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Searching for Saddam
How Social Networking Was Used To Capture Saddam Hussein? A five-part series on how the U.S. military used social networking to capture the Iraqi dictator.
Antibiotic and MRSA
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First – What is MRSA?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. MRSA is by definition any strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that is resistant to a large group of antibiotics called the beta-lactams, which include the penicillins and the cephalosporins.
Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis
In 1847, Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis discovered that washing one’s hands with chlorine between deliveries practically eliminated fatal infections among laboring women. (His colleagues ignored him and later committed him to a mental hospital, where he was beaten to death by guards.) Today, numerous modern studies show that in randomized trials, meticulous hand-washing, when [...]
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Beware of a Con Guy at eGate Penang
Got this in my inbox. Is this true, Penangite ?
Email 1:
Please be pre-alerted that there is a young guy in a black Toyota Vios lurking around Egate and Tesco carpark, claiming that you have accidentally damaged his car while parking yours. After you have parked and walked away, he would approach you and made the [...]
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