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Monday, March 31, 2008
Warring Parties' Neglect in Angola Fuels Humanitarian Emergency
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MSF Issues Top Ten List of the Year's Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories
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After the UN security resolution on the safety of aid workers, MSF presses Russia to secure Arjan Erkel's release
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Amend Now: Medicines For All, Amending Canada's Patent Act To Allow Exports of Generic Medicines
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Don't Trade Away Health in the FTAA
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Sixth Annual Top Ten List of the Year's Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories
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Hundreds Left Homeless, Dozens Dead After Israeli Army's Attack in Rafah
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Doctors Without Borders Issues List of the Year's Top Ten Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories
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Respiratory Virus Detections/Isolations in Canada - Week ending january 26, 2008.
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Doctors Without Borders Demands Humane Treatment for sub-Saharan Immigrants Moved Away on Buses to Morocco's Southern Border by the Moroccan Government
Government of Canada Announces a $60,000 Contribution to the Alzheimer Society of Canada
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As Novartis Challenges India's Patent Law, MSF Warns Access to Medicines Is Under Threat
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Respiratory Virus Detections/Isolations in Canada - Week ending february 23, 2008
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Doctors Without Borders Issues "Top Ten" Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2006
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MSF Urges Novartis Shareholders to Join the Call on CEO Vasella to 'Drop the Case' Against the Indian Government
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Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) - February, 2008 - 34-02
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Caduceus
<p><b>Caduceus:</b> <b>1.</b> A rod with two snakes entwined about it topped by a pair of wings.<br><br>
<b>2.</b> An insignia of a caduceus meant, mistakenly, to symbolize a physician.
<p>The caduceus served as the symbol of Hermes and Mercury, the Greek and Roman messenger gods. The caduceus was the sign of a herald and hence a logical symbol for the messenger. However, because of a misconception, the caduceus became the insignia of the US Army Medical Corps. The Medical Corps should have chosen the symbol of medicine, which is the rod of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6985">Aesculapius</a>, which has only one snake and no wings atop it. No wings were necessary since the essence of medicine is not speed. The single serpent that could shed its skin and emerge in full vigor represents the renewal of youth and health -- medicine.
<p>The Latin word "caduceus" came from the Greek "karykeion," from "karyx" or "keryx" meaning "herald."
<p>The caduceus with its pair of snakes coiled about each other bears some resemblance to the structure of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3090">DNA</A>, the <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3109">double helix</a>, which was only discovered in modern times (in 1953, if that is still in "modern times").</p><br><br><a href="http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedTerms</a> (TM) is the Medical Dictionary of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedicineNet.com</a>.<br>We Bring Doctors' Knowledge To You
MSF Statement on New UNAIDS Proposal and Clinton's Executive Order on Access to HIV/AIDS Medicines
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Amend Now: Medicines For All, Amending Canada's Patent Act To Allow Exports of Generic Medicines
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Don't Trade Away Health in the FTAA
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Sixth Annual Top Ten List of the Year's Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories
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Measles and Malnutrition Increasing in Sudan's Darfur Region
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Doctors Without Borders Issues List of the Year's Top Ten Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories
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"One World, One Price" Means Death for People With AIDS in Poor Countries
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Six Months After Durban: Have AIDS Drug Prices for the Poor Really Been 'Slashed'?
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Warring Parties' Neglect in Angola Fuels Humanitarian Emergency
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G8 Offers the World an "Inaction Plan" on Health
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Sixth Annual Top Ten List of the Year's Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories
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Measles and Malnutrition Increasing in Sudan's Darfur Region
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Palestinian Territories: MSF Refuses to be a "Social Palliative" of EU & US Policies
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Doctors Without Borders Issues "Top Ten" Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2006
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MSF Urges Novartis Shareholders to Join the Call on CEO Vasella to 'Drop the Case' Against the Indian Government
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MSF's Statement on Arjan Erkel Court Decision
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Folic Acid and Prevention of Neural Tube Defects
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Pantothenic acid
<p><b>Pantothenic acid:</b> Pantothenic acid is vitamin B5, one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely distributed in nature.
<p>Pantothenic acid is virtually ubiquitous. It is present in foods as diverse as poultry, soybeans, yogurt, and sweet potatoes.
<p>No naturally occurring disease due to a deficiency of pantothenic acid has been identified, due to the plentifulness of this vitamin.
