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Governor Signs Bill Aimed at Preventing Lead Poisoning  -  25 Mar 2008
Inside INdiana Business (press release),...elevated blood levels and help combat the most common causes of blood poisoning,â€? said Janet McCabe, executive director of Improving Kidsâ€™ Environment.

It was just a tiny blister on my foot. So why did I have to lose a ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Daily Mail,Consequently, a relatively small foot infection can easily develop into dead tissue and blood poisoning. Yet despite the number of people affected by the

Meningitis: How a quadruple amputee got her life back  -  25 Mar 2008
Independent,...in which the meningococcal bacterium multiplies rapidly in the bloodstream â€“ causing blood poisoning â€“ she was only tested for meningitis at this point.

Ill-advised plan for flu medicine  -  25 Mar 2008
The Standard,Of these, about 100 suffered from severe conditions, including pneumonia and blood poisoning, and diseases of the brain and heart.

Heart surgery patients put in danger by use of old blood  -  Mar 23, 2008
Times Online,Recipients of older blood are also at much higher risk of blood poisoning and multi-organ failure, according to the survey at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

Tragedy begets in-home nursing service  -  Mar 24, 2008
Lebanon Daily News,Doctors discovered she had blood poisoning â€” sepsis â€” as a result of the bites. Even today, sepsis is a life-threatening illness.

Old blood, bad blood  -  Mar 20, 2008
Nature.com (subscription),...in the United States now suggests that using blood older than 2 weeks for transfusion ups a patientâ€™s chances of blood poisoning and organ failure,

Two-week-old blood no good for transfusions  -  Mar 19, 2008
New Scientist (subscription),The survey of more than 9000 heart surgery patients also suggests that recipients of older blood are more at risk from blood poisoning and organ failure.

LOUGHTON: Father declares war on superbug  -  Mar 20, 2008
Epping Forest Guardian,Ashley Brooks was struck down with the blood-poisoning bacteria as he battled leukemia in hospital, and made a promise that if he survived he would dedicate

Superbugs and NHS failings  -  Mar 22, 2008
Times Online,First identified in the 1980s, it has spread steadily to cause an average of 30000 cases of blood poisoning and urinary-tract infections a year.

Wash contaminated eggs, warns health watchdog  -  Mar 18, 2008
New Zealand Herald,Dehydration or blood poisoning can occur in some cases. The Food Safety Authority's principal adviser on public health, Dr Donald Campbell, says Britain had

Learning from the mistakes  -  Mar 24, 2008
Edmonton Journal,...to report its sterility standards and how it protects patients from superbugs that can cause skin lesions and boils, pneumonia and blood poisoning.

Woman held in murder probe  -  Mar 13, 2008
Blackpool Gazette,A WOMAN is being questioned by murder squad detectives following the death of a man from blood poisoning. Stephen Simpson, 40, of South Shore died in the

Transfusion of two-week-old blood could prove fatal for heart patients  -  Mar 19, 2008
The Cheers,Lead researcher Colleen Koch said that recipients of older blood re more at risk from blood poisoning and organ failure. She told the New Scientist that the

A ticking time bomb  -  Mar 22, 2008
New Zealand Herald,Their son Glen, a 17-year-old fitness centre attendant, died in 1998 of blood poisoning caused by meningococcal disease. In 2002, a coroner criticised North

Meningitis fight baby is home  -  Mar 21, 2008
Shropshire Star,Zoe Lee was struck down with meningococcal septicaemia, the blood poisoning form of the disease. She is making good progress but could still lose finger

Struggle and strife  -  Mar 22, 2008
ic Wales,The constant chafing of knees, elbows, and hands when working in narrow seams and frequently foul, unsanitary conditions invited infection, blood poisoning

Adrenaline junkies wanted  -  Mar 22, 2008
Gazette & Herald,Meningitis and septicaemia "the blood poisoning form of the disease' affect around 3000 people every year in the UK, killing 10% of sufferers and leaving

Woman dies from rabbit fever  -  Mar 17, 2008
Bangkok Post,...infected people could disregard them but would be in danger two weeks later when the bacteria enter the bloodstream causing blood poisoning.

CAMC tackles sepsis  -  Mar 9, 2008
Charleston Gazette,Sepsis, septicemia (blood poisoning) and septic shock killed 813 patients at CAMC last year - about 15 percent of all deaths. The severe blood infection

A person of substance  -  Mar 21, 2008
Ottawa Citizen,When Mr. O'Brien fell ill with a rare form of blood poisoning in 2004, she converted a space on the first floor of her sprawling home along the Ottawa River

Unravelling our wool crisis  -  Mar 14, 2008
The Age,...that without some form of mulesing, many sheep will die a painful death as maggots hatch and burrow into their tissue, resulting in blood poisoning.

Ailing Briton dies  -  Mar 3, 2008
Gulf Daily News,Former long-term Bahrain resident Mohammed Abdul Aziz, who left Bahrain for Sri Lanka in January, has died from septicaemia (blood poisoning) as a result of

Screening not found to limit MRSA  -  Mar 12, 2008
Baltimore Sun,...in the skin or nose but will attack wounds and cause life-threatening infections, including pneumonia and blood poisoning, when someone is hospitalized.

Woman's death leads to dental bill would require annual exams in ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Santa Rosa Press Democrat,A year ago this month, Mary Keel, 76, died in a Petaluma senior care facility after an oral abscess developed into blood poisoning.

