(2023-02-04). OMS alerta sobre 600 mutaciones de la àìmicron. telesurtv.net La miembro del Programa de Emergencias Sanitaria del organismo internacional indicó que el coronavirus sigue evolucionando.
(2023-02-04). [Comment] Clinical use of pre-emptive pharmacogenetic programmes. thelancet.com The clinical implementation of pharmacogenetics (the study of how genetics influence individual variations in drug response) is a key factor in the development of programmes to prevent adverse drug reactions. Yet pharmacogenetics testing in clinics is still infrequent and is mainly reactive and focused on analysing a single drug—gene interaction. Evaluation of the implementation of pharmacogenetics in the real world is necessary. Only very few pilot studies have used a pharmacogenetics panel strategy to guide drug therapy, and mostly in patients aged over 65 years in specialised care settings in the USA.
(2023-02-04). [Articles] A 12-gene pharmacogenetic panel to prevent adverse drug reactions: an open-label, multicentre, controlled, cluster-randomised crossover implementation study. thelancet.com Genotype-guided treatment using a 12-gene pharmacogenetic panel significantly reduced the incidence of clinically relevant adverse drug reactions and was feasible across diverse European health-care system organisations and settings. Large-scale implementation could help to make drug therapy increasingly safe.
(2023-02-05). Mayo Clinic Minute: Relationship between food, disease stronger than you may think. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The phrase "you are what you eat" is commonly used in conversations about health and the connection between food and the body. Eating an unhealthy diet can have serious consequences and can increase someone's risk of dying from heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Stephen Kopecky, a preventive cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses the relationship between food and disease. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/aNmXH5WIzb0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 13) is in…
(2023-02-05). Science Saturday: Mayo researchers streamline genetic testing in heart failure clinic, improve clinical care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a new study published in Genetics in Medicine, Mayo Clinic researchers streamlined genetic testing and counseling for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, a type of heart muscle disease that causes the heart chambers (ventricles) to thin and stretch, growing larger. "We showed that this practice intervention increased the uptake and yield of genetic testing and counseling in our Heart Failure Clinic," says Naveen Pereira, M.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and senior author of the study. "This may have…
(2023-02-04). OMS alerta sobre 600 mutaciones de la àìmicron. telesurtv.net La miembro del Programa de Emergencias Sanitaria del organismo internacional indicó que el coronavirus sigue evolucionando.
(2023-02-04). [Comment] Clinical use of pre-emptive pharmacogenetic programmes. thelancet.com The clinical implementation of pharmacogenetics (the study of how genetics influence individual variations in drug response) is a key factor in the development of programmes to prevent adverse drug reactions. Yet pharmacogenetics testing in clinics is still infrequent and is mainly reactive and focused on analysing a single drug—gene interaction. Evaluation of the implementation of pharmacogenetics in the real world is necessary. Only very few pilot studies have used a pharmacogenetics panel strategy to guide drug therapy, and mostly in patients aged over 65 years in specialised care settings in the USA.
(2023-02-04). [Articles] A 12-gene pharmacogenetic panel to prevent adverse drug reactions: an open-label, multicentre, controlled, cluster-randomised crossover implementation study. thelancet.com Genotype-guided treatment using a 12-gene pharmacogenetic panel significantly reduced the incidence of clinically relevant adverse drug reactions and was feasible across diverse European health-care system organisations and settings. Large-scale implementation could help to make drug therapy increasingly safe.
