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
11 April 2018
LONDON,UK CRIME ON RISE. AVOID WALKING IF POSSIBLE POLICE SYMPATHETIC TO HOME INVADING THIEVES. HOUSEHOLDER WHO ATTACKS THIEVES CAN BE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
RECENTLY 78Y HOUSEHOLDER WHO KILLED THIEF ROBBING HIS HOME WAS ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL. RELEASED AFTER PUBLIC PROTEST.
07 April 2018
TORONTO; RITZ-CARLTON HAS TWO EXECUTIVE SUITES WHICH INCLUDE AN AUTOMATIC CLEANING AND DRYING TOILET.
SUITES INC TAXES $2,100 NIGHT, LIVING ROOM AND BEDROOM WHICH HAS KING SIZE BED PLUS EXTRA PORTABLE SINGLE AT NO EXTRA CHARGE. ALSO INCLUDED IS ENTRANCE TO EXECUTIVE LOUNGE WHCHI PROVIDES BREAKFAST AND SNACKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
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LONDON,UK CLARIDGE'S HOTEL ,IS CONVERTING TOILETS TO THE TOTO. ROOMS START FROM ABOUT $1000 A NIGHT. INC BREAKFAST.
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LONDON,UK CLARIDGE'S HOTEL ,IS CONVERTING TOILETS TO THE TOTO. ROOMS START FROM ABOUT $1000 A NIGHT. INC BREAKFAST.
04 April 2018
DAILY MAILL; PRINCE PHILIP HAS HIP REPLACEMENT AT KING ED.VII-SISTER AGNES HOSP ORIGINALLY FOR OFFICERS.
DAILY MAIL SUNDAY. ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON NAMED AS LONDON HIP UNIT MISS SK MUIRHEAD-ALLWOOD WHO ALSO OPERATED ON THE LATE QUEEN MOTHER.
LONDON HIP UNIT HAS DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES AT 50 DEVONSHIRE PLACE. OPERATIONS ARE PERFORMED AT KING ED.VII-SISTER AGNES HOSPITAL AND THE PRINCESS GRACE HOSPITAL; BOTH ARE PRIVATE,
"SISTER AGNES" WAS TITLE GIVEN BY KING ED VII TO WEALTHY MISS AGNES KEYSER 1852-1941 DSTJ RRC , A SECONDARY "WIFE" APPROVED BY QUEEN ALEXANDRA, WHO OPENED HER LARGE LONDON HOME TO WOUNDED OFFICERS DURING THE BOER WAR LATER DEVELOPED INTO PRESENT HOSPITAL.NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ; MILITARY FAMILIES RECEIVE A DISCOUNT. MANY LONDON TOP SPECIALISTS ON STAFF. COMPLETELY PRIVATE -NO CONNECTION WITH NHS..
COMMENT; COST OF HIP REPLACEMENT TO PUBLIC IS APPROX $25,000 AND INCLUDES 4 NIGHTS IN HOSPITAL
29 March 2018
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND; N. GON. WITH HIGH-LEVEL RESISTANCE TO AZITHROMYCIN AND RESISTANCE TO CEFTRIAXONE AQUIRED ABROAD.
DAILY MAIL; ONE MILLION TRAVEL YEARLY TO THAILAND. UK POPLN 67MILLION. APPROX I ; 70 OF POPULATION.
FIRST WORLD CASE OF COMBINED RESISTANCE. N.GON FOUND IN THROAD AFTER FAILED TREATMENT.
NOW PT ON IV ERTAPENEM. RESULTS IN APRIL. .
FIRST WORLD CASE OF COMBINED RESISTANCE. N.GON FOUND IN THROAD AFTER FAILED TREATMENT.
NOW PT ON IV ERTAPENEM. RESULTS IN APRIL. .
10 March 2018
DAILY MAIL; LONDON KENSINGTON MAYFLOWER HOTEL. CARBON MONOXIDE KILLS GUEST.
DEAD IS 34y MARCOS MENENDEZ.
IN INDUCED COMA AT CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL IS 37y ESTEBAN GARCIA WHO SHARED A ROOM.
COMMENT; PORTABLE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS AVAILABLE
COMMENT; HOTELS NOT REQUIRED TO FIT CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.
