MRSA: Political point-scoring over hospital cleanliness ignores the real issue
...e UK government policy point out that increases in deaths from MRSA have occurred simultaneously with outsourcing of hospital cleaning staff--providing circumstantial evidence of a link. Importantly, however, comparisons with other countries show that even in US and Japanese hospitals--which are prized for ...Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management
... for cooking will cause about 10 million premature deaths among women and children in Africa. By 2050, accor...e are multiple consequences, including preventable deaths and pollution emissions. Decisions made now or in the near future are going to have large effects on...Charcoal and forest management could reduce greenhouse gas levels & save lives in Africa
... for cooking will cause about 10 million premature deaths among women and children by 2030 in Africa and rel...e are multiple consequences, including preventable deaths and pollution emissions. Decisions made now or in the near future are going to have large effects on...Fat may promote inflammation, new study suggests
...er in the United States, causing about 79,000 more deaths per year than the next five leading causes of death combined. "It's possible that modifying the inflammatory proteins through medication could also lower the risk of heart disease," said Barbara Nicklas, Ph.D., senior researcher and an associate prof...Hospital acquired infections present major problem for infants in developing countries
...eview in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Neonatal deaths account for over one-third of the global burden of...tality. Infections are the major cause of neonatal deaths in developing countries. (See The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series, March 2005) Data suggest that unh...Billions in cost estimated for firefighter injuries
...raining--with an estimated 81,000 injuries and 100 deaths in 2002 alone. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a study* that estimates the cost in 2002 of addressing firefighter injuries and of efforts to prevent them to be $2.8 billion to $7.8 billion per year. The st...Vaccine against childhood pneumonia shows promise
...auses an estimated 19% of the 10 million childhood deaths worldwide annually. The bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for up to half of all cases of severe childhood pneumonia in developing countries. It also causes serious bloodstream infections, meningitis, and otitis media (inflammation of ...New estimates for the causes of child deaths worldwide
The most accurate estimates of the causes of child deaths to date, published in this week's issue of THE LAN... worldwide more than 70% of the 10.6 million child deaths that occur annually are attributable to six causes: pneumonia (19%), diarrhoea (18%), malaria (8%), ...Study provides new estimates of the causes of child mortality worldwide
Seventy-three percent of the 10.6 million child deaths worldwide each year are the result of six causes: ...ase categories account for 54 percent of all child deaths globally. Pneumonia accounts for 19 percent of all child deaths, diarrhea 17 percent, malaria 8 perc...Research offers hope of new treatments for liver damage
...also rapidly increasing in younger people with the deaths in the UK of 500 men and 300 women aged 25-44, in 2003." Professor John Iredale of the University of Southampton said: "We are facing a huge increase in the numbers of patients with advanced liver fibrosis (scarring) and cirrhosis (end stage scarring...Cardiac deaths peak in sleep hours for patients with sleep apnea
...s even more striking because it comes when cardiac deaths in the general population are at their low point. ...aks were reversed; more than twice as many cardiac deaths came during the sleeping hours." Apoor Gami, M.D., lead author of the study, examined the death cert...NIAID initiates trial of experimental avian flu vaccine
... 11, 2005, there were 69 confirmed cases of and 46 deaths from H5N1 infection in humans reported to the World Health Organization. To date, there has been a small number of cases where human-to-human transmission of the virus may have occurred. However, public health experts fear that the virus may evolve i...Sudan surveys show high rates of death and malnutrition among displaced population
...ties in South Darfur, Sudan found a high number of deaths from violence and disease, according to a brief re... At each site, general household status, number of deaths among adults and children, and nutritional and vaccination status of children aged 6 months to almos...Study finds majority of women willing to accept cervical cancer vaccine for self and children
...osed in the U.S. each year and approximately 3,900 deaths from the disease....African-American women with endometrial cancer have more aggressive cancer than Caucasian women
..., which is also known as uterine cancer, and 7,310 deaths from the disease. Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs....Flu pandemic coming, US not prepared
...read patients' infections. To prevent unnecessary deaths and disease, an annual flu vaccination should be mandatory for all health care workers who have contact with patients. Strengthen education. Health care workers and the public need to better understand the seriousness and potential impact of an infl...New colorectal cancer screening recommendations for African Americans
...ectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. African Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a younger age than whites, and African Americans with colorectal cancer have decreased survival compared with whites. The article reviews the evidence why African Americ...Mailman School of Public Health receives Manhattan Tobacco Cessation Center grant
...ks. Smoking is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S. and New York City, yet a large number of smokers still do not get the help they need to quit. The Manhattan Tobacco Cessation Network grant will link smokers to proven treatments. "The network's primary goal is to promote systematic scre...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
...t alcohol contributed to an estimated 1,400 injury deaths among college students age 18-24 in 1998. A subsequent change in college census methodology that increased the estimated number of 18-24 year olds who were college students in 1998 led to an upward revision of that estimate to about 1,500 deaths. T...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
...Zimbabwe and 46.4 % in Russia. Of the 45 million deaths among adults aged 15 years and over in 2002, 32 million were due to non-communicable disease and a further 4.5 million to violent causes. There is little correlation between gross national product (GNP) per person and life expectancy. Greece for ex...