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Gastric Bypass Surgery Linked To Alcoholism
New research released this week from University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is showing that people who have undergone the increasingly popular gastric bypass surgery appear to be at an increased risk of developing alcohol disorders, abuse and dependence, better known as alcoholism. The findings of Wendy King, Ph.D., assistant professor in GSPH's Department of Epidemiology, and her colleagues are published in Journal of the American Medical Association and are the first to find a clear link between Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery and symptoms of alcohol abuse...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 19, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Fast Access to Records Helps Fight Epidemics
Source: Milt Freudenheim, New York Times Content: “Public health departments around the country have long scrutinized data from local hospitals for indications that diseases like influenza, tuberculosis, AIDS, syphilis and asthma might be on the rise, and to monitor the health consequences of heat waves, frigid weather or other natural phenomena. In the years since [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - June 19, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Access Epidemics Public Health Source Type: news

Law Enforcement Fighting “Epidemic” of Heroin Use
Concerned about a spike in heroin use around the state, Minnesota's law enforcement and public health agencies are trying to cut off the source of the heroin and at the same time get hold of what has quickly become an epidemic.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - June 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Finetuning the Fight Against AIDS in Cuba
New attitudes are emerging among Cubans toward the AIDS epidemic, as HIV-positive people who are aware of its causes seek other ways to reduce infection rates in the country. “People are not internalising the perception of risk, even when they know that their sexual partners might be infected. People are having sex without protection, because they don’t care if they get infected,” said Jorge Brito, one of more than 300 members of the AIDS Prevention Group (GPsida) in Cuba. This network of HIV-positive and negative voluntary health advocates has been working for the past two decades to promote safe practices for curbi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ivet González Tags: Civil Society Development & Aid Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & MDGs Regional Categories Source Type: news

Docs Say Soda Tax May Be Option
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Soda is a four-letter word in every sense to many in health advocates concerned with the obesity epidemic, a sentiment that permeated testimony about a proposal to tax soda and other sugared drinks.
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - June 18, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Fast Access to Records Helps Fight Epidemics
Public health departments around the country have long scrutinized data from local hospitals for indications that diseases like influenza, tuberculosis, AIDS, syphilis and asthma might be on the rise, and to monitor the health consequences of heat waves, frigid weather or other natural phenomena. In the years since 9/11, this scrutiny has come to include signs of possible bioterrorism.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - June 18, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

How Common is Rubella in the United States?
Discussion Rubella (sometimes called German measles) is caused by a togavirus. The post-natally acquired infection causes erythematous macules that occur first on the face and then spreads to extremities and trunk (spreading distally). The rash fades in the same direction. Fever, posterior cervical lymphadenopathy or arthritis may also occur. The incubation period is 14-23 days and patients are contagious from 7 days before the rash until 14 days after the rash. The rash generally lasts 3 days, but the rash may be absent in 20-50% of cases. Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is group of birth defects that includes: Centra...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 17, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Body mass index 'may not reflect child obesity'
Conclusion This study assessed nearly 15,000 children in a three-year period, examining the prevalence of obesity according to three different definitions: the clinically preferred method of body mass index, a simple measurement of waist circumference, and the ratio between waist circumference and height. The study demonstrates that these measures indicate varying child obesity levels. While BMI was found to give an obesity prevalence of around 19–20% in boys and 16–18% in girls aged 11–12 years old, WC suggested a much higher prevalence, particularly in girls: 20–26% in boys and 28–36% in girls. It is importan...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity Pregnancy/child Source Type: news

Programs Battle Kentucky's Fat Epidemic
“A Guide to Reducing Obesity,” released by the Partnership for a Fit Kentucky and Shaping Kentucky’s Future Collaborative, details 17 school and community projects aimed at battling the fat epidemic, including four in Louisville. Some of the projects involve selling produce in urban markets, encouraging people to walk and having recess in middle school.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - June 15, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Timber Creek student wins scholarship with paid medical internships
Put the soda down, and fewer people will get hurt. That was the message from the American Medical Association, whose delegate members voted Wednesday to adopt a policy to raise awareness of the role sugar-sweetened beverages play in the obesity epidemic....
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - June 14, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Dadaab: the camps cannot go on
It is only a matter of time before the next emergency hits Dadaab refugee camp, says a briefing paper released today by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ahead of World Refugee Day. Dadaab: Shadows of Lives describes the plight of half a million refugees living in increasingly insecure conditions with nowhere else to go, and argues that there is an urgent need to explore alternatives. Kenya 2012 © Lynsey Addario/VIISomali refugees arrive in Ifo 2 camp after being moved by officials from the outskirts of Dagahaley camp. With roughly 400,000 refugees, Dadaab is the largest refugee camp in the world. ...
Source: MSF News - June 14, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Kenya Somalia Refugees & IDPs Frontpage Press Release Source Type: news