IN INDUCED COMA AT CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL IS 37y ESTEBAN GARCIA WHO SHARED A ROOM.
COMMENT; PORTABLE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS AVAILABLE
COMMENT; HOTELS NOT REQUIRED TO FIT CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.
22 February 2018
14 February 2018
LONDON UK ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
FREE ON LINE JOURNAL.
PALATIAL BUILDING IN CENTRAL LONDON
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT WITH APPROX 15 CHEFS.
DOMUS MEDICA FOR MEMBERS. MANY FROM OVERSEAS.
PALATIAL BUILDING IN CENTRAL LONDON
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT WITH APPROX 15 CHEFS.
DOMUS MEDICA FOR MEMBERS. MANY FROM OVERSEAS.
12 February 2018
MEDICAL MEETINGS. ROYAL HOTEL SANREMO
FIRST CLASS FROM CAN $180 INC BUFFET BREAKFAST.
DUKE AND DUCHESS WINDSOR STAYED THERE IN 1947.
SEE WEB SITE
CLOSE TO ELEGANT CASINO AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH.BUILT BY RUSSIAN ARISTOCRATS.1910.
DUKE AND DUCHESS WINDSOR STAYED THERE IN 1947.
SEE WEB SITE
CLOSE TO ELEGANT CASINO AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH.BUILT BY RUSSIAN ARISTOCRATS.1910.
DAILY MAIL MODEL GIGI HADID REPORTED AS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTOIMMUNE HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS.
AUTOIMMUNE LYMPHOCYTIC THYROIDITIS AKA HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE.
SURGEON HAKARU HASHIMOTO 1881-1934 MD UNIV FUKUOKA SPENT 3Y IN BERLIN GOTTINGEN AND LONDON. RETURNED TO JAPAN IN 1914
1912 HASHIMOTO FIRST DESCRIBED THE CONDITION.
( CAN AFFECT 5% OF THE POPULATION ; M>F )
SURGEON HAKARU HASHIMOTO 1881-1934 MD UNIV FUKUOKA SPENT 3Y IN BERLIN GOTTINGEN AND LONDON. RETURNED TO JAPAN IN 1914
1912 HASHIMOTO FIRST DESCRIBED THE CONDITION.
( CAN AFFECT 5% OF THE POPULATION ; M>F )
24 January 2018
DAILY MAIL; DAVOS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EFFECT ON THE WORLD.
COMMENT : ISABEL DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM AND GIDEON FOR TROPICAL DISEASE DIAGNOSIS ARE EXAMPLES GIDEON USED BY TORONTO GENERAL AND CANADIAN MILITARY.
IN URBAN AREAS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AI CAN NOW REPLACE THE GP. .
CLINICAL LAB TECHNICIAN CAN NOW DO IMMEDIATE TESTING FOR BACTERIA AND VIRUSES; ECG AND ULTRASOUND.
CLINICAL PATHOLOGIST IS BEST QUALIFIED TO ORDER LAB INVESTIGATIONS.
CLINICAL RADIOLOGIST SELECTS OPTIMAL TESTS. XRAY;CAT;MRI ETC.
CLINICAL PHARMACIST SELECTS THERAPY FOR COMMON DISORDERS BASED ON IMMEDIATE LAB RESULTS. PHARMS CAN BE OPEN 24 HRS.TAKING PRESSURE FROM HOSP EMERGENCY.
MEDICINE WILL BE MORE HOSPITAL BASED WITH SPECIALISTS DIRECTING DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC POLICY AIDED BY TELEMEDICINE.
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS CAN DEAL WITH MINOR TRAUMA.
SOCIAL WORKERS CAN HANDLE MAJORITY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC COMPLAINTS.
IN URBAN AREAS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AI CAN NOW REPLACE THE GP. .
CLINICAL LAB TECHNICIAN CAN NOW DO IMMEDIATE TESTING FOR BACTERIA AND VIRUSES; ECG AND ULTRASOUND.
CLINICAL PATHOLOGIST IS BEST QUALIFIED TO ORDER LAB INVESTIGATIONS.
CLINICAL RADIOLOGIST SELECTS OPTIMAL TESTS. XRAY;CAT;MRI ETC.
