Boxing has been replaced by Judo & Karate/
Comment. No point in spending approx $250,000 to educate a brain only to have it intentionally damaged.
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
05 June 2016
02 June 2016
DAILY MAIL: Prof Biomedical & Life Sciences Roger PICKUP at LANCASTER UNIV "World on brink of"dystopia" as antibiotics become useless; TB & Pneumonia to be mass killers.
COLISTIN RESISTANCE GROWING
Resistant TB will again become a mass killer.
Transplant operation will be impossible
Society behaviour will change; less physical contact.
As in Japan, masks will be more common.
COMMENT
N(iosh) 100 respirators with valve @ $10 made by 3M
Cloth gloves made by DENTS UK
Resistant TB will again become a mass killer.
Transplant operation will be impossible
Society behaviour will change; less physical contact.
As in Japan, masks will be more common.
COMMENT
N(iosh) 100 respirators with valve @ $10 made by 3M
Cloth gloves made by DENTS UK
30 May 2016
BRAZIL: MEDICAL & PERSONAL INJURY RISKS
INFECTION
Chikungunya 21,000 in 2015 Aedes aegypti A albopictus
Dengue 1.6-million in 2015 Aedes aegypti A.albopictus
Leishmania infantum Transmitted by Sand Fly Lutzomyia longipalpis. Vector mainly dogs. Incidence 1.9/100,000.
Trypanosoma Cruzi (Chaga's Disease) " Barbiero" in Brazil. Spread through faeces of Triatomid insects; contaminated food; blood transfusion;.
Zika virus Aedes aegypti & A.albopictus
BOMBING & SHOOTING eg 2013 Boston Marathon. ; 1972 Munich Olympics attack.
KIDNAPPING:: BBC reports in Mexico 270 a day kidnapping INSURANCE advised
Chikungunya 21,000 in 2015 Aedes aegypti A albopictus
Dengue 1.6-million in 2015 Aedes aegypti A.albopictus
Leishmania infantum Transmitted by Sand Fly Lutzomyia longipalpis. Vector mainly dogs. Incidence 1.9/100,000.
Trypanosoma Cruzi (Chaga's Disease) " Barbiero" in Brazil. Spread through faeces of Triatomid insects; contaminated food; blood transfusion;.
Zika virus Aedes aegypti & A.albopictus
BOMBING & SHOOTING eg 2013 Boston Marathon. ; 1972 Munich Olympics attack.
KIDNAPPING:: BBC reports in Mexico 270 a day kidnapping INSURANCE advised
25 May 2016
BMJ: ROTARIAN & UNITARIAN Dr Charles Killick MILLARD (1870-1952) MB CM(Edin) MD DSc
Founded Voluntary Euthanasia Legislative Society (now Dignity in Dying)
Medical Officer Health Leicester (1900-1935)
BMJ 1952 1,660-1
Medical Officer Health Leicester (1900-1935)
BMJ 1952 1,660-1
22 May 2016
WHO STATS 2016
HIGHEST MALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
SWITZERLAND /\81.3; Iceland 81.2; Austria 80.9; Sweden 80.7; Israel 80.6; Japan & Italy 80.5; Canada 80.2
HIGHEST FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
JAPAN 86.8; Singapore 86.1; Spain & S.Korea 85.5; France 85.4; Switzerland 85.3; Australia 84.6
COMMENT: by blog.
SWITZ: Medical care covered by private insurers. Gov pays for insurance if necessary.
JAPAN> Heavy smokers but highest ratio of Hospital beds.
SWITZERLAND /\81.3; Iceland 81.2; Austria 80.9; Sweden 80.7; Israel 80.6; Japan & Italy 80.5; Canada 80.2
HIGHEST FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
JAPAN 86.8; Singapore 86.1; Spain & S.Korea 85.5; France 85.4; Switzerland 85.3; Australia 84.6
COMMENT: by blog.
SWITZ: Medical care covered by private insurers. Gov pays for insurance if necessary.
JAPAN> Heavy smokers but highest ratio of Hospital beds.
15 May 2016
SWITZERLAND The Local: Minimum Income
June 5 Swiss will vote on a minimum INCOME for all Swiss of CHF 2.500/month. = Can $ 3250, Cost of living in Switz approx twice that of Canada. McDonald's Zurich Filet-of-Fish combo (small) Can$12..
09 May 2016
SPIEGEL ONLINE(ENGLISH) CHIKUNGUNYA IN NORTHERN ITALY
Tropical mosquitoes gain foothold in Europe, Important article free. Northern Italy: 1 dead 200 infected with Chikungunya virus, Traveller from India with Chikungunya virus bitten in Italy by
Asian Tiger mosquito,
Asian Tiger mosquito,
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