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April 1 - April 15, 2007 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Mon., 4/02 Clostridium difficile worldwide: C.difficile is the most common hospital-acquired diarrheal infection, but a new, more virulent strain is causing concern among doctors.
Tue., 4/03 Preventing relapses of a bacterial infection: A new treatment called “milk therapy” may help prevent patients from experiencing relapses of hospital-acquired diarrheal infections.
Wed., 4/04 Buruli ulcer: This disease is little known in America but is a formidable foe in other parts of the world.
Thu., 4/05 Microbe space transport: Researchers are planning to conduct tests in space to determine if Earth bacteria can survive and thrive on a trip to Mars.
Fri., 4/06 MRSA in the city: A hospital infection that has healthcare workers on high alert has now been found lurking on the streets of North American cities.
Mon., 4/09 Milk: It does a body good: New scientific evidence suggests that milk’s benefits are more than nutritional; the lipids it contains may prevent mastitis infections in nursing women.
Tue., 4/10 Physician vaccination: One recent study finds that physicians may need some help following their own advice about flu vaccinations.
Wed., 4/11 What is sociomicrobiology? Believe it or not, bacteria can ‘talk’ to each other using chemical signals, even recruiting other bacterial species to form complex biofilms that are immune to antibiotics.
Thu., 4/12 Fungal infection prevention: The advent of serious fungal infections in vulnerable patients has led to an explosion in development of new antifungal drugs.
Fri., 4/13 Antimicrobial mouse: A new self-cleansing computer mouse can prevent bacterial build up common in office spaces.
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