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Lawmakers Enjoy Vacation While Zika Spreads To U.S.
WASHINGTON ― Democrats in Congress called on leaders Friday to interrupt a seven-week vacation and return to Capitol Hill after the first local outbreak of the Zika virus was reported in Florida.
Congress failed to pass emergency legislation to fund the nation’s response to Zika before legislators departed earlier this month, first to attend the party conventions and then to take time off.
But with news that at least four people had contracted Zika locally in Southern Florida and the conventions over, Democrats were quick to say it’s time to come back to work.
“I call on Republican Congressional leaders...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Top NIH doctor on new U.S. Zika cases, Congress funding
In Florida, it is all but certain that four Zika cases came from local mosquitoes. Well over 1,600 travel-related cases are reported in the U.S. Meanwhile, Congress went on its summer recess without approving funds to fight Zika. Now Senate Democrats want members to cut their break short. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci joins "CBS This Morning" from Bethesda, Maryland, to discuss the Zika threat.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - August 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Leading Digital Transformation
The freshly minted role of Chief Digital Officer is enjoying something of a boom.“At the end of 2015, there were approximately 2,000 CDOs. CDO hires have been doubling every year and I expect there to be 2,500 CDOs by the end of 2016,” the CDO Club’s CEO David Mathison noted recently.1But what ’s fuelling this trend? Quite simply, traditional businesses have woken up to the need fordigital transformation as customers demand new ways of engaging with businesses and the companies themselves look to improve the customer experience, streamline processes and reap the benefits of innovation down the length of the value ...
Source: EyeForPharma - August 18, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nick de Cent Source Type: news
Appeals court ruling protects marijuana doctors from prosecution
A new appellate ruling protects doctors from federal prosecution when they recommend medical marijuana in accordance with state law.
In an Aug. 16 opinion, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot spend funding to prosecute physicians and patients who...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - August 19, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Effects of a multicomponent intervention to streamline initiation of antiretroviral therapy in Africa: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01810289. Findings Between April 11, 2013, and Feb 2, 2015, 12 024 eligible patients visited one of the 20 participating clinics. Median CD4 count was 310 cells per μL (IQR 179–424). 3753 of 4747 patients (weighted proportion 80%) in the intervention group had started ART by 2 weeks after eligibility compared with 2585 of 7066 patients (38%) in the control group (risk difference 41·9%, 95% CI 40·1–43·8). Vital status was ascertained in a random sample of 208 patients in the intervention group and 199 patients in the control group. Four deaths (2%) occurr...
Source: The Lancet HIV - August 26, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Want to detect gluten on the go? There ’ s a device for that
(Reuters) – A California startup has developed a portable technology that will allow consumers to test their food for gluten on the go.
“Even when you go out and see these labeled menu items, you are still playing Russian roulette,” said Shireen Yates, co-founder and chief executive of NIMA, which was founded in 2013.
Designed in San Francisco by a team from MIT, Stanford, Google and Nike, NIMA can analyze any type of food or beverage for gluten down to 20 parts per million, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classification for gluten-free products.
“There is still cross contamination, there is...
Source: Mass Device - August 30, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Diagnostics Nima Source Type: news
Novel glucose-sensing technology and hypoglycaemia in type 1 diabetes: a multicentre, non-masked, randomised controlled trial
Publication date: Available online 12 September 2016 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Jan Bolinder, Ramiro Antuna, Petronella Geelhoed-Duijvestijn, Jens Kröger, Raimund Weitgasser Background Tight control of blood glucose in type 1 diabetes delays onset of macrovascular and microvascular diabetic complications; however, glucose levels need to be closely monitored to prevent hypoglycaemia. We aimed to assess whether a factory-calibrated, sensor-based, flash glucose-monitoring system compared with self-monitored glucose testing reduced exposure to hypoglycaemia in patients with type 1 diabetes. Method In this multicentre, pros...
Source: The Lancet - September 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Doctors urge Congress to pass Zika funding
Federal health officials, pediatricians, and ob.gyns. are imploring Congress to pass an appropriations bill with sufficient money to fight the growing threat of the Zika virus.
