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Critics want to fold up betting plan 4 Jul 2008 16:50 GMT
... TORONTO � Ontario�s push to allow Las Vegas-style sports gambling in ... to fix the economy? Will it fix C. difficile or long-term care, or will it fix ...
At least 463 patients infected with lethal C. difficile bacteria have died in Ontario hospitals over the past 30 months 4 Jul 2008 13:36 GMT
... C. difficile a possible factor in 463 Ont. hospital deaths: newspaper Last Updated: Friday, July 4, 2008 | ...
C. difficile a possible factor in 463 Ont. hospital deaths: newspaper 4 Jul 2008 13:36 GMT
... C. difficile a possible factor in 463 Ont. hospital deaths: newspaper Last Updated: Friday, July 4, 2008 | ...
Care home gets deep clean after C-diff cases 4 Jul 2008 11:57 GMT
... home has been given a hospital-style deep clean after two elderly residents contracted the Clostridium difficile bug before they died, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed. The clean-up - ...
C. difficile has killed at least 460 in Ontario 4 Jul 2008 11:37 GMT
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C. difficile possible factor in 463 Ontario hospital deaths 4 Jul 2008 05:31 GMT
... C. difficile possible factor in 463 Ontario hospital deaths July 4, 2008 at 12:01 AM EDT HAMILTON ...
C. difficile possible factor in 463 deaths 4 Jul 2008 05:30 GMT
... C. difficile possible factor in 463 Ontario hospital deaths July 4, 2008 at 12:01 AM EDT HAMILTON ...
Opposition blasts move toward Vegas-style sports gambling in casinos in Ontario 4 Jul 2008 03:58 GMT
... TORONTO - Ontario's push to allow Las Vegas-style sports gambling in ... to fix the economy? Will it fix C. difficile or long-term care, or will it fix ...
Nursing a hospital to optimum health 3 Jul 2008 17:27 GMT
... certainly looks clean. Of course, it's difficult to really tell when the notorious superbugs Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) and MRSA are both caused by microscopic bacteria. But Mrs Dongworth, chief executive ...
Deaths linked to C.Diff 3 Jul 2008 17:18 GMT
... Twenty of the 22 patients who caught the C diff bug in ... in Northern Trust hospitals last month survived. C. difficile is a bacterium found in the gut ...

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Current Concepts In Clostridium Difficile Infection: A Focus On Recurrent Disease 3 Jul 2008 09:50 GMT
... Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a serious condition that causes disease with a wide spectrum of ...
Gran died of hospital super-bug 3 Jul 2008 06:10 GMT
... died of a killer super-bug contracted whilst on a ward. Pauline Ling, 79, contracted Clostridium difficile (C diff) shortly after undergoing an operation to remove part of her lung as ...
Expanding Marin's powers is McGuinty's kryptonite 3 Jul 2008 04:36 GMT
... Re: Give ombudsman expanded powers, The Standard, June 20. This editorial ... Smitherman thought a public inquiry of the C. difficile outbreak -- that has caused 270 deaths ...
Record number of pensioners are diagnosed with C Diff bug 3 Jul 2008 01:16 GMT
... A RECORD number of pensioners have been diagnosed with the bug Clostridium Difficile in Scotland, a report revealed yesterday. Figures showed there were 1861 cases of C ...
Metabolomics: Signs of a Long Life 3 Jul 2008 00:52 GMT
... “bad” LDL cholesterol, but their guts were less likely to harbour the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium difficile , which kills thousands of people a year in hospitals. Turning such intriguing findings ...
Elderly Woman Rescued by Family from NHS Dehydration Order 3 Jul 2008 00:35 GMT
... Elderly Woman Rescued by Family from NHS Dehydration Order Deemed "due to die" by doctors in ...
Linda Kennedy: A jarring sample of my Acute Commentator's Syndrome 3 Jul 2008 00:11 GMT
... WHEN people talk of embarrassing experiences at the doctor's surgery, they don't usually mean at the reception ...
Superbug levels in OAPs at record high 2 Jul 2008 23:30 GMT
... THE number of pensioners diagnosed with the Clostridium difficile superbug has risen to record levels, it was revealed yesterday. A report published by ...
Hospital reports infection rates 2 Jul 2008 21:52 GMT
... its rates on potentially fatal diseases like Clostridium difficile on its website. This fall, other hospitals ... director of corporate communications. “We track our C. difficile cases on a daily basis, so we ...
Hospital 'starved' elderly mother 2 Jul 2008 18:18 GMT
... 17:46 GMT, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 18:46 UK A woman has claimed an NHS hospital "starved" her ...

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Record number of OAPs with C.diff 2 Jul 2008 13:30 GMT
... The number of pensioners diagnosed with the bug Clostridium difficile has risen to record levels, a report has revealed. Figures showed there were 1,861 ...
'Mixed reports' on hospital bugs 2 Jul 2008 12:50 GMT
... 12:26 GMT, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 13:26 UK Rates of infection from the bug Clostridium Difficile have risen in Scotland but those from MRSA fell, according to a survey. Figures ...
Record number of pensioners with C-diff in Scotland 2 Jul 2008 12:50 GMT
... of pensioners with C-diff in Scotland The number of pensioners diagnosed with the bug Clostridium difficile has risen to record levels in Scotland, a report found today. Figures showed there ...
Cubist Pharma signs agreement with AstraZeneca 2 Jul 2008 12:31 GMT
... seizure control. Serum valproic acid concentrations should be monitored frequently after initiating carbapenem therapy. Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) has been reported with use of nearly all antibacterial agents, including MERREM ...
Cubist Pharmaceuticals to Promote in the U.S. AstraZeneca's Broad Spectrum Antibiotic, MERREM I.V. 2 Jul 2008 10:52 GMT
... seizure control. Serum valproic acid concentrations should be monitored frequently after initiating carbapenem therapy. Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) has been reported with use of nearly all antibacterial agents, including MERREM ...