<p>An experimental deficiency of pantothenic acid has, however, been created by administering an antagonist to pantothenic acid. This experiment produced disease, thereby demonstrating that pantothenic acid is essential to humans. <p>Pantothenic acid was discovered in 1940.</p>
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Yellow Fever in Argentina - Released: February 27, 2008
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Infectious Diseases News Brief; cipher Feature
Immunotoxin
<p><b>Immunotoxin:</b> A <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?ArticleKey=3822">hybrid</a> <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?ArticleKey=4418">molecule</a> created by coupling an <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?ArticleKey=19101">antibody</a> or <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?ArticleKey=2282">antigen</a> with part or all of a <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?ArticleKey=5828">toxin</a>. The hybrid molecule combines the specificity of the antibody or antigen with the toxicity of the toxin. The possible targets of immunotoxins include cancer cells and cells containing <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?ArticleKey=3769">HIV</a>.
The term "immunotoxin" has come into media usage as, for example, in: "Then we come in with the immunotoxin,' he said. It is a molecule-size smidgen of bacterial poison attached to an antibody that gloms onto the T cell and injects the toxin." (Trying to Kill AIDS Virus by Luring It Out of Hiding, New York Times, Sept 23, 2003).</p><br><br><a href="http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedTerms</a> (TM) is the Medical Dictionary of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedicineNet.com</a>.<br>We Bring Doctors' Knowledge To You
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Helminth
<p><b>Helminth:</b> A worm classified as a parasite. (A parasite is a disease-causing organism that lives on or in a human or another animal and derives its nourishment from its host.) Lice are examples of parasites that live on humans; bacteria and viruses are examples of parasites that live either on humans or in humans; helminths are examples of parasites that live <u>in</u> humans.</p>
<p>Helminth eggs contaminate food, water, air, feces, pets and wild animals, and objects such as toilet seats and door handles. The eggs enter the body of a human through the mouth, the nose and the anus. Once inside the body, helminth eggs usually lodge in the intestine, hatch, grow and multiply. They can sometimes infest other body sites.</p>
<p> Diagnosis of helminth diseases in humans usually requires a medical history and physical examination, a laboratory analysis of stools, and sometimes other tests. <p>Treatment in most cases involves the use of highly effective anti-worm drugs known as vermifuges that kill the worms.</p>
<p>Prevention of helminth diseases usually requires frequent washing of hands, frequent cleaning of bathrooms and kitchens, and thorough cooking of the foods they infest -- mainly beef, pork, sausage and bear meat. Water supplies should be chlorinated, if possible.</p>
<p>Common helminths and the problems they cause include the following:</p>
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<li><u>Roundworm</u>: Roundworms hatch and live in the intestines. The eggs usually enter the body through contaminated water or food or on fingers placed in the mouth after the hands have touched a contaminated object. Symptoms of their presence include fatigue, weight loss, irritability, poor appetite, <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1908">abdominal pain</a> and <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1900">diarrhea</a>. Treatment with medication results in a cure in about a week. Without treatment, <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2015">anemia</a> and malnutrition can develop.</li>
<li><u>Pinworm</u>: Also called seatworms and threadworms, pinworms hatch and live primarily in the intestines. The eggs usually enter the body through the anus, through the nose or mouth via inhaled air, or through the mouth on fingers that have touched a contaminated object. Symptoms of their presence include <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9238">anal itching</a> and sometimes pale skin and stomach discomfort. If pinworms enter the vagina in females, discharge and itching may develop. Pinworms do not cause serious complications. Treatment with medication results in a cure within days.</li>
<li><u>Trichina spiralis</u>: This worm lives in the intestines and causes a serious illness known as <u><a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8292">trichinosis</a></u>. The eggs usually enter the body via raw or undercooked pork, sausage or bear meat. In the intestines, the eggs hatch, mature, and migrate to other parts of the body through the bloodstream and the lymphatic system. Early symptoms include vomiting, <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1900">diarrhea</a>, and abdominal cramps. In time, a high <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=361">fever</a>, puffiness of the face and muscle pain develop. Eventually the worms can penetrate the muscles, the heart and the brain and can cause death. Treatment with an anti-worm drug such as thiabendazole, as well as bed rest and a physician's care, can cure <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8292">trichinosis</a>. Recovery may take several months. Diagnosis of trichinosis sometimes requires analysis of a tissue sample (biopsy) taken from muscle.</li>
<li><u>Tapeworm</u>: Tapeworms live in the intestines. The eggs usually enter the body via raw or uncooked beef. Symptoms of their presence are usually absent. However, some patients experience <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1908">abdominal pain</a>, fatigue, weight loss, and diarrhea. Treatment with medication results in a cure within days.</li>
