All tag results for 'bacteria'

GREAT! Just GREAT!

A brand new flesh eating bacteria case has popped up, this time in Las Vegas!

A Las Vegas high school dean named Eddie Garcia has sadly lost both his hands and both his feet to this terrifying bacteria, after becoming infecting in January — as well as causing his kidneys and lungs to shut down. So what caused this?

Tags: bacteria, dean, feet, flesh eating, hands, las vegas, loss, sad

Ewwwww!

We knew belly buttons weren't the cleanest parts on our bodies, but now scientists revealed that we have over 2,000 different types of bacteria living in our navels.

Tags: bacteria, belly button, dirt, dirty, gregory poland, william schaffner

It's flu and cold season already, and we're sure many of you are feeling the effects.

Whether you've got the sniffles or full blown flu, these tips should help you feel better quicker!

To help prevent getting sick:

Tags: advice, bacteria, cold, flu, health, prevent, prevention, season, sick, tips, vaccination, virus

Nelson Mandela is currently being treated for a lung infection, which is basically pneumonia.

South African officials said that Mandela's infection is "recurring."

He is 94-years-old and at that age, it's very easy for fluid to build up in the lungs.

The cough response is decreased in the elderly, making it easy to breathe in some saliva and just have it sit in your lungs, growing bacteria.

Tags: bacteria, elderly, health, lung infection, nelson mandela, pneumonia, sick, virus

One of the scariest yet inspirational stories of 2012 has to be Aimee Copeland's.

If you remember, earlier this year she was infected with flesh eating bacteria from a simple zip-lining accident that left her with multiple amputations. Then she persevered. She fought back.

Now she has her own smart-wing to her parents house, she's becoming more and more independent, and has done interviews explaining just how all of it feels (above).

Tags: accident, aimee copeland, bacteria, disease, eating, inspiring, interview, movie, parents, video

We all know how terrifying antibiotic-resistant bacteria is. There's just no good way of fighting it, and it can lead to some seriously horrible things. The worst part is that the mutated bacteria is super easy to pick up — even at hospitals.

Luckily, there's a company called Galapagos that is testing a new class of antibiotics that will combat this type of super bacteria!! Though, it's only a matter of time until the bacteria mutates even stronger, right…?

Tags: awful, bacteria, balls, company, drug, effective, fight, fighting, good, hospital, infection, luck, patient, patients, science, serious

What do you think number one is??

If you guessed "bathroom" you'd actually be wrong!

An ABC correspondent went undercover and swabbed ten restaurants in three states to find how much bacteria there is in different parts of an eatery.

They founds some VERY inneresting results:

Tags: bacteria, dirty, food, germs, gross, test