Written by Angela Kelly I have breastfed for 61 months of my life. No, I don’t have twelve children, and I am not breastfeeding a five-year-old (which is normal in many parts of the world). I have three beautiful children ages seven, four & 22 months. I breastfed my oldest …
Written by Angela Kelly Risk for C. diff Infection as High as 20% in Patients with Cancer C. diff is the most common cause of healthcare-associated infection; patients with cancer have two times the risk of experiencing a C. diff infection. Some factors which contribute to this raised risk include …
Written by Brenna Darazs There is something that all C. diff survivors know, and you can’t always see it. We may look “normal,” even healthy. We may seem to be thriving, and little of what is happening underneath shows through. Or we may appear weak and frail, and one could …
The movement for public health and preventing deadly healthcare infections has lost a champion in Rep. Louise Slaughter. The only microbiologist in Congress, she led the fight to end the epidemic of Clostridium difficile infections, or C. diff., which kills more than 29,000 Americans each year and sickens more than …
Written by Angela Kelly. The Columbus Dispatch Publishes Opinion Piece by PLF Advocate Peggy Lillis Foundation Advocate Christina McDuffie’s experience with C. diff appears in The Columbus Dispatch. “Imagine being hit by an invisible car. That’s what infection by Clostridium difficile, or C. diff., felt like when it shut down …