<li><u>Fluke</u>: Flukes live in different locations in the body, including the intestines, bladder, rectum, liver, spleen, lungs and veins. Flukes first mature inside freshwater snails. After leaving the snails, they can enter the body of humans by penetrating the skin of persons swimming, bathing or washing in water where flukes are active. Infected persons can re-contaminate the water by urinating or defecating in it. Most infected persons experience no symptoms. However, some infected persons may experience <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1992">rash</a>, itching, muscle aches, coughing, chills and <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=361">fever</a>. Flukes pass out of the body, but persons can become infected again and again. In time, the repeated infections can damage the liver, bladder, intestines and lungs. In rare cases, flukes can invade the spinal cord or brain and cause seizures and paralysis. Fluke-caused illnesses are classified as schistosomiasis (also called bilharziasis) and are mainly confined to Africa parts of South America and the Caribbean, and parts of the Middle East, China and the Philippines.</li>
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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Occipital hematoma
<p><b>Occipital hematoma:</b> A <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3682">hematoma</a> (collection of blood) in the <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24386">occipital</a> region (at the back of the head). An occipital hematoma may be either subdural or epidural.
<p>In an occipital epidural hematoma, the bleeding occurs between the <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5507">skull</a> and the dura (the brain cover). The bleeding is from an injury to a vein or a branch of the posterior meningeal <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2339">artery</a>. Occipital epidural hematoma is often caused by a full-on blow to the head and may be associated with a skull <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3513">fracture</a>.
<p>In an occipital subdural hematoma, the bleeding is into the space between the dura and the brain itself. As the hematoma enlarges, it can put increasing pressure on the brain and cause <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11748">neurological</a> abnormalities including slurred speech, impaired <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3533">gait</a>, and <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6114">dizziness</a> and lead to <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2803">coma</a> and even death.
<p>The diagnosis of an occipital hematoma, whether it be epidural or subdural, may be confirmed by <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4443">MRI</a> or <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2647">CAT scan</a>. Treatment may range from watchful waiting in the case of a small epidural bleed to trepanation -- drilling through the skull to drain the excess blood.</p>
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Influenza (Flu) - Updated: March 25, 2008
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Manorexia
<p><b>Manorexia:</b> A term that has been used to refer to anorexia nervosa in males. This is not an officially recognized medical term but has been frequently used in media reports. Anorexia nervosa affects up to 1% of women at some point in their lives and is much less common in men. Males represent about 10% of people suffering from anorexia nervosa. See also <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=276">anorexia nervosa</a>.</p><br><br><a href="http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedTerms</a> (TM) is the Medical Dictionary of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedicineNet.com</a>.<br>We Bring Doctors' Knowledge To You
Monday, March 24, 2008
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Nursemaid's elbow
<p><b>Nursemaid's elbow:</b> Partial dislocation of the elbow. The radius (a bone in the forearm) slips out of the ligament that holds it in place at the elbow. This is common in children under 4 years of age. It may be due to an adult lifting or swinging the child by one hand and can also occur when an infant rolls over or falls. The child begins to cry immediately and holds the arm slightly bent at the elbow with the forearm against the abdomen. Treatment is for the physician to reduce the dislocation. Once a child has had nursemaid's elbow, it may recur.
<p>The term nursemaid's elbow harks back to the days when a nursemaid (nanny) was not a rarity. The condition today should probably be called babysitter's elbow. It is also known as dislocation of the radial head, elbow dislocation, pulled elbow, radial head subluxation, slipped elbow, or toddler elbow.</p>
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
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Deinococcus radiodurans
<p><b>Deinococcus radiodurans:</b> A bacterium that can
survives extremely high levels of radiation and therefore has high potential for radioactive waste cleanup. The genome of Deinococcus radiodurans has been sequenced. It is composed of two chromosomes, a megaplasmid, and a small plasmid. The total genome contains 3,284, 156 base pairs. Deinococcus radiodurans is an organism in which all systems for DNA repair, DNA damage export, desiccation and starvation recovery, and genetic redundancy are all present in one cell.</p> <br><br><a href="http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedTerms</a> (TM) is the Medical Dictionary of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedicineNet.com</a>.<br>We Bring Doctors' Knowledge To You
Friday, March 21, 2008
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Neurocysticercosis
<p><b>Neurocysticercosis:</b> Infection of the brain by the larval form of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Neurocysticercosis is a form of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=18492">cysticercosis</a> and is the most common worm infection of the central nervous system. The disease is most prevalent in developing countries, in which it can be a serious public health problem.
