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Madden Ultimate Team is one of the most popular games on the market and has been for some time now. The game mixes incredible advancements in gaming with the best and most enticing aspects of football to build a game that few gamers or football enthusiasts can stay away from playing. It mixes many of the most appealing aspects of Fantasy Football with the some of the best features and graphics in gaming to create arguably one of the best games on the market. Because of this, Madden Ultimate Team is a hugely popular game and it has a great focus on the buying and selling of Madden coins. In order to build up resources and lineups. Because of the popularity of the game, the number of hacks promising to help gamers steal Madden coins has only increased. But gamers should beware these hacks as they do not deliver on all of their promises.

There are several of these potential hacks on the internet, all promising Madden Ultimate Team gamers the ability to cheat Madden for Madden 19 coins. This can seem enticing to the average MUT gamer. Most gamers are just looking to make earn more MUT coins without having to make purchases, even though there are cheap Madden coins online. So, it seems like a hack might be a quick way to cheat the game into getting what you want without having to necessarily pay for it.

So are these hacks legitimate and is it possible to cheat the system to gain Madden coins? The short answer is that these hacks serve a purpose only for the hackers and they use the guise of promising to help gamers gain Madden coins. In reality, these cheats have proven to be elaborate schemes developed by the hackers to steal log-in information from gamers. To use these so-called hacks, Madden gamers must enter their log-in credentials. By doing so, the hackers gain access to each gamer’s information and can use it to steal their resources, coins, and top players. This is all done to unsuspecting gamers who think that they are being given the tools to help them in the game. In reality, they could be losing all of their existing resources.

Some of the hacks being marketed on the internet now even go so far as to make the claim that it will only take 3 minutes to get MUT coins and cash for free. Unfortunately, that is really all the time needed for hackers to steal your information by using your log-in credentials. All gamers should be very cognizant of keeping their log-in information private and protected and should be mindful not to enter that information anywhere other than to log into the game itself. Otherwise, you run the risk of having your information stolen. And with these particular hacks, that could mean losing your Madden 19 coins and your most valuable players.

The take away with these systems marketed as hacks is that there is no real way to hack Madden Ultimate team to steal MUT coins or cash. Instead, by trying to do so, you can run the risk of having your log-in credentials stolen and subsequently your mut 19 coins and most valuable players and resources as well. For these reasons, it is ill-advised for any Madden gamer to try to cheat the system by using one of these so-called hacks to get ahead in the game. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is and a free hack to steal MUT Coins sounds too good to be true.

How to Transfer Madden Mobile Progress to a New Device (iOS/Android)

If you are a buy madden coins, you may want to know what your options are when it comes to transferring your progress as you upgrade your Mobile devices, particularly if you are thinking of moving from one operating system to another on a new device. You don’t want to run the risk of losing your progress in Madden Mobile and so you should be aware of the options available to you. Furthermore, you should be weary of trying to transfer your progress because it really is only possible in very few instances.

Unfortunately, if you were thinking of switching operating platforms, you may want to rethink that decision. You cannot transfer any of your Madden 19 coins or progress from an Android device to an iOS device or vice versa. You can, however, make a transfer from an older iOS device to a newer one or from an older Android device to a newer one. That is because you can make transfers within the same operating system. What you can’t do is make a transfer between the two different operating systems.

In order to make the transfer between two of the same operating systems, say an older iOS and a newer iOS device, you just simply link your guest account to a Facebook account. Once you have successfully done that, you log into your new device and sign in to your Facebook account again. This should show you all of your saved progress. It should capture all of your progress including sets, players, and your existing MUT coins balance.

Most people stay with one Mobile operating system so this may not have much impact on you or your Madden gaming. However, if you were entertaining the idea of moving from an Android to an iOS system, this might give you pause since there really is no foolproof way to do that and still keep your progress and if you are an avid Madden gamer, you want to keep your progress as well as all of your items and coins.

You’ll need to think about if you are willing to lose all of your progress in Madden Mobile in order to transfer operating systems. If you aren’t, it is wiser to simply upgrade the existing system you have and safely keep all of your progress saved on your new device, especially since the process for doing so is so simple.

