New global surveillance tool detectsmonitors public concerns about vaccines in real time
Scientists have developed a global media surveillance system that enables them to look for, and systematically monitor, up-to-the-minute public concerns and rumors about vaccines originating from 144 countries.
Medications
May 12, 2013 |
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Diabetes target achievement up from 1999 to 2010, more needed
(HealthDay)—For U.S. adults with diabetes there has been an improvement in achievement of targets from 1999 to 2010, but many still do not meet the recommended goals, according to research published in ...
Diabetes
Apr 25, 2013 |
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Cambodia fights surge in bird flu deaths
As China scrambles to contain a deadly new strain of bird flu, Cambodia is battling a spike in the better known H5N1 strain that is baffling experts a decade after a major outbreak began in Asia.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Prevalence of self-reported hypertension rises in US
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of self-reported hypertension among U.S. adults increased slightly, but significantly from 2005 to 2009, and the proportion of adults using anti-hypertensive medications also ...
Health
Apr 05, 2013 |
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Assessing disease surveillance and notification systems after a pandemic
Significant investments over the past decade into disease surveillance and notification systems appear to have "paid off" and the systems "work remarkably well," says a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher who ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Novel method accurately predicts disease outbreaks
A team of scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has developed a novel method to accurately predict dengue fever outbreaks several weeks before they occur.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 22, 2013 |
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Big improvements in preconception health trends among women of reproductive age reported
A woman's health status before pregnancy is critical for the health and wellbeing of the fetus and mother-to-be. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has set Healthy People 2020 national ...
Health
Mar 14, 2013 |
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Chicken pox vaccine saving children's lives
The widespread introduction of a chicken pox vaccine in Australia in 2006 has prevented thousands of children from being hospitalised with severe chicken pox and saved lives, according to new research.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 13, 2013 |
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Low-risk bladder cancer rarely progresses to muscle invasion
(HealthDay)—Low-risk bladder cancer rarely progresses to muscle invasion but is associated with an increased risk of disease-specific mortality compared with matched populations, according to research published ...
Cancer
Mar 06, 2013 |
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New tool better estimates pandemic threats
A simple new method better assesses the risks posed by emerging zoonotic viruses (those transmissible from animals to humans), according to a study published in PLOS Medicine this week. Dr. Simon Cauchemez and colleagues from I ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Gene discovery reveals importance of eating your greens
(Medical Xpress)—Eating your greens may be even more important that previously thought, with the discovery that an immune cell population essential for intestinal health could be controlled by leafy greens ...
Immunology
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Cambodia reports eighth bird flu death, triggering fears
A 35-year-old man has become Cambodia's eighth bird flu fatality this year, prompting concern about the spread of the virus in the country, a health official said Tuesday,
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 26, 2013 |
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Regenstrief study: Informatics tools underutilized in prevention of hospital-acquired infection
Advances in electronic medical record systems and health information exchange are shifting efforts in public health toward greater use of information systems to automate disease surveillance, but a study from the Regenstrief ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Research uses smart surveillance to rapidly identify emerging disease threats
February 13, 2013 – EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, announced new research focused on the rapid identification of disease outbreaks in the peer ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 14, 2013 |
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CDC: Flu activity still up in U.S. in fourth week of 2013
(HealthDay)—In the fourth week of 2013, influenza activity remained elevated in the United States, with the proportion of pneumonia and influenza-linked deaths above the epidemic threshold, according to ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2013 |
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