South Korea’s big data system for infectious diseases has failed to help prevent the spread of the country’s latest avian influenza outbreak due to its alarming pace, sources said Tuesday. The country is reeling from its worst ever bird flu outbreak this winter, slaughtering more than 22 million poultry in a desperate bid to contain the disease that has ravaged chicken farms across the country.
Day: December 26, 2016
Mall fights send post-holiday shoppers scrambling for exits
Authorities and wi… . Memphis police officers block off the entrances to the Oak Court Mall on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, after a disturbance at the mall in Memphis, Tenn.
CRH calls for strengthening of HIV programmes in schools
A s statistics from UNAIDS show that a total of 180,000 Nigerians have died from HIV/AIDS the Centre for the Right To Health, CRH, has called for the reinforcement of HIV/AIDS programmes in schools as part of measures to halt the spread among adolescents. In a chat with Good Health Weekly during a sensitisation programme/presentation of Award to outstanding healthcare workers by CRH to mark this year’s World AIDS Day in Lagos, the Programme Director, CRH, Mrs Christy Ekerete- Udofia said scaling up HIV programmes in primary, Secondary Schools including Universities would help the country to achieve the 90-90-90 targets for testing, treatment and viral suppression by 2030.
South Korea: Acting president orders all-out efforts to control H5N6 in one week
Via KBS World Radio: Acting President Orders All-out Efforts to Steady AI in 1 Week . He;s the acting president because the elected president was recently impeached.
Seaward Management Limited Partnership Holds Position in Novo Nordisk A/S
Seaward Management Limited Partnership maintained its stake in Novo Nordisk A/S during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 47,650 shares of the company’s stock at the end of the third quarter.
People in Weslaco Band Together to Make Christmas Special
People in Weslaco raised around a thousand dollars for a man and his five dogs. 82-year-old Antonio Gurrola is known in Weslaco.
Your NEJM Group Today: Surgeon General on Opioid Misuse, TNF…
NEJM Audio Interview: The Surgeon General’s Call to Action: Dr. Vivek Murthy discusses his campaign to address opioid addiction and misuse in the United States. NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine: In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, tumor-necrosis factor inhibitors lowered CV risk indirectly – by controlling disease activity.
Top Hospital Medicine Stories of 2016
NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine ‘s top 10 stories of 2016 include high-sensitivity troponin to rule out myocardial infarction in 1 hour, delayed discharge summaries and increased readmissions, the right amount of oxygen for critically ill patients, and pulmonary embolism in patients with syncope. See the full list at the link below.
Jane O. Arnold
A native of Murfreesboro, she was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Myrtle King O’Kieff; sister, Jo Johnson; and brother, William O’Kieff. Mrs. Arnold is survived by her loving husband, Eugene “Gene” Arnold; daughters, Fran Wasserman and Nancy Nipper; sons, Bruce Nipper and Jay Nipper; nieces, Connie Johnson, Dawn O’Kieff, and Trisha Price; nephews, Steve Johnson, Mark Johnson, and Alex O’Kieff; along with four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Baby gets liver transplant
LARGO A five-month-old baby boy is inspiring organ donors and recipients worldwide. He was matched with a liver 40 minutes after being placed on the donor waiting list.
OxyContin’s global drive: ‘We’re only just getting started’
… that has claimed more than 200,000 lives, the U.S. medical establishment is turning away from painkillers. Top health officials are discouraging primary-care doctors from prescribing them for chronic pain, saying there is no proof that they work …
Cancer patient donates years’ worth of pizza to food bank
A Pennsylvania man going through treatment for colon cancer won a pizza parlor’s raffle for a years’ worth of free pies and then donated his prize to a local food bank. Josh Katrick, 36, of Northampton, had just completed his eighth round of chemotherapy when he learned that he was the winner of his favorite neighborhood restaurant’s contest.
Researchers develop synthetic cardiac stem cells that offer therapeutic benefits
Researchers from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University have developed a synthetic version of a cardiac stem cell. These synthetic stem cells offer therapeutic benefits comparable to those from natural stem cells and could reduce some of the risks associated with stem cell therapies.
Greece reports H5N8 bird flu in wild swan: OIE
Greece has reported a case of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in a wild bird, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday, citing official information from Greece. The virus was found in a wild swan in the Evros river delta in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, the Greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food said on a report posted on the OIE website.
2016 St. Petersburg Bowl: Time, TV channel, live stream, odds and preview
Spread: Mississippi State opened as an 11.5-point favorite. At last glance, the Bulldogs were 14 -point favorites over the RedHawks.
