Tampon fibers linked to toxic shock risk study findings
Harvard researchers report that two absorbent tampon fibers remove magnesium from the vagina, creating a low magnesium environment that raises Staphylococcus aureus toxin production. The study, funded by Tambrands, is set to appear in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Between 1980 and 1984, 2683 TSS cases and 114 deaths were recorded, with most victims tampon users.
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Harvard Medical School
Edward H. Kass
Tambrands
The
Journal of Infectious Diseases
National
Centers For Disease Control
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Ice in drinks may harbor germs and cause traveler's diarrhea
Researchers report that three germs common to travelers' diarrhea and one typhoid bacterium survived freezing into ice for 24 hours and melting into drinks including 86 proof tequila. The study, published in JAMA, found none were completely eliminated by freezing and thawing.
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Chicago
Developing Countries
Journal of the American Medical Association
Survey finds broad willingness to organ donation in U S
CHICAGO AP Up to 80 percent of Americans might donate organs if encouraged, while only 19 percent now carry donor cards, a Journal of the American Medical Association study reports. Researchers say uncertainty could hide a larger pool of willing donors and call for more public information.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
U.S
Centenarians Survive Surgery At High Rates Says Doctor
Dr Mark R Katlic of Massachusetts General Hospital reviewed centenarians who had surgery from 1979 to 1983 and found six who survived and later lived one or two more years A 101-year-old woman who had a hernia repair recovered well and lived to 102 She helped lecture geriatrics and cruised the world noting centenarians can endure procedures from pacemaker generator replacement to hip repair and leg amputation recovery
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Chicago
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Katlie
Today
Journal of the American Medical Association
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