﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Silicon Investor - MRSA - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus</title><copyright>Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media.  All rights reserved.</copyright><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=57141</link><description>This thread is for the discussion of and exchange of information on MRSA which is becoming more and more of an epidemic.  Information on companies involved in the battle against MRSA is welcome and encouraged, but persistent hyping of a stock is not.   Some companies involved with MRSA (please help ...</description><image><url>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.png</url><title>SI - MRSA - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus          </title><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=57141</link><width>380</width><height>132</height></image><ttl>10</ttl><item><title>[Chris Forte] Well that is just flat out scary.</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28722335</link><pubDate>2/12/2013 9:08:50 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[caly] Want a bigger Yikes?    Sorry if I've posted this before:  theatlantic.com </title><author>caly</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28719443</link><pubDate>2/11/2013 4:02:51 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] C dif.  Yikes  mayoclinic.com </title><author>Chris Forte</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28718911</link><pubDate>2/11/2013 12:25:19 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] medscape.com  But That's Not All...    A grab-bag of other research suggests tha...</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description>medscape.com  But That's Not All...    A grab-bag of other research suggests that coffee intake may relieve  dry-eye syndrome by increasing tear production,[35] reduce the risk for  gout,[36] and potentially fight infection.[37] Coffee and hot tea consumption  were found to be protective against one of the medical comm...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28690441</link><pubDate>1/27/2013 4:13:57 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] I know it sounds absurd and gross but it's a legitimate treatment.  C Dif is a m...</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description>I know it sounds absurd and gross but it's a legitimate treatment.  C Dif is a monstrous problem.  I bet someone figures out how to do it correctly and simply.    A friend with gut problems was so desperate he asked me if I could get him some syringes so he could experiment with withdrawing the contents of various caps...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28680744</link><pubDate>1/22/2013 8:24:46 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Steve Lokness] &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; transplanting fecal matter from healthy people to    those with life-threa...</title><author>Steve Lokness</author><description>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; transplanting fecal matter from healthy people to    those with life-threatening infections of antibiotic-resistant forms  of   the bacterium ............. remedies like this will become more and more important.&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  Hard for me to pull out any winner from an investment point of view with this approach. </description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28679673</link><pubDate>1/22/2013 12:50:03 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[CusterInvestor] lol, want to explain this process?  On second thought, never mind.......  transp...</title><author>CusterInvestor</author><description>lol, want to explain this process?  On second thought, never mind.......  transplanting fecal matter from healthy people to   those with life-threatening infections of antibiotic-resistant forms of   the bacterium Clostridium difficile were highly effective as   treatments. As antibiotic resistance grows –and it is gro...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28679479</link><pubDate>1/22/2013 11:36:30 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] my.chicagotribune.com   Gender differences in autoimmune diseases: Blame them on...</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description>my.chicagotribune.com   Gender differences in autoimmune diseases: Blame them on bacteria?                    Facebook    8       Twitter    3     [graphic] 					    ASM MicrobeLibrary /Handout 					    Lactobacillus bacteria -- one of the many kinds of  microbes that dwell inside the gut. A new study suggests that gut...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28679331</link><pubDate>1/22/2013 10:41:18 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[caly] I was just telling friends the other day how I think I developed resistance to s...</title><author>caly</author><description>I was just telling friends the other day how I think I developed resistance to some bugs thanks to my grandma's less than by-the-book food practices.   "It's how we did it in the old country, and no one got sick."   We didn't either.</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28673113</link><pubDate>1/18/2013 4:08:48 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[ACAN] I absolutely agree Chris. My grandfather used to say "you will eat a peck of dir...</title><author>ACAN</author><description>I absolutely agree Chris. My grandfather used to say "you will eat a peck of dirt  before you die" whenever we became obsessive compulsive about cleanliness in your own normal kitchen. Think of the poor  folks in India cooking and eating on the streets.</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28672202</link><pubDate>1/18/2013 10:58:26 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] A friend had been seriously considering it.  He was really suffering with variou...