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In a medical system rife with1complex equipment and outrageously expensive2drugs,a Pennsylvania hospital has turned to a cheap,low-tech solution for one of modern medicine’s most challenging problems.Holy Redeemer in Montgomery County,Pa.,is using yogurt—the kind you could buy at the grocery store—to fight C.difficile3,a hospital-acquired infection that has been growing throughout the country.After dietitians4began encouraging patients taking antibiotics5to eat yogurt,the infection rate fell by two-thirds.Holy Redeemer has now expanded the program to its nursing-home residents.
In a medical system rife with1complex equipment and outrageously expensive2drugs, a Pennsylvania hospital has turned to a cheap, low-tech solution for one of modern medicine’s most challenging problems. Holly Redeemer in Montgomery County, Pa., Is using yogurt-the kind you could could buy at the grocery store-to fight C. difficile3, a hospital-acquired infection that has been growing throughout the country. After dietitians4began encouraging patients taking antibiotics5to eat yogurt, the infection rate fell by two-thirds.Holy Redeemer has now expanded the program to its nursing-home residents.