Resistance to anti-flu agents increasing worldwide
... virus infections for more than 30 years. Previous surveillance studies have identified a low incidence of resistance to amantadine and rimantadine among circulating influenza virus strains. However, it has been 10 years since the last comprehensive global study of resistance to these drugs was published. In the ...Breast-feeding still best despite environmental chemicals in human milk
... identified a number of recommendations for future surveillance and research, including: Determining levels of environmental chemicals found in human milk and infant formula (including water used to prepare formulas and chemicals from synthetic nipples and bottles), with special attention given to those women w...Emergency-room visits dip during key Red Sox games
...epartment. Borrowing data from a real-time disease surveillance system developed at Children's, the researchers tracked hourly visit rates at six Boston-area emergency departments during the each of the 2004 American League Championship Series (ALCS) and World Series games. They plotted these rates against televi...Surveillance data suggest that preschoolers drive flu epidemics
...year-olds are sentinels that allow us to focus our surveillance systems." Influenza kills tens of thousands of Ame...real life." Brownstein and Mandl believes that the surveillance data support a different approach to immunization, one based not on who's at risk for influenza, but...Prevalence of drug-resistant gonorrhoea increasing in South Africa
...pedites action from the DoH to do rapid nationwide surveillance to assess the extent of the problem in South Africa. In addition, an urgent review of the syndromic management guidelines, with a view to replacing ciprofloxacin as first-line treatment in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, is long overdue."...Study identifies risk factors for multiple melanoma skin cancer
... should be enrolled in more intensive dermatologic surveillance programs. This high-risk subset of patients should also be further characterized genetically to further elucidate the biology and etiology of melanoma," the authors conclude. (JAMA.2005; 294:1647-1654. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jam...US cancer mortality continues decline but incidence rises slightly for women
...rity on continuing [partnerships within the cancer surveillance community], as well as on developments in medical informatics and the electronic medical record, and the adoption of standardized messaging and vocabularies, may facilitate monitoring of the translation of basic science and clinical advances to cance...National and regional leadership needed to coordinate response to avian flu pandemic
... regional leadership; unrestricted transparency in surveillance and preparedness plans from all countries, including China; and renewed research efforts to find the best methods of prevention and treatment. Without these measures, what is already looking like an inevitable influenza pandemic may be as deadly as t...Hopkins emergency physician warns of post-hurricane disease and illness
...e American Red Cross, says constant monitoring and surveillance are required to contain disease outbreaks. More importantly, he adds, improving the current public health care system so that it is strong enough to prevent disease through mass vaccinations and large enough to survive a natural disaster is the best...Preventing pneumonia in children helps prevent pneumonia in older adults
... has changed. The study included population-based surveillance data of invasive pneumococcal disease in 8 U.S. geographic areas (total population, 18,813,000), 1998-2003. The researchers found that the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease among adults aged 50 years or older declined 28 percent, from 40.8 ...NSF grant to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia bridges academic research, child safety innovation
...l is currently home to the world's largest ongoing surveillance system of children in crashes, Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS), a partnership with State Farm Insurance Companies. CChIPS builds on this decade-long multidisciplinary endeavor that combines the expertise of engineers, pediatricians, biosta...Meeting MRSA targets largely down to chance, says expert
...al says that, despite these limitations, mandatory surveillance of MRSA infection rates has raised the profile of infection control ....Public health tool from the '60s could help mitigate potential flu disaster
...ified by the matrix include a nationwide influenza surveillance campaign, which started in October 2004, as well as Thailand's recent decision to test H5N1 vaccines in "open range" poultry (i.e. non-commercial poultry, such as backyard poultry and free-range ducks). The planning window for an influenza pandemic ...Infectious disease doctors respond to President Bush's strategy on pandemic influenza
...on't know what time it is. By strengthening global surveillance activities and reinvigorating the development of v...formation technology development energized global surveillance activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including epidemic detection and respo...Fatherhood possible for many testicular cancer survivors, study finds
...doses of chemotherapy to 92% among men followed by surveillance alone (after removal of the testicle affected by cancer). The median time from diagnosis to birth of the first child was 6.6 years, but this also varied with treatment type. About 22% of couples who attempted post-treatment conception reported that t...Five questions that need to be addressed at international flu meeting
... low-to-middle income countries. 2) How to improve surveillance and reporting? There is currently no reliable earl...ce across large parts of the world. This vacuum in surveillance poses the most serious risk to human health. 3) How to tackle the intellectual property rights for a...Aspirin & similar drugs may cut risk of esophageal cancer in people with Barrett's esophagus
...rough regular endoscopies. Frequency of endoscopic surveillance was determined by the stage of the condition. The study participants were selected from a group of more than 450 Barrett's patients whose disease progression is being carefully monitored through the Seattle Barrett's Esophagus Program, a multidiscipl...Study: N.C. parents want tobacco use prevention to become higher priority
...lly, the information came from the center's latest surveillance system, the Child Health Assessment and Monitoring Program (CHAMP), begun this year to measure health characteristics of children from birth to age 17. Topics covered in the survey include breast feeding, health care access, oral, mental and physical...US swine workers at increased risk of infection with swine influenza virus
...inst swine influenza at this point, but increasing surveillance for influenza among swine workers is one key component of helping to prevent an epidemic. "Right now, [swine workers] are not included in the national pandemic plan, nor are they closely monitored for influenza," Dr. Gray said. "Should pandemic influ......al countries for reporting disease outbreaks. Such surveillance may be beyond the capacity of many developing coun...e developed world should continue to invest in the surveillance capacity and the overall public health infrastructures of developing countries. The WHO recommends t...