Tropical Travel Trouble 009 Humongous HIV Extravaganza
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The diagnosis of HIV is no longer fatal and the term AIDS is becoming less frequent. In many countries, people with HIV are living longer than those with diabetes. This post will hopefully teach the basics of a complex disease and demystify some of the potential diseases you need to consider in those who are severely immunosuppressed. While trying to be comprehensive this post can not be exhaustive (as you can imagine any patient with a low ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 7, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Amanda McConnell Tags: Clinical Cases Tropical Medicine AIDS art cryptococcoma cryptococcus HIV HIV1 HIV2 PEP PrEP TB toxoplasma tuberculoma Source Type: blogs
Africa Is A Hotspot For Digital Health
Digital health in Africa is booming, and that’s the greatest news since the invention of broadband internet connection. The flourishing of disruptive solutions might go down to the fact that instead of relying on traditional infrastructure and a conventional healthcare system, populations in Africa need cheap, easily accessible and genuinely problem-solving technologies. Why, when and how have they got there? Read on!
Disrupted infrastructure should be …
Africa has the world’s worst health record. The birth-continent of the homo sapiens bears one-quarter of the global disease burden, yet it spends only 1 percent of t...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 5, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Policy 3d printing Africa digital digital health digital technology Innovation mhealth mobile mobile health smartphone Source Type: blogs
May is Maternal Mental Health Month
The firstWorld Maternal Health Day was launched in 2016, and is commemorated on the first Wednesday of May every year.This year ' stheme on May 2nd is “Listen to Mothers.”Together with organizations from around the world – including Australia, Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, Malta, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, UK, and the US – Maternal Mental Health will be given a worldwide stage to raise awareness about the mental well being of mothers. You can learn more about the your local, in-country events, global initiatives and social media drives by checking out the&...
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - May 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: awareness campaigns awareness days maternal mental health parenting well-being. Source Type: blogs
May 2nd is Maternal Mental Health Month
The firstWorld Maternal Health Day was launched in 2016, and is commemorated on the first Wednesday of May every year.This year ' stheme for is “Listen to Mothers.”Together with organizations from around the world – including Australia, Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, Malta, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, UK, and the US – Maternal Mental Health will be given a worldwide stage to raise awareness about the mental well being of mothers. You can learn more about the your local, in-country events, global initiatives and social media drives by checking out the Wo...
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - May 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: awareness campaigns awareness days maternal mental health parenting well-being. 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
More Annoyance
I try to eat and drink healthy. I try to avoid premade ' chemical ' food and use whole ingredients, meaning real, unprocessed food. In the mornings it may not be wise to get between me and my first cup of coffee. Later in the day, I like my herbal tea for its flavors and lack of caffeine anytime after 10 am. My husband makes fun of all the different kinds of herbal teas I have. I just like to be able to choose which one I am in the mood for.I also subscribe to tips from WebMD to help keep me up on how to be healthier, what to do or eat or what not to. Usually I find this helpful.But not yesterday.I got an email ongood and ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - March 2, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: annoyance breast cancer hormone receptor status Source Type: blogs
U.S. to Get Its Own Supply of Radioisotopes Thanks to Approval of RadioGenix System
A good deal of advanced medical imaging to spot cancer tumors, and help to diagnose coronary artery disease and other conditions, relies on injecting radioisotopes into the body whose location can be tracked. The most common is technetium-99m (Tc-99m), but it has been in short supply because there are only a few nuclear power stations around the world making it as a byproduct of highly-enriched uranium, but new technologies are maturing that can help avoid many of the radioisotope sourcing issues that exist to prevent nuclear weapon proliferation and guarantee safety.
The FDA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of ...
Source: Medgadget - February 8, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Nuclear Medicine Oncology Radiation Oncology Source Type: blogs
Super Bowl Babies: More Boy Births 9 Months Later?
