Summary: Many people in Britain now fear hospitalization almost as much as injury or illness, due to a rising rate of hospital-related staph infections. This program examines the threat posed by MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and assesses the medical establishment's ability to fight it. Two divergent perspectives are featured: from doctors who perform every anti-MRSA procedure...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Estimated to infect about one-fifth of the world's population, worm parasites are especially destructive in poor, rural areas of the developing world. This program focuses on the hookworm, the stealthiest and most resilient of the helminth, or worm, varieties. Examining the insidious methods by which hookworm parasites enter the human body, the video shows how they endanger their hosts and what...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Although it is rarely fatal in wealthy countries, pneumonia kills more children each year than any other infectious disease. This program explains why the pneumococcus bacterium has run rampant in the underdeveloped world, and explores recent medical breakthroughs that may help reverse the deadly pattern. Interviews with prominent researchers-including Dr. Keith Klugman and Dr. Orin Levine, two...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: After nearly disappearing from much of the world, the measles virus is on the rise. This program journeys to Tajikistan, where the collapse of the health care system established under Soviet rule led to a hiatus in disease vaccination. With measles now threatening children across the country, the Tajik government has launched a new vaccination campaign in partnership with UNICEF. The video...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: GlaxoSmithKline's new rotavirus vaccine can potentially save children across the globe from fatal diarrhea. This program guides viewers through the medicine's development process, and examines the highly unconventional way it is being distributed-with the initial test phase occurring in Mexico, rather than in a wealthy part of the world. Interviews with officials from the Centers for Disease...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006