Countries Transitioning From Donor Health Aid: We Need A Common Research Agenda And Mechanisms For Action
Large numbers of countries that have achieved middle-income status are in the process of transitioning away from significant donor aid that they have been receiving for their health programs in recent years — notably in the areas of AIDS, tuberculosis, and vaccine-preventable illnesses, but also in other domains such as family planning. External financial and technical support to these countries is being gradually withdrawn. Millions of lives are in the balance. This is going to be one of the top issues in global health over the coming decade, as the ground shifts profoundly.
Yet neither countries nor donors are well...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - November 4, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Robert Hecht and Sara Bennett Tags: Featured Global Health Policy HIV/AIDS vaccines Source Type: blogs
The Case of Lena, Part III: George Barton's promise to help others who were in pain
The original book " The Counterpane Fairy " was written and illustratedby Katharine Pyle in 1898. It is a fanciful story of a fairy who visits children in their beds as long as they do not cry. The fairy brings some comfort to these children and has the ability to magically transport them away from their circumstances if they focus on one of the squares of their counterpanes (bedspreads).Occupational therapists may not be aware of how this story is relevant to the profession ' s history. This post will conclude the exploration of ' The Case of Lena ' and explain how Pyle ' s story influenced George Barton...
Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - October 1, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Barton history Source Type: blogs
More Evidence Proves Nutrition Beats Vaccines in Preventing Disease
Conclusions
Numerous diseases have been linked to vitamin deficiencies including measles, tetanus, tuberculosis and Keshan disease. Rather than vaccinate with dangerous, ineffective vaccines, never proven to be safe or effective, one should focus more on improving nutritional status as a safe, effective means to improve heath and prevent disease. [10]
References:
Brogan, Kelly. A Mind of Your Own. HarperCollins: New York, NY. 2016, pp.136-137.
https://vactruth.com/2016/06/03/vaccinated-vs-unvaccinated/
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcibr1402199
http://www.vitaminsdiary.com/disorders/keshan.html
http://www.cochra...
Source: vactruth.com - September 24, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Recent Articles Top Picks Nutrition selenium truth about vaccines vitamin A vitamin C Source Type: blogs
Too many emergencies
Yes, the Trump Foundation and the border wall and birtherism and all of the dreck that spews from Ronald T. Dump should get news coverage.However, there is shit happening in the world that is like, really, really important and probably ought to be discussed by the candidates. You know, that little climate change problem, nucular weapons, mass extinction . . .There is also this. When antibiotics stop working, it ' s not just those poor dusky-hued people in distant lands currently dying of tuberculosis who will be shit out of luck. It ' s you. Not only might you die from an infected scratch on your hand, common surgical proc...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 22, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Case of Lena, Part II: Barton's response to'A Common Man '
Continued from Part I - Read here.This exploration of some of Barton ' s writing outside of professional journals is offered for additional context to assist readers in understanding his concerns and passions that related to the occupational therapy profession.+++The story of Lena got one reader of the Geneva Daily Times " all choked up. " This reader called himself " A Common Man " and wrote a letter to the editor on January 19, 1920 asking more about Lena ' s story:Now what I don ' t understand is this. It was too bad that Lena couldn ' t take that elegant job in the 5&10 and I guess the manager was sorry...
Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - September 20, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Barton history Source Type: blogs
The Dangerous Expansion of Adult Vaccinations
Conclusion
The vaccination comprises a misguided and unsafe national health care program which claims to prevent disease. Many significant health injuries are associated with vaccinating adults. Government resources are being spent researching and developing new and different vaccinations. Subjecting adults to more vaccinations is likely to cause more health injury and illness.
References:
http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2012/07/05/herd-immunity…
http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/
http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2011/02/18/60-lab-studies…
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/adult.html
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Source: vactruth.com - September 10, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Recent Articles Top Stories adult vaccination adult vaccines new vaccines shingles vaccine truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
The Case of Lena
History provides context for understanding. We are so far removed from the daily life struggles of 100 years ago and our own experiences are so very different that it is difficult for us to develop a clear understanding of why events unfolded the way that they did.Occupational therapy is a health related profession that was born from the crucible of American society and culture at the turn of the 20th century. As such, events from those times greatly influenced the thinking of our primary founders.George Edward Barton lived in Clifton Springs in Ontario County on the street behind the Clifton Springs Sani...
Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - September 2, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Barton history Source Type: blogs
Why banning commercial surrogacy is not a good idea
The Government of India has decided to pass a law which bans commercial surrogacy. I think it's good that surrogacy is being regulated , because it is often misused and overused. A few unscrupulous clinics were doing too much surrogacy when it wasn't called for, simply in order to make more money, and this needed to be controlled. When this abuse was highlighted by media reports, the politicians resorted by adopting their standard knee-jerk reflex response , and decided to ban commercial surrogacy completely.At first blush, this seems like a sensible solution , because it is intended to protect poor women who could o...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - August 24, 2016 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 15th 2016
In conclusion, our results demonstrate that circulating GDF11 levels are reduced in our mouse model of premature aging, which shares most of the symptoms that occur in normal aging. However, GDF11 protein administration is not sufficient to extend longevity in these progeroid mice. Although accelerated-aging mouse models can serve as powerful tools to test and develop anti-aging therapies common to both physiological and pathological aging, the existence of certain differences between the two processes implies that further investigation is still required to determine whether long-term GDF11 administration has a pro-surviva...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 14, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS Hepatitis Awareness Day (NAIRHHA) toolkit
September 9th is designated as NAIRHHA Day. The purpose of NAIRHHA Day is to bring national and local attention to the HIV and viral Hepatitis needs of African immigrants living in the U.S. in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. The creation of a national awareness day will also support the eradication of other epidemics fueling or related to HIV disparities among African immigrants, including Tuberculosis, Substance Use and Mental Health.
Learn more about NAIRHHA Day https://nnlm.gov/bhic/2biv
FaceBook https://nnlm.gov/bhic/doy1
To request the toolkit http://ow.ly/d/4HyI (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - August 9, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: Health Information Literacy HIV/AIDS Minority Health Concerns Public Health Source Type: blogs
CryoSuisse and the 1st International Cryonics Conference this November
At present there are only a few active cryonics providers, organizations that can cryopreserve an individual at death in order to maintain the structure of the mind indefinitely, waiting on a future in which the technology exists to allow restoration to active life. Cryonics offers the only shot at a longer life in the future for those who will age to death prior to the advent of working rejuvenation therapies. The odds are unknown, but certainly infinitely better than those associated with any of the other available options at the end of life. Most cryonics providers and their support organizations are in the US, and the ...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 9, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 28-year-old man exposed to pulmonary tuberculosis
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 28-year-old man is evaluated after being informed his roommate at a homeless shelter was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis. He reports no fever, cough, night sweats, or weight loss. Medical history is significant for injection drug use, most recently 2 weeks ago, although he reports no known infectious complications in the past. Medical history is otherwise unremarkable, and he takes no medications.
On physical examination, vital signs are normal. BMI is 22. Track marks secondary to injection drug use are ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 16, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: mksap Tags: Conditions Infectious disease Source Type: blogs
Out of Africa
I just got back from the trip of a lifetime: an African safari. I had the good fortune to visit South Africa (both Cape Town/Cape of Good Hope and Krueger National Park) as well as the Zimbabwe side of Victoria Falls. Wow. If you have done it, you know what I mean. If you haven’t, it’s so worth it. No tigers or bears, but lions galore. And elephants and rhinos and hippos (my favorite) and monkeys and I could go on and on. Even ostriches and penguins! It’s something to behold. Of course it’s hard to go the entire trip without making Lion King references or Book of Mormon jokes.
Penguins from near Cape of Good Hope
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Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Publc Health Source Type: blogs
The Mischief and the Good In Precision Medicine
By MERCEDITAS VILLANUEVA, MD
When The White House announced their Precision Medicine Initiative last year, they referred to precision medicine as “a new era of medicine,” signaling a shift in focus from a “one-size-fits-all-approach” to individualized care based on the specific characteristics that distinguish one patient from another. While there continues to be immense excitement about its game-changing impact in terms of early diagnoses and targeting specific treatment options, the advancements in technology, which underlie this approach, may not always yield the best medical results. In some cases, low cost ap...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Gene Expert Precision Medicine Initiative tuberculosis Source Type: blogs
Red flags when selecting an IVF clinic
All IVF patients know that which clinic they select for doing their IVF treatment can have a big impact on the outcome of their cycle, and this is why they spend a lot of energy and time in shopping around for the right IVF doctor. Unfortunately, a lot of them are not really sophisticated enough to be able to differentiate a good doctor and a bad doctor, and most will end up going to whichever IVF clinic their family doctor sends them to. In the past, you could trust that your family doctor would send you to a good clinic, but as we all know, this is no longer a reliable method for selecting an IVF clinic , because the med...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - June 22, 2016 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
