There has been a lot of buzz about bird flu or the avian influenza and how it could become a global pandemic. What would a pandemic really mean? The federal government just launched a 7 billion dollar program to help the prevention and out break of a bird flu pandemic. There have only been 83 [...]
You may have heard about MRSA recently in the news, in passing, or maybe you heard that someone may have even died from “…some type of staph infection.” MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is a lethal form of bacteria which is resistant to many antibiotics. Most often, staph infections - including MRSA pose a [...]
We all know the frustration: you walk into the doctor?s office for your appointment with the doctor or nurse practitioner. You wait for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, maybe an hour. And when you?re finally in the room, you get 10 minutes in which your healthcare provider looks at your chart, asks for your ?main complaint? [...]
