Medical News Today: Why Are My Eyes Yellow?
This article looks at why these groups of people might develop jaundice. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news
Deadly Yellow Fever Spreading, Amid Global Vaccine Shortages
A WHO Yellow Vaccination book. Credit: IPS.By Lyndal RowlandsUNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 2016 (IPS)As deadly yellow fever spreads to seven provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), new measures have been introduced to ensure that as many people as possible are immunised, despite global shortages of the yellow fever vaccine.Global emergency stocks of just 6 million yellow fever vaccines have been strained by the current outbreak, which began in Angola and has now spread to neighbouring DRC.To reach as many people as possible with the limited supply of vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) has started recomme...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lyndal Rowlands Tags: Aid Development & Aid Featured Global Governance Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Yellow Fever Source Type: news
Michael R. Bloomberg Becomes WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases
The World Health Organization (WHO) has today named Mr Michael R. Bloomberg, philanthropist and former three-term Mayor of the City of New York, as Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - August 17, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, noncommunicable disease [subject], c Source Type: news
Sudan: Hepatitis E Outbreak in Sortony, North Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -Some 134 cases of suspected Acute Jaundice Syndrome (AJS) have been reported since May 2016 in Sortony, North Darfur, according to the state Ministry of Health, M édecins Sans Frontières-España (MSF-E), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Sudanese organisation Anhar for Peace Development Organisation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 8, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
7 Infections Athletes Could Get From Rio's Contaminated Waters
By: Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer Published: 08/03/2016 06:02 PM EDT on LiveScience
The coastal waters around Rio de Janeiro, where many Olympic water competitions will soon take place, are reportedly teeming with harmful viruses and bacteria. So what illnesses might people catch if they swallow some of the water?
If the water has been contaminated with raw sewage, as has been reported, then a number of common pathogens could be lurking there and make people ill, experts say.
“There are many types of microbes in raw sewage that have the potential to cause human disease,” said Stephen Morse, a professor of epid...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 5, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Sudan: Acute Jaundice Syndrome Cases in North Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -Between 18 and 24 July, 45 new cases of suspected Acute Jaundice Syndrome (AJS) were reported in North Darfur's Sortony, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan said in its latest weekly bulletin. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 1, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sudan: Jaundice Syndrome, Hepatitis E in North Darfur Camp
[Radio Dabanga] Sortony -Diseases prone to epidemics such as hepatitis E and acute jaundice syndrome spread in North Darfur's Sortony camp for the thousands of displaced people who have recently fled from Jebel Marra. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 29, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Know your hepatitis status – increasing access to testing for a hidden infection.
To help countries build up national hepatitis testing and treatment programmes and to encourage more people globally to get tested, WHO will shortly release new testing guidelines for hepatitis B and C. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, European Region [region], Feature [doctype], Netherlands [country] Source Type: news
WHO encourages countries to act now to reduce deaths from viral hepatitis
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day, 28 July, WHO urges countries to take rapid action to improve knowledge about the disease, and to increase access to testing and treatment services. Today, only 1 in 20 people with viral hepatitis know they have it. And just 1 in 100 with the disease is being treated. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Hyperthyroidism: Too Much Of A Good Thing
By: Dr. Alan Christianson
When someone you know is living with hypothyroidism, it can be tempting to think that if only the doctor would prescribe an extra helping of thyroid hormone, your friend or loved one would feel so much better and would enjoy life more. And in some cases, an extra helping might be in order.
In other cases, not so much. Too much thyroid hormone can actually be dangerous, which is why doctors are loathe to bump the levothyroxin dosage up an extra 25 micrograms or so for one of their patients who's still experiencing hypothyroid symptoms. Tests always come first, and there's a good reason for that....
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is hepatitis?
Online Q&A on hepatitis: What is hepatitis? (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: cancer [subject], cervical cancer, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, vaccines [subject], vaccine, vaccine safety, vaccine q Source Type: news
New Alternative Treatments For Kidney Problems
There’s something you should know about chronic kidney disease.
Most doctors will tell you there is no alternative treatments for kidney problems besides costly dialysis or a transplant to deal with impaired renal function.
What Is Kidney Failure?
Kidney dialysis is a treatment that uses a special machine to filter harmful wastes, salt and excess from your blood.
But there is another option. It’s called stem cell biotherapy, and it offers new hope to those with this life-threatening disease.
You may think your kidneys are just fine and you have nothing to worry about. But consider this…
What Causes Kidney Fa...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - June 16, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Health Source Type: news
Hepatitis C and Zika Virus
Hepatitis C and Zika virus have something in common: both belong to the virus family Flaviviridae. (Zika belongs to the genus Flavivirus; hepatitis C belongs to the genus hepacivirus). Yellow fever virus is also a member of the Flaviviridae family and yellow is the link here. Flavus means yellow in Latin, and Yellow fever was named because of its tendency to cause jaundice in people. New hepatitis C antiviral drugs may unlock the door to treatment for Zika.
But I want to talk about something green -- money. Recently, President Obama requested 1.9 billion dollars to fight Zika virus. The US House approved 622 million dolla...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Friendly' virus repairs damaged liver cells (but only in mice)
Conclusion
This study showed it was possible to engineer and inject instructions that transform myofibroblasts into liver cells in mice with liver disease, which is quite a feat. Not all delivery mechanisms, called vectors, worked, but in those that did, the new liver cells looked normal, replaced some of the dying cells, and led to less damage due to collagen build up.
Despite the alcoholism-related headline, the mice did not have alcohol-induced liver damage – although this is a major cause of liver damage in people.
This study serves to prove this approach is feasible, and was successful in doing this. Researchers wi...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics/stem cells Lifestyle/exercise Medical practice Source Type: news
Answer revealed to this top-missed USMLE Step 2 question
Getting ready for the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 2 is no easy feat, but we’re sharing expert insights to help give you a leg up. Take a look at the exclusive scoop on this month’s most-missed USMLE Step 2 test prep question. Think you have what it takes to rise above your peers? Test your USMLE knowledge, and view an expert video explanation of the answer from Kaplan Medical.
Once you’ve got this question under your belt, be sure to test your knowledge with other posts in this series.
Ready. Set. Go.
This month’s question that stumped most students:
A 42-year-old woman come...
Source: AMA Wire - May 25, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
