Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases
(Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Alarm over mystery cancer 'epidemic' striking under-50s like Kate Middleton as scientists scramble to find cause of startling increase
Kate Middleton's shock diagnosis last week has shone a light on the startling trend, with top doctors claiming it is a worldwide problem. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid
The country faces an alarmingly high malnutrition rate, with nearly 2.4 million children aged under 5 years suffering from stunting.
25 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The conflict in Yemen enters its 10th year today, with over half of the country’s population in desperate need of aid and an estimated 17.8 million people requiring health assistance, 50% of them children.
“It’s almost as if ongoing conflicts have become an accepted part of the everyday realities of life in the region. It’s important to step back and remember that hungry children, disease outbreaks, hospitals shutting down … these are not to be norm...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 25, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Hassan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, ...
24 March 2024
Thank you for gathering here today on World Tuberculosis Day. As one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world, TB remains a pressing challenge to all WHO regions. In September 2023, the United Nations General Assembly convened its second high-level meeting on tuberculosis, at which Member States renewed their commitments to advance global, regional and national efforts towards ending the TB epidemic by endorsing a political declaration on TB with ambitious targets for the next five years.
Despite the setbacks of the COVID-19 emergency, countries and territories of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Re...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 24, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
"It's like an epidemic, we don't know what to do": the perceived need for and benefits of a suicide prevention programme in UK schools - Ashworth E, Thompson J, Saini P.
BACKGROUND: Despite emerging evidence for the effectiveness of school-based suicide prevention programmes worldwide, there are few being implemented in the United Kingdom, and their social validity (i.e., the feasibility, acceptability, and utility) is not... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Methamphetamine intoxication and suicidal ideation/behavior in the emergency department - Bayazit H, Baronia R, Wakefield SM.
This study investigates the association between Methamphetamine (MA) intoxication and suicidal ideation/behavior in patients presenting to emergency departments. Amidst rising MA use and co-use with opioids, this "twin epidemic" has manifeste... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
How only 10% of all cancers are in adults under 50 but experts warn of an 'epidemic' of disease in young adults after Kate Middleton's shock diagnosis
Reacting to Kate Middleton's shock diagnosis, experts today warned of an ongoing 'epidemic' of the disease among younger people. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AOA critical issues symposium: gun violence as a public health crisis - Miller AN, Strelzow JA, Sakran JV, Ficke JR.
Gun violence is an epidemic throughout the United States and is increasing around the world-it is a public health crisis. The impact of gun violence is not limited to the victims (our patients); it also extends to the physicians and caregivers who are taki... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
300 Americans are dying per DAY from drug overdoses as fentanyl epidemic reaches new record, new CDC data shows
A CDC-led report found there were a record 107,941 deaths from overdoses that year, the latest available - the equivalent of 300 fatalities per day and up one percent on the year before. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Five Things to Remember a Decade After the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
[MSF] Ten years ago, on 23 March 2014, Guinea declared an outbreak of Ebola. Beforehand, Ebola outbreaks were known to be dangerous, but small. Not this time, though: it would take two years and more than 11,000 deaths, before the epidemic was over. Dr Michel Van Herp, a renown Ebola expert even before 2014, looks back at the biggest Ebola outbreak ever, and answers five key questions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 21, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Aid and Assistance Ebola External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society West Africa Source Type: news
The bitterness of sugar
India's alarming sugar consumption in 2022 led to a diabetes epidemic. Managing heart disease risks through weight loss, exercise, and personalized care is crucial. Despite challenges, tailored strategies can help control diabetes effectively. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - March 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Nigeria: Controversy Trails Bird Flu Outbreak in Kebbi
[Daily Trust] Since the declaration of the avian influenza outbreak in Kebbi State over a month ago, controversy between poultry farmers and the state government over the genuineness of the epidemic has remained a source of concern to many residents, Daily Trust on Sunday can report. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Next credit card epidemic? ‘Buy now, pay later’ becomes unregulated gateway drug into debt addiction
America’s debt addiction takes on a new twist—thanks to opaque, unregulated “buy now, pay later” loans that have swept retail in the past few years. There’s no single definition of a BNPL loan, but it usually refers to a point-of-sale loan that shoppers can pay off in smaller increments, often…#bnpl #federalreserves #consumerreports #newyorkfed #tomakana #kathyhochul #steptoellp #occ #cfpb #rohitchopra (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Global cancer phenomenon: It's not just America... the UK, Japan, South Africa and Australia are among dozens of countries suffering mystery spikes of all different kinds of tumors in young people
Doctors across the globe are sounding the alarm over the epidemic of young people being diagnosed with cancers more commonly associated with the elderly. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Groups aim to standardize nuclear medicine imaging of CV infections
Eleven medical associations have released guidance on the use of PET/CT and SPECT/CT for patients with cardiovascular (CV) infections.
The recommendations could improve patient care, as current clinical tools are often insufficient in complicated cases, noted lead author of the guidance Jamieson Bourque, MD, of the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville. The document was published jointly March 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, Clinical Infectious Diseases, the Heart Rhythm Journal, and JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
“The stakes are high with cardiovascular infection because the incidence is incr...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
