Case of the Week 733
This week ' s case is by Idzi Potters and theInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp. The following object was removed from a furuncular skin lesion in a patient with recent travel to Uganda. Once they were able to keep it still (!), Idzi captured the following photographs demonstrating all of the diagnostic features. What is your identification? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - December 7, 2023 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Walking the Talk: An Exploration of Pathways in Implementation of the 2013 Marrakesh Treaty - A Case Study of Uganda
Anthony Conrad Kakooza (Makerere University), Walking the Talk: An Exploration of Pathways in Implementation of the 2013 Marrakesh Treaty - A Case Study of Uganda (PIJIP/TLS Research Paper No. 102) (2023): The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 25, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 6th 2023
This study aimed to gather valuable insights from pharmaceutical experts and healthcare practitioners regarding the potential and challenges of translating senolytic drugs for treatment of vascular aging-related disorders. This study employed a qualitative approach by conducting in-depth interviews with healthcare practitioners and pharmaceutical experts. Participants were selected through purposeful sampling. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes from the interview transcripts. A total of six individuals were interviewed, with three being pharmaceutical experts and the remaining three healthcare practitioners.
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Source: Fight Aging! - November 5, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Evidence for Menopause in Wild Chimpanzees
Few mammalian species exhibit menopause. It is thought that humans evolved into this state of post-reproductive old age in part because older individuals can help to enhance the reproductive fitness of their direct offspring. This view is known as the "grandmother hypothesis". The same behavior is observed in orcas, one of the few other mammals to exhibit menopause. Researchers here provide evidence for chimpanzees to undergo menopause, which is a strike against the grandmother hypothesis, as chimpanzee elders do not assist their offspring in this way.
A team of researchers studying the Ngogo community of wild chi...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 3, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Embracing Automation to Increase Connection
The following is a guest article by Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP, Family Medicine Physician and Chief Medical Officer of the Clinician Solutions Team at 3M’s Health Information Systems Division
The release of ChatGPT has ignited dueling flames of excitement and concern regarding the potential of artificial intelligence (AI). Will AI end humanity, or is it going to save the world and usher in a prosperous boom that will recreate our ’90s glory?
The success of AI in health care will fully depend on how clinicians embrace these tools, using them to automate repetitive tasks while channeling augmented outputs through human ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System 3M AI Automation ChatGPT Dr. Travis Bias EHR Generative AI NLP Physician Workflow Vinod Khosla Source Type: blogs
Democracies, Autocracies, and Same ‐Sex Unions
David BoazA new study by the Indian newspaperThe Print, based on data fromThe Economist Intelligence Unit ’s Democracy Index 2022, finds that 88 percent of full democracies recognize same‐sex marriages or civil unions, while only 2 percent of authoritarian regimes do.As my colleague Swaminathan Aiyar told the paper, “Autocracies do not recognise individual rights as fundamental and inalienable. Autocracies are organised on principles that allow the autocrat to discriminate on any grounds. In such countries, the progress of same‐sex rights will naturally be slower or non‐existent.” By contrast, imp lem...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 3, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
The Latest on the Uganda Ebola Outbreak
The latest updates on the Ebola Outbreak in Uganda. The outbreak is the rare Sudan strain.Read more on sciencespacerobots.com (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com)
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - October 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ebola disease Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
October 20, 2022 Edition-----In the US we have just had the usual mass-shootings last week! Hard to know why the population put up with it. On a larger scale the war is seemingly just getting worse and more lethal. While there is assassination there must be hope!In the UK all eyes are on just when the Truss implosion will actually happen.In OZ the biggest news has been the really Biblical floods in SE Australia, The Budget is also getting close!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/average-tax-rate-to-hit-record-high-this-decade-with-or-without-stage-three-cuts-20221008-p5bo78Average tax rate to h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Placing the Right to Health in the Neo-Liberal World; Lessons for Uganda and Yonder
Howard Mwesigwa (Independent), Placing the Right to Health in the Neo-Liberal World; Lessons for Uganda and Yonder, SSRN (2021): It has been argued by various human rights scholars that there exists a resounding nexus between the Right to Health and... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 6, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 658
Answer to theParasite Case of the Week 658:Trypanosoma bruceiGiven the travel history and rapid onset of symptoms,T. b. rhodesienseis the most likely parasite present. This case shows very high parasitemia with numerous trypomastigotes seen on the patient ' s thick blood film. Here is the corresponding thin blood film, highlighting some of the key diagnostic features:Note that the motile flagellate form (i.e., the trypomastigote) ofT. bruceidivides by binary fission in the peripheral blood. This is in contrast toTrypanosoma cruzi,the cause of American trypanosomiasis (a.k.a. Chagas disease), in which it is the non-motile t...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - October 24, 2021 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
What this physician learned from medicine in developing countries [PODCAST]
“On a recent call with a small health organization in rural Uganda, I asked the director about the C-section rate in the community. In some private maternity centers, this procedure is performed far more often than one might expect. I ’ve learned that while this practice may be financially motivated, the extra fees also pay forRead more …What this physician learned from medicine in developing countries [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 21, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
Don ’t push harsh health care realities under the rug
On a recent call with a small health organization in rural Uganda, I asked the director about the C-section rate in the community. In some private maternity centers, this procedure is performed far more often than one might expect. I’ve learned that while this practice may be financially motivated, the extra fees also pay for […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 29, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/ann-messer" rel="tag" > Ann Messer, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
The Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities in Uganda
Ivan Mugabi (King Ceasor University), The Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities in Uganda, SSRN: The age of the pandemic has seen a global imposition of lockdowns and obligatory social distancing rules by many of African countries. The paper... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 11, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
All you need to know about waterborne diseases
Waterborne diseases are contracted through exposure to contaminated water including drinking water, water used in food preparation, and swimming water.
They can be caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Below is a partial list of waterborne disease pathogens, their microbial classification, and their resulting illnesses.
Classification
Microorganism
Disease
Bacterium
Campylobacter spp.
Campylobacteriosis
Bacterium
Escherichia coli
E. Coli Diarrhea
Bacterium
Legionella pneumophila
Legionnaires’ Disease
Bacterium
Salmonella enterica
Salmonellosis
Bacterium
Salmonella typhi
Typhoid fever
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Source: GIDEON blog - January 14, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Microbiology News Tips Source Type: blogs
Disease names – what do they mean?
In the midst of the continuing pandemic, World Dictionary Day seems like the perfect occasion to consider the meaning and origin behind some of the most well-known disease names. We’ve been speaking with Dr. Steve Berger, our co-founder, to learn more.
CORONAVIRUSES
Let’s start with the obvious one. COVID 19, which began as a localized outbreak of “Novel Coronavirus” infection, is now a name almost every household in the world will know. COVID-19 comes from COrona VIrus Disease which first appeared in 2019, with the disease itself being caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
SARS was a prominent name back in the early 2...
Source: GIDEON blog - October 16, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Epidemiology News Source Type: blogs
