How many diseases are preventable by vaccines?
The power of vaccines cannot be underestimated. Take, for example, Poliomyelitis, which was a significant problem 70 years ago – and is now close to becoming a disease of the past. Not that long ago, smallpox was completely eradicated through the use of a vaccine.
As the world celebrates the imminent arrival of several COVID-19 vaccines, we might ask how many diseases are preventable by vaccines as of 2020.
Which diseases haven’t got a vaccine yet?
Of the 361 generic infectious diseases that affect humans, only 62 (17%) are preventable by vaccines. Over 100 of the remainder are caused by fungi and pa...
Source: GIDEON blog - December 17, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: News Therapy Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Skin Diseases
For those who claim that the Bible is the literal and inerrant word of God, and who claim to live by the Bible, Leviticus 13 and 14 ought to pose a considerable problem. Of course nobody who makes that claim is sincere. They just skip the embarrassing parts. Noah ' s ark is a fun story with animals. You can build a theme park around it. These chapters, however, are just deeply weird.It ' s important to note that " leprosy " here does not mean the disease which has been given that name in modern times, now more properly called Hansen ' s Disease. None of the symptoms described here correspond to those of Hansen ' s disease,...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 19, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Beating the Travel Bug & Innovation in Hand Sanitation: Interview with Zoono CSO Dr. Andrew Alexander
While flu season is drawing to a close, transmission of germs can still lead to colds and serious respiratory diseases. In few places are individuals more exposed to a multitude of unique germs and germ carriers than during travel. Unlike some forms of travel, such as buses, where an individual can choose to get off the vehicle or find an alternate transit option, like carpooling, air travel is much less flexible. Based on data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, in 2010, on average 1.73 million passengers boarded domestic flights every day in the United States. On a plane, individuals are confined in a tight env...
Source: Medgadget - May 15, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Weird and Wild: Scalp Abscesses and Kerions
Welcome back to the weird and wild, "what do I do with that?" series! We want to take you back to the magical land of abscesses. This scalp abscess case study and Procedural Pause pearl will help you relieve significant pain and decrease the risk for skin infections and complications. This case made it to our weird and wild list for being rare and interesting.Scalp abscesses and kerions can be tricky and complicated. At first glance, they can appear small and harmless. They are often underappreciated for this reason, but require immediate attention. There are several types of wound infections and rashes tha...
Source: The Procedural Pause - November 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Building Self-Sustainable Health Care in Uganda
BY JK FALLIN, MDI had the opportunity to travel an extraordinarily long distance to Uganda last year on a mission with One World Heath, a nonprofit that aims to provide affordable health care to communities in need. The trip had a rather disjointed start because Delta forgot that they needed a computer to fly their airplane. After this minor hiccup, we embarked on our journey across the Atlantic, then Europe and Africa before landing in Entebbe, Uganda.Entebbe is about 20 miles southwest of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, but there is in reality little demarcation between the two towns. It's located along beauti...
Source: Going Global - August 9, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Patients want to make their own informed choices. We need to let them.
Growing up during the 1970’s and 80’s, Little House on the Prairie was an iconic part of my childhood. Doc Baker was the physician and veterinarian for all of Walnut Grove, in spite of limited resources. Medical lessons were everywhere in the beloved television series: Mary experiencing onset of blindness (most recently attributed to viral meningoencephalitis, likely from measles), the death of Laura’s infant son by unknown cause, and Rose’s survival after smallpox infection.
When patients ask me how to start solid foods, how to get a baby to sleep through the night, or how to treat minor injuries or burns, I...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/niran-s-al-agba" rel="tag" > Niran S. Al-Agba, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Source Type: blogs
Building Better Metrics: Focus on Patient Empowerment
By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD
Growing up during the 1970’s and 80’s, the “Little House on the Prairie” television series was an iconic part of my childhood. Doc Baker was the physician and veterinarian for all of Walnut Grove, in spite of limited resources. Medical lessons were everywhere in the beloved television series: Mary experiencing onset of blindness (most recently attributed to viral meningoencephalitis, likely from Measles), the death of Laura’s infant son by unknown cause, and Rose’s survival after smallpox infection.
When patients ask me how to start solid foods, how to get a baby to sleep through the ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Googling The Internet Within
About 82% of the people who answered a recent Scanadu poll question say they search online first about their symptoms, before turning to their doctors. Even some doctors who responded said they searched first.
This is a relatively recent phenomenon. When we launched DrGreene.com in 1995 people didn’t have access to medical information. Subscriptions to medical journals were very expensive or locked in medical libraries that were only accessible to medical professionals.
But the Web forever changed this dynamic, and the mobile web put the world’s information about symptoms at people’s fingertips wherever they happen t...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - January 7, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Technology Source Type: blogs
Googling The Internet Within
About 82% of the people who answered a recent Scanadu poll question say they search online first about their symptoms, before turning to their doctors. Even some doctors who responded said they searched first.
This is a relatively recent phenomenon. When we launched DrGreene.com in 1995 people didn’t have access to medical information. Subscriptions to medical journals were very expensive or locked in medical libraries that were only accessible to medical professionals.
But the Web forever changed this dynamic, and the mobile web put the world’s information about symptoms at people’s fingertips wherever t...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - January 7, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Technology Source Type: blogs
Yeast versus fungus
There seems to be a lot of confusion with yeast and fungus. Both fungus and yeast belong to the taxonomic kingdom fungi. Yeast shares some similarity with the mushroom, which is a type of unicellular fungi. Hyphae are a constituent part of fungus. These are tube like structures forming many branches and covering many arenas. The fungus consists of 80,000 known species. A fungus lacks vascular tissue and chlorophyll. Since chlorophyll is not present in it, fungi cannot process their own meals through the process of photosynthesis. Also they lack the presence of vascular tissues and hence they have some limitations in the nu...
Source: Nursing Comments - December 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Stephanie Jewett, RN Tags: Advice/Education Caregiving General Public Nursing/Nursing Students Patients/Specific Diseases anti-fungal agents athlete's foot chlorophyll. fungal infection fungi fungus jock itch mushroom photosynthesis yeast yeast infecti Source Type: blogs
What is the Diagnosis?
Today's image challenge from the New England Journal of Medicine is a tough one. Full disclosure - I missed it. (bragging rights: I usually get about 99% right)
This patient had acupuncture to the area and developed these lesions. What is the diagnosis?
1. Herpetic whitlow
2. Nummular eczema
3. Psoriasis
4. Ringworm
5. Scabies
Click on the image for a closer view and make your (Source: EverythingHealth)
Source: EverythingHealth - April 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Toni Brayer, MD Source Type: blogs
