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Doctors, welfare, and the deadly workhouse
The Beveridge Report, which led to the founding of the British welfare state, was published 70 years ago today, but the first attempt to design a modern 'scientific' welfare system for Britain is closer to 180 years oldThe Beveridge Report, which led to the founding of the British welfare state, was published 70 years ago today, but the first attempt to design a modern "scientific" welfare system for Britain is closer to 180 years old. The result was the infamous Victorian workhouse, an institution that the editor of the medical journal the Lancet claimed could kill 145,000 people every year – and all because the governm...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 27, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Vanessa Heggie Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk History of science Source Type: news

Deadly new pertussis strain linked with whooping cough vaccine
Whooping cough (pertussis) has reached epidemic levels in the U.S. -- the highest in five decades. Considering a majority of those who contract the disease are vaccinated, the absurdity of the call for increased pertussis vaccinations by the Centers for Disease Control...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

AIDS fighting spirit flagging, will miss 2015 targets: charity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world has lost momentum in the fight against the AIDS epidemic, with millions of new people infected last year, the ONE foundation said in a report given on Tuesday.
Source: Modern Medicine - November 27, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

South Africa: No Stop to HIV Infections Unless Gender Violence Addressed
[Health-e]Cape Town -Zero HIV infection rates will never be achieved unless tackling gender-based violence is part of addressing the epidemic, an expert told HIV specialists, researchers and nurses, meeting at the first Southern African HIV Clinicians Society conference.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 26, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news

New CME Course Examines Drug Overdoses
Prescriptive drug abuse is at epidemic levels in the United States, and opioids are the drug patients use most often in unintentional deadly overdoses. How can physicians help stop these preventable deaths?
Source: Blogged_Arteries - November 26, 2012 Category: Health Management Source Type: news

Bounce houses injure a U.S. child every 46 minutes, study finds
Study reports "epidemic" rates of bounce house-related injuries, which have climbed 15-fold in U.S. since 1995
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 26, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

WHO/HPA update on novel coronavirus
Source: Health Protection Agency Area: News The Health Protection Agency has published an update on the novel coronavirus 2012. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported a total of six laboratory cases globally - four from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and two from Qatar (one reported in the UK and the other reported in Germany). Two of the recently confirmed cases in KSA are epidemiologically linked and are from the same family and household. One has died and the other has recovered. Two other family members who were ill have been tested; one is negative and a result on the other is awaited. ...
Source: NeLM - News - November 26, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

The bad sleep epidemic: Forget insomnia, are you a victim of 'semi-somnia'? Triggered by stress and computer use, this low-quality sleep is wrecking millions of lives...
One-in-three Britons now suffer sleep problems, and hormonal issues mean women are plagued by insomnia more than men. But experts are now putting special focus insomnia's little sister.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Is a New SARS-like Virus Spreading in the Middle East?
As with most emerging epidemics, we usually ignore them until people start dying. If the same logic applies here, it's time to begin paying attention to the new SARS-like virus found in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. While only six cases have been identified so far, two of the patients died, suggesting that the survival rate isn't stellar.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 24, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: David DiSalvo Source Type: news

My Beautiful Genome: exposing our genetic future, one quirk at a time – review
Lone Frank, on a mission to discover what makes an identity, decides that her genes are not necessarily her fateLone Frank is self-obsessed, in a generous way. She is on a mission to discover what makes an identity, a life trajectory, a career choice, a social animal. There is just one identity she can describe without fear of contradiction. The key is her genome. So think of her as a pioneer, on a journey deeper into the self, on behalf of all of us.Her journey starts in the usual way: with her parents, each of whom contributed to the making of half of the Lone Frank whose testimony we hold in our hands; with an encounter...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 24, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Tim Radford Tags: Royal Society Science Book Prize Genetics People in science Biology guardian.co.uk Reviews Books Science prizes Denmark Science and nature Source Type: news

Self-injury in Japan: epidemiological features from the nationwide survey data of 2010 - Ae R, Nakamura Y, Tsuboi S, Kojo T, Yoshida H, Kitamura K.
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the epidemiological features of self-injury in Japan, and to investigate the factors associated with a history of self-injury, using nationwide random sample data on Japan in 2010. METHODS: Questionnaire...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 23, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

