March 29, 2010
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian villagers are hunting a giant python that killed a 13-year-old boy a week ago on Sumatra island.
Police Chief Capt. Joshua Tampubolon said Monday that the 23-feet-long (7-meter-long) python was believed to be hiding in waterway tunnels built by a textile company for its industrial waste.
Villagers from Percut Sei Tuan in Deli Serdang district blocked road access to the tunnels Sunday to protect the public.
Tampubolon said the victim and three friends were swimming in the Tembung River when the snake attacked March 21. It strangled and nearly swallowed the boy before villagers armed with spears forced it to flee.
Pythons native to Indonesia usually grow up to 6 meters.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
H1N1 Swine Flu Still Smoldering in U.S.
March 16, 2010 -- It's no wildfire, but H1N1 swine flu continues to smolder in the U.S.From mid-January to mid-February, the CDC estimates there were 2 million new cases of H1N1 swine flu, causing 18,000 hospitalizations, and about 310 deaths. Read more...http://bit.ly/9SD0GU
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
These 10 Tips Can Make Your Spring Break a Healthy One
DENVER, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Michelle Reesman, RN, Executive Director of Passport Health Colorado, says far too many Spring Break travelers leave home without taking the basic steps she suggests below. "Younger travelers may feel invincible, but they still need to put the same kind of preparation into their health and safety as they do into their destination choice, passport acquisition or flight plans. Too many otherwise wonderful trips are spoiled when these simple rules are ignored," Reesman advises.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Health care volunteers and disasters: First, be prepared
(PHILADELPHIA) – A surge in volunteers following a major disaster can overwhelm a response system, and without overall coordination, can actually make a situation worse instead of better .The outpouring of medical volunteers who responded to the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti in January provides a roadmap for health care providers during future disasters, say the authors of a New England Journal of Medicine "Perspectives" piece that will be published online February 24. Read more...http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/uops-hcv022410.php
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Women, men differ in travel-related ills
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Traveling around the globe can make anyone fall ill, but men and women tend to differ in the types of illnesses they suffer, a new study finds.
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In a study of almost 59,000 international travelers, researchers found that women were more likely than men to come down with bouts of diarrhea or other gastrointestinal problems, colds, urinary tract infections and adverse reactions to medications, such as those taken to prevent malaria.
Men, meanwhile, had higher risks of fever, including from infections transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks or other such "vectors," such as malaria, dengue and rickettsia.
Men were also more likely than women to be treated for mountain sickness, frostbite or sexually transmitted diseases.
The findings offer travelers and travel-medicine specialists a clearer idea of how to prepare for international trips, according to the researchers, led by Dr. Patricia Schlagenhauf of the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
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In a study of almost 59,000 international travelers, researchers found that women were more likely than men to come down with bouts of diarrhea or other gastrointestinal problems, colds, urinary tract infections and adverse reactions to medications, such as those taken to prevent malaria.
Men, meanwhile, had higher risks of fever, including from infections transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks or other such "vectors," such as malaria, dengue and rickettsia.
Men were also more likely than women to be treated for mountain sickness, frostbite or sexually transmitted diseases.
The findings offer travelers and travel-medicine specialists a clearer idea of how to prepare for international trips, according to the researchers, led by Dr. Patricia Schlagenhauf of the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Army official: Four soldiers have become ill and evacuated from Haiti
By Jonathan Mattise
Posted February 24, 2010 at 3:03 p.m. , updated February 24, 2010 at 4:08 p.m
Four Army soldiers total — including Stuart native Chris Lust — have been stricken ill and evacuated to receive treatment while serving in Haiti, an Army official said Wednesday.
Lust, a 33-year-old warrant officer, contracted a tropical disease called leptospirosis during relief work in Port-au-Prince three weeks ago. The bacterial infection is generally caused by contact with water contaminated by animal excrement in impoverished countries, said Dr. Moti Ramgopal of Associates in Infectious Diseases in Fort Pierce.
Lust is now in stable condition at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa after spending almost a week in the intensive care unit.
The soldier experienced flu symptoms, only 100 times worse, his mother Lorilei Lust said. Chris Lust’s temperature hovered from 102 to 105 degrees.
Cold spell tremors, almost like seizures, struck regularly. While receiving IV medication, he developed a blood clot in his left arm that puffed up his left hand much larger than his right.
His condition stabilized and he left the ICU Saturday. He expects to be shipped to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio in the next 24 hours for three months of light duty.
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Posted February 24, 2010 at 3:03 p.m. , updated February 24, 2010 at 4:08 p.m
Four Army soldiers total — including Stuart native Chris Lust — have been stricken ill and evacuated to receive treatment while serving in Haiti, an Army official said Wednesday.
Lust, a 33-year-old warrant officer, contracted a tropical disease called leptospirosis during relief work in Port-au-Prince three weeks ago. The bacterial infection is generally caused by contact with water contaminated by animal excrement in impoverished countries, said Dr. Moti Ramgopal of Associates in Infectious Diseases in Fort Pierce.
Lust is now in stable condition at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa after spending almost a week in the intensive care unit.
The soldier experienced flu symptoms, only 100 times worse, his mother Lorilei Lust said. Chris Lust’s temperature hovered from 102 to 105 degrees.
Cold spell tremors, almost like seizures, struck regularly. While receiving IV medication, he developed a blood clot in his left arm that puffed up his left hand much larger than his right.
His condition stabilized and he left the ICU Saturday. He expects to be shipped to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio in the next 24 hours for three months of light duty.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Vaccine Study Retracted, and Causes of Autism Remain Elusive
U.S. News and World Report Health
By Nancy Shute
Posted: February 3, 2010
In 1998, the medical journal The Lancet published a study suggesting that the childhood MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine was tied to autism. On Tuesday, the journal retracted the study, saying in an editorial that key aspects of the paper—in which Andrew Wakefield reported that 12 children he studied had experienced a sudden onset of autism symptoms after getting MMR shots—were false...
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By Nancy Shute
Posted: February 3, 2010
In 1998, the medical journal The Lancet published a study suggesting that the childhood MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine was tied to autism. On Tuesday, the journal retracted the study, saying in an editorial that key aspects of the paper—in which Andrew Wakefield reported that 12 children he studied had experienced a sudden onset of autism symptoms after getting MMR shots—were false...
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