Genetic test fingers viral, bacterial infections: Method could help doctors treat children's fevers
Alas, my illness is political; I need only check the newspapers to understand it.
On the plus side, it abates every eight years - until the next outbreak.
Make it a home test and tens of billions in needless ER and doctor visits could be avoided.
This is an example of what will NEVER happen under Obamacare.
There will be NO medical experimentation, none. When was the last major medical break through that came from the medical gulags in Europe? “Sorry comrade doctor, there is no money for your research; see it’s right here in the bill.”
...could someday help stop the unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics to patients who have viral infections.
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I was told once by a physician that, even though antibiotics cannot kill a virus, they are sometimes useful during a viral infection to stop the work of opportunistic bacteria.
Engineered bacterium hunts down pathogens
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