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HeLa RNA is everywhere
The first immortal human cell line ever produced, HeLa, originated from a cervical adenocarcinoma taken from Henrietta Lacks. The cell line grew so well that it was used in many laboratories and soon was found to contaminate other cell lines. Now HeLa RNA has made its way into human sequence databases. Although the cause of Henrietta Lacks’ cervical tumor was not known in her lifetime, we now understand that it was triggered by infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 18. When this virus infects the cervical epithelium, the viral DNA may integrate into the host genome, causing the cells to become transformed and ...
Source: virology blog - April 1, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information contamination HeLa henrietta lacks next generation sequencing nucleic acid sequencing PCR RNA-seq TCGA TGCA The Cancer Genome Atlas viral virus Source Type: blogs

Top stories in health and medicine, March 24, 2015
From MedPage Today: Retooling the Health Hazard Survey. “Oral sex? Anal sex? Fetishes?” These are questions on the patient intake form at AlphaBetterCare, an LGBT-friendly primary care practice owned and operated by Howard Grossman, MD. Orthopedists’ Financial Conflicts Can Hurt Patients, Surgeon Says. Financial conflicts of interest often drive physicians to perform worthless surgeries, but the field of orthopedics “is one of the worst offenders,” says an Indiana orthopedist who has launched a “moral persuasion” campaign to convince his colleagues to stop. Questioning Medicine: ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 24, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: News Orthopedics Rheumatology Source Type: blogs

Vaccinating Against Iron-Deficiency Anemia: A New Technology For Maternal And Child Health
When we think of killer diseases of global health importance, iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is not something that immediately comes to mind. Yet the December 2014 publication of leading causes of death by the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 reveals that IDA kills an estimated 183,400 people annually. To put this number in perspective, in the year 2013, IDA killed more people worldwide than ovarian cancer. In terms of years of life lost, IDA ranked higher than cervical cancer. The fact that we compared IDA to two other well-known threats to the health of women is no accident. Because women of child-bearing age have low u...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - February 19, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Peter Hotez and Remko van Leeuwen Tags: All Categories Global Health Health Care Delivery Nonmedical Determinants Pharma Prevention Public Health Source Type: blogs

Kepada Semua Ibu untuk pengetahuan anda
by Dr. John Teo & Dr. Nazatul Shiha Kepada anda yang mempunyai anak, sila TERUSKAN untuk menerima vaksin HPV percuma yang ditawarkan di sekolah dalam minggu ini. Harap teruskan membaca Butir – butir; http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/prevention/HPV-vaccine Vaksin HPV berpotensi untuk mengurangkan kematian yang disebabkan oleh kanser serviks di seluruh dunia sehingga sebanyak dua pertiga, dan untuk mencegah kanser anus pada lelaki dan wanita. Gardasil juga mampu mencegah penyakit ketuat kemaluan (genital warts). Kerajaan Malaysia sudah melaksanakan Program Vaksinasi HPV Kebangsaan sejak tahun 2010 menyert...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Guest - Health tips Source Type: blogs

FDA seeks $4.9 billion for FY 2016; Commissioner Hamburg Reflects on FDA's Accomplishments Over the Past Year
Dr. Margaret Hamburg will step down from her post as Commissioner of the FDA next month. Hamburg and the FDA were busy in the few days before the announcement of her resignation, however. The Agency released a budget request for FY 2016, and Hamburg wrote a recap of the FDA's past year. Below is a summary of both.  FDA's Budget for FY 2016 In FDA's budget request, Hamburg stated that the agency is requesting a total of $4.9 billion, including a $148 million budget authority to: increase focus on improved oversight of imported foods, combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, promote the dev...
Source: Policy and Medicine - February 6, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs

The FDA Approves a New HPV Vaccine Containing Over Twice as Much Aluminum As its Predecessor
According to recent reports, the FDA has approved yet another HPV vaccine, despite documented safety issues and the new vaccine containing an exceptionally high level of aluminum, a known neurotoxin. Until now, only two vaccines have been manufactured to protect men and women against human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus believed to be the leading cause of cervical cancer: Cervarix, which is believed to protect against strains 16 and 18 of the virus, and Gardasil, which is believed to protect against strains 6, 11, 16 and 18.   //   A Third HPV Vaccine Hits the Market In December 2014, Gardasil 9 vaccine, manu...
Source: vactruth.com - February 1, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Physical Top Stories aluminum hydroxide Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Gardasil 9 HPV Vaccine Merck Sharp and Dohme Source Type: blogs

Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2014
This report finds that globally, 16 million people die prematurely (before the age of 70) of heart and lung diseases, a stroke, cancer or diabetes. It recommends cost-effective and high-impact interventions, notably, banning all forms of tobacco and alcohol advertising, eliminating trans fats, promoting and protecting breastfeeding, and preventing cervical cancer through screening. WHO argues that implementing these policies effectively involves actions outside the health sector, including public policies in agriculture, education, food production, trade, taxation and urban development. Report Press release
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 19, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Integrated care Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs

