World-wide medical news for clinical use. Contributions edited by Dr.A.Franklin MBBS(Lond)Dip.Phys.Med (UK) DPH & DIH(Tor.)LMC(C) FLEx(USA) Fellow Med.Soc.London
30 August 2016
27 August 2016
GIDEON 0N-LINE: UK INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORT, GIDEON SUBSCRIBERS INCLUDE CANADIAN MILITARY, PHAC . MONTREAL MCGILL UNIVERSITY & OTTAWA UNIVERSITY.
MEASLES
MUMPS
SALMONELLOSIS
OUTBREAK CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS
OUTBREAK E. COLI
MUMPS
SALMONELLOSIS
OUTBREAK CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS
OUTBREAK E. COLI
25 August 2016
Press release: Cincinnati MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE Inc. ILLUMIGENE test for Plasmodium spp DNA wins PARIS 1rst Prize
Uses whole blood.Takes one hour.
Meridian Bioscience founded 1977
Public Ciompany
Meridian Bioscience founded 1977
Public Ciompany
TORONTO IMMIGRATION FIRM GREEN & SPIEGEL FREE WEBINARS.
Liberal govt relaxing rules, Might permit 350,000 a year. (1% population) Official languages requirement ages reduced to 18y - 55y.. Warning about using an Immigration "Consultant" Courts do not forgive errors just because applicant selected a Consultant and not a Lawyer. Client`s responsibility to select an efficient representative.
23 August 2016
USA UNIV.HEALTH NEWS - BELVOIR MEDIA GROUP;:POTASSIUM POISONING BY COCONUT WATER.
June 14,2016. Man who drank 8 cans of coconut water during exercise admitted with cardiac symptoms. Recovered with temporary pacemaker. Ingested approx 5,500mg K.
Los Angeles Times Jan 15,2013 Mark Magnier on SENICIDE in TAMIL NADU (THALAIKOOTHAL) using Coconut water to euthanise unproductive aged.
Los Angeles Times Jan 15,2013 Mark Magnier on SENICIDE in TAMIL NADU (THALAIKOOTHAL) using Coconut water to euthanise unproductive aged.
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND;HPR vol 10 issue 27:news (19 Aug.) EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS SYPHILIS IN LONDON
2,811 new cases of Syphilis in 2015. 22% increase over 2014
London has 56% of national total. Incidence 3 x national rate.
2015: 32.9 / 100,000 LONDON
9.3 /100,000 UK
90% London cases in male homosexuals.
22 August 2016
UK FINANCIAL TIMES: PFIZER TO BUY MEDIVATION (founded 2004) for $14 bn,
MEDIVATION (California) makes XTANDI (enzalutamide) Androgen blocking agent used for metastases from Prostate cancer. Daily dose of 4 x 40mg caps. Ontario govt pays $9962 a month. Pfizer paid 30% premium on Medivation shares.
16 August 2016
11 August 2016
TAKEDA:Canada follows USA (2015) in approving proteasome inhibitor NINLARO (ixazonib) for :Plasma cell Ca. after one course of treatment
ORAL NINLARO will be combined with Calgene's ORAL REVLIMID ( lenalidomide) and ORAL dexamethazone.
10 August 2016
DAILY MAIL: HARLEY STREET property of Late Jacqueline Lady Killearn (daughter of Tropical medicine expert & Dermatologist Sir Aldo Castellani) is on sale for GBP 10 million.
Lady Killearn , born in Ceylon, died in London in 2015 aged 105. Her husband was Ambassador to Egypt. Her mother was English. Her father, Prof (;later Sir) Aldo Castellani formulated fungicide Castellani's paint in 1905. Carbol-fuchsin topical soln USP. Born in Florence; died in Lisbon 1971 aged 97. Co-founded Int Soc Dermatology.
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