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    Is it normal to have fluid leaking from your ear with an ear infection?

    Hey guys! Well I woke up with severe ear pain the other night, and went to the doctor yesterday and his conclusion was I had quite a bad ear infection which he prescribed me antibiotics, panedine fort and ibuprofen to help get rid of it. Although I know it's just an infection, I still can't...
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    Ear infection symptoms getting worse, when should I go back to the doctor?

    The doctor prescribed me Amoxicillin 500mg 3x a day for a sinus and ear infection. I've been on it for two days and my symptoms have gotten worse. I'm getting intense pain behind my ear, through my jaw and down my neck. How long should I wait before I go see the doctor again?
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    Chlamydia infection and prostatitis?

    I have some symptoms of prostatitis and have been diagnosed with this medical condition. How ever, local docto
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    Detecting Bacterial Infection Using Fluorescing Polymers

    Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed polymers that fluoresce in the presence of bacteria, paving the way for the rapid detection and assessment of wound infection using ultra-violet light. When contained in a gel and applied to a wound, the level of fluorescence detected...
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    Common Infection From Implanted Medical Devices Destroyed By Combination Therapy

    Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a therapy for a potentially deadly type of infection common in catheters, artificial joints and other "in-dwelling" medical devices. Their findings appear in the Open Access Journal PLoS Pathogens. The therapy targets fungal infections...
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    Same Conditions, Different Outcome In Fungal Infection

    Cryptococcus neoformans is a life-threatening human fungal pathogen that is responsible for an estimated 1 million cases of meningitis each year, primarily in HIV-infected and other immunocompromised patients. Interaction with immune cells called macrophages is a key step in whether it causes...
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    Noninvasive Detection Of Dangerous Heart-Valve Infection

    A novel imaging probe developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may make it possible to diagnose accurately a dangerous infection of the heart valves. In their Nature Medicine report, which is receiving advance online publication, the team from the MGH Center for Systems...
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    A Cure For The Common Cold? New Drug Could Cure Nearly Any Viral Infection

    Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, and deadly hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola. Now, in a development that could transform how viral...
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    New Strategy That Is Used By Bacteria During Infection Identified By Biologists

    Purdue University biologists identified a new way in which bacteria hijack healthy cells during infection, which could provide a target for new antibiotics. Zhao-Qing Luo, the associate professor of biological sciences who led the study, said the team discovered a new enzyme used by the...
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    Optimizing Delivery Of Care For Patients With MRSA Infection: Focus On Transitions Of

    Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most prevalent pathogens in hospitalized patients and is a common cause of infection. It is annually associated with 2.7 million additional days of patient hospitalization, 12,000 additional inpatient deaths, and excess costs of $9.5 billion in the United...
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    can diet cause urinary tract infection?

    do u think what u eat can cause a urinary infection?
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    how to get rid of infection in gum after extraction without antibiotics?

    i have been using warm salt rinses often and brushing occationaly but i aam a smoker and was told i can smoke 48 hours after. I think that is wrong and dont know how to rid of infection being i was already on antibiotics for 7 days and dont have any more and infection still present...please...
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    can applejuice help at all with a bladder infection? lol?

    im just wondering.. it's out of curiosity, i have a bladder infection from pregnancy.. something common i was told. i know antibiotics are there to take to help it heal. but im just wondering, can apple juice help with your healing at all somehow? lol, i was told apple juice was good to drink...
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    my laptop has a really bad virus infection!!?

    okay so i was looking at some games because i was bored and i found one that i decided to download0 halfway through the installation process this page come up that says i have 12 threats! some of them are even Trojan horses!!!! then i see a box with all the listed threats and below click "start...
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    Can the infection be spread through a bite?

    I had an encounter with a zombie a few days ago. Or at least, what resembled a zombie. I was at the mall. At the Apple store, actually, when I saw what appeared to be two men, lumbering around, drooling, and making loud guttural groaning noises. The features were disfigured, and it behaved...
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    if my blood touch their saliva it should mean they get infection since disease will

    travel to their......? .....saliva glands under their tung and enter the body. What disease do that by the way aside from cancer am i right or what?? can I get a list of disease that could transmit like that please. and which of those are usually fatal? am i right or what?? can I get a list of...
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    Is my upper respiratory infection caused by new birth control?

    i just started YAZ birth control and i've developed a cold. i read the side effects and one was "upper respiratory infection." do i need to stop taking this? or should i stick it out until my body gets used to it? is this normal?
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    Could this be an infection from surgery?

    2 weeks ago, I received a laproscopic appendectomy, and I had an average recovery. Within the past 2 days(ish) I have been having moderate abdominal pain, and my stool has had blood in it, and I have had a killer headache. I am a 15 year old female if that helps the matter, and the pain is NOT...
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    how do i know if i have a vaginal infection?

    i know if have tan discharge it's normal but i always discharge and it dosent always smell to nice lol but i was wondering how do i know if i have an infection (i also have normal white/clear sticky discharge)
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    How Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus Begins Infection In Cattle

    U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identified the primary site where the virus that causes foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) begins infection in cattle. This discovery could lead to development of new vaccines to control and potentially eradicate FMD, a highly contagious and...
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