Case of the Week 732
Welcome back to all of my US readers from the Thanksgiving holiday. Here is a fun case with the answer embedded - just listen to the audio with the video. Or if you ' d prefer, keep the volume down and give your best guess on what you think this is! This case is donated by Dr. Jessica Lin and her colleague who is field physician in Tanzania. The patient is a 4 year old boy with anal pruritus and history of passing worms from his anus. Several white-tan worms measuring ~5mm long were examined: (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - November 27, 2023 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
What Biden Has Gotten Right on Immigration
David J. BierPresident Biden ’s handling of immigration is the subject of intense scrutiny and criticism from all sides. Much of this criticism is right, but the president has also implemented many positive policies. While it often acted too slowly and has much more to do, the new administration has already reversed the most important restrictionist policies imposed by the Trump administration.Major Big Picture ActionsEnding the “security” travel bansOn January 20, 2021, President Bidenfully rescinded President Trump ’s ban on immigration and certain travel for nationals of Iran, North Korea, Somalia, Libya, Syria,...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 29, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - global health - 11th May 2022
Vitamin D3 supplementation during pregnancy and lactation for women living with HIV in Tanzania, a randomised controlled trial. Item from Nigeria Health Watch abouthow midwifery training in Ethiopia improved the quality of maternal care. Thanks to the HIFA Forum for that one. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - May 11, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
The Dialogue on the Consent to the COVID-19 Vaccination in Tanzania: Legal Perspective
Mozart Hyera (The Open University of Tanzania), The Dialogue on the Consent to the COVID-19 Vaccination in Tanzania: Legal Perspective, SSRN (2021): It has been over a year and half now ever since the world was struck by the deadly... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 6, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Automatic Blood Smear Preparation for Reliable Malaria Diagnosis
Researchers at Cambridge and Bath universities in the UK, along with colleagues at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, have created two devices, called autohaem, that assist in creating blood smears, a common technique for diagnosing malaria. A blood smear involves manually smudging a drop of blood across a microscope slide to allow observation of the blood in detail, enabling a diagnosis. While this sounds simple, it requires dexterity and skill to perform correctly, and these latest devices are intended to streamline the process and allow health workers in low-resource areas to replicate high-quality smears consist...
Source: Medgadget - January 19, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Pathology Public Health Source Type: blogs
Give the Gift of P. J. O ’Rourke
David BoazThe Cato Institute offers lots of greatChristmas gifts— Pocket Constitutions (also a good gift forBill of Rights Day!), books, even Cato ‐brandedLands ’ End merchandise. But I have my own holiday recommendations that I’ve made before.I decided one year to give a young colleague a post‐graduate course in political science and economics —P. J. O ’Rourke’s booksParliament of Whores andEat the Rich. So I went to my local Barnes& Noble to search for them. Not in Current Affairs. Not in Economics. No separate section called Politics. I decided to try Borders (RIP). But first — to ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 7, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
More Laughing, More Thinking
By KIM BELLARD
There was a lot going on this week, as there always is, including the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the beginning of the NFL season, so you may have missed a big event: the announcement of the 31st First Annual Ig Nobel Awards (no, those are not typos).
What’s that you say — you don’t know the Ig Nobel Awards? These annual awards, organized by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research, seek to:
…honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in scie...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Research health research Ignobel Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
Peter Hotez is shrill
He beginneth:The initial United States government response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was marked by a frequent disconnect between government policies and the recommendations of scientific experts. A disinformation campaign from the Trump White House convinced many Americans that COVID-19 injuries and its death toll were exaggerated, leading many to ignore public health recommendations (1). Those who dismissed the severity of COVID-19 were more likely to shun face masks and ignore recommendations to socially distance from non –household members (2). Such individuals were more likely Republic...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 14, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 633
This week ' s case was generously donated by Dr. Neil Anderson. The following structure was retrieved from the common bile duct during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The patient is a refugee from Tanzania who presented with intermittent abdominal pain, distended gallbladder and hepatosplenomegaly. This was one of many " worm like " structures noted on ERCP. Unfortunately this object appeared to tear during removal. The portion submitted measures several centimeters in length. No identifying external structures were identified.Dr. Anderson ' s team tried to express eggs from this str...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - April 6, 2021 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
This Is How We Can End COVID In 6 Steps
There is frankly one question today on everybody’s mind: when will all this end? And although deep inside we all know this won’t really be over till it’s… over, we strive for a definite answer. Say, in June. The sad news is, the pandemic will be with us until we finally take individual responsibility. Instead of trying to avoid the jab, we should get ourselves vaccinated as soon as possible. Why? I’ll tell you in six simple, self-explanatory logical steps.
