noreen | Shared With: Everyone - May 05 2008 | health, news, treatment
We were discussing MRSA this morning in class, it's one of those scary infections that medicine is still trying to figure out. After reading about it I realized how unhygienic picking your nose can be. gross!
Most of these people carry the normal kind of staph. But an increasing number carry MRSA. Why doesn't it hurt them?
"We don't understand why staph causes mischief. Most of the time it does not," Dickinson says. "But presumably, little breaks in the skin allow it to get past our barriers. Then it can multiply -- and staph comes with a bundle of proteins and toxins and enzymes that allow it to do a lot of damage."
So how can you stop staph from getting from the front of your nose to your skin?
"Theoretically, one thing people can do is quit picking their noses. But that won't help -- studies show people can't keep their hands away from their noses," Dickinson says.
Fortunately, there are a number of ways to prevent infection with both normal staph and MRSA.
Stopping StaphMRSA may be the latest scary germ to grab headlines, but good old-fashioned hygiene is the key to protection.
Here's how to keep MRSA at bay:
* Wash your hands. Your hands are the part of your body most likely to pick up a germ and transfer it to an itchy sore, your eyes, your mouth, or your nose. So keep them clean. Use soap and warm water -- the rule of thumb is to scrub gently and thoroughly as long as it takes to sing the alphabet song.
* Got a cut or scrape? Clean it -- and cover it with a bandage until it heals.
* Avoid contact with other people's wounds or bandages.
* Do not share towels, razors, or other personal items.
* Shower right away after exercise, especially at the gym. Don't toss your wet towel in your gym bag. Clean and disinfect any gym bag that's come into contact with dirty athletic gear.
* Wash all athletic clothing daily. Regularly wash athletic gear such as elbow pads and kneepads.
* Bathe every day. MRSA can live on the skin, but it can be washed away. Staph can enter the body through hair follicles, so be particularly careful to clean your groin, underarms, arms, and legs.
* Be on the lookout for infections. Early on, a staph infection looks like a spider bite (a red, irritated bump). Don't wait -- have a nurse or doctor look at it.
* If you have an infection, don't try to squeeze out the pus. This only spreads germs on your skin. Have ALL infections treated by a health professional.
* Practice careful hygiene whShareViewed: 7 Times- noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 02 2008
flax seed used
Quoted: Flaxseed and flaxseed oil (Linum usitatissimum)
ShareViewed: 2 Times - noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 05 2008 | news, video
Cool new research in antibiotic resistant bacteria, it was interesting to see that the first testing was being done on dental plaque..very cool
ShareViewed: 3 Times - noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 05 2008 | news, video
interesting article stating the connection of poor sleep habits and diabetes
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Saw this on the news last night...this women started to donate her frozen breast milk to an orphanage in south africa when she noticed her freezer was full of extra breast milk...now hundreds of women are sending her their extra's and the milk is pasteurized and shipped in frozen packages...they have collected so much they are searching for other sites to send their milk too.. The milk reaches many HIV positive children who have lost their parents...how creative.
Quoted: The International Breast Milk Project accepts donations of breast milk from moms in the USA for babies orphaned by AIDs.
ShareViewed: 6 Times - noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 15 2007 | music
Listining to Buddha Bar VI on Pandora---this is my favorite of the many buddha bar collections out there
Quoted: Information about Buddha-Bar VI - Various Artists at Pandora.com. Pandora is the Internet radio service that helps you find new music based on your old and current favorites.
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noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 14 2007 | recipes, tomato
I made these stuffed tomatoes tonight and they were great..super easy recipe I subed olive oil instead of butter...this was one of the few recipes that did not use cheese....
Quoted: These stuffed tomatoes are going to be on your favourites list
ShareViewed: 26 Times- noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 24 2007 | shopping
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noreen | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 21 2007 | restaurant
Went to Zoë last night with the girls for 25 for 25...the food was awesome.... I made reservations on opentable and we got there exactly on time, but ended up waiting for a good 30 min for a table...yikes cuz we were starving, so make reservations and be prepared to wait...The parking situation even on a Tuesday night was horrible, I highly suggest carpooling. The entree's were the best part of the meal, I got the crispy chicken with potatoes and artichoke, it was super flavorful, one of my friends had the tilapia and the other had the beef cutlets...the beef looked amazing, and I heard it was great. The only downfall was dessert, they had already run out of some dessert options by the time we actually sat down, so I suggest going earlier in the evening, the lavender panna cota was bad it looks fun because it comes with a shot of strawberry juice, but it wasn't good. The mint chocolate cake and ice cream was better and the coconut sorbet was good too...although we were so stuffed from the first two courses that it turned out okay that dessert sucked. I can't wait to go back soon...
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