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.
Anthracimycin: New Antibiotic Kills Anthrax, MRSA. Scientists have discovered a marine microbe-derived antibiotic that has the ability to kill the deadly Anthrax bacterium Bacillus anthracis and other pathogens such as the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 1  Bacillus anthracis spores as viewed in scanning electron microscopy (Â© National Academy of Engineering)
MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) is a type of staphylococcus bacteria (staph) that is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. MRSA is contagious and can cause life-threatening infection. MRSA isnât found in the natural environment (soil or water).It lives in the nose and on the skin of humans. MRSA is spread by coming in contact with an infected person or by exposure to a MRSA-contaminated object or surface that an infected person touches.A-MRSA usually causes skin infections. Areas that have been cut, scratched, or rubbed are vulnerable to infection. Areas of increased body hairâsuch as the buttocks, armpits, back of the neck, and beardâare more likely to be infected. Infected areas are red, swollen (fluid-filled) and painful to touch.