<p>The symptoms depend upon where and how many cysticerci are found in the brain. Seizures, and headaches are the most common symptoms. Confusion, lack of attention to people and surroundings, difficulty with <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10760">balance</a>, and swelling (<a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3192">edema</a>) of the brain (<a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3826">hydrocephalus</a>) may occur, together with increased pressure on the brain. Neurocysticercosis can form giant cysts in the brain.
<p>Medical treatment with <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2849">corticosteroids</a> and the cesticidal drugs albendazole and praziquantel can be very helpful. Some patients also may need a <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5488">shunt</a> to relieve the pressure on the brain.</p>
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Information for Health Professionals - Measles
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Campylobacteriosis
<p><b>Campylobacteriosis:</b> Disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni, now the leading cause of bacterial <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2006">food poisoning</A>, most often spread by contact with raw or undercooked poultry. A single drop of juice from a contaminated chicken is enough to make someone sick with Campylobacteriosis.
<p>Campylobacteriosis usually strikes only one person or a few people at a time. A common way to become infected is to cut poultry meat on a cutting board, and then use the unwashed cutting board or utensil to prepare vegetables or other raw or lightly cooked foods. The Campylobacter organisms from the raw meat can then spread to the other foods. The organism is not usually spread from person to person, but this can happen if the infected person is a small child or is producing a large volume of <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1900">diarrhea</A>.
<p>Many chicken flocks are silently infected with Campylobacter; that is, the chickens are infected with the organism but show no signs of illness. When an infected bird is slaughtered, Campylobacter can be transferred from the intestines to the meat. More than half of the raw chicken in the US market has Campylobacter on it. Campylobacter is also present in the giblets, especially the liver.
<p>Larger outbreaks of Campylobacteriosis are not usually associated with raw poultry but with drinking unpasteurized milk or contaminated water. Unpasteurized milk can become contaminated if the cow has an infection with Campylobacter in her udder or if the milk is contaminated with manure. Surface water and mountain streams can become contaminated from infected feces from cows or wild birds. This infection is common in the developing world, and travelers to foreign countries are also at risk for becoming infected with Campylobacter.
<p>Animals can also be infected, and some people are known to have acquired their infection from contact with the infected stool of an ill dog or cat.
<p>Symptoms tend to start 2 to 5 days after exposure and typically last a week. They resemble viral <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1937">gastroenteritis</A> —- <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1900">diarrhea</a>, fever, <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1908">abdominal pain</A>, cramping, nausea and vomiting —- but with campylobacter, fever is typical and the diarrhea is often bloody.
<p>Most people get better within 2 to 5 days after the onset of symptoms without specific treatment, although sometimes recovery can take up to 10 days. People with immune deficiencies may benefit from two weeks of antibiotics such as <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=748">erythromycin</A> or a fluoroquinolone. And, as all types of diarrhea, one should maintain a high intake of fluids for as long as the diarrhea persists.
<p>To prevent campylobacteriosis,
<ul>
<li>Cook all poultry products thoroughly. Make sure that the meat is cooked throughout (no longer pink), any juices run clear, and the inside is cooked to 170oF (77oC) for <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9871">breast</A> meat, and 180oF (82oC) for thigh meat.
<li>If you are served undercooked poultry in a restaurant, send it back for further cooking.
<li>Wash hands with soap before handling raw foods of animal origin. Wash hands with soap after handling raw foods of animal origin and before touching anything else.
<li>Prevent cross-contamination in the kitchen:
<ul>
<li>Use separate cutting boards for foods of animal origin and other foods.
<li>Carefully clean all cutting boards, countertops and
utensils with soap and hot water after preparing raw food of animal origin.</li>
</ul>
<li>Avoid consuming unpasteurized milk and untreated surface water.
<li>Make sure that persons with diarrhea, especially children, wash their hands carefully and frequently with soap to reduce the risk of
spreading the infection.
