Disease and Condition:
Research and publications on disease and conditions.
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Oct 12th, 2009
On October 11, 2009, Father Damien, a Belgian priest, was canonized as a saint in Rome. In the 1800’s Father Damien treated outcasts that were inflicted with Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, on an isolated portion of the island of Molokai. He contracted the disease himself, and died in 1889.
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Oct 11th, 2009
Cuba has announced that there have been 3 pregnant women who have died from the swine flu. This is the first announced of any swine flu death in Cuba. However, the Deputy Health Minister Jose Angel Portal reported a total of 2100 pregnant women who had symptoms of swine flu and were being treated for it. Of those 2100, 110 were seriously ill, write the official Communist Party newspaper “Granma”.
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Oct 8th, 2009
People who have celiac disease should pay attention to their bone health, according to researchers from the University of Edinburgh. They have a found a link between the autoimmune disorder and the development of osteoporosis.
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Oct 6th, 2009
On Monday, October 5th, Eli Manning the New York Giants quarterback was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. He sustained the injury during the Giants’ victory in Kansas City on Sunday with a score of 27-16, writes the New York Times. Luckily, Manning can still play as long as he can stand the pain.
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Oct 4th, 2009
According to United Nations officials, poor countries are facing explosive outbreaks of the swine flu pandemic. They state that poorer countries need assistance with the H1N1 vaccine. Julie Hall, an expert from the UN’s World Health Organization told a news conference, “We are anticipating that we may well see a different pattern of impact once this virus starts to take off and those explosive outbreaks occur in poorer communities.”
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Oct 3rd, 2009
Historic evidence points to too much aspirin as a contributor to high death tolls during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic. The suggestion of avoiding high doses of aspirin are important given the current H1N1 flu pandemic, and serve as a precautionary when taking drugs, especially aspirin to treat the flu symptoms.
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Oct 1st, 2009
In an early release of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published on September 30, it was reported that several bacterial infections were linked to h1n1 deaths. Lung tissue samples were available to the CDC from 77 people who died of theH1N1 flu. Bacterial co-infections were found in 29%, aged 2 months to 56 years old.
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Sep 30th, 2009
IDPH reminds Iowans that West Nile and other mosquito-related diseases continue to be a concern in the fall, and remain a threat until the first frost.
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Sep 29th, 2009
Whooping cough is still very much a public health concern; health experts estimate that up to 600,000 cases occur each year in adults alone.
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Sep 28th, 2009
Patients with end-stage renal disease are often set up for intensive dialysis treatments without first being given all options available for medical care, according to a review of medical records by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
