After Enterovirus, boy learns to walk again
What seemed like a simple cold turned into paralysis for 13-year-old Dan Dugan, who has been in rehab since early October. The Seabrook, New Hampshire teen is making slow but steady progress as he regains strength in his legs to walk. WBZ's Ken MacLeod reports. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boy with suspected viral paralysis recovering
13-year-old is recovering from a rare case of what doctors think is enterovirus-induced paralysis (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NH Boy With Suspected Enterovirus Is Learning To Walk Again
BOSTON (CBS) – What started as a simple cold turned into paralysis of the legs for 13-year-old Dan Dugan, who has been in rehab since early October.
The Seabrook, New Hampshire boy is making slow but steady progress at Spaulding Rehab as he regains strength in his legs to walk. He had been suffering a cough, headache and fever, when one morning he woke up with his legs paralyzed.
“I could feel them but they just wouldn’t move,” said Dugan.
Dan Dugan, 13, of Seabrook, NH (WBZ-TV)
His father rushed him to the hospital, but had no idea his son would end up fighting for his life.
Testing never confirmed it, but doctors...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: bostonwebintern Tags: Health Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Dan Dugan Enterovirus Seabrook NH Spaulding Rehab Hospital Source Type: news
Medical Study Finds Improved Communication Reduces Errors
BOSTON (CBS) – Improvements in communication between doctors during patient handoffs can reduce injuries due to medical errors by 30 percent, according to a study led by researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital.
A team led by Dr. Christopher Landrigan and Dr. Amy Starmer created I-PASS, a multifaceted intervention targeting improved communication, with a goal to reduce medical errors.
“Communication is so culturally engrained in terms of how we interact with each other and we were trying to really change the culture of how doctors were talking with each other to make sure the correct pieces of information got pas...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: bostonwebintern Tags: Audio On Demand Health Health Topic Center Healthwatch Heard On WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Local Syndicated Local Syndication Watch Listen WBZ-TV Boston Children's Hospital CBS Boston Diane Stern Dr. Amy Starmer Dr. Christopher Landrig Source Type: news
How To Fight Viral Epidemics In The Future
By: Rachael Rettner
Published: 11/05/2014 09:44 AM EST on LiveScience
Emerging viral diseases are at the center of health news right now. The most significant of them, in terms of human cases and death toll, is the re-emergence of Ebola virus, which is causing the biggest outbreak of the disease in history. But there is also chikungunya fever, which appeared in the United States for the first time in July, and enterovirus D68, a previously rare disease causing an outbreak of respiratory illness among U.S. children. Humans have come a long way in preventing viral diseases over the last century. Today, children in the U....
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 5, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From Sandy Hook to Ebola: what to do when fear goes too far
It was my daughter Sophie’s first day of kindergarten. I was desperately trying (and failing) to hold back the tears. Wearing sunglasses inside the building came in handy because I was determined to put on a big show of confidence.
Parents around me also looked nervous and emotional. A child’s first day of kindergarten is a big transition. Gone are the days of spending so much time together. Now a large portion of your child’s life will happen outside of the home. Even if your son or daughter was in full-time daycare or preschool, kindergarten is new and unwieldy. You aren’t just sending your kid into the belly of ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 4, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Meaghan O'Keeffe Tags: All posts Source Type: news
Genome sequenced of enterovirus D68 circulating in St. Louis
The genome of enterovirus D68 sampled from patients treated at St. Louis Children’s Hospital has been sequenced by researchers. Nationwide, the virus has spread rapidly in recent months and caused severe respiratory illness in young children, with some patients requiring hospitalization. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 29, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Doctors Mystified by Paralysis in Dozens of Children
More than 50 children have had mysterious episodes of paralysis in 23 states and some doctors suspect a link to the enterovirus 68. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Paralysis Enterovirus 68 Children and Childhood Source Type: news
Genome sequenced of enterovirus D68 circulating in St. Louis
(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have sequenced the genome of enterovirus D68 sampled from patients treated at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Nationwide, the virus has spread rapidly in recent months and caused severe respiratory illness in young children, with some patients requiring hospitalization. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - October 28, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Health officials probing death of Tennessee student for possible enterovirus
(Reuters) - Health officials were investigating the death of a middle school student in Nashville after preliminary tests suggested the pupil had a potent virus that has infected hundreds of children nationwide. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Polio Then and Now: From Salk’s Game-Changing Vaccine to Today’s Resurgence
Credit: CDC photo by S. Smith. Member of an Emergency Citizens Group in Oklahoma City, radioing information to headquarters during the 1963 Polio Eradication Campaign. Public Health Image Library (http://phil.cdc.gov), #1624.
This is a guest post written by Ann Glusker, MLIS, MPH, Reference and Consumer Health Librarian at The Seattle Public Library.
The library world is a small one, and when I heard that a friend of a friend had worked with Jonas Salk, and that she would be interested in speaking about him and his work to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, a program was born! What could be more timely than cons...
Source: Dragonfly - October 23, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Emily Glenn Tags: News from Network Members Public Health Source Type: news
Enterovirus D68 Illness in New HampshireEnterovirus D68 Illness in New Hampshire
State Health Alerts (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News Source Type: news
Large, Nationwide Study Links Enterovirus to Type 1 DiabetesLarge, Nationwide Study Links Enterovirus to Type 1 Diabetes
Could a vaccine be developed to help prevent type 1 diabetes? A new nationwide study from Taiwan provides further evidence of an infectious etiology for some cases. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - October 21, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Tuesday Q and A: For most, enterovirus D68 causes only mild symptoms
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Why is it that children are the ones most affected by the enterovirus? I have read that it starts with mild cold symptoms, so how will I know when it’s time to see a doctor? What symptoms should I look for in my children? ANSWER: There are many forms of enteroviruses. The [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - October 21, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Study Links Enterovirus in Kids to T1D
(MedPage Today) -- Yet another virus may promote type 1 diabetes. (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - October 20, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
