People obtain vitamin D mostly through exposure to sunlight. You can also acquire this fat-soluble vitamin by consuming foods containing vitamin D or taking dietary supplements. Vitamin D is essential for healthy and strong bones, healthy immune system and functioning of your brain, muscles, heart and lungs. A deficiency of vitamin D in women can affect their health and well-being.
Some staph bacteria are resistant to antibiotics. MRSA is a type of staph that is resistant to antibiotics called beta-lactams. Beta-lactam antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. While 25% to 30% of the population is colonized with staph, approximately 1% is colonized with MRSA.
How to Treat One of the Most Common Superbugs. MRSA may be resistant to some antibiotics, but honey can still kill it. by James Hubbard, MD, MPH. Of all the âsuperbugsâ that can infect you, the one youâre most likely to get outside of a hospital setting is community-acquired MRSA (pronounced merâ-suh).he official name is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. I see it in the office fairly often, and itâs resistant to the antibiotics we commonly use for staph. For cases where you canât get to a doctor, everyone should know how to treat MRSA.