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Breastmilk of another woman is less likely to be contaminated with disease-causing bacteria or viruses than formula is.
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Parents need to take back the kitchen and eliminate disease-causing, fat stimulating foods.
Andrea Pennington, M.D.: Childhood Obesity and Diabetes: My Personal Mission M.D. Andrea Pennington 2011
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Dr. Ruebush deplores the current fetish for the hundreds of antibacterial products that convey a false sense of security and may actually foster the development of antibiotic-resistant, disease-causing bacteria.
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If you don't have bottled water, boiling water will kill most types of disease-causing organisms that may be present.
FDA food safety and other tips for hurricane preparedness 2011
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I was confident in the scientific community's ability to use molecular technologies to identify the disease-causing agent.
Thirty Years of Fighting AIDS: A Progress Report Lawrence Corey 2011
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Dr. Ruebush deplores the current fetish for the hundreds of antibacterial products that convey a false sense of security and may actually foster the development of antibiotic-resistant, disease-causing bacteria.
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Swabs of the keypad, microphone and ear piece of 200 cellphones belonging to patients, visitors and health workers at a small Turkish hospital found disease-causing bacteria on 39.6% of patient phones and 20.6% of worker phones.
Years of Sitting on the Job Linked to Cancer Ann Lukits 2011
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Celgene Chief Executive Robert Hugin said the company also was drawn to Avila's drug-development platform, which uses protein-silencing technology aimed at shutting down the activity of disease-causing proteins.
Celgene to Acquire Biotech Firm Avila Jon Kamp 2012
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The company uses a customized microarray — essentially a lab on a chip that can simultaneously test for lots of genetic variations at a time — and sophisticated statistical software to hunt for the presence of disease-causing mutations in genes.
A Genetic Test for Prospective Parents Michael Totty 2010
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If you don't have bottled water, boiling water will kill most types of disease-causing organisms that may be present.
FDA food safety and other tips for hurricane preparedness 2011
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