Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950s pandemic, study suggests
An early type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that caused a global epidemic of infections in the 1950s has re-emerged as one of the community-acquired MRSA 'superbugs', according to a study published in The Lancet tomorrow (Saturday 2 April 2005). This "re-equipping and re-emergence" of a clone that caused a pandemic 40-50 years ago could mean that community acquired MRSA will spread fast...Study indicates dramatic rise in antibiotic-resistant community-acquired staph infections
Staph infections resistant to antibiotics, previously only associated with hospitalization or prior contact with the healthcare system, are now widespread in the community and coming home. A new study from Emory University School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital, featured in the March 7, 2006 Annals of Internal Medicine, reports on a dramatic rise in antibiotic resistant community-...UCLA study of community health project shows how group dynamics affect fitness, eating habits
Imagine break-room vending machines featuring fruit juice and vegetables instead of cookies and soda pop. Consider colleagues who insist on mid-morning group exercise breaks and applaud a lunchtime workout rather than criticizing the cut of the sweat suit. Ponder an organizational culture that encourages walking the stairs instead of riding the elevator. A UCLA-evaluated study of a demons...New HIV statistics indicate increasing toll of AIDS on African American community
The country's leading African-American lawmakers, civil rights leaders and medical experts today called on the federal government to adopt and implement a new blueprint to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in the African-American community. The plan is outlined in a new report, African-Americans, Health Disparities and HIV/AIDS: Recommendations for Confronting the Epidemic in Black America, written by...Protein structure initiative launches new resources for the scientific community
Now that the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) has established efficient pipelines for determining the three-dimensional shapes of proteins, it is creating new mechanisms for sharing the resources it has developed with the scientific community. The 10-year PSI effort, which started in 2000 and is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Scien...New Urbanism: Community planning Feng Shui
The need to have a rebirth of the American municipality. The need to create a solid platform for economic...Branding around the community brand concept
Now this require...Control the community or just let go?
That advice may never have been so apt as in the case of Wetpaint, which t...Paper tech center will connect research with economic and community need
Launched last week with the help of Wisconsin's congressional delegation, tw...International community warns India on HIV situation
The International Community has warned India that it is time to treat the HIV situation as a national emergency. Experts attending the Peoples Health Assembly at Dhaka, Bangladesh , have cautioned India not to be complacent about the looming HIV crisis in the country. Rebuffing the optimistic statement of Union Health Minister, Dr.C.P.Takhur, the experts said if corrective measures are not taken...Medical community worried that new curriculum will 'Promote Quackery'
Leading medical bodies in India have criticized the recent announcement of health minister to change the undergraduate medical curriculum. Mr.Vinay Agarwal, Secretary of Indian medical Association // that has over 150,000 doctors as members said: "The idea of adding ayurveda, unani and homoeopathy subjects in the already over-crowded medical curriculum is not going to help anybody,"...Wangaratta Community fundraising for Herceptin drug
Jennifer Bromley a breast cancer patient with Her-2/neu positive was helped by her Wangaratta community to raise fund for her treatment using Herceptin drug which costs her more than $70,000.// The fund was raised by her friends from the local Wangaratta community which could help her to buy Herceptin drug for one year. Her-2/neu positive patients are more resistant to chemotherapy and...Community hospitals inundated with Psychiatric care cases (12%)
Public health hospitals are flooded with patients with psychiatric disorders. The number of patients attending the public hospitals has increased by 12% in the past 4 years. This shows us that people are in need of psychiatric // health facilities. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare statistics the number of patients attending to specialized psychiatri...Canadian Sikh Community Donates To Hospital Project In Canada
The Canadian Sikh community has collected $2.3 million to be donated to a new hospital through a fundraising event involving Punjabi community radio programs // . The money will be spent on building the William Osler Health Centre Foundation's Brampton Hospital at Bovaird Drive and Bramalea Road, which is scheduled to open in 2007. The fundraising event, Better Health Radiot...