<li>Wash hands with soap after having contact with pet feces.</li>
</ul>
<p>Most people who have campylobacteriosis recover completely. However, some suffer long-term consequences. One is <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7776">arthritis</A>. Another is a condition called Guillain-Barré syndrome. Both are thought to occur when a person's immune system is "triggered" by the Campylobacter to attack the person's own body. In <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7776">arthritis</a>, the attack is mounted against joints, while in Guillain-Barré syndrome the attack is against nerves leading to ascending paralysis that typically lasts several weeks and usually requires intensive care. It is estimated that approximately one in every 1000 campylobacteriosis cases leads to Guillain-Barré syndrome. As many as 40% of Guillain-Barré syndrome cases may be triggered by campylobacteriosis.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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Kanner syndrome
<p><b>Kanner syndrome:</b> (Also called <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=287">autism</a>). A spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication,
and unusual and repetitive behavior. Some, but not all, people with autism are non-verbal.
<p>Autism is normally diagnosed before age six and may be diagnosed in infancy in some cases. The degree of autism varies from mild to severe in different children. Severely afflicted patients can appear profoundly retarded.
<p>The cause (or causes) of autism are not yet fully understood.
However, it is believed that at least some cases involve an inherited or acquired genetic defect. Researchers have proposed that the immune-system,
metabolic, and environmental factors may play an important part as
well. It is not caused by emotional trauma, as was once theorized.
<p>Autism or autistic-like behavior may co-occur with many other
neurological conditions.
<p>The optimal treatment of autism involves an educational program that is suited to the child's developmental level.
<p>Kanner syndrome (i.e., autism) is also called infantile autism. See also Asperger syndrome, elective mutism, Pervasive
Developmental Disorder, Rett syndrome.</p>
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Danlos syndrome
<p><b>Danlos syndrome:</b>
Better known today as <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1968">Ehlers-Danlos syndrome</a> (EDS), this is an inherited disorder with easy bruising, joint hypermobility (loose joints), skin laxity, and weakness of tissues.</p>
<p>There are a number of different Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
which share these features but can be categorized into nine different types.</p>
<ul>
<li>Type I EDS (the "gravis" form od EDS) is characterized by marked joint hypermobility, skin hyperextensibility (laxity), and fragility. Joint dislocations and scoliosis. It is inherited as an autosomal (non-sex-linked) dominant genetic trait. Dominant means that a single gene is capable
of producing the disease.</li>
<li>Type II EDS (the "mitis" form of EDS) is similar to type I, but is less severe. It, too, is inherited as an autosomal dominant genetic trait.</li>
<li>Type III EDS (the benign hypermobility form of EDS). Joint hypermobility is the major manifestation. It is inherited as an autosomal dominant genetic trait.</li>
<li>Type IV EDS (the arterial form) Spontaneous rupture of arteries and bowel is a serious manifestation. Skin laxity is variable. It is inherited as an autosomal dominant and
recessive genetic trait.</li>
<li>Type V EDS is clinically similar to type II but is X-linked. The gene is on the X chromosome). If a woman is carrying the gene, the chance for each of her children her son to receive the gene is 50:50. A son with the gene is affected with the disease while a daughter with the gene is
merely a carrier like her mother.</li>
<li>Type VI EDS (the ocular-scoliotic form of EDS) is characterized by a fragile globe of the eyes, significant skin and joint laxity, and severe curvature of the spine (scoliosis). It is inherited as an autosomal (non-sex-linked) recessive genetic trait. Recessive means that two copies of the gene are required to produce the disease.</li>
<li>Type VII EDS (arthrochalasis multiplex congenita). Patients with this type of EDS are short in height and severely affected by joint laxity and dislocations. Skin involvement is variable. Autosomal dominant and recessive inheritance is possible.</li>
<li>Type VIII EDS. Patients have different degrees of joint hypermobility and inflammation of the gums and bone adjacent to the teeth (periodontitis).</li>
<li>Type IX EDS. Patients have mildly hypermobile joints and can have <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=423">mitral valve prolapse</a>. It is inherited as autosomal dominant.</li>
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Monday, March 17, 2008
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Aflatoxin
<p><b>Aflatoxin:</B> A toxin produced by mold that can damage the liver and may lead to liver cancer. Aflatoxins cause cancer in some animals.
