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Predicting outbreaks of dengue fever according to climate
Dengue fever, transmitted by the Aedes mosquito, affects hundreds of millions of people in around one hundred tropical countries and causes 25,000 deaths per year. In the absence of a vaccine, determining the factors that influence epidemics to predict them better is a real public health challenge.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 22, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Africa: UNICEF Battles Children's Pneumonia and Diarrhea
[MediaGlobal]Pneumonia and diarrhea account for nearly one-third of fatalities among children under the age of five worldwide - more than 2 million lives each year. The regions of sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia have long accounted for 90 per cent of deaths. A recent UNICEF report directed attention to the epidemic of pneumonia and diarrhea and how they destroy the lives of children in developing countries.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 22, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Career Development Fellow, London
Via www.jobs.ac.uk. The Medical Research Council - MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing We are looking to recruit a Career Development Fellow for a three year position to work on 'Endocrine and metabolic pathways to musculoskeletal, cognitive and cardiovascular ageing'. The Unit is responsible for the MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD), the first national birth cohort study, which has biological, psychological and social data collected from 0-64 years on five and a half thousand British men and women born in March 1946. In collaboration with colleagues at the Universities of Bristol and Manchester...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - August 22, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Cholera in Sierra Leone
Since the beginning of the year, Sierra Leone has recorded 11,653 cases of cholera, with 216 deaths (Case Fatality Rate of 1.9%). The rate of new cases has accelerated rapidly since the beginning of August: since then, 5706 cases have been recorded, and two new districts, Bonthe and Kono, have been affected by the epidemic . Ten of the country’s 13 districts are now registering cases and this spread emphasizes the need to rapidly scale up the response.
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - August 22, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Cholera in Sierra Leone - update
Since the beginning of the year, Sierra Leone has recorded 11,653 cases of cholera, with 216 deaths (Case Fatality Rate of 1.9%). The rate of new cases has accelerated rapidly since the beginning of August: since then, 5706 cases have been recorded, and two new districts, Bonthe and Kono, have been affected by the epidemic . Ten of the country’s 13 districts are now registering cases and this spread emphasizes the need to rapidly scale up the response.
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - August 22, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Seeking Targets For Dealing With Anthrax
A trawl of the genome of the deadly bacterium Bacillus anthracis has revealed a clutch of targets for new drugs to combat an epidemic of anthrax or a biological weapons attack. The targets are all proteins that are found in the bacteria but not in humans and are involved in diverse bacterial processes such as metabolism, cell wall synthesis and bacterial persistence. The discovery of a range of targets might bode well for creating a drug cocktail that could preclude the emergence of drug resistance...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Source Type: news

The American Society for Microbiology honors William Hanage
(American Society for Microbiology) William P. Hanage, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, has received a 2012 ICAAC Young Investigator Award. Hanage is honored for his work studying the epidemiology and evolution of infectious disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 22, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

The American Society for Microbiology honors Mario Santiago
(American Society for Microbiology) The 2012 ICAAC Young Investigator Award designated for a researcher working in the area of HIV has been bestowed upon Mario L. Santiago, Ph.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Denver. Santiago is honored for his varied work in virology, from field-based HIV epidemiology studies to manipulating innate immunity in his efforts to explore innovative new ways to approach the challenge of the HIV vaccine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 22, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Bedtime On Da Nile
Denial is a tool for managing your morale.read more
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - August 21, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kirby Farrell, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Personality ambivalence anxieties art bedtime story bill watterson calvin and hobbes circuit breaker comic strip calvin criticism crocodile demons denial dread epidemic fantasy far side Freud gary larson Source Type: news

CONDOMIZE! Campaign Hits AIDS 2012 - 24 July 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There is a renewed emphasis on condoms during the International AIDS Conference this week as a campaign promoting their use and availability has been re-launched during the event, with the distribution of 850,000 condoms. The CONDOMIZE! campaign, complete with a rap video, t-shirts, and colourful promotional materials, aims to highlight the effectiveness of this prevention commodity, especially among young people who are most vulnerable to the epidemic.
Source: UNFPA News - August 21, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

White House Forum Explores the Power of Faith-based Communities to Respond to HIV - 25 July 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – A White House forum yesterday between administration officials and faith leaders took stock of the faith-based response to HIV and explored partnerships between faith communities and governments to uphold dignity and justice in the context of the HIV epidemic. Leaders expressed appreciation for the U.S. government’s bipartisan commitment to the global and national HIV response, and administration officials highlighted the services, reach and leadership of the faith community.
Source: UNFPA News - August 21, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Schools minister to kids’ fitness and nutrition needs
You’ve just been appointed Minister of Fitness and Nutrition and handed the near-impossible task of addressing the next generation’s obesity epidemic, its lax approach to exercise and its poor eating habits. Read full article >>
Source: Wash Post Health - August 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lenny Bernstein Tags: YMCA high school Source Type: news

