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04/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Local lake virus saves man suffering from life-threatening, antibiotic resistant heart infection

An 80-year old Connecticut man owed his life to a virus taken from a nearby lake. Experimental bacteriophage therapy with the OMKO1 virus eliminated an antibiotic-resistant infection that was threatening the man’s heart, according to a LiveScience article. Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) in New Haven, Connecticut reported that the naturally-occurring virus succeeded in treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which […]

02/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New source of world’s deadliest neurotoxin discovered… cosmetic surgeons rejoice

The newest source of the deadliest toxin in the world will certainly shock you. According to an AlphaGalileo article, British researchers have found a new type of botulinum neurotoxin (better known as Botox) from bacteria found in the guts of a cow. The last time scientists reported a new botulinum toxin was 40 years ago. And […]

06/17/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Power of the MIND: Patients cured by sham surgeries because they think the surgeon solved their problem

Scientists have long been aware of what is known as the “placebo effect,” which refers to a treatment that has a positive therapeutic impact on a patient, even though the treatment or medication they received wasn’t actually real. Drugs.com notes that placebo effects have been noted in as many as 40 percent of patients in […]

04/22/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Patients found to recover more quickly once they remove hospital gowns

A British campaign called the PJ Paralysis Initiative has been launched by staff members of the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) National Health System (NHS) Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom. Its goal is to encourage patients in hospitals to dress in their own clothes as soon as they feel able to move around. This simple, […]

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