Epidemiology of injuries to wildland firefighters - Britton C, Lynch CF, Ramirez M, Torner J, Buresh C, Peek-Asa C.
INTRODUCTION: Wildland fires have significant ecologic and economic impact in the United States. Despite the number of firefighters involved in controlling them, little is known about the injuries that they sustain. We hypothesized that the mechanism of in...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 23, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Follow Ups Following Gastric Bypass Surgery Lead To Greater Weight Loss
Gastric bypass patients who attended five follow-up office visits in two years as recommended by their surgeons lost nearly twice as much weight (113 lbs. vs. 57 lbs.) as patients who attended only two follow-up visits, according to a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing study in Obesity Surgery. The global epidemic of overweight and obese people is estimated to include 1.7 billion individuals, with two-thirds of those living in the U.S. Measurement of body mass index (BMI), a calculation of height and weight, classifies obesity...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 23, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Clinical and epidemiological aspects of suicide in patients with schizophrenia - Gómez-Durán EL, Martin-Fumadó C, Hurtado-Ruíz G.
Suicide is a major cause of death among patients with schizophrenia. Suicide phenomenon’s characterization is the best available approach for improved prediction and prevention of suicide. Patients at high risk for suicide need a more intensive monitorin...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 23, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

The Viral Storm by Nathan Wolfe – review
This is a tale of ever-increasing intimacy between humans and other animal species, and the resultant threat of pandemicsThere are those who believe the dangers from "swine flu" (H1N1) in 2009 and Sars in 2003 were exaggerated by "mad scientists". It's true that, thankfully, swine flu and Sars have not so far proved as devastating as originally feared, but before the next emerging human infection hits the headlines, pandemic sceptics should find time to read The Viral Storm by a Stanford virologist called Nathan Wolfe.This is a tale of ever-increasing intimacy between ourselves and other animal species: the source of patho...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 23, 2012 Category: Science Authors: James Kingsland Tags: Bird flu Biology Infectious diseases guardian.co.uk Medical research Microbiology Reviews Books Zoology Swine flu Agriculture Science Source Type: news

UCF professor wins federal grant to study Florida's new pill-mill laws
Law enforcement and public officials have praised Florida's new laws created to curb the state's prescription-drug epidemic, and they say there's already proof the regulation is working. The number of deaths in Florida related to the painkiller...
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 22, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Claims flu jab is a 'waste of money' misleading
This report covers: the scientific basis of the vaccine, including research and development, and the safety and effectiveness of the annual vaccine the implementation of annual vaccination programmes, including the financing, manufacturing and distribution of the flu jab policy and communication regarding the annual flu jab, including details on public education programmes, acceptance of the jab among patients, and public policy surrounding the vaccine What were the main findings of the report? The CIDRAP review reports 10 key findings, only some of which feature in current media coverage. The report says th...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: QA articles Source Type: news

Infections linked to tainted steroid injections nears 500 cases
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A deadly outbreak of infections linked to tainted steroid injections is approaching 500 cases nearly two months after it began, and health experts said on Wednesday it was unclear whether the epidemic had peaked amid new risks facing patients.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Alzheimer’s, Alcoholism and—Finally—Healing
Over the past few years, a growing movement in elder care has taken shape to see Alzheimer’s disease differently, to find what is hopeful and positive in dementia caregiving—even if the disease is advanced. But how?read more
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 21, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meredith Resnick, L.C.S.W. Tags: Aging Memory Relationships 12 step programs adult child aging parents alzheimer ' s disease caregiver caregiving caring for aging parents dementia dementia care elder care emotion epidemic family histories good bye gr Source Type: news

Alzheimer’s, Alcoholism and - Finally - Healing
Over the past few years there has been a growing movement in elder care to see Alzheimer’s disease differently, to find what is hopeful and positive in dementia caregiving - even if the disease is advanced. But, how?read more
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 21, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meredith Resnick, L.C.S.W. Tags: Aging Memory Relationships 12 step programs adult child aging parents alzheimer ' s disease caregiver caregiving caring for aging parents dementia dementia care elder care emotion epidemic family histories good bye gr Source Type: news

Africa: UNAids - Stigma Remains a Concern
[Health-e]The world is making significant progress in coming to grips with the HIV epidemic, however in many countries stigma and lack of human rights remain.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 21, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Researchers Identify Hidden Epidemic Of Neurologic Disability For India Fueled By Brain Injury, Stroke And Age-Related Dementia
The 'Global Perspectives' published in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, features "Neurologic Disability: A Hidden Epidemic for India". The authors, a team of US and Indian scientists, detail three emerging trends contributing to this public heath problem and outline measures to stem its growth. Abhijit Das, MD, DM, Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, and Glenn Wylie, DPhil, are researchers at Kessler Foundation in West Orange, New Jersey...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

A New Factor Of Genetic Susceptibility To Alzheimer's Disease
A large-scale international study involving French researchers from the Inserm-Institut Pasteur Lille-Universite Lille Nord de France "Public health and molecular epidemiology of ageing-related diseases" joint research unit led by Philippe Amouyel, has just discovered a gene for susceptibility to a rare disease that causes susceptibility to a common one, Alzheimer's disease, providing evidence of the heterogeneous aetiology of Alzheimer's disease. This whole-exome sequencing approach is explained in detail in The New England Journal of Medicine...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news

