Malaria in Trinidad and Tobago
The following background data on malaria in Trinidad and Tobago are abstracted from Gideon and the Gideon e-book series. [1.2]
Trinidad and Tobago was certified “malaria-free” by WHO in December 1965.
84 cases of malaria were reported during 1968 to 1986 (29.8% due to Plasmodium falciparum)
213 cases were reported during 1968 to 1997 (40% P. falciparum) These figures included 164 cases imported during 1968 to 1977 – 48.8% from Africa.
118 cases were reported during 1989 to 1998 (33.8% P. falciparum)
Incidence data for malaria are depicted in the following graph. Peaks reported during 1966 and 19...
Source: GIDEON blog - April 28, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology Graphs ProMED Source Type: blogs
The Flynn Effect and IQ Disparities Among Races, Ethnicities, and Nations: Are There Common Links? | Psychology Today
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Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - April 19, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Through the Revolving Door, with a Few Stumbles - Health Care Corporate Executives and Consultants Continue to Become Leaders of Trump's Department of Health and Human Services
We continue to see a remarkable stream of people transiting therevolving door from high-level positions in health care corporations to high-level positions in health care policy or regulation for the Trump administration. Lately, though, these transitions have not been without missteps. The most recent cases we have found, in the order of their public appearance, appear below.John Bardis, Who Went from MedAssets to Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Administration, Resigned Under FireWe first discussed the appointment of Mr Bardis in May, 2017,here. We noted then that most recently Mr Bar...
Source: Health Care Renewal - April 18, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: conflicts of interest CVS Donald Trump finance health care corruption Pfizer revolving doors Source Type: blogs
Foldscope Microscope Review: The Foldable, Portable Way to Zoom In On Our World
Conclusion
The much-anticipated foldscope lives up to its expectations of being a cheap, easy to use, portable microscopy tool. Although a seasoned microscope user who has regular access to fancy microscopes might not prefer these on a regular basis, it makes for a great educational tool for young children and adults who do not have much previous microscopy experience. The foldscope is also currently in trials for use as a diagnostic tool for malaria and African sleeping disease, which we anticipate will have a large impact in resource-poor communities. Overall, this is a must-have for anyone on a budget interested in obse...
Source: Medgadget - April 9, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Rukmani Sridharan Tags: Medicine Pathology Source Type: blogs
Tropical Travel Trouble 007 Mega Malaria Extravaganza
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aka Tropical Travel Trouble 007
When you think tropical medicine, malaria has to be near the top. It can be fairly complex and fortunately treatment has become a lot simpler. This post is designed to walk you through the basic principals with links to more in depth teaching if your niche is travel medicine, laboratory diagnostics or management of severe or cerebral malaria. If you stubbled on this post while drinking a cup of tea or sitting on the throne and want a few basi...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 5, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Clinical Cases Tropical Medicine malaria Plasmodium plasmodium falciparum plasmodium knowles plasmodium malariae plasmodium ovale plasmodium vivax Source Type: blogs
Cerebral malaria in a young woman who had traveled to Africa
A young woman became sick after visiting Zambia. She died a few weeks after onset of headache and flu-like symptoms. The slide is not dirty! The dirty-looking stuff in the picture below is birefringent pigment called hemozoin. This is typical of a falciparum infection. There are ring hemorrhages and D ürck granulomas present as well. Dürck granulomas are accumulations of mononuclear cells, predominantly macrophages, probably related to resorption of ring hemorrhages.Hemozoin pigmentD ürck granuloma (Source: neuropathology blog)
Source: neuropathology blog - March 8, 2018 Category: Radiology Tags: infectious disease Source Type: blogs
What Zombie Ants Are Teaching Us About Fungal Infections: Q & A with Entomologists David Hughes and Maridel Fredericksen
I can still remember that giddy feeling I had seven years ago, when I first read about the “zombie ant.” The story was gruesome and fascinating, and it was everywhere. Even friends and family who aren’t so interested in science knew the basics: in a tropical forest somewhere there’s a fungus that infects an ant and somehow takes control of the ant’s brain, forcing it to leave its colony, crawl up a big leaf, bite down and wait for the sweet relief of death. A grotesque stalk then sprouts from the poor creature’s head, from which fungal spores rain down to infect a new batch of ants.