CLINICAL PHARMACIST SELECTS THERAPY FOR COMMON DISORDERS BASED ON IMMEDIATE LAB RESULTS. PHARMS CAN BE OPEN 24 HRS.TAKING PRESSURE FROM HOSP EMERGENCY.
MEDICINE WILL BE MORE HOSPITAL BASED WITH SPECIALISTS DIRECTING DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC POLICY AIDED BY TELEMEDICINE.
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS CAN DEAL WITH MINOR TRAUMA.
SOCIAL WORKERS CAN HANDLE MAJORITY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC COMPLAINTS.
22 January 2018
WSJ;TOP TEN ECONOMIC COUNTRIES
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21 January 2018
19 January 2018
AGENCE FRANCE; DAILY MAIL; DAILY TELEGRAPH ; FORBES ET AL. CANCERSEEK BLOOD TEST BY JOHNS HOPKINS $500
SCIENCE; 70 PER CENT DETECION CANCER OVARY; LIVER, STOMACH, PANCREAS, OESOPHAGUS, COLORECTAL, LUNG AND BREAST.
1923; CERVICAL CANCER FIRST RX BY RADIOTHERAPY.
1935; SUNLIGHT AS CAUSATION OF SKIN CANCER
1954 SMOKING AND LUNG CANCER
1956 METHOTREXATE IN CHOREOCARCINOMA
1963 FIRST HUMAN CANCER VIRUS
1086 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RX HERCEPTIN, AVASTIN
1994-1995 BREAST CANCER GENES BRAC-1 AND BRAC-2
2008 CERVICAL VIRUS VACCINE.
09 January 2018
DAILY MAIL; ZERMATT ISOLATED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.
13,000 TOURISTS UNABLE TO LEAVE. ENJOYING EXTENDED APRES-SKI LIFE.
55 YEARS AGO IN APRIL 1963 ZERMATT HAD EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID DUE TO CRACKS IN SEWAGE PIPE CLOSE TO CRACK IN WATER SUPPLY PIPE.
( COMMENT: FAMOUS CASE OF NURSE WITH SWINGING FEVER AT ROYAL HAMMERSMITH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL. PUO DIAGNOSIS UNTIL A VISITING DOCTOR FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY RECOGNISED THE STEP FEVER PATTERN AND ASKED THE CONSULTANT WHETHER THE NURSE HAD TYPHOID. PROBLEM SOLVED TO GREAT CLINICAL LOSS OF FACE.BY ENGLAND'S TOP ACADEMIC HOSPITAL. STORY CIRCULATED VERBALLY AROUND LONDON. HAVE NEVER SEEN A REPORT. )
55 YEARS AGO IN APRIL 1963 ZERMATT HAD EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID DUE TO CRACKS IN SEWAGE PIPE CLOSE TO CRACK IN WATER SUPPLY PIPE.
( COMMENT: FAMOUS CASE OF NURSE WITH SWINGING FEVER AT ROYAL HAMMERSMITH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL. PUO DIAGNOSIS UNTIL A VISITING DOCTOR FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY RECOGNISED THE STEP FEVER PATTERN AND ASKED THE CONSULTANT WHETHER THE NURSE HAD TYPHOID. PROBLEM SOLVED TO GREAT CLINICAL LOSS OF FACE.BY ENGLAND'S TOP ACADEMIC HOSPITAL. STORY CIRCULATED VERBALLY AROUND LONDON. HAVE NEVER SEEN A REPORT. )
06 January 2018
DEATH OF PAST QUEBEC MP STANLEY HARTT OC QC AT TORONTO SUNNYBROOK HOSPITA FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA AT BACK OF LEFT SCHOULDER.
SERVICE AT BETH TZEDEC SYNAGOGUE. AMONG MOURNERS MR CONRAD BLACK. SADLY THE L SHOULDER MOLE WAS IGNORED. AFTER DIAGNOSIS MADE WIDE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED BUT CANCER SPREAD TO WITHIN SPINAL COLUMN. CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY WAS USED BUT DID NOT SHRINK THE TUMOUR. MR HARTT WAS ALERT TO THE END, DETAILS GIVEN AT THE EULOGY.
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