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Jalapeño and Serrano peppers, both varieties linked to the recent nationwide outbreak of Salmonella contamination (salmonellosis), are apparently still for sale in the US.
What is salmonellosis?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Salmonellosis is an infection with bacteria called Salmonella. Most persons infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection.
The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days, and most persons recover without treatment. However, in some persons, the diarrhea may be so severe that the patient needs to be hospitalized. In these patients, the Salmonella infection may spread from the intestines to the blood stream, and then to other body sites and can cause death unless the person is treated promptly with antibiotics. The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are more likely to have a severe illness.
The Nursing Department Chair at Minot State University is getting ready to do her part to help Americans live healthier lives. Kelly Buettner-Schmidt has received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellowship.
The foundation has been around for 35 years and is dedicated to helping people live healthier lives. As a recipient of the fellowship award Buettner-Schmidt will work to get her PhD in the policy side of nursing.
All of her tuition and travel to the University of New Mexico will be paid for by the foundation for the next few years so that she and other nurses will become more involved in policy making and healthcare...
A recent study published in The American Journal of Medicine claims that individuals who consumed 1 drink/day (0.5 to 1.0 drinks/day), so-called moderate drinkers, have a decreased risk of osteoporotic hip fracture when compared with non and heavy alcohol drinkers.
A bunker in the heart of the French city of Lyon harbours some of the world's deadliest organisms. The viruses being studied at the government-funded P4 Jean Mérieux lab include the lethal and currently incurable Ebola and Marburg.
The new Brilliance iCT scanner will dramatically improve the speed and quality of difficult to image organs and patients according to Dr. Stephen Tamarkin, a diagnostic radiologist. He says the system can produce unprecedented quality in 3D images of the heart in as little as two beats.
A demonstration of the speedy diagnostic tool was recently given at the MetroHealth Medical Center. Even patients who have difficulty holding their breath can be imaged full body, head to toe, in just about 5 seconds said Dr. Tamarkin.
As the teaching of medicine becomes an ever increasingly multimedia process, the need for medical stock footage to illustrate the finer points of human anatomy grows apace. Simple two-dimensional illustrations pale in comparison to the lifelike realism offered by state-of-the-art computer animation.
Known in the video production industry by the acronym CGI for Computer Generated Imagery, this technology is responsible for the breathtaking scenes popularized by the feature films Shrek, Toy Story, and Finding Nemo.
Many producers, educational institutions, teaching hospitals and nursing schools are finding themselves in need of stock footage to incorporate in PowerPoint presentations and full-fledged videos intended for distribution online, via DVD and in the classroom.
Royalty free stock footage is an extremely cost-effective way to obtain this footage from existing stock video libraries. These companies offer previously produced video on liberal usage terms for much less cost to the buyer than producing the needed sequences from scratch.
The upside is very high quality footage sourced at very reasonable cost and under simple and uncomplicated license. The downside is that this footage will not be exclusive to the end user and it may not be a perfect match.
A few last points to keep in mind when shopping for stock footage. When you purchase most stock video you can use it time after time without paying new fees. Most stock video is available on CD, DVD or via download. And finally, you can either order the entrée or a la carte. In other words, most agencies will sell you an entire collection or a single clip. Royalty free medical stock video, its not just for Hollywood anymore!
Title: Estrogen May Explain Why Women With Cystic Fibrosis Suffer More Category: Health News Created: 11/21/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/21/2008
