Innovative chemotherapy approach shows promise against lung cancer
Lung cancer is not the most common form of cancer, but it is by far the deadliest.
Despite treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, only about a quarter of all people with the disease will live more than five years after diagnosis, and lung cancer kills more than 1.8 million people worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - February 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
New Ebola and Marburg Guideline Addresses 'Inappropriate Practices'
(MedPage Today) -- The World Health Organization's (WHO) updated infection prevention and control (IPC) guideline for Ebola and Marburg disease aims to address "inappropriate practices" in the management of these outbreaks, according to a summary... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 26, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Is there somebody looking out for me? A qualitative analysis of bullying experiences of individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder - Özer G, Işık, Escartín J.
According to the World Health Organisation, there are globally 40 million individuals with bipolar disorder (BD), and they experience stigma and discrimination, as many people with mental illness do. Work bullying (WB) is a common organisational problem, d... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Characteristics and risk factors for electrical burn injuries: a study based on World Health Organization Global Burn Registry - Chen J, Wang Y.
OBJECTIVE: Electrical burn injuries (EBIs) represent an important subset of burn injuries, but the information on them from the global level is limited. We aimed to investigate the characteristics and risk factors for EBIs reported to the World Health Orga... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Proteomic investigation of cape cobra (Naja nivea) venom reveals first evidence of quaternary protein structures - McFarlane LO, Pukala TL.
Naja nivea (N. nivea) is classed as a category one snake by the World Health Organization since its envenomation causes high levels of mortality and disability annually. Despite this, there has been little research into the venom composition of N. nivea, w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Physiotherapist reveals three exercises for lower back pain
Do you suffer with lower back pain? You wouldn't be alone. Chronic and short-term pain in this area can affect anyone and is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.S. alone, 72.3 million people live with chronic lower back pain, recent…#harrispolls #kieransheridan #gulfphysio #sittingforalongtime #finland #pelvic #inhale #downward (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Applying the WHO INSPIRE framework to ending violence against pregnant women and unborn children: a case study in Vietnam - Do HP, Dunne MP, Vo TV, Nguyen LH, Luong-Thanh BY, Valdebenito S, Baker PRA, Tran BX, Hoang TD, Eisner M.
This article adapted the INSPIRE framework, developed by the World Health Organization to prevent violence against children, to the systematic analysis of city-level healthcare services for pregnant women who experienced intimate partner violence. A mixed-... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why
Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
Irrua, Nigeria, and Kenema, Sierra Leone—
Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease of West Africa. At first the 33-year-old wasn’t alarmed—his fever, headache, body aches, and cough were innocuous enough. A doctor at his local clinic gave him antibiotics for typhoid fever and antimalarial drugs. But his symptoms persisted, so he tried anoth...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Progress Toward Measles Elimination - World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2019-2022
This report describes progress toward measles elimination in the World Health Organization's Eastern Mediterranean Region. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 22, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Africa: New Series Highlights the Importance of a Positive Postnatal Experience for All Women and Newborns
[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN's Special Programme on Human Reproduction (HRP) have launched a new series on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal care experience in BMJ Global Health with six articles presenting evidence on the importance of understanding women's, parents' and health workers' perspectives and a rights-based approach to strengthen quality postnatal care, for every woman and newborn, everywhere. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 22, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Pregnancy and Childbirth Women and Gender Source Type: news
WHO and Dubai ’s International Humanitarian City to send life-saving health supplies to Gaza Strip
21 February, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Amid a worsening health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) logistics hub in Dubai, in partnership with Dubai’s International Humanitarian City, will be delivering critical health supplies worth over US$ 1.7 million to the Gaza Strip.
In total, 80 metric tonnes of life-saving medicines, including insulin, are being delivered through a temporary air bridge between the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. Several air rotations are anticipated to deliver the supplies, which will support about 2 million people in the Gaza Strip.
“WHO’s logistics hub in Dubai provi...
Source: WHO EMRO News - February 21, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
WHO Reports 79% Increase in Measles Cases Worldwide
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 -- Measles cases around the globe have climbed 79%, with over 300,000 cases reported last year, World Health Organization officials said Tuesday.The U.N. health agency said it did not yet have a tally for measles deaths in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
World Health Organization risk drinking levels among mandated college students: associations with alcohol use, mental health, and academic performance - Reid AE, Cho GY, Carey KB, Witkiewitz K.
OBJECTIVE: World Health Organization (WHO) risk drinking levels (i.e., low, moderate, high, or very high risk) have been used as a drinking reduction endpoint in clinical trials. Yet, prior work has not attempted to quantify reductions in WHO risk levels a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Madagascar: First Person - Supporting Mental Health in Madagascar, One Consultation At a Time
[UN News] Ongoing humanitarian crises in southern Madagascar have worsened the situation for people with mental health disorders, but the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has been supporting patients by providing more psychiatric consultations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Madagascar Source Type: news
Misinformation on resuscitation and first aid as an uncontrolled problem that demands close attention: a brief scoping review - Birkun AA.
This study aimed to provide an outline of published evidence on misinformation related to the potentially life-saving interventions ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