“Funding for Zika research, for prevention, and for control efforts – including mosquito surveillance and control – is...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - September 13, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Cognitive behavioural therapy for adherence and depression in patients with HIV: a three-arm randomised controlled trial
Publication date: Available online 19 September 2016 Source:The Lancet HIV Author(s): Steven A Safren, C Andres Bedoya, Conall O'Cleirigh, Katie B Biello, Megan M Pinkston, Michael D Stein, Lara Traeger, Erna Kojic, Gregory K Robbins, Jonathan A Lerner, Debra S Herman, Matthew J Mimiaga, Kenneth H Mayer Background Depression is highly prevalent in people with HIV and has consistently been associated with poor antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Integrating cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for depression with adherence counselling using the Life-Steps approach (CBT-AD) has an emerging evidence base. The aim of this ...
Source: The Lancet HIV - September 19, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Medical Errors Should Not Be Our 3rd Leading Cause of Death
Suppose two jumbo jets crashed every day, killing a total of about 365,000 people in a year. Remarkably enough that's about the level of carnage caused every year in our country by avoidable medical mistakes.
We would never tolerate such an incredible loss of life were it caused by recurring plane crashes (or most anything else). The Federal Aviation Authority would be given immediate and unlimited funding to figure out exactly why the planes were crashing and to do whatever it takes to make them safe again.
In fact, complete reporting of mistakes, and constantly correcting them, has made flying in a commercial plane abo...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 27, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Congress sends Zika funding bill to President
In a move that narrowly avoids a government shutdown, Congress has passed a long-awaited bill that keeps the government afloat and provides $1.1 billion in funding to combat the Zika virus.
The House cleared H.R. 5325 late...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - September 29, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
The effect of a conditional cash transfer on HIV incidence in young women in rural South Africa (HPTN 068): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial
This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01233531). Findings Between March 5, 2011, and Dec 17, 2012, we recruited 10 134 young women and enrolled 2537 and their parents or guardians to receive a cash transfer programme (n=1225) or not (control group; n=1223). At baseline, the median age of girls was 15 years (IQR 14–17) and 672 (27%) had reported to have ever had sex. 107 incident HIV infections were recorded during the study: 59 cases in 3048 person-years in the intervention group and 48 cases in 2830 person-years in the control group. HIV incidence was not significantly different between those who received...
Source: The Lancet Global Health - November 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Testing of investigational inactivated Zika vaccine in humans begins
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The first of five early stage clinical trials to test the safety and ability of an investigational Zika vaccine candidate called the Zika Purified Inactivated Virus (ZPIV) vaccine to generate an immune system response has begun at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Clinical Trial Center in Maryland. WRAIR Scientists developed the vaccine. NIAID is co-funding the Phase 1 clinical trial with WRAIR, serving as the regulatory sponsor and providing other support.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 7, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Rituximab use in a patient with anti-ri positive opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome
We describe a patient with OMS, who had a previous (and completely treated) diagnosis of Breast cancer more than 10 years ago, who presented with features of dizziness, opsoclonus, generalised myoclonus and truncal ataxia. Investigations revealed positive anti-Ri antibodies, but comprehensive screen for an underlying malignancy was negative.
Patient was initially treated with intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) with good response. However, despite this patient had a further relapse which required hospitalisation with ventilator support and another course of IVIg. A second relapse was treated with pulsed IV cyclophosphamide ...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - November 14, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Sadalage, G., Bowen, J., Nightingale, S., Jacob, S. Tags: Immunology (including allergy), Cranial nerves, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Ophthalmology, Adult intensive care, Drugs: musculoskeletal and joint diseases ABN Annual Meeting, 17-19 May 2016, The Brighton Centre, Brighton Source Type: research
How D.C.'s Mayor Plans To End The HIV Epidemic In The Capitol's Backyard
More than 13,000 people are living with HIV in Washington, D.C. That’s 2 percent of the city’s population, or double the rate that constitutes an “epidemic” in the eyes of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nancy Mahon, global executive director of the MAC AIDS Fund, the philanthropic arm of the cosmetic company MAC, says it’s “shameful” that the infection rate is so high “in the backyard of our nation’s Capitol” ― especially given the United States’ leading role in funding international AIDS work.
While D.C.’s infection rate has falle...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