CDC Hard at Work on H5N1 InfluenzaCDC Hard at Work on H5N1 Influenza
Nancy Cox, director of the Influenza Division at CDC and director of CDC's WHO Collaborating Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Control of Influenza, discusses work being done related to H5N1. CDC Expert Commentary
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - June 14, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Expert Interview Source Type: news

WHO: 'Diesel exhaust fumes cancerous'
The Daily Mail reports a World Health Organization (WHO) warning that diesel exhaust fumes are a “major cancer risk” and belong in the “same deadly category as asbestos, arsenic and mustard gas”. Meanwhile the BBC says that diesel fumes are “definitely a cause of lung cancer”. This widely reported news is based on a decision by the WHO to classify diesel exhausts as a cause of cancer. The decision was taken by the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a panel of experts that co-ordinates and conducts research into the causes of cancer, and develops cancer control strategies. Under its clas...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 14, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Source Type: news

Why We Need the Tyranny of the Soda Police
“How far will society go to regulate ‘healthy behavior’?” So asked physician Faith T. Fitzgerald in an editorial, “The Tyranny of Health,” in The New England Journal of Medicine almost twenty years ago.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - June 13, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: Sylvia R. Karasu, M.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Diet Environment Health blaming the victim blood lipid levels dieting dr katherine england journal of medicine epidemiological studies flegal frank bruni health care costs human nature internal organs may Source Type: news

Obesity, Depression Blamed for Daytime Sleepiness 'Epidemic'
Preliminary studies add another health consequence of being overweight Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Depression, Obesity, Sleep Disorders
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - June 13, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How to End a Psychiatric Epidemic: The Redemption of Psychiatry
In light of our problems and uncertainties about the state of current psychiatry, or perhaps because of them, what might describe good psychiatry? Following are some suggestions for what we, as psychiatrists, can do.
Source: Psychiatric Times - June 11, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Obesity Ills That Won’t Budge Fuel Soda Battle by Bloomberg
In the Bronx, where more than two-thirds of adults are overweight, the message has been unmistakably clear for a long time: Slim down now. The number of the overweight and obese continue to grow faster in the Bronx than anywhere else in the city — nearly one in three Bronx adults is obese — leading the city’s health commissioner to call it “ground zero for the obesity epidemic problem.”
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - June 11, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Personal exposure to volatile organic compounds in the Czech Republic. - Svecova V, Topinka J, Solansky I, Sram RJ.
Personal exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were measured in the three industrial cities in the Czech Republic, Ostrava, Karvina and Havirov, while the city of Prague served as a control in a large-scale molecular epidemiological study identify...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 8, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Sleep Loss and Obesity
Intersecting EpidemicsSleep Loss and Obesity: Intersecting Epidemics represents a major contribution to the field of sleep medicine. It is a comprehensive review of the neurobiology of sleep, circadian timing and obesity, the deleterious effects of sleep loss and obesity on health. The number of individuals who are obese has reached alarming levels. As a result, the incidence of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular ...
Source: Springer Medicine titles - June 8, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Neurology Source Type: news

Washington State Whooping Cough Epidemic Worst Since the 1940s
According to a Washington State Department of Health news release Tuesday, the number of cases reported going into the six month of the year is 2,092- the highest number since the 1940s. This number represents a 12-fold increase from 2011.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - June 8, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

The Film 'Contagion' Based on Scientific FactsThe Film 'Contagion' Based on Scientific Facts
The epidemiologist who acted as advisor for the film has devoted his life to investigating what he calls 'the real bioterrorist' -- Mother Nature. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Acute injuries and overuse syndromes in sport climbing and bouldering in Austria: a descriptive epidemiological study. - Pieber K, Angelmaier L, Csapo R, Herceg M.
BACKGROUND: The increasing popularity of climbing activities is associated with a rise in the number of respective injuries and overuse syndromes. However, a comprehensive scrutiny of the incidence, kind and severity of climbing-related ailments in Austria...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Recreational and Sports Issues Source Type: news

The Epidemiology of Mountain Bike Park Injuries at the Whistler Bike Park, British Columbia (BC), Canada. - Ashwell Z, McKay MP, Brubacher JR, Gareau A.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained during the 2009 season at Whistler Mountain Bike Park. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed of injured bike park cyclists presenting to the Whistler Health Clinic between May 16 a...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Pedestrians and Bicycles Source Type: news