(2023-02-05). Mayo Clinic Minute: Relationship between food, disease stronger than you may think. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The phrase "you are what you eat" is commonly used in conversations about health and the connection between food and the body. Eating an unhealthy diet can have serious consequences and can increase someone's risk of dying from heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Stephen Kopecky, a preventive cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses the relationship between food and disease. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/aNmXH5WIzb0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 13) is in…
(2023-02-05). Science Saturday: Mayo researchers streamline genetic testing in heart failure clinic, improve clinical care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a new study published in Genetics in Medicine, Mayo Clinic researchers streamlined genetic testing and counseling for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, a type of heart muscle disease that causes the heart chambers (ventricles) to thin and stretch, growing larger. "We showed that this practice intervention increased the uptake and yield of genetic testing and counseling in our Heart Failure Clinic," says Naveen Pereira, M.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and senior author of the study. "This may have…
(2023-02-05). Mayo Clinic Q and A: What is degenerative disk disease? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've been struggling with back stiffness and pain for a long time, but it has gotten worse in the last few years. My doctor told me that I have degenerative disk disease. What exactly does that mean? Is it common and what can I do to feel better? ANSWER: Degenerative disk disease is a common cause of back pain. Our spinal disks wear out with age and use. About 20% of all U.S. adults…
(2023-02-05). Mayo Clinic Minute: Protecting your eyesight from glaucoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glaucoma is one of the world's leading causes of blindness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. Half of people with glaucoma don't even know they have it. If you're over 60 or have a family history of glaucoma, your risk is higher. But there is a way to protect your vision. Dr. Dave Patel, a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist, explains one of the most important things you can do to prevent glaucoma from stealing your sight. Watch: The Mayo…
(2023-02-04). [Correspondence] Changing the mass casualty disaster surgical response. thelancet.com Over 33 million people were affected by the floods in Pakistan in 2022. Even though more than 650‚Äà000 pregnant women currently require obstetric services and there are over 13‚Äà000 victims of traumatic injury, surgical diseases have received little resources and coverage in relief efforts.1 Government and aid organisations have focused predominantly on infectious diseases, as seen in both mass casualty incidents (MCIs) caused by floods in the past century.
(2023-02-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Postpartum depression is more than baby blues. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Postpartum depression is real. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 1 out of every 10 new moms suffer from it. It's much more than what's called the "baby blues" because it lasts longer and tends to be more severe. Symptoms include mood swings, anxiety, sadness, crying irritability and feeling overwhelmed. Prompt treatment is important, and Mayo Clinic experts say it works. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/WhmJuesp9ck Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 57) is…
(2023-02-05). Mayo hospitals continue to earn patients' trust, 5-star ratings for patient experience. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona, Florida and Rochester, Minnesota, have again received five-star ratings and most qualifying Mayo Clinic Health System hospitals have received at least a four-star rating for patient experience from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. "We are pleased to share that all DMC (Destination Medical Center) sites continue to earn five-star ratings," says Sean Dowdy, M.D., Mayo Clinic's chief value…
(2023-02-04). [Perspectives] Chelsea Watego: foregrounding Indigenous intellectual sovereignty. thelancet.com Chelsea Watego is Professor of Indigenous Health and the Executive Director of the Carumba Institute at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Her studies, which are "trying to shine a light on the structural dimension of race and its role in the production of health inequalities", focus on the survival of Indigenous peoples locally and globally, and the foregrounding of Indigenous intellectual sovereignty. She has spent more than two decades as a health worker and researcher on Indigenous health.
(2023-02-04). [Correspondence] Speed up multi-pathogen surveillance. thelancet.com Human health is facing escalating risks of circulating contagious pathogens and emerging zoonotic spillover due to global changes characterised by urbanisation and habitat fragmentation.1 The COVID-19 pandemic and 2022 mpox outbreaks have warned us of a possible harsh future, with further deterioration possible upon pathogens' co-transmission through shared pathways—eg, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 via respiration. This co-transmission will greatly increase the risk of co-infections and pandemics that intensify the burdens of public health infrastructure and expenses for governments.
(2023-02-04). [Correspondence] China needs a scientific long COVID recovery-support platform. thelancet.com Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) emerged as a major public health problem in…
(2023-02-04). [Correspondence] Health literacy exists beyond the boundaries of medicine. thelancet.com The Editorial1 asks important questions about how individuals can make healthy decisions in an increasingly complex world that is overwhelmed with false information. Although these questions remain important for future research, past thinkers might offer relevant answers.
