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Association Between Tuberculosis and Parkinson Disease: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study
Abstract: Few studies have investigated the association between tuberculosis (TB) and Parkinson disease (PD). This nationwide, population-based, retrospective cohort study investigated the risk of PD in patients with TB. We selected patients newly diagnosed with TB (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification: 011) from 2000 to 2009 in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database as the TB cohort. The comparison cohort (the non-TB cohort) was frequency matched to the TB cohort at a ratio of 4:1 by sex, age, and the index date. We analyzed the risks of PD by using Cox proportional hazar...
Source: Medicine - February 1, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research

Tuberculosis Made Me Blind, But We Can Make Sure No One Else Needs to Suffer Like I Did
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Multiple Intracranial Aneurysms in HIV Infection
Abstract Neurological findings in HIV are common and include cognitive impairment, microcephaly, nonspecific white matter lesions and seizures. Cerebral vasculopathy and stroke are uncommon and may be due to primary HIV vasculopathy or opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis and cryptococcal meningitis. The authors describe a 7-y-old boy who presented with severe headache and was detected to have aneurysmal bleed due to intracranial aneurysm.
Source: Indian Journal of Pediatrics - April 12, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Cerebral venous thrombosis during tuberculous meningoencephalitis.
Abstract Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare disease characterized by its clinical polymorphism and multiplicity of risk factors. Infections represent less than 10% of etiologies. Tuberculosis is not a common etiology, only a few observations are published in the literature. Between January 2005 and March 2015, 61 patients were hospitalized for neuro-meningeal tuberculosis. Among them, three young women had presented one or more cerebral venous sinus thromboses. No clinical feature was observed in these patients; vascular localizations were varied: sagittal sinus (2 cases), lateral sinus (2 cases) and transver...
Source: Journal des Maladies Vasculaires - April 14, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Guenifi W, Boukhrissa H, Gasmi A, Rais M, Ouyahia A, Hachani A, Diab N, Mechakra S, Lacheheb A Tags: J Mal Vasc Source Type: research

Diseases Neglected by the Media in Espírito Santo, Brazil in 2011–2012
Conclusions Media visibility acts as a strategy for legitimising priorities and contextualizing various realities. Therefore, we propose that the health problems identified should enter the public agenda and begin to be recognized as legitimate demands.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - April 25, 2016 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Aline Guio Cavaca Source Type: research

Donor-derived tuberculosis in an anesthetist after short-term exposure : An old demon transplanted from the past to the present.
We report a case of a 27-year-old anesthetist who acquired tuberculosis (TB) while performing general anesthesia in a renal transplant (RTX) patient who had donor-derived contagious TB. The anesthetist developed pleural TB 6 months after exposure. Contact investigations (CIs) did not include health care workers (HCWs) of the Department of Anesthesiology, thereby missing the opportunity for the early diagnosis and treatment of TB. Genomic fingerprinting revealed identical Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) isolates in the anesthetist and in the RTX patient. The recipient had acquired disseminated TB from the harvested rena...
Source: Der Anaesthesist - April 28, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Freytag I, Bucher J, Schoenberg M, Stangl M, Schelling G Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research

Dyspnoea as a predictor of cause-specific heart/lung disease mortality in Bangladesh: a prospective cohort study
Conclusions Dyspnoea, ascertained by a single question with binary response, predicts heart and lung disease mortality. Individuals reporting dyspnoea were twofold to ninefold more likely to die of diseases that involve the heart and/or lungs relative to the non-dyspnoeic individuals. Therefore, in those with chronic dyspnoea, workup to look for the five common dyspnoeic diseases resulting in increased mortality (COPD, asthma, heart disease, tuberculosis and lung cancer), all treatable, should reduce mortality and improve the public health.
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - June 9, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Pesola, G. R., Argos, M., Chinchilli, V. M., Chen, Y., Parvez, F., Islam, T., Ahmed, A., Hasan, R., Rakibuz-Zaman, M., Ahsan, H. Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Cohort studies, Mortality and morbidity Other topics Source Type: research