Urinary Tract Infection And Antibiotic Resistance

chlamydia transmission As a result of concerns about antibiotic resistance, doctors in the United States are increasingly prescribing newer, more costly and more powerful antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections, one of the most common illnesses in women.

New research at Oregon State University suggests that the more powerful medications are used more frequently than necessary, and they recommend that doctors and patients discuss the issues involved with antibiotic therapy - and only use the stronger drugs if really neeeded.

Urinary tract infections are some of the most commonly treated infections in outpatient settings, with cystitis being the most common type. Cystitis is usually caused by E. coli bacteria that reside in the gut without causing problems, but sometimes they can cause infection.

The OSU research reports that between 1998 and 2009, about 2 percent of all doctor's office visits by adult women were for this problem, and antibiotics were prescribed 71 percent of the time.

The problem, experts say, is that overuse of the most powerful drugs, especially quinolone antibiotics, speeds the development of bacterial resistance to these drugs. Antibiotic resistance is a natural evolutionary process by which microbes adapt to the selective pressure of medications. Some survive, and pass on their resistant traits.

These issues have gained global prominence with the dangerous and life-threatening MRSA bacteria, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, but experts say resistance is a similar concern in many other bacteria.

"Many people have heard about the issues with MRSA and antibiotic resistance, but they don't realize that some of our much more common and frequent infections raise the same concerns," said Jessina McGregor, an OSU assistant professor of pharmacy and expert in development of drug resistance.

Since older, inexpensive and more targeted drugs can work for treating urinary tract infections, they should be considered before the more powerful ones, she said.

"This problem is getting worse, and it's important that we not use the new and stronger drugs unless they are really needed," McGregor said. "That's in everyone's best interests, both the patient and the community. So people should talk with their doctor about risks and benefits of different treatment options to find the antibiotic best suited for them, even if it is one of the older drugs."

McGregor recently presented data at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, which showed that prescriptions for quinolones rose 10 percent in recent years, while other drugs that may be equally effective in treating cystitis remained unchanged.

"Because of higher levels of antibiotic resistance to older drugs in some regions, some doctors are now starting with what should be their second choice of antibiotic, not the first," McGregor said. "We need to conserve the effectiveness of all these anti-infective medications as best we can."

Researchers at OSU are developing tools to help physicians select the most appropriate antibiotic for each individual. Additional information such as detailed history of past medication use, knowledge of local community levels of resistance and better doctor-patient communication can help.

"Cystitis is incredibly common, but that's part of the reason this is a concern," McGregor said. "It's one of the most common reasons that many women see a doctor and are prescribed an antibiotic. And any infection can be serious if we don't have medications that can help stop it, which is why we need to preserve the effectiveness of all our antibiotics as long as we can."

Antibiotics Helpful in Chlamydia-Induced Reactive Arthritis

Reactive arthritis that is due to chlamydia transmission is infection responds to antibiotic therapy. Other infectious causes of the condition do not.

So it is worth checking the synovial fluid of affected joints for evidence of chlamydia polymerase chain reaction (PCR), according to Dr. Atul Deodhar, professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.

In a recent randomized trial, 6 months of rifampin plus either azithromycin or doxycycline significantly improved outcomes versus placebo in patients with chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis. Synovial fluid PCRs were positive for chlamydia in all 42 patients (Arthritis Rheum. 2010;62:1298-307).

The study "has changed my practice. I now send synovial fluid for PCR. I have found several patients" positive for chlamydia, "and we are treating them with antibiotics," Dr. Deodhar said; he also sends urine samples for chlamydia testing.

The primary end point in the study – an improvement of 20% or more in at least four of six variables such as swollen joint count – was achieved by 17 of 27 antibiotic patients (63%) but only 3 of 15 placebo patients (20%). Six patients treated with antibiotics but none of the patients in the placebo group went into complete remission during the trial. Patients on antibiotic were also more likely to clear chlamydia from their joints.

It’s a different story when reactive arthritis is triggered by gastrointestinal pathogens such as salmonella, shigella, campylobacter, and yersinia. In those cases, "avoid antibiotics," Dr. Deodhar said.