Epidemiology of the Reported Severity of Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) Snakebite. - Walter FG, Stolz U, Shirazi F, Walter CM, McNally J.
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to analyze trends in the annual rates of reported medical outcomes of US copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) snakebites published in the annual reports of the American Association of Poison Control Centers in the cours...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Epidemiology and Outcome of Vascular Trauma at a British Major Trauma Centre. - Perkins ZB, De'ath HD, Aylwin C, Brohi K, Walsh M, Tai NR.
OBJECTIVES: In the United Kingdom, the epidemiology, management strategies and outcomes from vascular trauma are unknown. The aim of this study was to describe the vascular trauma experience of a British Trauma Centre. METHODS: A retrospective observationa...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The Epidemiology of Chemical Eye Injuries. - Blackburn J, Levitan EB, Maclennan PA, Owsley C, McGwin G.
Purpose: To describe the epidemiology and identify categories of agents involved in chemical eye injuries. Methods: Retrospective case series of consecutive cases of chemical eye injury presenting to the emergency department (ED) at a large eye hospital. S...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Amphetamine use and its associated factors in body builders: a study from Tehran, Iran. - Angoorani H, Narenjiha H, Tayyebi B, Ghassabian A, Ahmadi G, Assari S.
INTRODUCTION: Epidemiological studies on all types of illicit drug use among athletes are essential for both the sport community and drug control achievements. Here, we investigated the prevalence and associated factors of amphetamine use in body builders ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Level Foods Tackles the Lows of a Diabetes Epidemic
Level Foods Provides Solution For The Emotional and Physical Challenges of Living with Diabetes(PRWeb June 07, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9582045.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - June 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

The Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Large collaborative studies with uniform data collection seem to be necessary to elucidate a complete list of established risk factors of RCC.06/07/2012
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - June 7, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Disney 'to ban junk food adverts'
Walt Disney will “ban junk food ads on its TV, radio and online programmes”, according to the BBC. The Disney corporation has announced that by 2015 it will phase out adverts for products not conforming with its nutritional guidelines, and will also aim to promote healthier foods such as fruit. Nearly one third of US children are estimated to be overweight or obese. As well as producing films and TV shows, Disney operates a string of children’s television stations and the national broadcaster ABC, which means this decision is likely to have a major impact on the way unhealthy foods are marketed and sold in the US. Th...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Lifestyle/exercise Source Type: news

Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level and Obesity in AdultsSerum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level and Obesity in Adults
Is there an association between serum vitamin D level and obesity? This population-based study attempts to clarify the relationship. American Journal of Epidemiology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news

In China, 1 in 10 TB cases are drug-resistant
One in 10 cases of tuberculosis in China cannot be treated by the most commonly-used drugs, driven by a lack of testing and misuse of medicine, according to a national survey that showed for the first time the size of the drug-resistant epidemic.
Source: CTV Health - June 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Re-defining future stroke risk among pre-diabetics
(University of California - San Diego) Millions of pre-diabetic Americans may be at increased risk of future stroke, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of epidemiological studies, but the precise degree of that threat is confounded by differing medical definitions and factors that remain unknown or unmeasured.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Waist Size, Regardless Of BMI, Linked To Diabetes Risk
Waist circumference is strongly and independently linked to diabetes type two risk, even after accounting for body mass index (BMI), and should be measured more widely for estimating risk, researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, UK, reported in PLoS Medicine. The authors explained that overweight people with a large waist, over 102cm (40.2 inches) for men and over 88cm (34.6 inches) for women, have approximately the same or higher risk of eventually developing diabetes type 2 as obese individuals...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news

Is Your Diet Making You Fat?
It is hard to turn on the television or read the newspaper these days without being bombarded with coverage of the obesity epidemic and ideas for weight loss. However, recent research suggests that going on a diet may only add to your weight woes.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - June 6, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: Alexis Conason, Psy.D. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Health dieting FinnTwin study weight cycling weight loss Source Type: news

Building Relationships With Parents Can Make a Difference in Vaccine Acceptance
Pertussis was big news two years ago, when more than 9,000 cases -- a 60-year high -- were reported in California. Ten infants died, and whooping cough suddenly was headline news. That epidemic eventually waned, and so did the public's attention. Now, pertussis outbreaks are happening again in multiple states. Vaccine-preventable diseases smolder along waiting for a chance to re-emerge in undervaccinated areas. For example, Washington, which has pertussis vaccination rates lower than the 93 percent coverage required for effective herd immunity, is reporting epidemic levels of the disease. And Washington state health offici...
Source: As We See It: Voices From the AAFP - June 6, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

New Untreatable Gonorrhea Could Cause Epidemic Of Sexually Transmitted Infections
The World Health Organization put out an alert today with regards to an untreatable form of Gonorrhea that seems to be becoming more prevalent. The antibiotic resistant strain of what is commonly regarded as little more than a nuisance STD, easily treated and cured, could set off a medieval style epidemic. It is estimated that more than 100 million people are infected with the bacteria each year, making up a quarter of all treatable STD infections...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sexual Health / STDs Source Type: news

