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Mangosteen is from Thailand
The fruit hull of mangosteen, Garcinia mangostana L., has been used for many years as a medicine for treatment of skin infection, wounds, and diarrhea in Southeast Asia. Researchers from Thailand reported that extracts of mangosteen has antiplasmodial, antioxidative and neuroprotective activities. While, Japanese researchers found that Alpha-Mangostin, isolated from the stem bark of Garcinia mangostana... »
E. Coli Look
Under a high magnification of 13671x, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a single Gram-negative Escherichia coli bacterium of the strain O157:H7. E. coli O157:H7 was first recognized as a cause of illness in 1982 during an outbreak of severe bloody diarrhea; the outbreak was traced to contaminated hamburgers. Since then, most infections have come... »
What are Staph infections? How can I prevent staph?
Football players, wrestlers and even fencers have contracted methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. Since 2003, at least three NFL teams — the Browns, St. Louis Rams and Washington Redskins — have reported multiple cases of staph infections. Last summer, two Toronto Blue Jays players contracted staph, consequently, the club had its clubhouse sterilized. CDC... »
Ana Carolina Reston
Ana Carolina Reston, a 21 year old pretty model but weighed only 88 pounds, died of generalized infection. Sao Paulo’s Servidor Publico Hospital said the infection that killed her was caused by anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to stay at even the minimum body weight. Because of... »
Fight against germs
Hand hygiene remains the primary measure to reduce health care-associated infection and the spread of antimicrobial resistance, so WASH YOUR HANDS IF THEY ARE DIRTY. Clean hands leading to safer health care for half the world’s population WHO November 10, 2006 »
Crohn's Disease and Gene Mutation
Scientists identified a new gene mutation linked to Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in a genome-wide scan study of more than 1,000 people with and without the disease. The defect lies in a gene receptor found in healthy people but rarely found in those with the condition. The receptor’s protein, interleukin-23 (IL-23), regulates chronic... »
