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EDCD in bid to check spread of cholera

Edit The Himalayan 17 Sep 2016
Kathmandu, September 16. In a bid to contain spread of cholera, Kathmandu and Lalitpur district public health offices said they had chlorinated hundreds of wells in the disease-hit areas ... The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division of the Department of Health Services stated that 144 diarrhoea patients of Kathmandu and Lalitpur districts who were admitted in hospitals of the Valley had tested positive for cholera ... ....

E. coli crackdown threatens future of artisan foods

Edit Scotsman 17 Sep 2016
Heading for a meeting with his lawyer, Humphrey Errington sounds like a man at the end of his tether ... It concluded on “epidemiological evidence” – gathered, it is understood, through food questionnaires – that Dunsyre Blue cheese was the most likely cause ... coli. Though E ... That's down to epidemiological evidence that some people that ate it fell ill – although some people who didn't eat it also fell ill, so the jury is out on that. If E ... “....

"We're Going To Become Extinct," Eminent Scientist Says

Edit Information Clearing House 17 Sep 2016
By Cheryl Jones September 17, 2016 "Information Clearing House" - "The Australian" - June 16, 2010 - FRANK Fenner doesn't engage in the skirmishes of the climate wars ... Our fate is sealed ... it weighs 3.5kg ... But his later research in virology, focusing on pox viruses, took him also into epidemiology and population dynamics, and he would soon zoom out to view species, including our own, in their ecological context....

Amgen And Servier Extend Omecamtiv Mecarbil Collaboration In Chronic Heart Failure (Amgen Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Sep 2016
(Source. Amgen Inc). THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and SURESNES, France, Sept ... The companies also announced the omecamtiv mecarbil Phase 3 development program will move forward in collaboration with Cytokinetics. Under the terms of the agreement, Servier will make a $10 million option exercise payment, as well as future milestone and royalty payments, to Amgen ... Epidemiology and risk profile of heart failure ... Clinical epidemiology of heart failure ... ....

Elephantiasis survey in schools

Edit The Himalayan 16 Sep 2016
Epidemiology and Disease Control Department, acting on the July 12 letter of Health Department, School Health Nutrition and Property Management Department of Bhaktapur, had assigned a team of 10 health ......

Are diabetes and depression bidirectional? VCU professor aims to find out (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Sep 2016
(Source ... Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 ... An associate professor in the VCU Department of Family Medicine and Population Health with a background in psychiatric epidemiology, Mezuk studies the potential underlying mechanisms that explain why someone with depression is more likely to develop diabetes ... To learn more about Mezuk's study, visit the Group for Research on the Epidemiology of Mobility, Aging, and Psychiatry at www.gremap.org ... (noodl....

Studies Link Cancer Patients' Survival Time To Insurance Status

Edit National Public Radio 16 Sep 2016
Enlarge this image. Eliminating disparities in cancer care requires more than just expanding Medicaid coverage, say cancer epidemiologists who found that patients with private insurance seemed to have a survival advantage. Thomas Barwick/Getty Images hide caption ... Both studies, published online in the journal Cancer last week, relied on data from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program ... N.J ... ....

Fresh cholera cases worry health officials

Edit The Himalayan 16 Sep 2016
Kathmandu, September 15. The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under the Department of Health Services recorded 10 more cases of cholera in Kathmandu Valley over the last two weeks. This suggests that cholera outbreak has yet to be brought under control. At least 142 cases of cholera have been confirmed as of September 11 since it was first reported on June 30 ... The cases of cholera are almost double the last year’s tally of 80 ... ....

Chikungunya, dengue could hit tourism, aviation, warns ASSOCHAM

Edit The Hindu 16 Sep 2016
The outbreak of chikungunya and dengue in Delhi must be dealt with on a war-footing by the Centre and State governments as it may lead to losses in the tourism and aviation industries, the ASSOCHAM said on Thursday ... Most of them head for the Golden triangle, said D. S ... Earlier, the UK embassy had issued a health advisory on chikungunya, sharing information about the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and epidemiology ... ....

Studies Link Cancer Patient’s Survival Time To Insurance Status

Edit Springfield News-Sun 16 Sep 2016
Privately insured people with two types of cancer were diagnosed earlier and lived longer than those who were uninsured or were covered by Medicaid, according to two new studies ... Both studies were published online in the journal Cancer last week. They relied on data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program, which tracks cancer incidence and survival in the United States ... ....

PIH in Peru—20 Years of Service (Partners in Health)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Sep 2016
(Source. Partners in Health). Partners In Health Marks 20 Years of Providing Community-based Health Care in Peru ... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Contact ... rrollins@pih.org. (Boston, Sept ... Completed last year, the PIH Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis study involved 124 health centers, 4,000 patients, 20,000 contacts and hundreds of staff in Peru, making it among the world's largest research studies on this particular disease ... ###....

Unequal access and low quality of maternal health care hampering progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Sep 2016
(Source. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine). Friday, 16 September 2016 ... Published ahead of the UN General Assembly, the six papers cover the epidemiology of maternal health, the current landscape of maternal health care and services in both high and low income countries, and future challenges and strategies to improve maternal wellbeing ... Series author, the School's Prof Oona Campbell, said ... Publication. Related links.. Image....

Microcephaly case-control study confirms Zika virus causality (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Sep 2016
(Source. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine). Friday, 16 September 2016. In utero Zika virus infection has been proven to cause microcephaly in newborn babies according to preliminary findings of the first case-control study examining the association between the two ... Laura Rodrigues, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and an author on the study, said. ... DOI ... Image....
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