Preventative Medicine for TB
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Tuberculosis (TB) - Treatment Overview - Health.com
health.com — “Doctors treat tuberculosis (TB) with antibiotics to kill the TB bacteria. These medicines are given to everyone who has TB, including infants, children, pregnant women, and people who have a weakened immune system . People who have TB that cannot be” View full resource at health.com
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Preventing Spread Of HIV And TB In African Prisons
medicalnewstoday.com — “In order to reduce HIV and TB in African prisons, African governments and international health donors should fund criminal justice reforms, experts from Human Rights Watch say in this week's PL” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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A Spotlight on Children With TB | Speaking of Medicine
blogs.plos.org — “A Spotlight on Children With TB | Speaking of Medicine” View full resource at blogs.plos.org
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A Spotlight on Children With TB: http://t.co/59ZBcXMW @MSF_uk
A Faster Cheaper Way To Diagnose TB
medicalnewstoday.com — “Researchers have discovered a faster, cheaper method for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). A major barrier in TB prevention, especially in developing countries, is that diagnosis is slow and cos” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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New Combo Therapy May Prevent TB, Save Lives in People With HIV - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “Simpler and shorter treatment with antibiotic drugs could help prevent full-blown tuberculosis in millions of people worldwide infected with the bacterium that” View full resource at drugs.com
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New Combo Therapy May Prevent TB, Save Lives in People With HIV - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “Simpler and shorter treatment with antibiotic drugs could help prevent full-blown tuberculosis in millions of people worldwide infected with the bacterium that” View full resource at drugs.com
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New Combo Therapy May Prevent TB, Save Lives in People With HIV: WEDNESDAY, July 6 -- Simpler and shorter ... http://bit.ly/qDTum9 #drug
Spinal Tb (Newest posts first) - The People's Medicine Community
prescriptiondrug-info.com — “Hai Doc My name is gopikrishna I got spinal tb in 2007 december And i have taken treatment in dots for 9 months and i cured Now past 10 days i am getting pain in spine What to do shell i use akt 4 or any other Please give me the solution Regards Thanks Gopikrishna Doctors thought that i have TB and (Newest posts first)” View full resource at prescriptiondrug-info.com
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" Doctors thought that i have TB and they started Akt4 and other medicine , taking a second and third opinion http://PD0.US/F199707
Tuberculosis (TB) Symptoms, Signs, History, Treatment, Cause, Transmission and Diagnosis by MedicineNet.com
medicinenet.com — “Read about tuberculosis (TB) treatment, diagnosis (skin test), transmission, cause (Mycobacterium), and symptoms. TB infection is a contagious disease that's easily spread.” View full resource at medicinenet.com
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A high level of drug-resistant tuberculosis has been found in Europe. Find out how a person gets infected at... http://t.co/4aUtWKX3
Largest-ever study of community-wide TB drug prevention did not improve TB control in South African mines
news-medical.net — “"After seven years of research, the world's largest study of preventative tuberculosis (TB) therapy has found that untargeted, community-wide distribution of TB prevention drugs did not improve TB control in South African gold mines," PlusNews reports.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Largest-Ever Study Of Community-Wide TB Drug Prevention Did Not Improve TB Control In South African Mines - Kaiser Global Health
globalhealth.kff.org — “"After seven years of research, the world's largest study of preventative tuberculosis (TB) therapy has found that untargeted, community-wide distribution of TB prevention drugs did not improve TB control in South African gold mines," PlusNews reports. "Conducted among 27,000 gold-mine employees in 15 mines, the Thibela TB study tested the theory that treating an entire community with the first-line TB drug isoniazid could result in long-lasting reductions in active TB cases and T” View full resource at globalhealth.kff.org
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U.S. TB infections drop to record low: CDC | Reuters
reuters.com — “CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. cases of tuberculosis fell 6.4 percent in 2011 to an all-time low, but missed a national target of eliminating the disease as cases among foreign-born individuals persisted, health” View full resource at reuters.com
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US TB infections drop to record low: CDC - Reuters http://t.co/kj5XqwHn #medicine
Global Fund Releases Mid-Year Results For HIV, TB, Malaria
medicalnewstoday.com — “The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced mid-year results for HIV and TB treatment as well as for insecticide-treated net (ITN) distribution,” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Global Fund Releases Mid-Year Results For HIV, TB, Malaria http://mnt.to/3DKB #tb #tuberculosis
TB's mechanism to evade body's immune system identified
news-medical.net — “Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have identified a mechanism used by the tuberculosis bacterium to evade the body's immune system and have identified a compound that blocks the bacterium's ability to survive in the host, which could lead to new drugs to treat tuberculosis.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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The Long Battle Against TB | Doctors Without Borders
doctorswithoutborders.org — “Though the number of TB patients is on the rise worldwide—MSF treated some 25,000 cases in 2010 alone—there is still too little access to care and too few new diagnostic tools and medicines.” View full resource at doctorswithoutborders.org
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Short video about #TB in #Armenia, with more stories+facts about #TB to come this week, ahead of #WorldTBDay on 3/24. http://t.co/XE2zLUMX
New Combo Therapy May Prevent TB, Save Lives in People With HIV - iVillage
ivillage.com — “WEDNESDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Simpler and shorter treatment with antibiotic drugs could help prevent full-blown tuberculosis in millions of people worldwide infected with the bacterium that causes TB, especially those also infected with HIV, r” View full resource at ivillage.com
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