Heart Drug May Cure Ebola
Heart drug may cure Ebola, according to researchers at the University of Liverpool and Public Health England. Julian Hiscox and Roger Hewson have discovered that the cardiac glycoside drug ouabain acts against the key VP24 protein that enables Ebola virus to replicate.
Ouabain has a long history in folk medicine and has been used by some Somali tribesman as a poison that is placed on arrow tips used to hunt big game in Africa.
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Source: Inside Surgery - September 14, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Ebola heart drug Julian Hiscox ouabain Roger Hewson VP24 Source Type: blogs
Thomas Jefferson University Promotes Corny ALS Ice Bucket Spinoff
In an attempt to cash in on the startling fundraising success of the ALS ice bucket challenge, pancreatic cancer researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are promoting a gimmick where participants get tennis balls dumped over their heads.
One long-time Jeffersonian we spoke to was embarrassed by the ridiculous stunt and felt organizers of the corny ripoff are rather missing the entire point of the Ice Bucket challenge.
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Source: Inside Surgery - September 11, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Jefferson pancreatic cancer tennis balls Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Source Type: blogs
Joan Rivers Out of ICU and “Comfortable” Likely Ominous
Although we are not participating in the care of comedy legend Joan Rivers, we have noted news reports that her daughter Melissa has said her mother is out of the ICU and being kept comfortable.
Rivers was hospitalized six days ago after suffering cardiac arrest and a prolonged anoxic period (brain without oxygen.) She was placed in a hypothermic coma (lowered body temperature) as is standard for the first 24-48 hours after arrest in an attempt to salvage brain and cardiac function.
However, reading between the lines of this recent statement, this is likely an ominous development and could signal the start of a comfort car...
Source: Inside Surgery - September 4, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Anesthesia Medical News Wire Uncategorized ativan comfort care dying ICU Joan Rivers morphine Source Type: blogs
British Ebola Patient Will Pooley Released From Hospital
British Ebola patient Will Pooley released from hospital today, according to news reports. Pooley was admitted to a London hospital on August 24, 2014 and received several doses of ZMAPP, the experimental Ebola treatment drug also given to Americans Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol.
Pooley was treated sufficiently early in his course that he avoided hemorrhage and the end-stage cardiac, liver, and renal failure that marks the disease.
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Source: Inside Surgery - September 3, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease cured Ebola hospital released Will Pooley ZMAPP Source Type: blogs
Thomas Jefferson University Spends Millions on Naming Rights to Subway Station
Thomas Jefferson University spends (wastes?) millions on naming rights to the SEPTA Market East subway station two blocks from its campus.
In a move by the controversial and already unpopular new Jefferson President and CEO Dr. Stephen Klasko, the money is being spent to supposedly increase Jefferson’s name recognition. Many faculty and staff are privately grumbling that the money could have been better spent on research or clinical programs.
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Source: Inside Surgery - September 3, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Jefferson Market East naming rights Septa subway station Source Type: blogs
Ebola Strikes Second American Doctor
Ebola strikes second American doctor on Liberia is the report out of Monrovia. The physician was working in the same hospital as Dr. Kent Brantly but was not working in the Ebola ward. Rather, he was providing obstetrical care on supposedly uninfected patients.
The physician voluntarily isolated himself when he first experienced symptoms and is now in the Ebola ward that held Brantly and healthcare worker Nancy Writebol.
It is not clear at this time whether arrangements will be made to transport the physician, who was working for Samaritan’s Purse, back to the United States for treatment at Emory University Hospital....
Source: Inside Surgery - September 2, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Ebola Emory Liberia Samaritan' s Purse second doctor Source Type: blogs
Nigerian Doctor Contracts Ebola
The Nigerian doctor who took care of a Nigerian doctor who got the disease from a international health official has been diagnosed with Ebola today.
Health officials are unanimous in their assessment that the crisis is deepening. The disease is marked by cardiac, liver, and renal failure in the setting of uncontrolled hemorrhage.
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Source: Inside Surgery - September 2, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease diagnosis doctor Ebola Nigeria spreading Source Type: blogs
Ebola in Senegal
is now being reported by health authorities there. This case occurred in a 21 year old student from Guinea and was discovered one week after Senegal closed its borders to the African nations most hard hit by the outbreak.
