American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
... ASTA survey, many U.S. travelers don't know which countries carry which disease risks, specifically 40 percent...those surveyed who had traveled to malaria-endemic countries took anti-malarial medications to protect themselves. In addition, a large number of U.S. travelers...Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
...the world's drug trade and a quarter in developing countries consists of fakes. Controlling this phenomenon clearly constitutes a global challenge." Dr Hermentin's team's test on the streptokinase products, which were on the market in some non-EU European countries, Brazil, India, Jordan, China and Pakistan[4]...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...oposal's goal is to build the capacity of targeted countries to fight the pandemic over the long run. The dear... for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which is directed at 15 countries that are home to half of the world's HIV-infected people. PEPFAR's "2-7-10" goals are to treat 2 mi...Electroshock therapy speeds improvement in schizophrenia patients
...antidepressants in the 1950s. Tharyan says that in countries with few state-funded social services, ECT can be useful as the more rapid treatment because the impact of long-running schizophrenia can cause both patients and family caregivers to stop working. ECT is more available and less expensive than antipsy...Early detection of lung cancer
...ung cancer is the most common carcinoma in western countries and the one that causes most deaths; more than those caused by breast cancer, cancer of the colon and prostate cancer put together. Tobacco is the main cause of this illness, with the risk of it arising persisting even twenty years after giving up ...Pregnant women with epilepsy face dilemma
...apest in September 1909. It has branches now in 92 countries and over 15,000 members. It is a non-profit and non-governmental association, with official links with the World Health Organization and the International Bureau for Epilepsy. It is the world's preeminent association of physicians and other health pr...Canadian youth 4th highest in international obesity study
...). Other members come from the other participating countries of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children su... fifth for "overweight" (19.3 per cent). The three countries with the highest prevalence of obesity were Malta (7.9 per cent), the United States (6.8 per cent), ...Anti-malaria drug combination could help address treatment crisis in Africa
...aria with one drug is no longer an option for most countries in Africa because of the rapid emergence of drug resistance. The parasite that causes the most severe form of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, is resistant to the anti-malaria drug chloroquine in nearly all the areas where the disease is rife. This, a...Who needs health care the well or the sick?
...ifting drug spending from the worried well in rich countries to those with treatable disease in poorer nations ... than harm? A tax on preventive drugs sold in rich countries could be used to fund drugs in poor countries, she suggests. This would benefit people in both rich ...Counting the human cost of international trade
...ses associated with traffic injuries in developing countries is nearly $100bn, twice as much as all overseas de...hickens?" asks Roberts. "Creating wealth in poorer countries is a noble aim but it is immoral for the Department for International Development to continue to pay...Genetic screening for iron blood disorder feasible in the workplace
...es, including no screening, will vary in different countries depending on various medical, ethical, legal, and social issues."...Reducing malarial transmission in Africa
...is also increasing. These trends have forced many countries to change their treatment policies and use more expensive drugs, including drug combinations that will hopefully slow the development of resistance and minimize transmission of resistant parasites. In this month's premier open-access journal PLoS Me...Every birth and death must be counted
...ening national health information systems, so that countries have better data for making decisions about health...lations deserve special attention--this means that countries should collect and analyze information on inequalities in health status and the determinants of heal...Substituting nurses for doctors results in high quality care, few savings
...nd for primary care services has increased in many countries due to aging populations, rising patient expectations and changing health-care approaches. At the same time, availability of general practitioners may be limited, and there is increasing pressure to contain costs. Shifting care from physicians to nur...Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
...important for treating HIV infection in developing countries where access to traditional antiretroviral drugs is very limited," says Zink. "Most of the 40 million people with HIV infection live in these countries."...VELCADE for injection receives EU marketing authorisation for second-line use in multiple myeloma
...ts. VELCADE is currently available in more than 46 countries worldwide including the U.S., most of Europe, and a number of countries within Latin America and South-East Asia such as Argentina, China, Korea, Singapore and Thailand. Th...Prevalence of concussion effects linked to 'pot of gold' lawsuits, researcher says
...re compensation is obtainable, are greater than in countries where financial compensation is less likely to occur," they write. The majority of postconcussional syndrome patients recover completely within three to six months, the review showed. After one year, just 7 percent to 15 percent of all people diagn...Too many doctors fail to follow guidelines and to prescribe best treatments for heart patients
...ologists or cardiology departments in six European countries (France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and the UK). They measured how closely the patients' treatment adhered to the guidelines issued by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for the use of the five most commonly used cardiac drugs: ACE-...Burden of cardiovascular disease will shift to the developing world
...opulation who live in low-income and middle-income countries should be the focus for intervention against risk ... for blood pressure and cholesterol in high-income countries mean that the burden of cardiovascular risk factors is being shifted to the developing world; as a r...Microbicide partners receive $5.7 million from Gates Foundation
...icides by supporting advocacy groups in developing countries to engage as full partners in the scientific process." Of the 14,000 people infected with HIV daily worldwide, half are women. In the United States, girls make up the majority of all new HIV infections among teenagers, with most acquiring the virus...