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Does Public Health Have A Future?
Ebola’s arrival in the U.S. hit Americans with a jolt. Regardless of how you feel about the response to date, it should remind everyone of the importance of public health.
Fortunately, public health in the U.S. has built an extraordinary track record of success. Smallpox, one of the most dreaded diseases in history, was eradicated worldwide. New vaccines have sharply cut the toll of deaths and disabilities from H flu meningitis, tetanus, pneumococcal sepsis and other deadly diseases.
Adding folate to foods dramatically reduced neural tube defects in newborns. Safer cars and better roadway designs cut fatal crashes per m...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - December 10, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Arthur Kellermann and Mark Kortepeter Tags: All Categories Environmental Health Prevention Public Health Source Type: blogs
The importance of recognizing immunodeficiency
On a cold, blustery Cleveland day when I was a resident, a forty-year-old man walked into our infectious disease clinic at the Cleveland Clinic. The patient was undergoing routine visits in preparation for a kidney transplant. This poor man had been hospitalized six months earlier at another hospital where he caught a terrible infection and was readmitted in septic shock and multi-organ failure. Luckily he survived, but in the process lost some of his toes as well as his kidney function. Thus, he was now on dialysis and awaiting a new kidney. The organism to blame was streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonias and e...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Purvi Parikh, MD Tags: Conditions Specialist Source Type: blogs
Pharmacies and Tobacco: Selling a Contradiction
Even though drugs can make you high, there’s no doubt that talking about them and all of the terrible things that they can do to your health and your life is a bit of a downer. But there is some good news in the world.
First, some background. As you’ve probably noticed while picking up a prescription or getting shampoo, your local CVS and Walgreens have upped their game. They’ve started providing vaccines, physicals, health screenings, and treatment for common illnesses and minor injuries. Talk about an all-in-one-stop shop!
But as they get on the health bandwagon, it’s been increasingly contradictory that they als...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - May 21, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Bellum Source Type: blogs