Targeting Male Malaria Mosquito 'Mating Plug' To Control An Epidemic
Using information about the unique mating practices of the male malaria mosquito - which, unlike any other insect, inserts a plug to seal its sperm inside the female - scientists are zeroing in on a birth-control drug for Anopheles mosquitoes, deadly carriers of the disease that threatens 3 billion people, has infected more than 215 million and kills 655,000 annually...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

Insatiable Wife (Teacher) Sent to Jail for Group Sex
Female teachers having sex with male students is an increasing phenomenon in the news. A Fort Worth, Texas teacher is sentenced to jail for five years, in the latest of a long string of cases this year. This epidemic, if that is what it is, invites us to consider ways to address this issue, and protect students and teachers both. read more
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - August 20, 2012 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: David J. Ley, Ph.D. Tags: Education Ethics and Morality Law and Crime Sex adolescents being a woman female students group sex having sex high school teacher liking male teachers marty klein media coverage monogamy parallel cases police therapists Source Type: news

Anthrax targets
A trawl of the genome of the deadly bacterium Bacillus anthracis has revealed a clutch of targets for new drugs to combat an epidemic of anthrax or a biological weapons attack. The targets are all proteins that are found in the bacteria but not in humans and are involved in diverse bacterial processes such as metabolism, cell wall synthesis and bacterial persistence. The discovery of a range of targets might bode well for creating a drug cocktail that could preclude the emergence of drug resistance.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 20, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Cholera epidemic escalates along Guinea border
Cholera is on the increase on both sides of the border betweenSierra Leone and Guinea, in West Africa, aided by the onset of the rainy season. More than 13,000 people have been admitted to hospital in the capital cities of Freetown and Conakry since February, when the disease was declared an epidemic. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is opening additional rehydration points and cholera treatment centres, in collaboration with local authorities, and currently has more than 800 beds available to treat cholera patients. "I want to die; I'm tired, tired of this disease," whispers a patient in MSF’s cholera treatme...
Source: MSF News - August 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Sierra Leone Guinea NEWS Cholera Frontpage Source Type: news

West Africa: cholera surges in Sierra Leone and Guinea
More than 13,000 people have been admitted for cholera treatment in the capital cities of Sierra Leone and Guinea since February, when the disease was declared an epidemic.
Source: MSF News - August 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

CONDOMIZE! Campaign Hits AIDS 2012 - 24 July 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There is a renewed emphasis on condoms during the International AIDS Conference this week as a campaign promoting their use and availability has been re-launched during the event, with the distribution of 850,000 condoms. The CONDOMIZE! campaign, complete with a rap video, t-shirts, and colourful promotional materials, aims to highlight the effectiveness of this prevention commodity, especially among young people who are most vulnerable to the epidemic.
Source: UNFPA News - August 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

White House Forum Explores the Power of Faith-based Communities to Respond to HIV - 25 July 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – A White House forum yesterday between administration officials and faith leaders took stock of the faith-based response to HIV and explored partnerships between faith communities and governments to uphold dignity and justice in the context of the HIV epidemic. Leaders expressed appreciation for the U.S. government’s bipartisan commitment to the global and national HIV response, and administration officials highlighted the services, reach and leadership of the faith community.
Source: UNFPA News - August 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Pertussis EpidemicPertussis Epidemic
What accounts for the rise in pertussis cases in the United States in the last few years? This new report explains and takes a close look at the data. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news

Bariatric Surgery Results In Positive Changes In Social Life, Medical Conditions
New research shows that people who have bariatric surgery to treat obesity report an overall improvement in quality of life issues after surgery, from their relationships to their medical conditions. Arizona State University researchers will present their findings at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Obesity is an epidemic in the United States with more than one-third of adults over age 20 classified as obese...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Treatment For Cervical Disease Is Not Linked To Increased Risk Of Preterm Births
Treatment for cervical disease does not appear to increase the risk of subsequently giving birth prematurely, according to a study of over 44,000 women in England. The study, published online in the British Medical Journal recently, was the largest in the UK to investigate this and contradicts previous research suggesting treatment could be linked to an increased risk. Professor Peter Sasieni, professor of cancer epidemiology and biostatistics at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, part of Queen Mary, University of London (UK), led the study...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news

Antibiotic Use in Infants May Raise Obesity Risk
Taken together, two new studies point to a potentially new culprit in the obesity epidemic: antibiotic use.
Source: WebMD Health - August 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Seminar: Crohn's disease
Source: Lancet Area: News The authors of this review discuss the epidemiology, immunobiology, and natural history of Crohn's disease; describe new treatment goals and risk stratification of patients; and provide an evidence based rational approach to diagnosis, management, evolving therapeutic targets (integrins, chemokine receptors, cell-based and stem-cell-based therapies), prevention, and surveillance.
Source: NeLM - News - August 20, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Seminar: Ulcerative colitis
Source: Lancet Area: News The authors of this review discuss the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic approach, natural history, medical and surgical management, and main disease-related complications of ulcerative colitis, and briefly outline novel treatment options. They provide practical therapeutic algorithms that are easily applicable in daily clinical practice, emphasising present controversies in treatment management and novel therapies.
Source: NeLM - News - August 20, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