(2023-02-04). [Correspondence] Health-literacy education drives empowerment and agency. thelancet.com The Editorial1 on health literacy presents needful perspectives. However, two further aspects related to health literacy should be emphasised: the importance of sustained support for epistemic empowerment and the role of children's and adolescents' own agency in effecting change in their surroundings and in the systems they interact with.2…
(2023-02-04). [Perspectives] The kindness of strangers. thelancet.com "I don't want realism. I want magic." These legendary words capture the state of mind of Blanche DuBois, the central character of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. Partly inspired by Williams' sister, whose mental ill health led her to be institutionalised and to have a lobotomy, Blanche is a character who is losing her battle with a life that has given her traumas and losses. Destitute, self-deluded, and on the brink of a nervous breakdown, Blanche unexpectedly arrives at her sister Stella's shabby apartment in New Orleans, setting in motion a series of confrontations and revelations that will u…
(2023-02-04). [Correspondence] The urgent need to address health literacy in schools. thelancet.com The Editorial1 raised an important question: why is health literacy failing so many? It urgently called for effective responses to support people to better manage health information, but also to account for the environmental and social forces that shape people's choices. Overcoming the commercial determinants of health and the increase in disinformation on social media and the internet are being highlighted as key drivers of mistrust among people, families, and communities.
(2023-02-04). [Perspectives] A space to grow. thelancet.com A woman's right to choose what happens to her body is an issue that often makes headlines. In 2022, the US Supreme Court made the controversial decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 law which made access to safe abortion a constitutional right. Concerns were also raised by human rights groups in July, 2022, when the UK Government took out references to protect sexual and reproductive health and rights in a multinational statement about gender equality. In her debut novel, Diary of a Void, Japanese writer Emi Yagi tackles the issue of bodily autonomy from an unusual angle—that of a single woman choosing…
(2023-02-04). [Comment] Thank you to The Lancet's reviewers in 2022. thelancet.com Over The Lancet's 200-year history, we are privileged to have witnessed a great number of advances that have underpinned the development of modern medicine. With the COVID-19 pandemic still weighing heavily on clinicians and health services around the world, we extend our sincere gratitude to all the reviewers (for list of reviewers see page e4) who have made time within their busy schedules to peer review manuscripts for The Lancet during the past year. Thank you.
(2023-02-04). [Editorial] Global cancer: overcoming the narrative of despondency. thelancet.com It is easy to become despondent about global cancer. Feb 4 marks World Cancer Day, and renewed calls to "close the cancer care gap". But the worldwide inequities in cancer care and control are deeply rooted. The facts are stark. Childhood cancer survival rates, for example, are more than 80% in high-income countries versus 20% in low-income countries. These disparities arise from huge differences across cancer prevention and care—in exposure to risk factors, in availability of public health programmes, and in access to diagnostics and treatments—compounded by growing cancer incidence.
(2023-02-04). [Correspondence] Co-design effective health-literacy videos. thelancet.com The Editorial1 emphasises the need for health literacy interventions to be co-designed with end users and community organisations beyond medicine.
(2023-02-04). "Operation Nightingale": Fraudulent nursing diploma scandal exposes US health care and education crises. wsws.org Twenty-five defendants are awaiting a trial and face up to 20 years in prison. The allegations reflect a deepening crisis in the health care and education systems, which the defendants sought to exploit.
(2023-02-04). Canada's governments exploit health care crisis of their own making to press for privatization. wsws.org Four decades of capitalist austerity and the profits-before-lives response to the COVID-19 pandemic have left Medicare on life support.
(2023-02-04). Temple University graduate students begin open-ended strike for higher pay, better health care. wsws.org Temple University students in Philadelphia began an indefinite strike this week after the university refused to bargain with them for cost of living and other improvements.
