Source: Right heart strain in PE, Part I | 5 minute sono
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Plague in Domestic Cats — Idaho, 2016 – MMWR
Cat-associated human plague cases, including fatalities, have been reported in the western United States since 1977 (3). Compared with dogs, cats are highly susceptible to plague illness and can transmit disease to humans directly through exposure to respiratory droplets and infectious body fluids associated with bites or scratches (1).
Source: Notes from the Field: Plague in Domestic Cats — Idaho, 2016 | MMWR
For all my cat loving readers.
Immune system, unleashed by cancer therapies, can attack organs – American Pharmacists Association
Immunotherapy drugs have been regarded as a breakthrough in cancer treatment, but as their use grows, doctors are finding that they pose serious risks. A separate paper found that 30% of patients experienced “interesting, rare, or unexpected side effects,” with a quarter of the reactions described as severe, life-threatening, or requiring hospitalization. Some patients have died…Problems with the pancreas have been particularly unusual, causing patients typically aged 50 years and older to lose insulin production all at once.
Source: Immune system, unleashed by cancer therapies, can attack organs | American Pharmacists Association
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How to interpret urine drug tests for marijuana – The Poison Review
Data Scientists Chart the Tragic Rise of Selfie Deaths
73 people died from selfies in the first eight months of 2016 alone.
Source: Data Scientists Chart the Tragic Rise of Selfie Deaths
Thunderstorm Asthma
It was only after it settled down that we realised what we had achieved. In a 24 hour period our emergency department would typically see around 200 patients. During “Thunderstorm Asthma,” over a 12-hour period between 7pm and 7 am we treated 296 patients; 208 of them had respiratory symptoms. Of these patients 170 went home, 36 were admitted including four that went to the intensive care unit. The peak occurred at 9pm, when 43 patients arrived in an hour. It wasn’t until 2am before our numbers dropped below 20 an hour.
Source: Thunderstorm asthma: ‘It was like a war zone,’ emergency doctor says
Here`s why.
Source: Thunderstorm asthma – Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
Diabetes Takes Heavy Mortality Toll in Mexico | Medpage Today
The all-cause mortality rate was more than five times higher in Mexicans ages 35 to 59 with diabetes than in their non-diabetic counterparts (rate ratio 5.4, 95% CI 5.0-6.0), reported Jonathan Emberson, PhD, of Oxford University in England, and colleagues.
Source: Diabetes Takes Heavy Mortality Toll in Mexico | Medpage Today
Risk for heart failure admissions increased with select NSAIDs
Use of NSAIDs was associated with an increased risk for heart failure admissions, and this risk doubled for select NSAIDs used at higher doses, according to results of a large observational study
AHA: Salads Good, Meat Bad for Women’s Heart Failure Risk – Medpage Today
High levels of dietary animal protein linked to 60% hike in HF incidence
Source: AHA: Salads Good, Meat Bad for Women’s Heart Failure Risk | Medpage Today
Over half of adults in Great Britain self-diagnose, reveals RPS survey | News in brief | Pharmaceutical Journal
The survey also highlighted that 78% of respondents had sought medical advice from the internet, while 10% had consulted an app on their mobile phone or tablet to self-diagnose.
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