InflaRx Raises Financing to Develop a New Therapeutic Approach ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
Business Wire (press release),As of today, sepsis - also called blood poisoning in the public press - is the most frequent cause of death in non-cardiological intensive care units

Another tragedy in backpackers' haven as Briton dies of suspected ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
Independent,Just a few weeks ago, he said, a Russian friend addicted to drugs had died in hospital from blood poisoning. He said the hospital had shown little interest

2.4 million toys containing magnets recalled  -  Mar 17, 2008
Consumer reportsThis traps the magnets in place and can cause holes (perforations), twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning (sepsis),

Coroner clears GPs who sent sick girl home  -  Feb 29, 2008
Cambridge Evening News,By John Morgan A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl died from blood poisoning in an ambulance on the way to hospital. An inquest heard that Deniz Tas had previously been

Mega Brands issues new recall over magnets in toys  -  Mar 17, 2008
CBC Montreal,An autopsy showed that the magnets twisted the toddler's small intestine and led to blood poisoning. There were no injuries or incident reports involving

The Heidelberg Clinic for Prostate Therapy Combines Biopsy-Free ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
ITNews,This could result in bacterial invasion of the blood flow which could in turn cause life-threatening blood poisoning. If a prostate carcinoma is hit with

Nurses: we do seduce our patients  -  Mar 1, 2008
Times Online,The peer claimed nurses boasted of their drunken behaviour and sexual conquests while he was recovering from blood poisoning at the Royal United hospital

Superbug defies antibiotics  -  Mar 1, 2008
Baltimore Sun,...can live harmlessly in the skin or nasal cavities but attacks wounds and causes life-threatening infections, including pneumonia and blood poisoning.

Irish pioneer Isaac Cathcart found wealth in his new home  -  Mar 17, 2008
HeraldNet,...an economic depression in the late 1890s. Still, he managed to hold on to much of his farmland and timber holdings. He died in 1909 of blood poisoning.

E. coli lettuce served at Taco Johns came from California ranch  -  Feb 26, 2008
FreshPlaza,...however, some strains, including those linked to food poisoning, are serious and can cause fatal blood poisoning, cystitis, and deadly septicemia.

Superbug deaths up by 72 per cent  -  Feb 28, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,...contagious bacterium commonly caught from touching contaminated surfaces and induces severe diarrhoea, cramps or blood poisoning and can be fatal.

Listeria found in second batch of meat  -  Feb 25, 2008
TVNZ,Symptoms can include a fever, headache, nausea, vomiting and aches and pains in joints and muscles and can lead to meningitis and blood poisoning.

Dr. Norman Bethune  -  Mar 1, 2008
Typically Spanish,Norman Bethune was in China working as a field surgeon for the Red Armyâ€™s medical service in the war against the Japanese when he contracted blood poisoning

Gynaecologists, ministry should have greater dialogue on abortion  -  Feb 24, 2008
Jamaica Gleaner,...position on the issue, said she had witnessed the death of a young girl who succumbed to septicaemia (blood poisoning), because of an unsafe abortion.

Microsoft Puts Patient Safety on Center Stage at HIMSS 2008  -  Mar 8, 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),It is also commonly referred to as blood poisoning or septicemia. Itâ€™s one of the most significant and costly challenges to hospitals and critical care

US: Pineapple helps prevent cancers  -  Feb 26, 2008
FreshPlaza,Recent research shows bromelain to be quite effective against juvenile blood poisoning. And it is showing great promise in the area of autoimmune diseases.

Roy Exum: Goodbye Charlie Brown  -  Mar 14, 2008
The Chattanoogan,I went to the hospital with a bad infection that had resulted in blood poisoning and it wasnâ€™t lost on me my dogs knew more than I did.

Family of dead inmate files suit against MC jail  -  Mar 4, 2008
Twin Falls Times-News,...held at the jail for a felony probation violation, slipped into a coma at the jail the morning of March 31, 2006, and later died from blood poisoning.

New Hospital Bug More Resistant than MRSA  -  Mar 14, 2008
SR International - Radio Sweden,As many as 100 in 2000 patients also suffer from life-threatening blood poisoning. Experts cannot pinpoint the exact cause of resistant bacteria but one of

Taking dialysis to the NxStage  -  Mar 14, 2008
Bethel Island Press,...his kidneys to fail, but Maguire and his doctors suspect that a leg wound he suffered years ago, which led to blood poisoning, was the main culprit.

Trust may face legal action over death  -  Mar 12, 2008
The Northern Echo,Mr Common later suffered a perforated bowel, which caused blood poisoning and multiple organ failure. It is not known if the condition was linked to the

Listeria at hospital traced to knife at food supplier's plant  -  Mar 12, 2008
Times Online - Auckland,The infection can also lead to meningitis and blood poisoning. The last confirmed case of Listeria in Auckland was in a cancer patient and was reported at

Hospital bug victim is paying out Â£300000 to clean up health service  -  Mar 12, 2008
This is London,Ashley Brooks, 44, contracted blood poisoning as he was being treated for leukaemia. His wife was pregnant at the time and at one point he was so ill that

Safety review for 'stairs fall' hospital  -  Mar 11, 2008
The Northern Echo,He died on September 21 of a multiple organ shutdown and blood poisoning caused by a perforated bowel. It is not known if this injury was caused by the fall

Charity campaigner named as Woman of Influence  -  Mar 9, 2008
The Herald,Ms Giles was working as a partner in the commercial property department of a large law firm when she contracted the blood poisoning form of meningitis in

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