Top stories in health and medicine, January 12, 2015
From MedPage Today: Statins and RA: No Joint Benefit. The use of statins does not reduce onset of new joint pain or stiffness in middle-age or older women but their use is associated with poor physical functioning and poor self-rated health. Expert Groups Clarify HPV Testing Recommendations. Primary cervical cancer screening with a test for human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA represents a reasonable and effective alternative to cytology or co-testing with cytology and the HPV assay. Is ESRD Finally on the Decline? New cases of end-stage renal disease in the U.S. have declined for the third year in a row, potentially signaling...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 12, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: News Heart Infectious disease Nephrology Rheumatology Source Type: blogs

This is Why You Should Not Blindly Follow Your Doctor’s Advice to Vaccinate
Conclusion Most of us have been trained to believe that vaccines are safe and prevent disease. It is very confusing to first realize that this may not be true. Tremendous pressures exist from physicians, hospitals, family and the public school systems to vaccinate ourselves and our children. Physicians are taught to recommend vaccinations as a first-line defense against disease, while they are not taught the serious health damages created by vaccines. Physicians often blindly follow the recommendations of their professional organizations to vaccinate, without doing any independent research. Those few physicians and nurses ...
Source: vactruth.com - January 2, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Top Stories American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) American Medical Association (AMA) Hepatitis B vaccine Vaccine Exemption Source Type: blogs

The Value of Workplace Health Promotion (Wellness) Programs
The recent Health Affairs Blog post by Al Lewis, Vik Khanna, and Shana Montrose titled, “Workplace Wellness Produces No Savings” has triggered much interest and media attention. It highlights the controversy surrounding the value of workplace health promotion programs that 22 authors addressed in an article published in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine titled, “Do Workplace Health Promotion (Wellness) Programs Work?”  That article also inspired several follow-up discussions and media reports, including one published by New York Times columnists Frakt and Carroll ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - December 22, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Ron Goetzel Tags: All Categories Effectiveness Employer-Sponsored Insurance Health Care Costs Nonmedical Determinants Policy Prevention Public Health Research Source Type: blogs

MKSAP: 38-year-old man with a mass in his right neck
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians. A 38-year-old man is evaluated for a mass in his right neck that he first noticed 2 weeks ago while shaving. The patient also reports experiencing a pressure sensation when swallowing solid foods for the past year and daily diarrhea for the past 2 months. His personal medical history is unremarkable. His younger brother has nephrolithiasis, and his father died of a hypertensive crisis and cardiac arrest at age 62 years while undergoing anesthesia induction to repair a hip fracture. On physical examination, vital...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 6, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Conditions Endocrinology Source Type: blogs

Your Odds Of Surviving Cancer Depend Very Much On Where You Live
[NPR] In the United States, 9 out of 10 kids diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia will live. In Jordan, the survival rate is 16 percent. And while cervical cancer patients have a five-year survival rate of over 70 percent in countries like Mauritius and Norway, the rate in Libya is under 40 percent. That’s the […]
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 2, 2014 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Hannah Pearl Berchenko Tags: Health Care syndicated World News - Home Source Type: blogs

The Case For Advancing Access To Health Coverage And Care For Immigrant Women And Families
Before the end of the year, the Obama administration is expected to announce that millions of undocumented immigrants will be able to lawfully stay in the United States. The new Congress may also take action on immigration reform legislation. Regardless of how it happens, any immigration policy change presents a good opportunity to revisit what has gone wrong with insurance coverage and health care for millions of immigrants, both undocumented and lawfully present, living and working in communities across the country. A web of policy barriers to public and private insurance options effectively keeps millions of immigrant w...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - November 19, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Kinsey Hasstedt Tags: Access All Categories Coverage Disparities Health Reform Policy Public Health Source Type: blogs

Less, in this case, is a whole lot more
This study in NEJM has actually gotten a lot of attention, which I actually didn't expect when I decided to blog about it. (I believe it's behind the paywall but at least you can read the abstract.)In a nutshell, the incidence of thyroid cancer in South Korea has increased 15 times since the 1990s. Is it radiation? Water or air pollution? A plot by the north? Nope. It's an epidemic of overdiagnosis. The death rate from thyroid cancer hasn't gone up even a tiny little tick. What's happening is that the country offers free screening for other cancers -- cervical, colon, breast, liver -- and they'll throw in thyroid for 35 bu...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 6, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Implementing Health Reform: The Qualified Health Plan Federal Exchange Participation Agreement And More
CMS continues to put the pieces into place that are needed for the launch of the 2015 coverage year.  On October 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released at its REGTAP.info website the certification agreement and privacy and security agreement that qualified health plan (QHP) insurers must sign with CMS to access the federally facilitated exchange (FFE), the federally facilitated SHOP (FF-SHOP), and CMS Data Services Hub.  The agreement focuses primarily on obligations that the QHP insurer undertakes to protect personally identifiable information and to ensure secure communications with CMS, alth...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 22, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Timothy Jost Tags: All Categories Consumers Health IT Health Law Health Reform Insurance Policy Politics Quality States Source Type: blogs