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Archive for March 21st, 2010

Health & Lifestyle

The Bugs In Your Gut

Like most people, Carrie, a former border customs officer in Vancouver, never thought much about the trillions of microscopic creatures inhabiting her body—until internal germ warfare first threatened—then saved—her life. A broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribed prior to dental surgery set the stage for an infection of Clostridium difficile, antibiotic-resistant bacteria whose toxins attack the intestines. C. difficile is one of the most common infections in hospitals and long-term care facilities; it spreads easily and is difficult to control. Nearly one in 10 hospitalized adults contract C. difficile—and up to 17.9 per cent of them die within 30 days. Even though Carrie, then 25, [...]

March 21, 2010, by Sharon Adams

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
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MISCELLANEOUS
FEATHERS ON THE BRAIN– Brian Watkins, RCL representative to RCEL, “Feathers on the Brain,” a memoir of his life in Wales and as a British diplomat, available at Amazon.com or any good book shop, ISBN 978-0-9866421-5-9, $10.23. The author will be present at the Halifax Convention. Contribution from every book sold will be donated to The RCL’s Poppy Fund.

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