Sudan: Yellow Fever Claims More Lives
[Radio Dabanga]Darfur -News reports received on Tuesday November 20 read that the total number of cases of the yellow fever epidemic has reached 518, while the death toll has reached a number of 134 cases across Darfur, Radio Dabanga learned.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 20, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news

HIV Infections and AIDS Deaths Dropping, But Epidemic Still Daunting
A new global report from UNAIDS once again delivers both good and bad news
Source: ScienceNOW - November 20, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

"Obese But Happy" Gene Discovered By Scientists
Why are some people happier than others? The gene FTO, which is a significant gene associated with obesity, is also linked to an 8% decrease in a person's chances of developing depression, according to researchers from McMaster University in their recent study published in Molecular Psychiatry. The experts state that FTO is not only a gene associated with obesity, but also happiness. David Meyre, associate professor in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and a Canada Research Chair in genetic epidemiology and Dr...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

HIV infections fall, U.N. says ending AIDS "feasible"
LONDON (Reuters) - An end to the worldwide AIDS epidemic is in sight, the United Nations says, mainly due to better access to drugs that can both treat and prevent the incurable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the disease.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

HIV Infections Fall, U.N. Says Ending AIDS "Feasible"
An end to the worldwide AIDS epidemic is in sight, the United Nations says, mainly due to better access to drugs that can both treat and prevent the incurable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the disease. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: HIV/AIDS, International Health
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Genetic Differences Identified In Children With Sagittal Craniosynostosis
An international team of geneticists, pediatricians, surgeons and epidemiologists from 23 institutions across three continents has identified two areas of the human genome associated with the most common form of non-syndromic craniosynostosis - premature closure of the bony plates of the skull. "We have discovered two genetic factors that are strongly associated with the most common form of premature closure of the skull," said Simeon Boyadjiev, professor of pediatrics and genetics, principal investigator for the study and leader of the International Craniosynostosis Consortium...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news

Alcohol Reduces Mortality Due To Protective Effect
This study is not encouraging people to drink," explained UIC injury epidemiologist Lee Friedman, researcher of the study...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

New Way Revealed For Antibiotic Resistance To Spread
Washington State University researchers have found an unlikely recipe for antibiotic resistant bacteria: Mix cow dung and soil, and add urine infused with metabolized antibiotic. The urine will kill off normal E. coli in the dung-soil mixture. But antibiotic-resistant E. coli will survive in the soil to recolonize in a cow's gut through pasture, forage or bedding. "I was surprised at how well this works, but it was not a surprise that it could be happening," says Doug Call, a molecular epidemiologist in WSU's Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news

Worst-Ever West Nile Epidemic: What Happened?
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - November 20, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to combat AIDS-related stigma in new UN role
Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has accepted a new role with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to advance efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination against those affected by the epidemic.
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - November 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Size Does Matter
The debate wages on regarding whether banning sugar-sweetened beverages is really going to help combat the obesity epidemic. If we put aside for a minute the other issues that have arisen out of this debate and focus exclusively on the core of the issue, the size of the beverages, science has shown pretty clearly one thing: the bigger the beverage, the more you will drink.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - November 19, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: Nicole Avena, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Health Neuroscience Politics apple juice beverages Bloomberg soda ban cardiovascular disease coffee drinks culprits dental caries dinner plate dramatic increase emergence energy drinks food fruit drinks gout HFCS Source Type: news

Was the “Pain as a 5th Vital Sign” campaign in part a marketing ploy?
3.5 out of 5 stars Rethinking Opioid Prescribing to Protect Patient Safety and Public Health. Alexander GC et al. JAMA 2012 Nov 13;308:1865-1866. First page The authors of this “Viewpoint” piece begin by noting that the rates of death and complication from prescription drug abuse have been increasing astronomically: The annual number of fatal drug overdoses in the United States now surpasses the annual number of motor vehicle deaths, and overdose deaths attributable to prescription opioids — nearly 15000 in 2008 — exceed those attributable to cocaine and heroin combined. This marked increase has coincided ...
Source: The Poison Review - November 19, 2012 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical drug abuse fatalities opioids pain pain as a 5th vital sign Source Type: news

'Diabesity' the new big thing
We are heading towards an epidemic of diabetes that threatens to bankrupt our healthcare systems
Source: The Irish Times - Health - November 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Prescription Drug Addiction Is Now An Epidemic
The abuse of prescription drugs is currently an epidemic because doctors are treating pain differently now than in past years. Drug abuse was recently referred to as an "epidemic" in a newspaper article by a Nebraska State Patrol investigator. "Clinically, it's a very common problem," added Aly Hassan, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine. The '90s were considered to be the decade of treatment of pain, the Dr. explained. Not only was there a change in medication, but there was also a change in policy...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Worst-Ever West Nile Epidemic: What Happened?
Soon, 2012 officially will become America's worst year ever for death and brain damage from West Nile virus.
Source: WebMD Health - November 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

