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Rhabdomyolysis and Malaria in a College Football Player.
PMID: 30969234 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Current Sports Medicine Reports - March 31, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Lutz RH, Anderson McNeil J, Odo CP Tags: Curr Sports Med Rep Source Type: research
Trend Analysis of Travel Medicine Topics Presented at an International Tropical Medicine Conference
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Jul 5:tpmd220177. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0177. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a rapid increase in international travel. Travel medicine is a branch of preventive medicine focusing on risk assessment pre-travel, during travel and post-travel with the aim of promoting health and preventing adverse health outcomes. Travel medicine specialists inform travelers about potential health risks and mitigate infectious disease risks such as travelers' diarrhea, yellow fever, and malaria. Travel medicine topics were popular in the American Society of Tropical Medicine and...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - July 27, 2022 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Punyisa Asawapaithulsert Gerard T Flaherty Watcharapong Piyaphanee Source Type: research
Deployment and Travel Medicine Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Outcomes Study: Malaria Chemoprophylaxis Prescription Patterns in the Military Health System.
This study describes malaria chemoprophylaxis prescribing patterns by medical providers within the U.S. Department of Defense's Military Health System and its network of civilian healthcare providers during a 5-year period. Chemoprophylaxis varied by practice setting, beneficiary status, and providers' travel medicine expertise. Whereas both civilian and military facilities prescribe an increasing proportion of atovaquone-proguanil, doxycycline remains the most prevalent antimalarial at military facility based practices. Civilian providers dispense higher rates of mefloquine than their military counterparts. Within militar...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2020 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Hickey PW, Mitra I, Fraser J, Brett-Major D, Riddle MS, Tribble DR Tags: Am J Trop Med Hyg Source Type: research
Haiti
the Major disasters in the last 10 years, 2000 – 2010:
2001 – Gujarat Earthquake, India 20,000 Deaths
2003 – Bam Earthquake, Iran 30,000 Deaths
2004 – Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami 230,000 Deaths
2005 – Kashmir Earthquake, Pakistan 85,000 Deaths
2005 – Hurricane Katrina, USA 1,300 Deaths
2008 – Sichuan China Earthquake, Chine 70,000 Deaths
200...
Source: Wilderness Medicine Newsletter - February 5, 2010 Category: Rural Health Authors: wildernessmedicinenewsletter Tags: Disaster Medicine Emergency Medicine Environmental Emergencies wilderness emergency medicine Wilderness Medicine wilderness medicine newsletter Earthquake Haiti Earthquake response resuers in Haiti Source Type: news
Needs assessment for a formal emergency medicine residency program in southern Madagascar
ConclusionsWhile the needs assessment indicates substantial need for emergency medicine development in southern Madagascar, the yield (particularly for the metropolitan Fianarantsoa area) would serve the population well.
Source: African Journal of Emergency Medicine - July 2, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research
CR0406 Rare typhoid fever case in oral medicine
A rare case of typhoid fever, with diagnosis and treatment unsubstantiated, complicated with a space infection, presents to a dental school for emergency care. A 14-year-old African girl presented to the Emergency Care Clinic, Department of Oral Medicine, Penn Dental Medicine, with a right facial swelling, pain, and fever of 7 days' duration. The etiology was determined to be related to abscessed maxillary right first premolar. During the medical work-up, her mother said that the patient recently arrived in the United States but had a vague history of a diagnosis of typhoid fever 1 month earlier while in Africa. Because o...
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - April 11, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Temitope Omolehinwa, Arthur Kuperstein, Agnes Radwan-Woch, Thomas P. Sollecito Tags: Online Only Article Source Type: research
China's Tu Youyou, Nobel Laureate in Medicine 2015, and Relationships with the TCM Research Center Graz at the Medical University
For the first time in history, the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2015 was awarded to a researcher who is specialized in traditional Chinese medicine. The Chinese Tu Youyou received this highest award in medicine for her excellent work in malaria research. Tu Youyou and her team found out that artemisinin, the active ingredient of the medicinal herb ‘sweet wormwood', represents an effective malaria therapy. In the following article, the research that led to this Nobel Prize is introduced. In addition, the insidious tropical disease malaria will be explained briefly. Results of the research on moxibustion using Artemisia are als...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - December 11, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Japanese Scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi Wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine
(STOCKHOLM) — Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components.
The Karolinska Institute honored Ohsumi for “brilliant experiments” in the 1990s on autophagy, the machinery with which cells recycle their content.
Disrupted autophagy has been linked to various diseases including Parkinson’s, diabetes and cancer, the institute said.
Though the concept has been known for more than 50 years, its “fundamental importance in physiology and medicine was only recognized after...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - October 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized medicine Source Type: news
Herbal medicine in the treatment of poverty associated parasitic diseases: A case of sub-Saharan Africa
In conclusion, African medicinal plants are a potential source of lead compounds for drug discovery and the production of phytopharmaceuticals in the management of devastating parasitic diseases. There is a need to apply traditional medicine knowledge in clinical applications via value addition.
Source: Journal of Herbal Medicine - March 6, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
The paucity of pediatric emergency medicine fellowship training programs in Africa
Patrick Ovie FuetaAnnals of African Medicine 2023 22(3):399-401
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest burden of childhood and adolescent mortality in the world. The leading causes of mortality in pediatric populations in Africa include preterm birth complications, pneumonia, malaria, diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS, and road injuries. These causes of childhood and adolescent mortality often lead to emergency room utilization due to critical presentation, placing emphasis on the importance of pediatric emergency services in Africa. Despite the criticality of pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) in the region, there is a paucity of...
Source: Annals of African Medicine - July 4, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Patrick Ovie Fueta Source Type: research
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 62nd Annual Meeting Nov. 13-17, Washington DC
(Burness Communications) The 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the world's largest gathering of tropical medicine experts, will focus on research advances in the fight against diseases that threaten billions, including malaria in Africa and Asia, dengue in Central Florida, animal-borne diseases the world over and tick-borne ailments across America.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
