Doctors treating Kauai man with flesh-eating disease
his Lihue, Kauai apartment. He was rushed to Wilcox Memorial Hospital where doctors discovered Stem was suffering from a flesh-eating disease, also called a necrotizing skin infection. "He contracted this some time recently and it is a very invasive bacteriainfo
Disease outbreaks from imported foods up in 2009-10
of rotting fish. It occurs when certain fish species are not properly chilled after being caught. That causes their flesh to develop high levels of scombrotoxin, which in turn causes histamine to form in the seafood. It can cause rash, swelling and sometimesinfo
Love of flesh hits a snag
The Harvard study published yesterday found red meat consumption was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality. Eating one additional serving of meat daily was associated with a 16 per cent increase in the risk of cardiovascularinfo
Natural Health: Are you an unhealthy vegetarian?
Pescetarians eat vegetables, fruits, nut grains, beans, eggs and dairy as well. Raw vegetarian The main principle is about eating foods in their most natural state â€" uncooked and unprocessed. These foods are also the most nutrient dense for the body. Practitionersinfo
State advises public to keep wounds clean
pain at the site of a wound or cut, you need to let the doctor know sooner than later." The warning comes after the state confirmed Lihue resident John Stem has necrotizing faciitis, or flesh-eating bacteria, and fielded reports of other possible cases.info
Why a Big Mac is sometimes healthier than a roast beef dinner
extra daily serving. What's a red-blooded carnivore supposed to do? The answer is: eat more imaginatively. The warnings on eating red and processed meat have been sounded for more than five years and they are worth heeding because of the central place animalinfo
Any Amount Of Any Type Of Red Meat Will Kill You, Says Science
flesh is killing you. According to a new study, called Meat and You: Partners In Freedom Red Meat Consumption and Mortality, eating any amount of any type of red meat significantly increases the risk of premature death. The study zeroed in on the eating habitsinfo
CDC: US illness outbreaks from imported food have risen
from Asia. Most people were sickened with salmonella or histamine fish poisoning, a bacterial disease contracted from eating spoiled dark-flesh fish that causes rashes, diarrhea, sweating, headaches and vomiting. The outbreaks led to 2,348 cases of illness,info
Calgary comic book Rebel Blood oozes infections, zombies
himself in a living nightmare as a mutant infection breaks out in the area turning both people and woodland animals into flesh-eating zombies. Amid the chaos Neville must journey through these deadly woods to save his endangered wife and son. Rossmo, a lifelonginfo
Want more research funding? Time to give your study organism a better nickname
and fundraising tools. They have nicknames (for the organism, the disease, or both): Good ones. Like "black death" "flesh eating bacteria" "bone break fever" any "wasting disease" any "hemorrhagic fever" "male killer" and more. Now - there are a few non pathogensinfo