</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description>A friend had been seriously considering it.  He was really suffering with various gut problems and did his research and was ready and willing but was having a hard time arranging it.  It makes total sense.  It's funny how people are grossed out by it but are totally willing to swallow or inject synthetic chemicals, mos...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28671778</link><pubDate>1/18/2013 7:31:07 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[caly] Hadn't heard of that, or this.   Fecal transplants?   nature.com </title><author>caly</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28669769</link><pubDate>1/17/2013 11:15:20 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Steve Lokness] &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; We are our own worst enemy.&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  Well, not to make too much of a point of...</title><author>Steve Lokness</author><description>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; We are our own worst enemy.&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  Well, not to make too much of a point of it - but mankind has been pretty successful and to no small part antibiotics have contributed mightily to that success. Still, I agree completely that we are abusing this gift. Here they have a physician who is reintroducing fecal matter t...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28668299</link><pubDate>1/16/2013 4:32:52 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] Well said. Very well said.    We are our own worst enemy.</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28659532</link><pubDate>1/12/2013 8:11:18 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[caly] Really scary stuff.     Just another example of how our "progress" is upsetting ...</title><author>caly</author><description>Really scary stuff.     Just another example of how our "progress" is upsetting the balance of things, I guess.   I think someday the 20th century will be called "The Century of Doom," and hopefully the 21st century "The Century of Re-enlightenment."   We need to return to simpler ways on so many fronts.  </description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28658035</link><pubDate>1/11/2013 12:22:37 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] thehealthyhomeeconomist.com     					Why Antibiotics Today Could Threaten Your L...</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description>thehealthyhomeeconomist.com     					Why Antibiotics Today Could Threaten Your Life Tomorrow 					by Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist on January 4, 2013    3896  43  4549  170   [graphic]Contrary  to the opinion of the conventional medical establishment, there is no  free lunch when it comes to antibiotics. Doctors fo...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28656914</link><pubDate>1/10/2013 9:38:21 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] What's so odd?  That's pretty much what my office looks like, except I have Peop...</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description>What's so odd?  That's pretty much what my office looks like, except I have People magazine for patients that are waiting.</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28361993</link><pubDate>8/26/2012 8:36:20 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[ACAN] Chris OT, but I thought you might find it interesting  biertijd.com </title><author>ACAN</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28360535</link><pubDate>8/25/2012 11:57:05 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] I would rather be operated on in my garage than any hospital. </title><author>Chris Forte</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28359589</link><pubDate>8/24/2012 9:03:28 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[caly] The hospital ended up removing plumbing to get rid of the bacteria.   Speechless...</title><author>caly</author><description>The hospital ended up removing plumbing to get rid of the bacteria.   Speechless.</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28358211</link><pubDate>8/24/2012 12:05:21 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[ACAN] Amazing forensic perseveramce.</title><author>ACAN</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28357750</link><pubDate>8/24/2012 8:16:03 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] NY TIMES  August 22, 2012  Genome Detectives Solve Mystery of a Deadly Hospital ...</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description>NY TIMES  August 22, 2012  Genome Detectives Solve Mystery of a Deadly Hospital Outbreak By GINA KOLATA   The ambulance sped up to the red brick federal research hospital on June 13, 2011, and paramedics rushed a gravely ill 43-year-old woman straight to intensive care. She had a rare lung disease and was gasping for b...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28355680</link><pubDate>8/23/2012 11:43:54 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Chris Forte] That is one very scary article. Thanks, who needs sleep.   This is a topic that ...</title><author>Chris Forte</author><description>That is one very scary article. Thanks, who needs sleep.   This is a topic that needs more discussion.  I can not believe our complacency.  I for one will have to be tied down to a hospital bed to keep me in one.  I know more people that have had hospital caused complications than I care to think about.   “We are losin...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28026723</link><pubDate>3/21/2012 11:52:38 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[caly]  Antibiotic Resistance Could Bring ‘End of Modern Medicine’  abcnews.go.com </title><author>caly</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28022905</link><pubDate>3/19/2012 6:50:48 PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>