He and his colleagues found antibiotic therapy just didn’t help in a population study of 575 likely reactive arthritis cases among 6,379 people with culture-confirmed GI infections. His team confirmed reactive arthritis in 54 of the 82 (66%) subjects they were able to exam. Enthesitis was the most frequent finding; arthritis was less common (Ann. Rheum. Dis. 2008;67:1689-96).

Some patients had been given antibiotics for their GI infections, others not. It "didn’t really make any difference to patients developing or not developing reactive arthritis or the severity of it. Antibiotics are not going to prevent people with dysentery from developing reactive arthritis," Dr. Deodhar said.

They also found that the presence or absence of human leukocyte antigen B27 did not predict risk. In sporadic reactive arthritis cases, the presence of the antigen is "not actually that important in deciding if someone has or does not have reactive arthritis," he said.

Onset of reactive arthritis comes a few days to a maximum of several weeks following the inducing infection. Asymmetrical mono- or oligoarthritis of the lower extremity is the most common joint finding. Uveitis, dactylitis, and enthesitis are also possible.

Besides antibiotics for chlamydia-induced disease, sulfasalazine and tumor necrosis factor inhibitors may help with difficult cases.

Few Sexually Active Women Get Chlamydia Test

Nearly two-thirds of sexually active young women don't get regular chlamydia transmission, a CDC study finds.

That means more than 9 million young American women don't know whether they've been infected, study leader Karen Hoover, MD, MPH, said in a teleconference from this week's National STD Prevention Conference in Minneapolis.

And the odds of being infected are pretty high: Chlamydia is the most common STD, as well as the most common reportable infection in the U.S.

"There were 1.3 million reported cases of chlamydia in 2010, but the CDC believes the actual number is more than twice that -- 2.8 million new cases each year in the U.S.," Gail Bolan, MD, director of STD prevention at the CDC, said at the teleconference.

Among women, nearly 5% of 19-year-olds and more than 1% of 15-year-olds are infected. Men are at least as likely to be infected. But it's women who suffer the most severe consequences. That's because chlamydia infection often is silent -- without symptoms -- until the infection becomes more serious.

Left untreated, 10% to 15% of women will get pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). And up to 15% of those women will be left infertile. And some will die from chlamydia-related ectopic pregnancy.

The CDC recommends an annual chlamydia test for any sexually active woman age 25 and younger. Women over age 25 should get annual tests if they have a new sex partner or have multiple sex partners. Routine screening isn't recommended for men.

When diagnosed, chlamydia is easily treated. But treatment isn't permanent, as Kelly Morrison Opdyke, MPH, and colleagues found in another conference presentation.

Opdyke's Cicatelli Associates Inc. team studied 63,774 people who tested positive for chlamydia from 2007 to 2009. They found that 25% of men and 16% of women have a new chlamydia infection when retested within six months.

And those are just the people who get another test. People who show up for screening tests tend to be healthier than those who don't. Yet only 11% of men and 21% of women got that chlamydia retest in the Opdyke study.

Those who test positive for chlamydia are supposed to get a repeat test three months after treatment. Sex partners should be evaluated and treated as well. Women are at increased risk for reinfection if their sex partners have not been treated appropriately.

Unfortunately, you might not be able to rely on your health care provider to offer you that test.

California Department of Health researcher Holly Howard, MPH, and colleagues studied six of their state's large family planning clinics. They found that only 70% of patients were retested for chlamydia or for gonorrhea, the second most common STD.

When the clinics installed pop-up reminders on patients' computer records -- using existing billing software -- the retesting rate went up to 86%.

To remind patients to ask for chlamydia retests, SUNY Buffalo researcher Gale Burstein, MD, MPH, and colleagues used a simple email system. Four to five weeks after testing positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea, students got an automated email reminder. That was followed by a personal email and, if needed, a telephone call.

What happened? Retest rates for chlamydia went from 16% to 89%.

"We must not only increase chlamydia screening rates but ensure re-testing," Bolan said. "And we must encourage and support individuals' efforts to protect themselves. This may mean abstaining from sex, reducing the number of sex partners, or proper condom use."