(2023-02-04). Consumer Health: Cancer education at Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Saturday, Feb. 4, is World Cancer Day, which is a global initiative to raise awareness, improve education and promote action to create a cancer-free world. This is a good time to learn more about cancer education at Mayo Clinic. Patients with cancer who come to Mayo Clinic benefit from the knowledge of Mayo Clinic's specialists and the integrated approach to treating each patient. Mayo Clinic's approach to medical care means that…
(2023-02-04). Black History Month: Dr. Alyx Porter on shaping the future generation of physicians. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Alyx Porter Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is profiling several Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity through their work. Meet Mayo Clinic's Dr. Alyx Porter,…
(2023-02-04). Interval training for heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — When it comes to exercise, what's best for your heart: slow and steady, or fast and furious? How about a combination of both? Interval training — alternating short bouts of higher-intensity effort with longer bouts of less-intense activity — has big benefits for your heart. "Interval training makes your heart alternate between working hard and recovering," says Melinda Hahm, a clinical exercise physiologist in Cardiology at Mayo Clinic Health System in…
(2023-02-04). Consumer Health: What is vascular dementia? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Vascular dementia is a general term describing problems with reasoning, planning, judgment, memory and other thought processes caused by brain damage from impaired blood flow to your brain. There's no specific test that can confirm vascular dementia. Instead, health care professionals make a judgment based on any medical history for stroke or disorders of the heart and blood vessels, and results of tests that can clarify the diagnosis. Symptoms Vascular dementia symptoms vary, depending on…
(2023-02-04). Video: The Plan. WHO Plans to Have 10 Years of Pandemics (2020-2030). "Proof that the Pandemic was Planned with a Purpose" globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on June 1, 2022 | *** | THE PLAN shows the official agenda of the World Health Organization to have ten years of ongoing pandemics, from 2020 to 2030. | This is revealed by a WHO virologist, Marion …
(2023-02-04). Rents, mortgages soar, tighten squeeze on workers' families. themilitant.com With housing costs rising faster than workers' wages, those renting apartments or homes are paying on the average 30% of their income for rent, an all-time high. Mortgage rates have doubled in the past year. Underneath these figures is the bosses' callous disregard toward the degrading living conditions confronting millions of workers. | On top of high rents and mortgages, inflation is eating away at the funds working-class families have available for food, transportation and health care. Increasing numbers of workers are working overtime or taking on another job to make ends meet. Those unable to afford a place…
(2023-02-05). Video: Pfizer's "Secret" Report on the Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-04). Covid Vaccine: Deaths in England Surge Again. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-04). Pfertilitygate? Could the COVID vaccine be causing mass infertility? americanthinker.com An NIH-funded study shows that 40.2% of women have reported that the vaccine has disrupted their menstrual cycles.
(2023-02-04). Video: Pfizer Criminality Exposed: Thailand's Royal Princess In Coma after Covid Pfizer Vaccine Booster. globalresearch.ca "On December 15, about three weeks after her third Pfizer booster shot, Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati collapsed with heart issues and went into a coma. | "The 44-year old eldest daughter of the King in Thailand, and likely heir to the …
(2023-02-04). Claims Of Mass Workers Shortages And Layoffs; Read Between The Lines. popularresistance.org In the midst of the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, in trying to justify the acceleration in global inflation — even before the war in Ukraine — the mainstream media was flooded with news about the so-called 'Great Resignation', blaming an apparent shortage of workers for widespread bottlenecks in the production of goods. | Today, the same media is talking about large-scale redundancies and layoffs by corporations. The explanations offered for this apparent trend could lead one to draw conclusions that barely scratch the surface in terms of understanding the true root causes of these iss…
(2023-02-04). Panamá comienza vacunación con dosis bivalente contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net El 23 de diciembre el ente panameño autorizó el uso de emergencia de la vacuna bivalente de Pfizer-BioNTech para niños de 5 a 11 años.
(2023-02-04). Graphene COVID Kill Shots: Let the Evidence Speak for Itself. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-04). "Three Long and Wearisome Covid Years": To All You Latecomers to the Party of Truth: Two Words. globalresearch.ca It's been approximately three years, three long and wearisome years, since the madness descended upon us. | Some of us thought that the story about a wet-market bat in Wuhan was an obviously deliberate deception. | Some of us thought that the …
(2023-02-04). After 3 years, is the COVID-19 pandemic over? liberationnews.org 
To understand why, and why the ruling class seeks to downplay the virus, we must examine the past three years more closely.
