drug-proof staph infections rising
the associated press reported today the results of a study indicating that drug-resistant staph infections have spread to the urban poor, rising almost sevenfold in recent years in some Chicago neighbourhoods.
researchers discovered that the crowded living conditions in public housing and jails may speed up the person-to-person spread of infection and that these superbugs, first seen mainly in hospitals and nursing homes, have turned up recently among athletes, prisoners and people who get illegal tattoos.
but... how does one catch germs? the graphic below provides some answers.
read more at
MSNBC.
Labels: Health, Science
# posted by j @ 21:19 et / | 
Heed cupid! Someone's life may just depend on it!
according to health experts in the united kingdom, lovesickness can indeed kill and should be taken more seriously as a legitimate diagnosis. prof
alex gardner, a clinical psychologist in glasgow and a member of the british psychological society said plainly that people can die from a broken heart; that some people, getting into a state of despair and hopelessness, can end up in an extreme state of physical exhaustion which in extreme cases could drive people to take their own life.
and this side of the pond, a report, by researchers at
johns hopkins university in baltimore, maryland and published in
the new england journal of medicine suggests that a real broken heart, just like an emotionally stressful situation such as the sudden death of a loved one, can trigger an event that mimics a massive heart attack. the scietific evidence also suggests that although damage to the heart caused by
broken heart syndrome is reversible, it can be, well, deadly.
sources: the beeb and halifax live.Labels: Health, Psychiatry
# posted by j @ 11:47 et / |
