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Hepatitis B on Rise in U.S. Immigrants
More than 1.3 million foreign-born residents of the U.S. are living with hepatitis B (HBV), according to a new estimate.
Medical News Roundup from Johns Hopkins – 06.01.2012
This week’s topics include the dangers of mail order poultry, an updated hormone therapy review in women, kidney disease and tight blood sugar control in those with diabetes, and thyroid dysfunction and heart disease.
DailyMed – Current Medication Information
Here is another medication information resource I like a lot. It is from the NLM and NIH. I’m also adding a link on the sidebar.
East ‘Meats’ West: Diabetes on Rise in China
The Chinese people are eating more food per serving, have more money to buy and eat food — particularly junk food — when they’re not hungry, and engage in less physical activity, Xiaohui said.
He said that many people still eat a traditional Chinese meal, but along with rice and veggies will be more meat, and portions will be bigger as well. In addition, fast-food restaurants such as Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald’s are enjoying success at the price of a growing obesity epidemic among children and teens, he said.
Traditional ethnic diets are preferable for your particular ethnicity. You want fries with that?
Heart Deaths in Diabetes Plummet
Data from the National Health Interview Survey found that both cardiovascular and all-cause mortality rates for diabetics fell substantially when 2003-2004 information was compared to 1997-1998.
via Medical News: Heart Deaths in Diabetes Plummet – in Cardiovascular, Diabetes from MedPage Today.
Fugu or Not to Fugu?
Tetrodotoxin poisoning
- Numbness around the mouth followed by paralysis and death by respiratory failure – the victim remaining conscious throughout
- First recorded case found in the logs of Captain Cook in 1774, after crew members ate the fish
- Tetrodotoxin is named after the Tetraodontiformes order of fish, which includes blowfish
- It is also found in blue-ringed octopuses, some toads, newts and other animals
via BBC News – Dicing death: The fish more poisonous than cyanide.
I refuse to eat sushi in Oklahoma. I doubt I’ll ever eat Fugu.
Asthma Cases Reach New High
Asthma prevalence reached its highest level ever in 2010 — 8.4% of the population, up from 7.3% in 2001, according to the CDC.
That translates into 18.7 million adults and 7 million children who had been diagnosed with asthma and still had the condition in 2010, the agency said in a report called Asthma’s Impact on the Nation.
On the other hand, the agency reported, deaths from the disease have been declining from 2001 through 2009, as have visits for asthma to physician offices and hospital outpatient departments.
via Medical News: Asthma Cases Reach New High – in Allergy & Immunology, Asthma from MedPage Today.
FDA Panel Says Yes to Home HIV Test
If marketed, the test would likely be sold in a similar manner to some cough medicines, according to a company spokesman. At checkout, the cashier would ask to see the purchaser’s ID to confirm he or she is at least 17.
via Medical News: FDA Panel Says Yes to Home HIV Test – in HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS from MedPage Today.
Might be time to review your application and exam question.
I’d take a hard look at my non-medical limits too.
Horrific Injuries Linked to BP Dispersant Corexit
Exposure to chemical dispersants BP used in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill left a commercial diver with seizures, unable to walk and going blind – and two members of his dive team committed suicide, the man claims in Harris County Court.
via Horrific Injuries Linked to BP Dispersant Corexit.
HT – naked capitalism.
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