<P>The fungi that produce aflatoxin grow on crops such as peanuts (especially) and wheat, corn, beans and rice. Aflatoxin is a problem particularly in undeveloped and developing countries.
<p>Aflatoxin is a naturally occurring mycotoxin produced by two types of mold: Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Aspergillus flavus is common and widespread in nature and is most often found when certain grains are grown under stressful conditions such as drought. The mold occurs in soil, decaying vegetation, hay, and grains undergoing microbiological deterioration and invades all types of organic substrates whenever and wherever the conditions are favorable for its growth. Favorable conditions include high moisture content and high temperature. At least 13 different types of aflatoxin are produced in nature with aflatoxin B1 considered as the most toxic. While the presence of Aspergillus flavus does not always indicate harmful levels of aflatoxin it does mean that the potential for aflatoxin production is present.</P>
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Tarantism
<p><b>Tarantism:</b> A disease once thought to result from the bite of the tarantula spider. This extraordinary affliction was associated with melancholy, stupor, madness and an uncontrollable desire to dance. In fact, dancing off the tarantula venom was considered the only cure. The dancing was violent and energetic and went for 3 or4 days.
<p>In the 15th to 17th centuries, the city of Taranto in southern Italy was the center of tarantism which spread across most of southern Europe. The term "tarantism" (also called tarantismo or tarantolismo) comes from the town of Taranto. The large and very venomous tarantula is also named for the city of Taranto.</P>
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Friday, March 14, 2008
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Laribacter hongkongensis
<p><b>Laribacter hongkongensis:</b> A novel type of bacterium first isolated in Hong Kong in 2001 from the blood and empyema (pus in the chest) of a man with alcoholic cirrhosis. Laribacter hongkongensis has been associated with (but not yet proven to cause) community-acquired <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1937">gastroenteritis</a> and <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9000">traveler's diarrhea</a>. Risk factors for infection include consumption of fish and minced freshwater fish meat. Laribacter hongkongensis has now been recorded in countries in Asia (China and Japan), Europe (Switzerland), Africa (Tunisia), and Central America (Cuba), suggesting that the bacterium is of worldwide importance. has now been recorded in countries in Asia (China and Japan), Europe (Switzerland), Africa (Tunisia), and Central America (Cuba), suggesting that the bacterium is of worldwide importance.
<p>In technical terms, Laribacter hongkongensisis a facultative anaerobic, motile, non-sporulating, non-fermentative, urease-positive, gram-negative, S-shaped bacillus, and belongs to the Neisseriaceae family of the ß-subclass of Proteobacteria.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Milzbrand
<p><b>Milzbrand:</b> Known also as <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2061">anthrax</a>, milzbrand is a
serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but
rather an infection
of animals. Cattle, sheep, horses, mules, and some wild animals are
highly susceptible.
Humans (and swine) are generally resistant to anthrax. Anthrax can
take different forms.
With the lung form of the disease, people inhale the anthrax spores
and, if untreated, are
likely to die. An intestinal form is caused by eating meat
contaminated with anthrax.
Most human anthrax comes from skin contact with animal products.
