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A dangerous, potentially fatal bacterial infection has made its way from the medical page to the front page with the death of some school children in the US. On today’s Health Show...we’ll learn just what Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is...and why it seems to be spreading faster than you can say MRSA. We’ll also take a look at a germ fighting product that you probably have in your own home...and really may not need. And with the flu season on the way we’ll find out about a new survey that answers some interesting questions about who’s getting a flu show...and why.
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THE MRSA OUTBREAK
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or to conserve time and tonsils MRSA, is a strain of staph that emerged decades ago in hospitals that was resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Recently it’s been showing up in alarming frequency in school children...and has been linked to deaths of students in Virginia and New York City. Here to talk about this outbreak is The Health Show's Diet & Lifestyle Consultant Dr. Stephanie Beling. Bob Barrett asked Dr. Beling that while studies show that up to a third of the population is living with MRSA, for most it causes no harm. Why does it seem to be turning more dangerous?
No Antibacterial Soap, Radio
So what are the causes of antibiotic resistance? Perhaps some of them are using antibacterial products that we really don’t need. Antibacterial soaps: they are marketed as an extra defense against that awful bug going around the office or your kid's school. But as Rebecca Williams reports, new research finds antibacterial soap is not any better than plain soap at keeping us from getting sick. And some scientists and doctors worry there might be risks to widespread use of antibacterial products.
Flu Season - A New National Survey
A new national poll conducted by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital finds parents are more likely to vaccinate kids against the flu if they plan to vaccinate themselves. Flu vaccination rates among children are expected to hit an all-time high this season, but still only half of high-risk adults plan to get the recommended flu vaccination. Dr. Matthew Davis is director of the National Poll on Children’s Health and explains, among other things, what parents should understand when it comes to protecting their children during the coming flu season.
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