HIV home testing kits prove their worth
(Springer) Thirty years into the HIV epidemic, many people who are at high risk of HIV infection cannot or will not adopt safer sexual practices, such as abstinence and condom use. This means there is room in the market for alternative methods to reduce either exposure to or transmission of HIV among these individuals. One such strategy, HIV home testing, is the subject of a recent study.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Anthrax targets
(Inderscience Publishers) A trawl of the genome of the deadly bacterium Bacillus anthracis has revealed a clutch of targets for new drugs to combat an epidemic of anthrax or a biological weapons attack. The targets are all proteins that are found in the bacteria but not in humans and are involved in diverse bacterial processes such as metabolism, cell wall synthesis and bacterial persistence. The discovery of a range of targets might bode well for creating a drug cocktail that could preclude the emergence of drug resistance.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Not tackling infections in homeless could spark epidemics
Tuberculosis 34 times higher in homeless people
Source: OnMedica Latest News - August 20, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

World Briefing | Science: Push for More Cholera Inoculations
Pressure to adopt a cholera vaccine as part of the routine response to outbreaks mounted as two expert panels advised the World Health Organization to use it.
Source: NYT Health - August 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Epidemics Cholera Vaccination and Immunization World Health Organization Source Type: news

Meddling with male malaria mosquito 'mating plug' to control an epidemic
Using information about the unique mating practices of the male malaria mosquito - which, unlike any other insect, inserts a plug to seal its sperm inside the female - scientists are zeroing in on a birth-control drug for Anopheles mosquitoes, deadly carriers of the disease that threatens 3 billion people, has infected more than 215 million and kills 655,000 annually.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 19, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Lawmakers weigh boosting school-age vaccines
Health officials are grappling with the resurgence of once-forgotten infectious diseases, including a possible whooping cough epidemic.
Source: USATODAY.com Health - August 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Infections among homeless could fuel wider epidemics: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Homeless people across the world have dramatically higher rates of infection with tuberculosis (TB), HIV and hepatitis C and could fuel community epidemics that cost governments dear, a study showed on Monday.
Source: Reuters: Health - August 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Infections Among Homeless Could Fuel Wider Epidemics
Homeless people across the world have dramatically higher rates of infection with tuberculosis (TB), HIV and hepatitis C and could fuel community epidemics that cost governments dear, a study showed on Monday. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Homeless Health Concerns, Infectious Diseases, International Health
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - August 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CONDOMIZE! Campaign Hits AIDS 2012 - 24 July 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There is a renewed emphasis on condoms during the International AIDS Conference this week as a campaign promoting their use and availability has been re-launched during the event, with the distribution of 850,000 condoms. The CONDOMIZE! campaign, complete with a rap video, t-shirts, and colourful promotional materials, aims to highlight the effectiveness of this prevention commodity, especially among young people who are most vulnerable to the epidemic.
Source: UNFPA News - August 19, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

White House Forum Explores the Power of Faith-based Communities to Respond to HIV - 25 July 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – A White House forum yesterday between administration officials and faith leaders took stock of the faith-based response to HIV and explored partnerships between faith communities and governments to uphold dignity and justice in the context of the HIV epidemic. Leaders expressed appreciation for the U.S. government’s bipartisan commitment to the global and national HIV response, and administration officials highlighted the services, reach and leadership of the faith community.
Source: UNFPA News - August 19, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Meddling with male malaria mosquito 'mating plug' to control an epidemic
(American Chemical Society) Using information about the unique mating practices of the male malaria mosquito -- which, unlike any other insect, inserts a plug to seal its sperm inside the female -- scientists are zeroing in on a birth-control drug for Anopheles mosquitoes, deadly carriers of the disease that threatens three billion people, has infected more than 215 million and kills 655,000 annually. They reported their results at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 19, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

CONDOMIZE! Campaign Hits AIDS 2012 - 24 July 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There is a renewed emphasis on condoms during the International AIDS Conference this week as a campaign promoting their use and availability has been re-launched during the event, with the distribution of 850,000 condoms. The CONDOMIZE! campaign, complete with a rap video, t-shirts, and colourful promotional materials, aims to highlight the effectiveness of this prevention commodity, especially among young people who are most vulnerable to the epidemic.
Source: UNFPA News - August 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