Ah, Super Bowl Sunday. One of the unofficial national holidays of Americans, and second only to Thanksgiving in the amount of food and drink consumed. The annual championship game of the National Football League in the U.S. is often the most-watched television event of the year.
During any big event — whether man-made or natural — researchers often find surprising trends in birth rates. When you follow the data, all sorts of interesting things can be discovered.
Let’s find out how Super Bowl Sunday influences birth rates in America.
Let’s face it. The Super Bowl has become one of those annual pasti...
Source: World of Psychology - February 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Family General Psychology Research Sports baby boys Birth Rate boy births male-to-female ratio more boys born Pregnancy super bowl babies Source Type: blogs
Carb Loading: Outdated and Dangerous
It has become a familiar scene at athletic events: sugar and carb-fests before and during marathons, triathlons, swimming competitions, and other sports among amateurs and professionals, even high school athletes and grade school soccer players. They do it for energy and enhanced athletic performance, having been told that loading up on carbs is the ticket to winning.
This common practice is based on decades-old flawed studies that reported that athletes experienced reduced performance when deprived of carbohydrates, performance restored upon restoration of carbohydrates. Thus was born the notion of “carb-loading” (i.e...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 22, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: BLOOD SUGAR Car Loading Carbohydrates Undoctored Wheat Belly Wheat Belly Lifestyle Wheat Belly/Undoctored Cruise carb loading Dr. Davis exercise Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Embarrassing the Country
Rachel Campos-Duffy, the wife of Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI), cohosting “Outnumbered” on Fox News Friday,complained that Democrats “make our country look bad” by revealing what President Trump said in a meeting with members of Congress:“I still have a problem with people in a private meeting going out and saying what the president said….It makes our country look bad. I think the Democrats, in this case, should have used some discretion. And even if he did say something like that, not repeat it for the benefit of the country.”Her comments reminded me of one of my favorite parliamentary exchanges. Helen Suzman, th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 13, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Trypanosomiasis – Imported / Exported
Gideon follows cross-border Infectious Disease events in tabular form – including movement of infected animals, and outbreaks related to imported items. [1] The following list chronicles cases of African trypanosomiasis which were imported into South Africa, or were exported from Zambia. Further details and references are available from the author.
Acquired in Zambia.
1986 – An American tourist acquired trypanosomiasis in Zambia.
2000 – A British tourist acquired trypanosomiasis (nonfatal) in Zambia.
2001 – A British national acquired trypanosomiasis in Zambia.
2008 – A British tourist acq...
Source: GIDEON blog - January 12, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology ProMED Source Type: blogs
A Remedy for Corruption
Do I really have a remedy for corruption? I wish I did. But, I have lately found an effective balm for the sickening discouragement that it is easy to feel when confronted day after day with another instance of the medical industry ’s price-gouging corruption, purposeful distortions, and callous disregard of patient welfare. That remedy is a new podcast from Australia:Ray Moynihan ’sThe Effective Dose. If you don ’t already recognize Moynihan’s name, he’s an author ofSelling Sickness and he ’s had a persistent interest in overdiagnosis and medicalization. He describes the podcast as “interviews...
Source: Health Care Renewal - January 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs
Assisted Dying: Human Rights in the 21st Century – 2018 Conference of World Federation of Right to Die Societies
The World Federation of Right to Die Societies will hold its 2018 conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The theme is "Assisted Dying: Human Rights in the 21st Century." (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 5, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Jellybean 085 with Victoria Stephen of BadEM
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blogThe quadruple burden of disease in South Africa with Victoria Stephen.You don’t want a triple burden never mind a quadruple burden.Trauma, Lifestyle Diseases, Communicable Disease, peri-natal morbidity and mortalityIt’s not all trauma in South Africa, it’s worse than that. The Rainbow nation unfortunately gets a rainbow of pathology too. Which makes for challenging work and interesting medicine. It means that South Africa is a bit different and that’s where www.BadEM...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - December 4, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean BADEM Victoria Stephen Source Type: blogs