A fungal fruiting b...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 21, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Chris Palmer Tags: Computers in Biology Cell Biology Cellular Processes Electron Microscopy Infection Source Type: blogs
Infections Develop Via a Sequence of Biological Steps
A prior post listed 7 assertions regarding the role of infectious organisms on the human genome. In the next few blogs we ' ll look at each assertion, in excerpts fromPrecision Medicine and the Reinvention of Human Disease. Here ' s the seventh:By dissecting the biological steps involved in the pathogenesis of infectious disease, it is possible to develop new treatments, other than antibiotics, that will be effective against a range of related organisms. Nature, by interfering with the different steps in the development of infectious diseases, has a variety of protective mechanisms against organisms. For example, to defend...
Source: Specified Life - February 14, 2018 Category: Information Technology Tags: biological steps infections disease pathogenesis precision medicine Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 225
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 225.
Question 1
Who Wrote:“Scepticaemia, an uncommon generalised disorder of low infectivity. Medical school likely to confer lifelong immunity”?
+ Reveal the Funtabulous Answer
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 8, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five Alfred Jones bats DVT gastric emptying Lister liverpool school of tropical medicine LSTM marathon running Petr Skrabanek pregnancy rabies Ronald Ross Scepticaemia Source Type: blogs
Precision Medicine and the Reinvention of Human Disease (Book Index)
In January, 2018, Academic Press published my bookPrecision Medicine and the Reinvention of Human Disease. This book has an excellent " look inside " at itsGoogle book site, which includes the Table of Contents. In addition, I thought it might be helpful to see the topics listed in the Book ' s index. Note that page numbers followed by f indicate figures, t indicate tables, and ge indicate glossary terms.AAbandonware, 270, 310geAb initio, 34, 48ge, 108geABL (abelson leukemia) gene, 28, 58ge, 95 –97Absidia corymbifera, 218Acanthameoba, 213Acanthosis nigricans, 144geAchondroplasia, 74, 143ge, 354geAcne, 54ge, 198, 220geAcq...
Source: Specified Life - January 23, 2018 Category: Information Technology Tags: index jules berman jules j berman precision medicine Source Type: blogs
Medgadget ’s Best Medical Technologies of 2017
We reported a surge in the use of augmented reality in healthcare at the end of 2016, with the trend continuing in 2017. Notably, Microsoft’s HoloLens was successfully used for spinal surgery applications by a surgical navigation company named Scopis. There are several advantages to this system including reduced radiation exposure of patients, improved screw placement accuracy, and decreased surgery times.
It has been an exciting year for healthcare with many advances in how diseases are diagnosed, treated, and cured. Medical devices are constantly becoming smaller, smarter, cheaper, more precise and user friendly...
Source: Medgadget - December 26, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
My Husband Outlived His Brain Tumor Prognosis by 12 Years: How His Experience Could Help John McCain and Others
In conclusion, I would never advise John McCain and his family, or any other GBM patient, as to which of these treatments—or which combination of treatments—they should use. I hope they will learn about all of them, and decide on their own which one or ones they would like to try. I would also encourage them to do their own research, or to hire a researcher with experience in finding sensible, science-based, cutting-edge treatments.
I am very worried that they will not know about these treatments, and others like them, and will just use the standard of care. That would be a shame. It might also be a death sentence.
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Source: HONEST MEDICINE: My Dream for the Future - November 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JuliaS1573 at aol.com (Julia Schopick) Source Type: blogs
EasyScan GO: AI Powered Malaria Parasite Counter
EasyScan GO, an AI powered microscope developed by Chinese manufacturer Motic, has the capability to automatically and accurately quantify malaria parasites in a blood sample. Utilizing machine learning algorithms, the microscope is so efficient that it can identify the amount of parasites present in under 20 minutes. Premiered at the International Conference on Computer Vision in October, the AI equipped microscope can quantify malaria parasites on par with experts, surpassing the capabilities necessary to be certified by the World Health Organization for Competency 1 microscope. The project was a joint effort between Mot...
Source: Medgadget - November 17, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Thomas Obisesan Tags: Pathology Public Health Source Type: blogs
