Poverty: America ’ s disease with devastating consequences
I need to tell you about John (not his real name). He is a Cameroonian immigrant who came to the U.S. on a student visa. He waited tables in a popular pub in downtown Houston to earn a little change and support himself through school. Hardworking, courteous, and gregarious, John wears the most infectious and
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Poverty: America’s disease with devastating consequences originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Osmund Agbo, MD Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 27th October 2021 - research
Two pieces of research you might need to know about:A French study of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, reporting data from the national CONCEPTION (Cohort of Cardiovascular Diseases in Pregnancy) study.And astudy from Cameroon of antibiotics to prevent peripartum infection. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - October 27, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
A Good Bad Idea from TikTok
John SamplesThe interim leader of TikTok, Vanessa Pappas, has just proposed that social media companies agreeto warn one anotherabout violent, graphic content on their platforms. Specifically, TikTok proposes a “hashbank for violent and graphic content” with a special concern about suicide videos. The company believes the hashbank and subsequent cross-platform suppression of the objectionable content would “significantly reduce the chances of people encountering it and enduring the emotional harm that viewing such content can bring. ”As it happens I came near some violent and graphic content this morning. A friend ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 25, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: John Samples Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 592
This week ' s interesting case was donated by Drs. Lee Decollings and Dejan Nikolic. The patient is a middle-aged male with travel approximately 2 months ago to Ethiopia, Nigeria and Cameroon. In the past few years, he has also traveled broadly in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and South America. He presented with fever and myalgias following a recent medical procedure.Diagnosis? Where did he likely acquire this infection? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 26, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 592
Answer toParasite Case of the Week 592:Plasmodium malariae;likely recrudescent infection, given that he has been without symptoms for> 2 months since his last travel to sub-Saharan Africa. WhileP. knowlesiis also in the differential based on the morphologic overlap betweenP. knowlesiandP. vivax,the long period of time since his travel to SE Asia would be atypical forP. knowlesiinfection.Some of the classicP. malariaefeatures seen in this case are the small size of the infected red blood cells, schizonts with only 6-12 merozoites, band forms, and a basket form:A tip for those studying for boards - be sure you know the di...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 25, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Cameroon's Days as Reliable U.S. Partner May Be Numbered
The Cameroonian government is becoming more authoritarian under President Paul Biya. His re-election could be bad news for Cameroon and the region, but also for the United States. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - October 26, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Michael Shurkin Source Type: blogs
Health4TheWorld Named Tech Startup of The Year: Interview with Founders
Health4TheWorld, a Silicon Valley start-up providing education and technology solutions for resource-poor communities worldwide, has been named the 2018 Stevie Silver Award Winner by the American Business Awards for the category of Services. Created in 2002, the Stevie Awards are meant to “honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide.” One of the competition judges described Health4TheWorld as, “One of the best uses of technology to help patients with limited access to healthcare.” Commenting on the recognition, D...
Source: Medgadget - August 9, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Informatics Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Medgadget Boards the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital
Fresh off a project in Cameroon, the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital paid a special visit to the San Francisco Bay Area for fundraising activities and a resupply before spending the holidays in Arizona for maintenance and its next project in Peru. Medgadget was given a private tour and got a close look at everything from the cockpit to the converted cargo hold below.
Our tour began as we approached the massive mobile hospital, which was parked on the tarmac at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, CA. A McDonnell Douglas model MD-10, this plane had previously served as a cargo transport plane for FedEx. FedEx not only gen...
Source: Medgadget - December 18, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Exclusive Ophthalmology Source Type: blogs
Travel Ban Is Based on Executive Whim, Not Objective Criteria
ConclusionFor countries on the list, and for any country wishing to remain off the list, it is vitally important that they understand which factors led to their inclusion or exclusion. If the United States is acting in good faith —seeking to change behavior as opposed to looking for an excuse to ban people—its criteria should be clearly explained and understood. The Iran nuclear deal, for example, hasvery precise requirements for Iran to avoid sanctions, down to the exact percentage of purity for its enriched uranium. This is very far from the case here.No consistent combination of factors or mitigating factors trigger...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 9, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Rural Cameroonian pre-schoolers just aced Mischel ’s iconic Marshmallow Test
It’s the first time that this iconic test of children’s self-control has been used in a traditional non-Western culture
By Christian Jarrett
Walter Mischel’s Marshmallow Test of self-control is one of psychology’s iconic experimental set-ups. First conducted in the 1960s, Mischel told the kids he tested that if they managed to resist eating the marshmallow in front of them until he returned (usually about 15 minutes later), they would be rewarded with a second marshmallow.
The children varied greatly in their powers of restraint and those who performed better displayed some cute distraction strategi...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 7, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cross-cultural Developmental Source Type: blogs
Travel-Related African Trypanosomiasis
During January 1970 to May 2017, 138 case reports of travel-related trypanosomiasis were published in the medical literature. In 49 cases (36%) the patients were identified as Europeans, and in 49 (37%) the disease was acquired in Tanzania. A chronology of these events follows below [1].
African Trypanosomiasis – A Chronology of Travel-Related Cases
Year Patient From Infected In Cases (#)
1970
Switzerland
multiple **
1
1970
United States
multiple
2
1975
Sweden
Gambia
1
1977
Switzerland
multiple
...
Source: GIDEON blog - May 18, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Epidemiology Graphs Source Type: blogs
Tramadol: The Opioid Crisis for the Rest of the World - WSJ
GAROUA, Cameroon —Not long ago, a Dutch neurobiologist announced a surprising discovery: A root used by rural West African healers to treat pain contains an apparently natural version of a man-made opioid.The root from northern Cameroon had such high levels of a painkiller called tramadol that mice given an extract and placed on a hot plate didn't feel their feet burning at first.A year later, German rivals came up with a different explanation for the unusual plant. Inexpensive, imported tramadol is so heavily abused in northern Cameroon that it seeps from human and animal waste into the groundwater and soil, where v...
Source: Psychology of Pain - October 20, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
A Good Move in Cameroon
President Obama's decision to deploy 300 soldiers to Cameroon to help combat the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram is welcome news. The U.S. is stepping in at the right time, in the right way, by providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support that will greatly enhance Cameroon's and others' chances. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - October 18, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Cameroon Closes Borders with Nigeria in Ebola Crisis
Cameroon has closed all borders with Nigeria in an effort to prevent the spread of Ebola into Cameroon, which has yet to report a case of the hemorrhagic viral fever.
Government official Issa Tchiroma Bakary comments.
The post Cameroon Closes Borders with Nigeria in Ebola Crisis appeared first on InsideSurgery Medical Information Blog. (Source: Inside Surgery)
Source: Inside Surgery - August 20, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Medical News Wire borders cameroon closed Ebola Issa Bakary Nigeria Source Type: blogs