International team of investigators discovers likely basis of birth defect causing premature skull closure in infants
An international team of geneticists, pediatricians, surgeons, and epidemiologists from 23 institutions across three continents have identified two areas of the human genome associated with the most common form of non-syndromic craniosynostosis — premature closure of the bony plates of the skull. The research was supported in part by grants from NHGRI
Source: NHGRI-Related News - November 19, 2012 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news

Why Thai women cut off their husbands' penises
An epidemic of penile amputations in Thailand led researchers to inquire into what was going onAbout once per decade, the medical profession takes a careful look back at Thailand's plethora of penile amputations. The first great reckoning appeared in a 1983 issue of the American Journal of Surgery. Surgical Management of an Epidemic of Penile Amputations in Siam, by Kasian Bhanganada and four fellow physicians at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, introduces the subject: "It became fashionable in the decade after 1970 for the humiliated Thai wife to wait until her [philandering] husband fell asleep so that she could quickly seve...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 19, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Marc Abrahams Tags: The Guardian Medical research Higher education Features Source Type: news

Pain medication addiction reaching epidemic level
Addiction to pain medication is creating new challenges for physicians. Would you believe -- hydrocodone was the most prescribed drug in America in 2011?
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

‘Lifestyle Diseases’ Plague Indian Women
Sreelakshmi, an office executive in a major diagnostic laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the southern Indian state of Kerala, ends her 11-hour working day to return home at night to a mountain of domestic chores. At 35, she is already diabetic and vulnerable to disorders ranging from obesity and depression to hypertension and chronic backache. Health experts warn that Sreelakshmi represents an increasing number of high-powered Indian working women who juggle workplace and domestic responsibilities in an effort to keep everyone around them happy, while disregarding the toll this hectic lifestyle takes on...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 19, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: K.S. Hari Krishnan Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Labour Population Regional Categories Women's Health India Lifestyle Diseases obesity Working Women Source Type: news

Sudan: Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign to Start
[Radio Dabanga]El-Geneina -The Federal Health Minister, Bahr Abu Garda, announced the start of the vaccination campaign against the yellow fever epidemic in Darfur on Tuesday November 20, targeting 2.4 million people in Central, West and South Darfur, Radio Dabanga has learned.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 19, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Kessler Foundation researchers predict hidden epidemic of neurological disability for India
This article in the Nov. 20 issue of Neurology® details a hidden epidemic of neurologic disability for India. The authors detail emerging trends contributing to this public heath problem and outline measures to stem its growth. Abhijit Das, MD, DM, Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, and Glenn Wylie, DPhil, are with Kessler Foundation in New Jersey. Kurupath Radhakrishnan, MD, DM, is director of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Trivandrum, India.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 19, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

International team discovers likely basis of birth defect causing premature skull closure in infants
(University of California - Davis Health System) An international team of geneticists, pediatricians, surgeons and epidemiologists from 23 institutions across three continents has identified two areas of the human genome associated with the most common form of non-syndromic craniosynostosis -- premature closure of the bony plates of the skull.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Quality of life 1 year after a road accident: Results from the adult ESPARR cohort - Khati I, Hours M, Charnay P, Chossegros L, Tardy H, Nhac-Vu HT, Boisson D, Laumon B.
BACKGROUND: There are a few studies assessing repercussions in road accident victims, which reported their results in quality of life (QoL), on an epidemiologic point of view. METHODS: ESPARR (follow-up of victims of road accident in the Rhône) is a prosp...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 17, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

A review of major trauma admissions to a tertiary adult referral hospital over a ten year period: Fewer patients, similar survival - Solon JG, Houlihan P, O'Brien DF, Connolly S, O'Toole D, McNamara DA.
This study aimed to...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 17, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Ocular traumatology in children. A retrospective study - Malagola R, Arrico L, Migliorini R, D'Ambrosio EM, Grenga R.
This study assesses the descriptive epidemiology of children with eye injuries presenting to the Emergency Department of a non exclusive Paediatric University Hospital - First Division of Ophthalmology of "Sapienza" University of Rome - over a p...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 17, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Bladder Pain Syndrome
A Guide for CliniciansBladder Pain Syndrome: A Guide for Clinicians provides a comprehensive update in the pathophysiology, epidemiology, terminology, evaluation and treatment of patients with pelvic pain perceived to be related to the urinary bladder. The volume covers the tremendous evolution during the last decade in our understanding of pain syndromes and their diagnosis and treatment. It is now clear that ...
Source: Springer Medicine titles - November 17, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Urology / Andrology Source Type: news