1. COVID-19 will end when the coronavirus becomes endemic
A virus becomes endemic when it has a constant presence within a population in a certain ar...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 25, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Digital Health Research E-Patients Healthcare ethical vaccination coronavirus lockdown vaccine flu hospitals Italy Spanish flu Source Type: blogs
This Is How We Can End COVID In 6 Logical Steps
There is frankly one question today on everybody’s mind: when will all this end? And although deep inside we all know this won’t really be over till it’s… over, we strive for a definite answer. Say, in June. The sad news is, the pandemic will be with us until we finally take individual responsibility. Instead of trying to avoid the jab, we should get ourselves vaccinated as soon as possible. Why? I’ll tell you in six simple, self-explanatory logical steps.
1. COVID-19 will end when the coronavirus becomes endemic
A virus becomes endemic when it has a constant presence within a population in a certain ar...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 25, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Digital Health Research E-Patients Healthcare ethical vaccination coronavirus lockdown vaccine flu hospitals Italy Spanish flu Source Type: blogs
Why Are We Hairless Bipeds?
Lake Manyara National ParkMy recent posts have discussed Donald M. Morrison ’s new bookThe Coevolution of Language, Teaching, and Civil Discourse among Humans. I am continuing with that theme now even though today ’stopic is pretty speculative and not-directly related to language or cultural origins, but every now and then this kind of investigation encourages other thoughts about human origins, especially the reason we walk on two legs.Bipedalism is so distinctive for the wholeHomo line and yet there is no clear reason to justify it. I mean, it is convenient to free hands for carrying tools and such, but that came ...
Source: Babel's Dawn - August 27, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Blair Source Type: blogs
A Multinational Effort to Reduce Neonatal Mortality: Interview with Dr. Maria Oden, Co-director of Rice 360 ° Institute for Global Health
According to the World Health Organization, 47% of childhood deaths worldwide occur in the first four weeks of life. This neonatal mortality rate is particularly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly one million newborns die every year.
Many of these deaths can be prevented with medical devices that more developed countries often take for granted, such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), phototherapy lights, and temperature monitors. However, solving the problem is not as simple as donating equipment; these devices are often too complicated to operate by limited staff, too resource-intensive to use, o...
Source: Medgadget - May 7, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Education Exclusive Pediatrics Public Health Source Type: blogs
3D Printed Microscope Costs as Little as $18
Researchers at the University of Bath in the UK have developed a 3D-printed microscope design, called OpenFlexure, which is open-source and can be assembled for as little as $18. More complex versions of the design are possible, and the microscope can incorporate full automation and a Raspberry Pi computer. The research team hopes that the design could help with medical research and diagnostics around the world, including in low-resource areas.
The humble microscope is a crucial piece of research equipment in medical labs, but commercial versions can run into tens of thousands of dollars, putting them out of reach for l...
Source: Medgadget - May 6, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Education Materials Pathology Source Type: blogs
There is No Good Justification for the New Immigration Ban
Alex NowrastehOn January 31st, the Trump administration issued a proclamation that stopped the issuance of most green cards to citizens of Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, Eritrea, Myanmar, Tanzania, and Sudan. If the ban applied to these countries in 2018, it would have blocked 12,313 green cards that year.This is the second wave of ‘travel bans’ issued by the Trump administration since the initial ban of many predominately Muslim‐majority countries in 2017. The stated justification for these bans is to protect the public from terrorist and criminal threats that could be committed by immigrants from those countries. Fu ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
