What Does the Next 25 Years Hold for Global Health?
Source: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH). Published: 9/17/2019.
This 30-page report is an analysis of survey data looking at 25 years of progress in and the future challenges for tropical medicine and global health. According to its findings, the biggest challenges to global health are the climate crisis; drug resistance, including antimicrobial resistance and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis; and emerging epidemics. Mass migration, and the health and nutrition implications of climate-ravaged food supplies were also highlighted as major challenges to global health.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - September 17, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Podcast: Effects of starting antiretroviral therapy within one week of diagnosis on people living with HIV
Among the dozens of Cochrane Reviews of various treatments for people with HIV or AIDS, are some that look more at how the treatments should be used, rather than the treatments themselves. One of these examines the timing of the start of treatment, and it was published in June 2019. Lead author, Alberto Mateo from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK, tells us about the evidence base and the findings for this important question." When people are diagnosed with HIV, they normally have to attend several clinic visits before they are offered treatment. This is to make sure that they are ready and that it is saf...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - September 13, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
Calorie tax on cakes, sweets and biscuits 'could cut the UK's obesity rate by 2.7% in a YEAR'
Scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine looked at shopping habits of 36,000 British households and found price rises could cut almost 9,000 calories out of their shopping bags. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cancer Survivors Face Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2019 -- Cancer survivors face an increase in the long-term risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in The Lancet.
Helen Strongman, from the London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 29, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Superbug C. difficile is evolving to 'spread in hospitals and thrive on the Western diet'
Scientists from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine discovered the bacteria Clostridium difficile, which causes diarrhoea, is gradually 'splitting' into two species. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda Launches Largest Trial of Experimental Ebola Vaccine As Outbreak Spreads in Neighboring Congo
(KAMPALA, Uganda) — Researchers in Uganda have launched the largest-ever trial of the experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo, where a deadly outbreak has killed over 1,800 people.
The trial of the Janssen Pharmaceuticals vaccine involves up to 800 people in the western district of Mbarara and is supported by Doctors without Borders and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Pontiano Kaleebu, a Ugandan researcher who leads the trial, said Friday that he regrets that the Janssen vaccine has not yet been deployed in Congo. The health minister there who stepped down l...
Source: TIME: Health - August 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: RODNEY MUHUMUZA / AP Tags: Uncategorized congo ebola onetime Uganda vaccine Source Type: news
Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group seeks Research Assistant in Evidence Synthesis - Liverpool, UK
Salary:£28,660 per annumContract type:Full-time, fixed-term for up to 12 monthsClosing date:14 August 2019 Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases. LSTM ’S Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health leads developments in evidence synthesis for tropical medicine and global health. In the 1990s, we helped establish Cochrane. We now run the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG), with over 150 Cochrane reviews and 600 authors throughout the wo rld; ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - July 30, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Understanding the mode of action of the primaquine: New insights into a 70 year old puzzle
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) Researchers at LSTM have taken significant steps in understanding the way that the anti-malarial drug primaquine (PQ) works, which they hope will lead to the development of new, safer and more effective treatments for malaria. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Menstrual Cups Seem Safe for Menstruation Management
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 -- Menstrual cups appear to be safe for menstruation management, according to a review published online July 16 in The Lancet Public Health.
Anna Maria van Eijk, Ph.D., from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 17, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
In Hawaii, Rat Lungworm Disease Infects People but Eludes Researchers
A brain-invading parasite has made nearly 100 people sick in Hawaii in the last decade. How worried should health officials be? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Knvul Sheikh Tags: Parasites Worms Rats Snails Invasive Species Research American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Centers for Disease Control and Prevention University of Hawaii your-feed-science Source Type: news
AJTMH tip sheet for July 2019
(Burness) Your advance look at two new studies publishing online on July 8, 2019 in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 8, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Too much cleanliness not bad for health, report on hygiene says
Royal Society for Public Health says need to expose children to germs is ‘dangerous myth’The notion that too much cleanliness can be bad for your health and that children need to be exposed to germs is a dangerous myth, according to a public health body.The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) said the hygiene hypothesis – that allergies are caused by too much cleanliness, by killing off the bugs we need to challenge our immune systems – has entered the public imagination and is being misinterpreted.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 24, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Health editor Tags: Hygiene UK news Science London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Health Society Source Type: news
£ 3.54 million boost for Liverpool-based antimicrobial resistance research
(University of Liverpool) The University of Liverpool (UoL) and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have been awarded £ 3.54 million for a research project that aims to develop a 'personalized health' approach to prevent and treat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 24, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
‘They’re Chipping Away.’ Inside the Grassroots Effort to Fight Mandatory Vaccines
Christina Hildebrand went down a rabbit hole and emerged at the statehouse in Sacramento.
That’s how she describes it–going down a rabbit hole–and in her case it happened 14 years ago, when she was pregnant with her first child. In a world filled with chemicals and toxins, processed foods and GMOs, she decided her baby would be brought up as naturally and chemical-free as possible. It was when she was researching how best to achieve that goal that she bumped into vaccines.
That was a bad time to begin thinking about such things. The fraudulent 1998 paper by British physician Andrew Wakefield ostensibly li...
Source: TIME: Health - June 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger/Sacramento Tags: Uncategorized vaccines Source Type: news
Dengue fever to spread in the US, Africa and even the Mediterranean putting billions at risk by 2080
Scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Washington have predicted 60 per cent of the global population will live alongside disease-spreading mosquitoes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
