Pathogens can become superbugs without their even knowing it, research published today in Science shows. ‘Stealth’ plasmids - circular ‘DNA parasites’ of bacteria that can carry antibiotic-resistance genes - produce a protein that increases the chances of survival and spread of the antibiotic-resistant strain. [click link for full article] (more…)
It’s the world’s most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection. There are an estimated 8 million cases of trich — pronounced “trick” — a year in North America and 170 million cases worldwide. But in a cover article in the January 12, 2007, issue of Science, researchers reveal many of trich’s tricks. [click link for full article] (more…)
Seventeen states in 2006 increased access to health coverage, but new federal proof-of-citizenship rules might be leading to a decline in children’s Medicaid enrollment in some states, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, [click link for full article] (more…)
As you set out your financial to-dos for the year ahead, make sure that reexamining your personal insurance plan is a priority that tops the list. “Your salary, lifestyle and family situation change year to year, and so should the personal insurance plan that protects them,” says David F. Woods, CLU, ChFC, president of the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE). [click link for full article] (more…)