Cutaneous (skin) anthrax
was once well known among people who handled infected animals, like
farmers, woolsorters,
tanners, brushmakers and carpetmakers in the days when the brushes
and carpets were animal
products. The hallmark of skin anthrax is a carbuncle, a cluster of
boils, that ulcerates
in an ugly way. Typically this lesion has a hard black center
surrounded by bright red
inflammation. This accounts for its name, "anthrax", the
Greek word for
"coal". "Milzbrand" means "anthrax" in
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Gelineau syndrome
<p><b>Gelineau syndrome:</b> A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6177">sleep</a>. Named for a French neurologist, JBE Gelineau (1859-1906). Also known as narcolepsy.</p>
<P>The disorder is often associated with cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone and paralysis of voluntary muscles associated with a strong emotion), <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6177">sleep</a> paralysis (immobility of the body that occurs in the transition from sleep to wakefulness), what are called hypnagogic hallucinations (pre-sleep dreams) and automatic behaviors (such as doing something "automatically" and not remembering afterwards how one did it).</P>
<P>125,000 Americans are estimated to have narcolepsy. It strikes males and females and all races. Symptoms most commonly appear in a person's <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2001">teens</a> and early twenties. The disease can vary in severity. Some persons with it have mild sleepiness or rare cataplexy (less than one episode per week). Other persons may have moderate sleepiness or infrequent cataplexy (less than one episode a day). Still other persons with narcolepsy may experience severe sleepiness or have severe cataplexy (with one or more episodes of cataplexy per day).</p>
<P>The cause(s) of narcolepsy are unknown. It is not a fatal disorder in itself but it can lead to fatalities. For example, a narcoleptic may fall asleep while driving.</p>
<P>Narcolepsy is usually treated with a medication to improve alertness and an anti-depressant that helps control cataplexy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1998 approved Provigil (modafinil), a non-amphetamine drug for treating the excessive sleepiness of narcolepsy.</P>
<P>Other names for this disorder include excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), hypnolepsy, sleeping disease, and paroxysmal sleep.</P>
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Zellweger syndrome
<p><b>Zellweger syndrome:</B> A <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3573">genetic</a> disorder, also called the cerebrohepatorenal <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5613">syndrome</a>, characterized by the reduction or absence of peroxisomes (cell structures that rid the body of toxic substances) in the cells of the <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4179">liver</a>, kidneys, and brain. Zellweger <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5613">syndrome</a> is one of a group of disorders called the leukodystrophies, all of which affect the <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4477">myelin</a> sheath, the fatty covering which acts as an insulator on <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4537">nerve</a> fibers in the brain.</p>
<P>The most common features of Zellweger syndrome include an enlarged liver, high levels of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4046">iron</a> and copper in the blood, and vision disturbances. Some affected infants may show <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10694">prenatal</a> growth failure. Symptoms at birth may include lack of muscle tone and an inability to move. Other symptoms may include unusual facial characteristics, mental retardation, seizures, and an inability to suck and/or swallow. <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1899">Jaundice</A> and <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3555">gastrointestinal</a> bleeding may also occur.</P>
<P>There is no cure for Zellweger syndrome and there is no standard course of treatment. Infections are guarded against to prevent such complications as <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=450">pneumonia</A> and <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5329">respiratory</a> distress. Other treatment is symptomatic and supportive.</P>
<P>The <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5061">prognosis</a> (outlook) with Zellweger syndrome is poor. Death usually occurs within 6 months after onset, and may be caused by <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5329">respiratory</a> distress, <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3555">gastrointestinal</a> bleeding, or liver failure.</P>
<P>The syndrome is caused by mutations (changes) in any of several different <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15391">genes</a> involved in peroxisome formation. These <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15391">genes</a> lie on at least two different <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14018">chromosome</a> locations including chromosome 2 (region 2p15) and chromosome 7 (region 7q21-q22).
<p>The syndrome is named for the Swiss-born pediatrician Hans Zellweger (1909-1990) who came to the US and for many years was at the University of Iowa.</p>
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Weaver's bottom
<p><b>Weaver's bottom:</b> <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3979">Inflammation</a> of the <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2558">bursa</a> that separates the gluteus maximus <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4464">muscle</a> of the buttocks from the underlying bony prominence of the bone that we sit on, the ischial tuberosity. Weaver's bottom is a form of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11615">bursitis</a> that is usually caused by prolonged sitting on hard surfaces that press against the bones of the bottom or mid-buttocks. In proper medical parlance, Weaver's bottom is called <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=17111">ischial bursitis</a>.</p><br><br><a href="http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedTerms</a> (TM) is the Medical Dictionary of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedicineNet.com</a>.<br>We Bring Doctors' Knowledge To You
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) - January, 2008 - 34-01
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Dioscorides
<p><b>Dioscorides:</b> Dioscorides of Anazarbus. First century
Greek physician, botanist and pharmacologist whose encyclopedia of materia medica was used for centuries after his death.
<p>Born in southeast Asia Minor in the Roman Empire in the first few decades C.E. During his lifetime, Dioscorides traveled extensively seeking medicinal substances from all over the Roman and Greek world. He benefited greatly from the ease of travel across wide stretches of territory under the control of the Roman Empire at the height of its growth.
<p>Between about 50-70 C.E., Dioscorides wrote his fundamental work, known in Latin as "De materia medica." This five book study focused upon "the preparation, properties, and testing of drugs" and became the most central pharmacological work in Europe and the Middle East for the next sixteen centuries.