White House Forum Explores the Power of Faith-based Communities to Respond to HIV - 25 July 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – A White House forum yesterday between administration officials and faith leaders took stock of the faith-based response to HIV and explored partnerships between faith communities and governments to uphold dignity and justice in the context of the HIV epidemic. Leaders expressed appreciation for the U.S. government’s bipartisan commitment to the global and national HIV response, and administration officials highlighted the services, reach and leadership of the faith community.
Source: UNFPA News - August 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

CONDOMIZE! Campaign Hits AIDS 2012 - 24 July 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There is a renewed emphasis on condoms during the International AIDS Conference this week as a campaign promoting their use and availability has been re-launched during the event, with the distribution of 850,000 condoms. The CONDOMIZE! campaign, complete with a rap video, t-shirts, and colourful promotional materials, aims to highlight the effectiveness of this prevention commodity, especially among young people who are most vulnerable to the epidemic.
Source: UNFPA News - August 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

White House Forum Explores the Power of Faith-based Communities to Respond to HIV - 25 July 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – A White House forum yesterday between administration officials and faith leaders took stock of the faith-based response to HIV and explored partnerships between faith communities and governments to uphold dignity and justice in the context of the HIV epidemic. Leaders expressed appreciation for the U.S. government’s bipartisan commitment to the global and national HIV response, and administration officials highlighted the services, reach and leadership of the faith community.
Source: UNFPA News - August 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Forty years of increasing suicide mortality in Poland: Undercounting amidst a hanging epidemic? - Höfer P, Rockett IR, Värnik P, Etzersdorfer E, Kapusta ND.
BACKGROUND: Suicide rate trends for Poland, one of the most populous countries in Europe, are not well documented. Moreover, the quality of the official Polish suicide statistics is unknown and requires in-depth investigation. METHODS: Population and morta...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Prevalence of oral trauma in Para-Pan American Games athletes - Andrade RA, Modesto A, Evans PL, Almeida AL, de Jesus Rodrigues da Silva J, Guedes AM, Guedes FR, Ranalli DN, Tinoco EM.
The aim of this cross-sectional epidemiological survey was to assess the prevalence of oral trauma in athletes representing 25 countries competing at the most recent Para-Pan American Games (III PARAPAN) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The study was approv...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Recreational and Sports Issues Source Type: news

Occupational safety and health in the United kingdom: securing future workplace health and wellbeing - Harrison J.
The industrial revolution that took place in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1760 and 1830 lead to profound social change, with rapid urbanisation associated with squalid living conditions and epidemics of infectious diseases. The next 150 yr or so saw the...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

World Briefing | Health: Push for More Cholera Inoculations
Pressure to adopt a cholera vaccine as part of the routine response to outbreaks mounted as two expert panels advised the World Health Organization to use it.
Source: NYT Health - August 18, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Epidemics Cholera Vaccination and Immunization World Health Organization Source Type: news

Texas will spray for West Nile virus despite fears of insecticide risks
Amid worst West Nile outbreak of the year, health officials near Dallas are hoping for clear, dry weather to help aerial sprayAerial spraying to combat the West Nile virus will continue Friday night across north Texas despite the concerns of residents worried about potential health risks posed by the insecticide.Dallas is the center of the worst West Nile outbreak in the US this year, which prompted local officials to declare a state of emergency on Wednesday and dispatch two airplanes to spray the city and surrounding areas last night.The planes left Dallas' Executive Airport as planned at 10pm last night but were only ab...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 17, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Tom Dart Tags: United States Viruses Texas Infectious diseases News guardian.co.uk Insects Environment World news Source Type: news

Twitter Roundup August 1 to 17
August 1 Is population health management latest Health IT fad? http://www.informationweek.com/healthcare/clinical-systems/is-population-health-management-latest-h/240004578 Oregon coalition seeks to improve Latino healthcare access http://www.thelundreport.org/resource/coalition_seeks_to_improve_latino_healthcare_access August 2 Transforming public health: A NewPublicHealth Q&A http://blog.rwjf.org/publichealth/2012/07/25/transforming-public-health-a-newpublichealth-qa/?cid=XEM_A6258 Thousands of Montana women gain free access to some preventive health care http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/thousands-o...
Source: Dragonfly - August 17, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Mahria Lebow Tags: Technology Source Type: news

Mothers Who Smoke While Pregnant Increase Their Baby's Risk Of Asthma
New research has discovered that mothers who smoke during pregnancy may cause wheeze and asthma in their children when they reach preschool, even among kids whose moms did not smoke until late pregnancy or after birth. Ã�sa Neuman, MD, of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, said: "Epidemiological evidence suggests that exposure to maternal smoking during fetal and early life increases the riskÂ�of childhood wheezing and asthma, but earlier studies were not able toÂ� differentiate the effects of prenatal and postnatal exposure...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 17, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Respiratory / Asthma Source Type: news