Needs of Internally Displaced Women and Children in Baghdad, Karbala, and Kirkuk, Iraq
Conclusions The vulnerability of this population is great, and the emotional trauma of multiple displacements, kidnapping and deaths from intentional violence is great. While some aid is reaching families, much more is needed. Though Iraq is a middle income country, reaching the IDPs in central Iraq will take much more in international assistance than is currently being received. Unfortunately, at this time of great need, assistance is being cut back throughout the region because of lack of funding.10 The local civil society organizations which have sprung up in many locations to assist IDPs, offer an avenue for targeting ...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - June 10, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gilbert Burnham Source Type: research

Self-reported impact of caregiving on voluntary home-based caregivers in Mutale Municipality, South Africa.
CONCLUSION: Voluntary home-based caregivers have an important role in the provision of palliative care to people in their own homes, and therefore, the negative caregiving impact on the lives of caregivers may compromise the provision of quality palliative care. PMID: 27380854 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Primary Care - July 7, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mashau NS, Netshandama VO, Mudau MJ Tags: Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med Source Type: research

Public Health: A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are in Decline
The leading killers — cancer, heart disease and stroke – are coming later in life in wealthy countries as people in general live longer in good health.
Source: NYT Health - July 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Deaths (Fatalities) Tuberculosis Colon and Colorectal Cancer Source Type: news

Kenya: Report That Highlights On Serious Public Health Concerns Launched
[Capital FM] Nairobi -A report by health stakeholders has revealed that HIV/AIDs, diarrhoea, stroke, and tuberculosis remain the top causes of death in the country.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 13, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Epidemiological aspects of heart diseases.
Authors: Shi A, Tao Z, Wei P, Zhao J Abstract Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the main cause of mortality in heart patients following stroke, rheumatic heart disease and myocardial infarctions. Approximately 80% of individuals succumb to CVDs, due to poor living conditions in low and middle income families and malnutrition. Infectious diseases, human immunodeficiency, tuberculosis, malaria, high blood pressure or hypertension, obesity and overweight, and nutritional disorders including smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, high salt and ...
Source: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine - September 9, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Exp Ther Med Source Type: research

Limited value and prohibitive risk of percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease
Conclusion PCI for patient with advanced CKD carries a very high risk. It should be done on individual basis. Outcome is expected to be poor and short term benefit is expected to be limited.
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - November 14, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Restrictive Spirometry Pattern is Associated with Increased Arterial Stiffness in Men and Women.
CONCLUSIONS: Both restrictive spirometry pattern and reduced FVC were associated with a higher risk of arterial stiffness, not only in males but also in females. Clinically, assessment of arterial stiffness might be considered in individuals with restrictive spirometry pattern. PMID: 28411113 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Chest - April 11, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Wu IH, Sun ZJ, Lu FH, Yang YC, Chou CY, Chang CJ, Wu JS Tags: Chest Source Type: research

A Rare Case of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis Presenting as Transient Splenial Lesion: Case Report and Literature Review (P1.320)
Conclusions:Based on literature review, the transient splenial lesion of corpus callosum has never been reported in patients with CNS tuberculosis. The mechanisms underlying transient splenial lesions may due to intramyelinic edema and inflammatory cell infiltration. This hypothesis supported by the MR spectroscopy findings in our patient. Since early diagnosis and treatment can reduce mortality and morbidity, patients with isolated splenial lesion warrant diagnostic tests for CNS tuberculosis.Study Supported by:The authors report no disclosures relevant to the manuscript.Disclosure: Dr. Wu has nothing to disclose. Dr. Che...
Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Wu, J.-W., Chen, S. Tags: Autoimmunity with Infection, Syphilis, Lyme, Tuberculosis, and other Bacteria Source Type: research