Sudden death due to Lyme carditis
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - February 25, 2014 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: cardiovascular infectious disease Source Type: blogs
Climate Change and Disease: USA Today Gets It Wrong
This report describes statistically significant increases in the incidence rate of reported coccidioidomycosis in endemic states during 1998–2011 after adjusting for changes in population size and in age and sex distribution. Although the number of cases decreased in Arizona during 2007–2008 and in California during 2007–2009, incidence dramatically increased in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, coccidioidomycosis was the second most commonly reported nationally notifiable condition in Arizona and the fourth most commonly reported in California.
The reasons for the increases described in this report are unclear. Coccidioides e...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 16, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Patrick J. Michaels, Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Herd Health
One weekend each month, Kathy and I do "care management" and "population health" for the 100 animals of Unity Farm. Here's the workflow:Llamas/AlpacasWe gently halter each animal and reassure them by rubbing their chins and scratching their ears. After a year with us, we've gained their trust. Many of the animals nuzzle and tuck their heads into our necks, as if to say "Dad, do I really have to go to the doctor?". We then lead each one to the floor scale where we weigh them, looking for monthly variation. Do they have an infection or parasitic issue that is causing weight loss? Have ...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - December 12, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Medical Mispronunciations and Misspelled Words: The Definitive List.
Hearing medical mispronunciations and seeing misspelled words are an under appreciated joy of working in healthcare. Physicians often forget just how alien the language of medicine is to people who don't live it everyday. The best part about being a physician is not helping people recover from critical illness. The best part is not about listening and understanding with compassion and empathy. Nope, the best part about being a physician is hearing patients and other healthcare providers butcher the language of medicine and experiencing great entertainment in the process. Doctors c...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - October 2, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs
Chronic Lyme symptoms after treatment deserve respect
One of the more salient and concerning items of medical news reported this past week is an analysis by the CDC indicating that there is 10 times as much Lyme disease in the U.S. as formal reporting channels suggest. Rather than the 30,000 official cases each year, which would already make Lyme the most common tick-borne illness in the country — there are roughly 300,000 cases. An increase in Lyme prevalence by an order of magnitude is a disconcerting proposition.
The report, which was issued at medical conference in Boston, combines findings from three separate, ongoing studies overseen by the CDC. One is looking a...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 3, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Conditions Infectious disease Source Type: blogs
Lyme disease 10 times more common than previously reported
The Centers for Disease Control reported last week that the prevalence of Lyme disease in the United States is ten times higher than the number of cases reported. In doing so, the CDC called for a “broader approach to tick reduction, involving entire communities, to combat this public health problem.”
Read the press release: http://1.usa.gov/1aIHR0R
CDC Lyme Disease page: http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/ (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - August 26, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kate Flewelling Tags: Public Health Source Type: blogs
Healthnet Summer Newsletter
Healthnet, the University of Connecticut Health Center Library’s consumer health program, just published their summer newsletter for public librarians and others interested in consumer health information services. The newsletter highlights resources for summer food programs for kids, Lyme Disease, and enjoying the summer sun safely. An article summarizes the new DSM-5. The newsletter also includes several book reviews.
Healthnet newsletter
http://bit.ly/14Q7xG6
Healthnet’s website also includes resources guides for consumers and librarians. The resource guides for consumers feature information for caregivin...
Source: BHIC - July 26, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Michelle Eberle Tags: General Mental Health Public Health Uncategorized Websites Source Type: blogs
BehindTheMedspeak: Lyme Disease Tick Test Kit
(Source: bookofjoe)
Source: bookofjoe - July 23, 2013 Category: Anesthetists Authors: bookofjoe Source Type: blogs
Notifiable diseases in the US for 2011
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a summary of notifiable diseases in the US for the year 2011. These statistics are collected and compiled from reports sent by state health departments and territories to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS).
According to the CDC, a notifiable disease is one for which regular, frequent, and timely information regarding individual cases is considered necessary for the prevention and control of the disease. The list of nationally notifiable infectious diseases is dynamic, as new diseases are added and others deleted as incidence declines...
Source: virology blog - July 9, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Information CDC centers for disease control notifiable disease viral virology virus Source Type: blogs
Drug Shortages Remain in 2013
While Congress and federal health agencies have been constantly busy enacting new healthcare and drug legislation and implementing various regulations, one key issue has remained at the forefront—drug shortages. For example, the University of Utah Drug Information Service counted 300 "active" -- or ongoing -- drug shortages at the end of April, just about the same as it did at the end of December 2012 (299 shortages) and September 2012 (282 shortages), as reported by Medpage Today.
On the brighter side, the number of new shortages is well off its pace from years past, with 54 so far this year, Erin Fox, PharmD, dir...
Source: Policy and Medicine - June 28, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Lyme disease misconceptions
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - June 7, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: pseudoscience infectious disease rheumatology Source Type: blogs
Gouging 101 spotted by Dr Judy Stone
Summer is Lyme Disease Season. The Price Of The Drug To Treat It Just Exploded. By Maryn McKenna If you’ve been reading for a while, you might remember someposts about nationwide shortages of drugs. The Food and Drug Administration was concerned, and so were very senior physicians working in infectious disease, cancer, everyday emergency medicine and even veterinary care.The crisis faded from view, as they do. So it wasn’t much noticed that back in March, the American Academy of Pediatrics warned of an FDA alert over an apparent shortage of doxycycline, an old and inexpensive drug that is used mostly for...
Source: PharmaGossip - June 2, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
BehindTheMedspeak: Lyme Disease in Virginia
(Source: bookofjoe)
Source: bookofjoe - April 29, 2013 Category: Anesthetists Authors: bookofjoe Source Type: blogs
Training to become a surgeon: Embrace the journey
I’ve never been one with much affection for cold or inclement weather and as such, between November and April, most of my training is done on the treadmill. While many people lament the monotony and unchanging scenery that treadmill running brings, I take the time to lose myself in podcasts.
Recently, during a set of race-pace intervals, I listened to a podcast that featured an interview with Bart Yasso. Yasso is a former champion marathoner, Lyme disease survivor, and the chief running officer for Runner’s World magazine with a popular workout named after him, the Yasso 800’s. As someone who travels around the world...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 18, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Education Medical school Surgery Source Type: blogs
