakeland.
Mother Willis' secret potion fights colds, eases pain
29 April 2012, 9:44 am
Mother Willis was born eight years before the accidental discovery of
penicillin. She was born before parents took their kids to the doctor for an earache or a runny nose. She was born before you could go to WebMD to research different diseases or buy cough medicine at 7-Eleven. "You had to live off the land," she said.
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Letters: Amend, then pass anaphylaxis bill - theadvocate.com
22 May 2012, 9:16 pm
This is a consequence of accidental ingestion of a food, such as peanuts; drugs such as ibuprofen or
penicillin; and stings or bites by honeybees or fire ants. Anaphylaxis kills the allergic person in minutes if the lifesaving medication epinephrine is not ...
Call to boost child penicillin doses - Bedford Today
20 May 2012, 5:57 pm
penicillin doses may need to be increased as youngsters are getting heavier, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said that dosing guidelines for
penicillin and related antibiotics have not changed for almost 50 years, and are mostly based on ...
Some skeptical of medical alert tattoos - guelphmercury.com
13 May 2012, 6:56 pm
Ridge said members of the charitable organization wear MedicAlert devices to identify themselves as having a range of conditions, from diabetes and epilepsy to life-threatening allergies to peanuts or certain drugs like
penicillin. It’s not known how ...
Why we need a new kind of doctor - CNN
13 May 2012, 11:25 am
(CNN)-- In the years before
penicillin came into wide use in the 1940s, medicine couldn't do very much for many of the sickest patients. A hospital could keep you warm and provide food and nursing care, but as surgeon and writer Atul Gawande ...
FDA Advisers Back Pill to Help Prevent HIV Infection - YAHOO!
10 May 2012, 11:39 pm
But, "this is not a one-time, end-of-the-problem approach like a shot of
penicillin to treat an infection like syphilis," he said. "Also, it involves someone perceiving that he or she is at risk, or a provider being comfortable enough to ask about a person's risk.
New discovery offers hope for cures - Calgary Herald
7 May 2012, 3:47 am
It's as easy as that. And it's working very well." The comparison to antibiotics is apt, Lee said. Drugs such as
penicillin and tetracycline kill bacteria by preventing them from synthesizing proteins. A future cancer drug would "work in a similar fashion ...
