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Staphylococcus aureus infections create an enormous burden to hospitals by
significantly increasing costs, length of patient stays and mortality rates.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Thursday 11th August, 2005
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The results of the Mexican study strongly suggest that DOTS reduces
transmission of resistant strains by curing potential multi-drug resistant cases
of TB.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Studies which report that influenza vaccination reduces winter mortality risk
among the elderly by 50 percent maybe overestimated.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Monday 21st February, 2005
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The study found that uncircumcised men have more than twice the risk of
acquiring HIV than do circumcised men.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Friday, 21st January 2005
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Bloodstream infections caused by Candida have the highest mortality rate
among hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in the Unites States.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Saturday, 1st January 2005
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Previous assumptions about extrapolating data from cervical disease in women
to anal HPV infection in men who have sex with men must be questioned.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Thursday, 18th November
2004 |
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By exploiting telomerase's growth influence on telomeres, researchers were
able to keep the immune cells youthful and active as they replicated under
HIV attack.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Monday,
15th November 2004 |
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Diflucan, taken once a week for six months was found to reduce the frequency of recurrent vaginal Candida infections by more than 90%.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Friday,
27th August 2004 |
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The new outbreak in Yambio has killed between 25 and 30 percent of the people
infected. The CDC had indicated that the outbreak is not linked to the known
strains of Ebola virus.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Monday,
7th June 2004 |
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Both CDC & WHO have received reports of outbreaks of a severe form of
pneumonia worldwide.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Sunday,
19th April 2003 |
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Evidence of the virus dropped
50-fold in the blood cells of macaques and 1,000-fold in
plasma.
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Dr. Tamer
Fouad, M.D.
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Wednesday,
1st January 2003
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