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Heart failure is reaching epidemic levels among seniors in the United States, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. "Both the number of patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of heart failure and age-adjusted hospitalization rates for heart failure have increased dramatically over the past 27 years," said Longjian Liu, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.

Clostridium difficile, a life-threatening bacterium that causes diarrhea and more serious intestinal problems, is closing in on MRSA as the most prevalent and troublesome hospital-acquired superbug in the US; it is rapidly developing an antibiotic resistant form and a new survey suggests it is infecting between 6 and 20 times more patients than previously thought.

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