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What Is Polio (poliomyelitis)? What Causes Polio?
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems, or even death. The term poliomyelitis is from the Greek poliÃös meaning "grey", myelÃös referencing the spinal cord, and -itis meaning inflammation.
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UT Southwestern Medical Center and UT Arlington have reached an agreement with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. to develop a groundbreaking toolbox of magnetically controlled surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgery.
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Antibiotics Take Toll On Beneficial Microbes In Gut
It"s common knowledge that a protective navy of bacteria normally floats in our intestinal tracts. Antibiotics at least temporarily disturb the normal balance. But it"s unclear which antibiotics are the most disruptive, and if the full array of "good bacteria" return promptly or remain altered for some time.
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Staff Praised As Infections Continue To Fall, UK

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) commented on figures released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) on healthcare associated infections between January and March 2009. The figures show that while infection rates are significantly lower than they were in the same quarter of last year, they are slightly higher than those of the previous quarter. Dr Peter Carter, RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary, said: "We can see from these figures that the hard work and innovation of healthcare staff in tackling MRSA and C.difficile is paying off in significantly reduced infection rates. This is understandably one of the major areas of concern for patients, and I am pleased to see that significant progress is being made. "The leadership and innovation of nurses has been central to driving down infection rates, and improving the quality of care for all patients. However, these figures do show that while the general trend is a reduction in infections, the increase last winter demonstrates that challenges remain. Everybody working in the health service needs to fully understand why this occurs if we are to continue to make progress. "One preventable case of MRSA or C.difficile is one too many, so more information needs to be made available to explain why some problems are persisting in spite of all the hard work put in by healthcare staff. Nurses need to be given the necessary training, authority and res to ensure that infection rates continue to fall." Royal College of Nursing (RCN)


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