<p>As was the case with many Greek medical texts, De materia medica was treated as dogma for many years. By the mid-16th century, however, his message that investigation and experimentation were crucial to pharmacology began to emerge and modern research into medicines began.</p>
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Friday, March 7, 2008
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Bacillary angiomatosis
<p><b>Bacillary angiomatosis:</b> A <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15038">bacterial</a>
<a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12923">infection</a> due to a cat scratch most often seen today in people with <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3769">HIV</a>. The disease characteristically presents with swollen <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4213">lymph nodes</a> (lymphadenitis), sore throat,
<a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9879">fatigue</a>, and fever, chills, sweats, vomiting, loss of appetite, and weight loss. There is usually a little bump (a <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4762">papule</a>) which may be pus-filled (a <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9538">pustule</a>) at the site of the scratch. Then more nodules appear on and under the skin. As the number of nodules increases, patients get sicker.
<p>In normal people the disease is self-limited and usually goes away by itself in a few weeks. It can also be treated with antibiotics.
<p>In persons with HIV/AIDS the disease can cause severe <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3979">inflammation</a> of the brain, <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2502">bone marrow</a>, lymph nodes, lungs, <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5531">spleen</a> and <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4179">liver</a>. The disease can be fatal in persons with HIV. It can be easily treated with antibiotics such as <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11348">erythromycin</a> and doxycycline. Treatment is given until the skin lesions resolve, usually in 3 to 4 weeks.
<p>Bacillary angiomatosis is so characteristic today of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2181">AIDS</a> that it is an AIDS defining disease, according to the <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2655">CDC</a> (Centers For Disease Control).
<p>A cat carrying the <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4372">microbe</a> does not show symptoms. It is not necessary to get rid of the cat. If
someone in the household is at high risk, a test to detect the
infection can be done and the cat can be treated.
<p>The disease is caused by a bacterium called Rochalimaea henselae, which was reclassified as Bartonella henselae, named for Diane Hensel, a microbiologist. Bacillary angiomatosis has also been called cat scratch disease, cat scratch fever,
<a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6711">regional lymphadenitis</a>, and benign
lymphoreticulosis.</p><br><br><a href="http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedTerms</a> (TM) is the Medical Dictionary of <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp">MedicineNet.com</a>.<br>We Bring Doctors' Knowledge To You
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis
<p><b>Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis:</b> Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords in children and young adults.</p>
<p>A baby can contract juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis by being contaminated with the human papilloma virus (HPV) during birth through the vaginal canal of a mother with <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=372">genital warts</a> (which are also due to HPV). Each year, about 300 infants are thus born with the virus on their vocal cords.</p>
<p>The treatment of juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis is usually by surgical excision. Recurrences of laryngeal papillomatosis are, unfortunately, frequent. Remission may
occur after several years.</p>
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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Eisoptrophobia
<p><b>Eisoptrophobia:</b> An abnormal
and persistent fear of mirrors. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Because their fear often is grounded in superstitions, they may worry that breaking a mirror will bring bad luck or that looking into a mirror will put them in contact with a supernatural world inside the glass.
<p>Mirrors and other reflective surfaces have long been
associated with the strange or the bizarre. For example, in Greek mythology,
Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in the water of a fountain.
He thought he was seeing the image of a beautiful nymph. Unable to embrace or call forth the image, he pined away and was eventually transformed into a flower. In <i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i>, a novel by
Oscar Wilde, a portrait of a handsome young man begins to deteriorate,
reflecting the corruption of the man's inner being. The portrait becomes a
mirror reflecting the state of the young man's soul. The man eventually commits
murder and suicide.
<p>"Eisoptrophobia" is derived from the Greek "eis" (into)
and "optikos" (vision, image, sight). Other English words derived from "optikos"
include "optic" (relating to vision) and "optician," a technician who designs
eyeglasses according to a prescription.</p>
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Scutellaria barbata
<p><b>Scutellaria barbata:</b> A
Chinese herb that belongs to a group of herbs named Scutellaria (scullcap or
skullcap). It is related to mint. Both the root and the above-ground part of
Scutellaria barbata have been used to make herbal medicines. The root has been used in <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=33520">traditional Chinese medicine</A> to treat <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=13931">cancer</a> of the liver, lung and rectum, and other medical problems. Extracts of the herb have <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10215">antibacterial</A>
activity. Also called Ban zhi lian, Barbat skullcap, Scullcap, Scutellaria,
Skullcap, Skute barbata.</p>
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Monday, March 3, 2008
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