Meningitis

                   

Editorial: Tragedy denial shames ESR

apn.co.nz     4 hrs ago          

A new Labour Department investigation has concluded that "on the balance of probabilities" a strain of meningococcal disease that nearly killed a visiting scientist was likely to have resulted from her work in an Environmental...                    

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Charity Launches New Leaflet To Help People Leaving Hospital After Meningitis

medicalnewsblog.info     8 hrs ago   1 related          

The UK’s longest established meningitis charity - the Meningitis Trust - is offering a helping hand to anyone facing the daunting experience of leaving hospital after meningitis and associated meningococcal septicaemia. The...                    

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CCU football: Childers at home, feeling better

myrtlebeachonline.com     13 hrs ago          

Coastal Carolina quarterback Jamie Childers said Wednesday that he is feeling better and that he hopes to return to campus soon.Speaking via cell phone, Childers said he is over the viral meningitis symptoms and is optimistic...                    

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Medical Misapprehensions

visualthesaurus.com     17 hrs ago   2 related          

On the Web you can find some well-traveled lists of medical malapropisms (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?word=malapropism), supposedly collected from patients who misunderstand names of diseases and medications. So for...                    

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Meningitis

care2.com     yesterday          

Vaccines offer excellent protection, but they are not yet available for all forms. So it's vital to know the symptoms and what to do if you suspect someone has meningitis or septicaemia.Submitted by Annelies O. to Health &...                    

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Childers out of hospital

myrtlebeachonline.com     Aug 5, 2008   2 related          

CONWAYCoastal Carolina coach David Bennett said an improving Jamie Childers was released from a Charleston-area hospital Monday.The redshirt freshman was admitted Friday after blood tests revealed he had contracted viral...                    

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myrtlebeachonline.com: Quarterback jamie Childers enters fall camp No. 1 on the Chanticleer's depth chart, but an illness will likely keep him out of today's opening practice. myrtlebeachonline.com

CCU football: Childers out of hospital

myrtlebeachonline.com     Aug 5, 2008   1 related          

Coastal Carolina coach David Bennett said an improving Jamie Childers was released from a Charleston-area hospital Monday.The redshirt freshman was admitted Friday after blood tests revealed he had contracted viral meningitis....                    

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The Case for the Meningococcal Vaccine

wsj.com     Aug 5, 2008          

Meningococcal meningitis strikes just 1,400 to 2,800 Americans a year and many victims are adolescents who first appear to have the flu. Roughly 10% of victims die, often hours after symptoms set in. But what many don't know is...                    

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45-Year-Old Woman With Recurrent Headache and Photophobia

redorbit.com     Aug 5, 2008          

By Mateen, Farrah J Mohr, David N A 45-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with headache and neck stiffness. Approximately 36 hours earlier, she had awoken with an unremitting, throbbing, generalized head pain,...                    

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FDA Approves Expanded Label for CANCIDAS® (caspofungin acetate) as the First and Only...

merck.com     Aug 5, 2008          

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Aug. 5, 2008 - In the United States, CANCIDAS is now indicated in adults and pediatric patients (3 months and older) for: Empirical therapy for presumed fungal infections in febrile, neutropenic...                    

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