Infant water intoxication called newest epidemic

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Infant water intoxication has put many infants each year at risk of seizures and respiratory failure. Traditionally, water intoxication has been rare and usually occurred through the improper use of intravenous fluids, during infant swim lessons or from child abuse. However, a recent rise in water intoxication due to large amounts of water given to infants in their formula has been noticed. Poverty is partially to blame as many parents or guardians of infants lack proper amounts of formula or dilute their formula with water to save money.

Health aspects, Patient outcomes, Mortality, Infants, Infant mortality, Water intoxication, Overhydration

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Old drugs being called up in TB fight

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Two supposedly old-fashioned drugs, streptomycin and para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS), are being brought back to fight drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis. The rising number of resistant cases has alarmed the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Drug companies, including Glaxo Canada Inc and ICN Canada, are sending supplies of streptomycin and PAS to the CDC. Also, Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co are resuming production of streptomycin.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Research, Pharmaceutical industry, Product information, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Microbial drug resistance, Antitubercular agents

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Living well: best revenge against uninformed patients

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The American Medical Assn (AMA) is introducing Living Well America, a series of newsletters it will sell to the general public for a $20 annual subscription fee. Living Well America will offer health information and clinical findings from the Journal of the American Medical Association as well as ten other medical journals. The AMA has contracted the Hearst Corp to edit and publish the newsletters.

Newspapers, Periodicals, Publishing industry, Contracts, American Medical Association, Health education, Hearst Corp., Living Well America (Periodical)

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