The patient was discovered when he presented to health officials for a checkup. He is now being kept in isolation at Fann Hospital.
Ebola presents with non-specific symptoms initially and can progress to hemorrhage and cardiac, liver, and renal failure.
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Source: Inside Surgery - August 29, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease closed borders Ebola Fann Hospital Senegal Source Type: blogs
Ebola in Southern Nigeria
is being reported by health officials. In an ominous development, a patient with Ebola in Lagos purposefully evaded quarantine and left the capital to travel to the southern part of the country where he infected a local physician.
The physician’s wife is now showing signs of the disease also, which is marked by fevers, nausea, vomiting and in later stages heart, liver, and kidney failure.
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Source: Inside Surgery - August 28, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Ebola infected physician Nigeria spreading Source Type: blogs
British Ebola Patient Given ZMAPP
British Ebola patient given ZMAPP, according to press reports today. Nurse Will Pooley was infected while working in an Ebola clinic in Sierra Leone and was transported by the Royal Air Force to a specialty unit in London over the weekend.
Although no further supplies of ZMAPP were said to be available from the manufacturer, British physicians and scientists began an international outreach to colleagues after Pooley’s arrival in the UK to locate doses of the experimental drug.
The patient is reportedly stable at this time and sitting up in bed reading and conversing with staff. Doctors say they plan to give additiona...
Source: Inside Surgery - August 27, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Ebola experimental drug Sierra Leone Will Pooley ZMAPP Source Type: blogs
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Being Studied for Traumatic Brain Injury
Transcranial direct current stimulation (TCDS) is being studied by researchers as a possible way to treat traumatic brain injury. The United States military is funding trials of TCDS that aim to improve memory and cognition in injured soldiers.
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Source: Inside Surgery - August 25, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Neurology Trauma Surgery military tcds transcranial direct current stimulation traumatic brain injury Source Type: blogs
Ebola Cases Reported in Congo
Ebola cases reported in Congo according to health officials there. Two patients have tested positive for the disease and are now under quarantine. It is unclear if the cases in the central African country are related to the West Africa outbreak that has killed more than 1200 people.
Widespread Ebola in the Congo would be ominous as it shares a border with 9 other countries. Congo has had three previous outbreaks.
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Source: Inside Surgery - August 25, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Congo Ebola outbreak Source Type: blogs
Black Boxes for Surgery Being Advocated
Black boxes for surgery, much like the black boxes used in airplanes, is being advocated by some physicians and many malpractice attorneys.
The device, being developed by Dr. Teodor Grantcharov, would track every move made by a surgeon’s hands and would allow review and critique of even the tiniest detail of the procedure.
He feels that widespread adoption of the technology would allow real-time correction of surgeon’s errors and would eliminate bad outcomes and surgical complications. However, many other surgeon’s are skeptical about this grandiose claim and see it as a means to aid in tort prosecutions....
Source: Inside Surgery - August 23, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire black boxes complication malpractice Richard Epstein surgery Teodor Grantcharov tort William McMurry Source Type: blogs
Ebola Spreading In Nigeria
Ebola spreading in Nigeria, health officials in that country are reporting. To date, all cases can be traced back to the attempt of naturalized United States citizen Patrick Sawyer to knowingly elude his Ebola isolation to travel back in the US.
In the most recent development, spouses of two Nigerian healthcare workers who were infected by Sawyer have also developed the disease. As none of the spouses were put into isolation before this recent diagnosis, several dozen more people who were in contact with the infected spouses are now being asked to monitor themselves for symptoms.
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Source: Inside Surgery - August 23, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Medical News Wire Ebola healthcare workers Nigeria Patrick sawyer spouses spreading Source Type: blogs
Hall of Fame Quarterback Jim Kelly Cancer Free
Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly is cancer free after completing a grueling course of chemotherapy and radiation to treat metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the jaw that had spread to his sinuses.
Kelly first had surgery on his jaw in June of 2013. Although his physicians were hopeful that they had eradicated the disease, he experienced severe head pain in March, 2014, leading to the discovery that the cancer had spread to his sinus.
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Source: Inside Surgery - August 22, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Cancer Medical News Wire Buffalo Bills cancer free chemotherapy jaw Jim Kelly radiation sinus squamous cell surgery Source Type: blogs