Mike Haggard is there for his team despite surgery
A few weeks following from kidney transplant surgery, youth football coach Mike Haggard refused to miss his team’s final playoff games. Although he was in…
George Michael’s Death: Newspapers Around the Globe Pay Tribute to the Pop Superstar
The news of George Michael’s untimely death dominated traditional and online news titles around the globe as many millions of people were still relaxing with family over the Christmas break. The pop superstar, who rose to prominence in the early ’80s as the frontman with English pop duo Wham! , passed away from a heart attack on Christmas Day, He was just 53. British newspaper The Independent led its Boxing Day front page with a black and white picture of Michael on stage, under the headline, “From Eighties Poster Boy to Tormented Pop Icon.”
Double or Nothing?
… children in the U.S. have been diagnosed as bipolar. According to a study commissioned by the National Institutes of Health, the frequency of doctor’s-office visits resulting in bipolar diagnoses among people under 20 has increased by 40-fold since …
Pikes Peak AdAmAn Club welcomes 99th member
On the first Saturday of December, during the AdAmAn Club’s annual dinner, Brooke Chesnut felt nervous. Which is surprising for someone who would seem immune to such a feeling, having tackled some of the world’s most foreboding mountains.
Scholars fret about fate of ‘holy grail’ German abbey books
With the closure of the abbey of the uniquely women-led Bridgettine Order the more than 500 books of the library are … . In this Dec. 6, 2016 photo Sister Apollonia historian Volker Schier looks at a mural in the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany.
Insider Selling: Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACAD) EVP Sells $300,000.00 in Stock
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. EVP Glenn Baity sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.00, for a total value of $300,000.00.
Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages
Shares of Novo Nordisk A/S have been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the seventeen brokerages that are presently covering the stock. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, nine have issued a hold recommendation, five have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company.
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals: Still Hope For 2017?
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals lost some 20% of its value this week as development of a mid-stage drug candidate was halted. However, the company still has other “shots on goal” and its near and medium term future will be driven by the sales of its pancreatic cancer drug Onivyde.
Kettles smash goal
The last three days of the campaign really helped push the kettle total over, said Gail Kromm, who is the community engagement manager with The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army announced late Christmas Eve that they collected $216,075, which is an all-time high for the kettle campaign.
Greece reports H5N8 bird flu in wild swan – OIE
Greece has reported a case of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in a wild bird, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday, citing official information from Greece. The virus was found in a wild swan in the Evros river delta in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, the Greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food said on a report posted on the OIE website.
Research for post-craniotomy analgesia uneven in quality
Studies reporting pharmacological and adjuvant analgesic modalities for post-craniotomy pain control have significant divergence in their research methods, according to a review published online Dec. 20 in Pain Practice . Georgia G. Tsaousi, M.D., Ph.D., from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, and colleagues conducted a systematic review of the literature to report current clinical evidence relating to pharmacological and adjuvant analgesic modalities for post-craniotomy pain control.
Fecal calprotectin levels ID severity of Crohn’s in small bowel
Fecal calprotectin levels correlate with the severity of Crohn’s disease of the small bowel, as identified by balloon-assisted enteroscopy and computed tomography enterography , according to a study published in the January issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology . Tsunetaka Arai, from the Toho University Sakura Medical Center in Japan, and colleagues conducted a prospective study involving 123 patients with CD who underwent balloon-assisted enteroscopy from May 2012 through July 2015.
Does Santa’s diet, lifestyle earn him a stocking full of coal?
… own doctor. However, “by all accounts, he is over 550 years old and still very active, so maybe there’s more to his health habits than immediately meets the eye,” said Caudle, an assistant professor at Rowan University, in Glassboro, N.J. It’s …
Iran culls birds after avian flu outbreak
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Teva bribery settlement raises questions on Argentina, Romania probes
A half-billion dollar settlement reached between Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and the US government last week for the resolution of criminal charges in the bribery of officials in Russia, Ukraine and Mexico raises questions about the fate of other Teva bribery probes, in Argentina and Romania. Teva and the US Department of Justice said in separate statements on Thursday that they had reached a settlement over the charges relating to Russia, Ukraine and Mexico, and that Teva would pay a combined total of US criminal and regulatory penalties of almost $520 million.
How CEOs Will Make The World A Better Place In 2017
Fast Company asked CEOs across industries-social good, sexual health, beauty, tech, and more-about how, in the face of uncertainty, they will seek to improve the world around us during the coming year. Here’s what they had to say.
Senator-elect Langerholc Reminds Dog Owners of Jan. 1 Deadline
As the final days of 2016 tick by, Senator-elect Wayne Langerholc Jr. reminds dog owners that Jan. 1 is the deadline for all dogs who are three months of age or older to be licensed. Licenses can be obtained online, mailed in or received in person at the county treasurer’s office.
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… we see lots of respiratory viruses, so it’s the whole gamut, from cold viruses all the way up to Influenza,” said LSU Health Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Dr. Bennett deBoisblanc. Doctors say one of the best ways you can avoid getting sick is …