Will Large Soda Ban Help New York Obesity Battle? Seems Not
Will Mayor Michael Bloomberg's idea banning of large sugary drinks in New York City have any impact on obesity rates? Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham do not think so. They say that the focus is too narrow - on just one item - and does not address the big picture in the battle against the obesity epidemic. Kathryn Kaise, Ph.D., and team in 2009 set out to determine what effect consuming sugar-sweetened drinks might have on body weight...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news

Geriatric Facility Bathes Patients Daily With Antiseptic Cloths, Reducing MRSA Incidence
The introduction of daily bathing with disposable, germ-killing cloths resulted in a sustained, significant decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) incidence at a Canadian geriatric facility, according to a poster presented at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news

Antibiotic Ointments Overused And Misused By N.Y. Prison Inmates
Prisoners need education on the appropriate use of topical antibiotic products, according to a study released at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news

Surgical Site Infections And Rehospitalizations
Preventing further complications in patients who develop infections after surgery to replace a knee or hip could save the U.S. healthcare system as much as $65 million annually, according to an analysis presented at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Preventive Medicine Source Type: news

NaturalNews uncovers epidemic of fake doctorates and graduate degrees from online diploma mills
While investigating our recent story on the faked academic credentials of a key informant in the Rawesome Foods case in California (http://www.naturalnews.com/036076_Aajonus_Vonderplanitz_doctorate_nutrition.html), we received a large number of tips and documents revealing...
Source: NaturalNews.com - June 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Milford Wants to Stamp Out Childhood Obesity
In an effort to end childhood obesity, plans to place “Little Engine That Could” stamps at a dozen locations along the town’s historic walk, were announced last night at the Board of Selectmen meeting. The stamps are the creation of Healthy Futures Milford, an initiative that began in 2006, which addresses the epidemic of childhood obesity through a collective community response.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - June 6, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Don't sit still! Annual health care cost of physical inactivity in Canadian adults
(Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)) According to Dr. Ian Janssen, Canadian Research Chair in Physical Activity and Obesity, physical inactivity has surpassed epidemic proportions. In a study just published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, Janssen provides a contemporary estimate of the burden physical inactivity places on our health care system and economy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Transit of Venus – as it happened
Join us as we track the final time that Venus will cross the sun in our lifetime with tidbits of history, snatches of science and scraps of literature to enhance the viewing• All times ET4.15pm: Hello and welcome to our live blog coverage of the 2012 transit of Venus. We are unduly excited to bring you live updates of the action overhead. As the evening progresses we'll add tidbits of history, snatches of science and scraps of literature in an effort to enhance enjoyment of and do justice to what we are about to see: the last transit of our lifetimes.Let's start with the basics:• What's the transit of Venus? It's Venu...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 5, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Tom McCarthy Tags: Astronomy Space Venus Science World news Nasa Live video guardian.co.uk Minute by minutes Blogposts Source Type: news

Tracking the transit of Venus – live coverage
Join us as we track the final time that Venus will cross the sun in our lifetime with tidbits of history, snatches of science and scraps of literature to enhance the viewing• All times ET9.33pm: Venus is now just over halfway through its 2012 transit of the sun. This image from Nasa shows the sun through a telescope with a purple filter. The telescope has projected a flipped image, so that Venus appears to have entered the sun from the right, when in fact it came in from the left.From the comments: User VariedInterests writes:Can anyone tell me what the other black dots are we see? Are these sun spots? Are they stationa...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 5, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Tom McCarthy Tags: Astronomy Space Venus Science World news Nasa Live video guardian.co.uk Minute by minutes Blogposts Source Type: news

Africa: Reprogramming Can Increase the Impact of a Grant
This article provides examples.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - June 5, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Pathological Gambling: A Behavioral Addiction
Data from neurobehavioral and brain imaging studies, epidemiological surveys, and clinical trials show that pathological gambling (PG) shares aspects of both impulsivity and compulsivity. In this video, Dr Carlos Blanco offers suggestions for clinicians to identify signs and symptoms of PG.
Source: Psychiatric Times - June 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

UN women's agency joins system-wide effort to tackle HIV/AIDS
The United Nations agency tasked with advancing gender equality has teamed up with other partners in the Organization to ensure greater access to HIV services for women and girls as part of the wider response to the AIDS epidemic.
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - June 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

MRSA incidence reduced among elderly patients by 82 percent over nearly 3-year period
(Association for Professionals in Infection Control) The introduction of daily bathing with disposable, germ-killing cloths resulted in a sustained, significant decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) incidence at a Canadian geriatric facility, according to a poster presented at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 5, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news