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• Free antibiotics may have high cost later

  Thu Mar 5, 2009
  • Lol, earth to dam tired: -Bacteria need to be taken from the source of the infection, which, incidentally, isn't always in the blood. A blood test would be worthless in treating an infected skin lesion on your nose, for example.

• Arkansas medical official hurt in car bombing

  Wed Feb 4, 2009
  • His injuries were probably the result of shrapnel, Captain Science. :p

• Brazil model who lost hands, feet dies

  Fri Jan 23, 2009
  • Pseudomonads are a common cauise of UTIs and most infections can be treated with 10 to 14 days of oral ciprofloxacin (obviously not in your case, and I hope you're feeling better!) What I mean is, the resistance profile of a particular strain doesn't completely depend on where the bacteria grow, be …

• Brazil model who lost hands, feet dies

  Fri Jan 23, 2009
  • pseudomonas A. is pan resistant to all ABX except Fortaz. Who told you that? :p Many strains of pseudomonas are susceptible to multiple antibiotics. Three of mine are, and I have the nasty (mucoid phenotype) cystic fibrosis variety.

• Quakes feed fears of Yellowstone eruption

  Sat Jan 10, 2009
  • nbgardner63: Please remove your tinfoil hat. The Washington state governor declared a state of emergency more than a month before the eruption occurred. How is that not warning the public?

• Phoenix R.I.P.: NASA says Mars probe is dead

  Tue Nov 11, 2008
  • NASA's budget is barely 1% of the US federal budget (perhaps closer to 0.7%, but I don't have the exact numbers). Combined with the fact that NASA provides us with quite a bit of innovative spin-off technology, I can't understand all this whining. :p

• Sport of hunting with hounds under scrutiny

  Sat Sep 27, 2008
  • Oh noes, INTERNET TOUGH GUY. How impressively intimidating. ...Well, not really. :p Lmao.

• Texting, driving don't mix, readers say

  Thu Sep 25, 2008
  • ...Except having a conversation with your passenger doesn't involve steering with your knees.