After a two-decade hiatus, Joni Mitchell emerged as the queen of songstresses in the best year yet for women artists
Joni Mitchell has learned to walk three times. The first as a toddler; the next as a wheelchair-ridden 9-year-old recovering from post-polio syndrome; and once more after she survived a nearly fatal brain aneurysm in her early seventies in 2015. The polio, as it turns out, weakened her left hand…#jonimitchell #grammys #grammy #bothsidesnow #mitchell #lanadelreys #lucydacus #phoebebridgers #joséruizresto #universityofflorida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Many Countries Still Have Endemic Wild Polio?
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Poliomyelitis is caused by an enterovirus virus which causes acute flaccid paralysis. It is transmitted through fecal-oral spread. “All three serotypes of WPV [wild polio virus] are highly contagious, although 95% of primary infections cause a transient viraemia [sic] without symptoms. Paralysis occurs in one in 150 infections due to invasion of the central nervous system (CNS) and damage to the anterior horn of the spinal nerve roots.” In the prevaccination era, infants and young children were most at risk. The inactivated (IPV, inactivated or Salk) vaccine and the oral (OPV, live-attenuated or Sabi...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 2, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Vulnerable Women Suffer the Worst Face of Discrimination in Argentina
"Migration is a right," read the handkerchiefs held by two women at a demonstration in the Argentine capital for migrants' rights. At left is Natividad Obeso, a Peruvian who came to Buenos Aires in 1994, fleeing political violence in her country. CREDIT: Camilo Flores / ACDHBy Daniel GutmanBUENOS AIRES, Jul 27 2023 (IPS) Remi Cáceres experienced gender-based violence firsthand. She struggled, got out and today helps other women in Argentina to find an escape valve. But because she is in a wheelchair and is a foreign national, she says the process was even more painful and arduous: “Being a migrant with a disability,...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniel Gutman Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean LGBTQ Migration & Refugees Regional Categories Argentina Migrants t Source Type: news
Polio catch-up campaign targets low immunisation rates in London
A polio vaccine catch-up campaign is to be launched in London this summer amid low childhood immunisation rates in some boroughs, public officials have announced. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said its sewage testing suggested community transmission of the virus has ‘significantly reduced’. However, it said vaccination rates across some areas of the capital... Read moreThe post Polio catch-up campaign targets low immunisation rates in London appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 28, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Femoral shaft fracture in post-polio syndrome patients: case series from a Level-I trauma center and review of literature - Gupta A, Saurabh S, Trikha T, Karpe A, Mittal S.
BACKGROUND: Femoral shaft fracture in patients of post-polio syndrome (PPS) represents an uncommon yet complex injury pattern. Poorly developed soft-tissue envelope, decreased muscle bulk, reduced vascularity, regional osteopenia, joint contractures, and a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Falls in post-polio patients: prevalence and risk factors - Ofran Y, Schwartz I, Shabat S, Seyres M, Karniel N, Portnoy S.
Individuals with post-polio syndrome (PPS) suffer from falls and secondary damage. AIM: To (i) analyze the correlation between spatio-temporal gait data and fall measures (fear and frequency of falls) and to (ii) test whether the gait parameters ar... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Polio, Measles Outbreaks ‘Inevitable’, Say Vaccine Experts
A young boy in Pakistan receives an oral polio vaccine (OPV). Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy Laura MackenzieMay 6 2020 (IPS) Interruptions to vaccination programmes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could result in new waves of measles or polio outbreaks, health experts warn.
A growing number of one-off immunisation campaigns and national routine vaccine introductions are being delayed amid social distancing and other measures to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2, leaving millions unprotected.
With both preventive campaigns and routine immunisations impacted, “we’ll have an increasing number of children who will become suscep...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laura Mackenzie Tags: Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Relationship of depression and medications on incidence of falls among people with late effects of polio - Da Silva CP, Zuckerman B, Olkin R.
The purpose of this study was to determine if falls in polio survivors, with or without post-polio syndrome (PPS), are related to number of medications taken, use of anti-depressant or psychoactive medications, or self-report of depression. A survey was se... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Post-polio misdiagnosed, misunderstood, survivors say
The last remaining survivors of North America's worst polio epidemic say they are living out its grim legacy — post-polio syndrome — with a medical community that doesn't know enough about the syndrome or the epidemic that caused it. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
The Salk Polio Vaccine: a Medical Miracle Turns 60
The crippling disease was the scourge of the early 20th century, until Dr. Jonas Salk created a life-saving shield
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Childhood Immunization, Clinical Trials, Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - December 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Two Polio Vaccines May Give Greater Protection Against Crippling Disease
Study found combining them boosted immune system even more than one
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Childhood Immunization, Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - August 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers Assess New Way to Boost Polio Immunity
Giving kids an extra, inactivated dose might speed up eradication efforts, study says
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Childhood Immunization, International Health, Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - July 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Polio-Free U.S. Thanks to Vaccine Efforts
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Related MedlinePlus Page: Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Non-invasive transcranial direct current stimulation improves sleep in patients with post-polio syndrome
Of the 15 million people around the world who have survived poliomyelitis, up to 80% report progressive deteriorating strength and endurance many years after infection, a condition known as post-polio syndrome (PPS). Researchers in Italy from the National Hospital for Poliomyelitis, the Policlinico G.B. De Rossi in Verona, and the University of Milan have found that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for 15 days improved sleep and fatigue symptoms in patients with PPS, suggesting this non-invasive tool may be a new therapeutic option for this condition... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
