The good people at ProMed Mail has just sent out some new info on Dengue activity. For the “hard core” out there, you can get all the info form the above link. Here’s a brief summary on where they are saying the problems are: Martinique, Carribean Still in the apparent midst of their Dengue epidemic, [...]
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I know it is not a technological miracle that I was able to link the newly started blog and the website, but I am pretty damn proud of myself. I am not the best in the wordl, when it comes to websites and publishing, etc. Well, just visit the site, and you’ll see. I am [...]
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Glaxo experimental malaria vaccine works in babies Wed 17 Oct 2007, 16:00 GMT Reuters Africa By Ben Hirschler LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) – African babies — the group most at risk of dying from malaria — may be protected against the mosquito-borne disease by an experimental vaccine, researchers said on Wednesday. The finding clears the [...]
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Schistosomes Basics: Also known as Bilharziasis. This Trematode/blood fluke infection may lead to portal hypertension, liver fibrosis or bladder cancers, depending on location and length of infection. Eggs enter a freshwater pool, mature in snails and then become free swimming. They directly penetrate skin when it contacts infected water. Two species have a preference for [...]
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Long Term Malaria Prophylaxis I seem to be hearing this question a lot, lately. I will try to give a brief summary of what I know… Atovaquone/Proguanil (Malarone) Basically, there is not a lot of good literature on long term use of atovaquone/proguanil (Malarone). This seems to be an area that needs some more research. [...]
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Unfortunately, I cannot attend these conferences…But I thought I would spread the word because they are going to be great! Anybody with an interest in wilderness medicine should consider going to these events. You can learn some great survival skills, how to treat AMS (acute mountain sickness) and altitude related problems, diving medicine, treatment of [...]
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