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A bed bug is displayed at the Smithsonian Institution National
Museum o f Natural History in Washington, D.C.. Canadian
scientists detected drug-resistant staph bacteria in bedbugs from
three hospital patients from a downtrodden Vancouver, B.C.,
neighborhood. (AP Photo)
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Bedbugs with
'Superbug' Germ Found
Combination
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An ongoing senes of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession
Part 18. Chiropractic And Prevention:
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: It seems that I am always not work properly either. People ter. And you’d be amazed at the
sick. I do what my doctor who have regular C hiropractic energy you have with preventive
says but if anything my colds and
checkups report that they get fewer Chiropractic checkups. If y o u ’d
flu attacks are getting worse. What colds and influenza. They keep the like to trade in your colds for a
do you think?
stress off their nervous systems. bounce in your step, call us for
: Constant colds and influ­ Keeping irritation off the nervous an appointm ent today. It could
enza indicate that the immune system also helps you avoid morn­ be the healthiest call you have
system (and the body in general)
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is highly stressed. Did you know allows you to cope with stress bet- up to C hiropractic?
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(AP) - Hate insects? Afraid of
germs? Researchers are reporting
an alarming combination: bedbugs
carrying a staph "superbug." Cana­
dian scientists detected drug-resis­
tant staph bacteria in bedbugs from
three hospital patients from a down­
trodden Vancouver, B. C., neigh­
borhood.
Bedbugs have not been known to
spread disease, and there's no clear
evidence that the five bedbugs found
on the patients or their belongings
had spread the MRSA germ they
were carrying or a second less dan­
gerous drug-resistant bacteria.
However, bedbugs can cause
itching that can lead to excessive
scratching. That can cause breaks
in the skin that make people more
susceptible to these germs, noted
Dr. Marc Romney, one of the study's
authors.
The study is small and very pre­
liminary. "But it's an intriguing find­
ing" that needs to be further re­
searched, said Romney, medical
microbiologist at St. Paul’s Hospital
in Vancouver.
The hospital is the closest one to
the poor Downtown Eastside neigh­
borhood near the city's waterfront.
Romney said he and his colleagues
did the research after seeing a simul­
taneous boom in bedbugs and
MRSA cases from the neighbor­
hood.
Five bedbugs were crushed and
analyzed. MRS A, or methicillin-re­
sistant Staphylococcus aureus, was
found on three bugs. MRSA is re­
sistant to several types of common
antibiotics and can become deadly
if it gets through the skin and into
the bloodstream.
Two bugs had VRE, or vancomy­
cin-resistant Enterococcus faecium,
a less dangerous form of antibiotic-
resistant bacteria.
Both germs are often seen in
hospitals, and experts have been far
more worried about nurses and other
health care workers spreading the
bacteria than insects.
It's not clear if the bacteria origi­
nated with the bedbugs or if the
bugs picked it up from already in­
fected people, Romney added.
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People often think food without discover the variety of flavors of­
the flavor of salt is bland. However, fered through spice!
by replacing herbs and spices for
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fresh herb to one part dried herb and heart health.