Imperial Valley News Center
Unmet Surgical Needs High for World’s 60 Million Refugees
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- Written by Stephanie Desmon
Baltimore, Maryland - New research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that the world’s estimated 60 million refugees, displaced from their homes due to conflict, persecution or human rights violations, may need at least 2.78 million surgeries a year, something thought to be very difficult to arrange in the midst of their upheaval.
Posting Zika Conspiracy Theories on Social Media Could Put People at Risk
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- Written by Phil Sneiderman
Baltimore, Maryland - Social media posters who share unfounded conspiracy theories and pseudoscientific claims about the Zika virus may undermine upcoming efforts to keep the disease from spreading, according to a study published online today by the journal Vaccine.
Antibiotic-resistant Superbug in U.S
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- Written by Deborah Balzer
Rochester, Minnesota - The gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics is in the U.S. A report published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy says the colistin-resistant mcr-1 E. coli has been discovered in a woman in Pennsylvania. Colistin, introduced in the 1950s, is used to treat multidrug resistant bacterial infections known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).
Pay Attention to New Labels on Beef
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- Written by Vivien Williams
Rochester, Minnesota - In a move to keep consumers safe from foodborne illness, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) now requires new labels for beef products that have been mechanically tenderized. The labels alert consumers about the tenderization method, and they provide information on safe cooking practices.
Surrogate Endpoints Poor Proxy for Survival in Cancer Drug Approval Process
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- Written by Joe Dangor
Rochester, Minnesota - Surrogate endpoints used to support the majority of new cancer drugs approved in the U.S. often lack formal study, according to the authors of a study published in the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. This analysis questions whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adhering to standards that demand that surrogates be “reasonably likely to predict” or “established” to be used to grant approvals.
A Billion Tobacco Deaths Unless Substantial Changes
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- Written by Deborah Balzer
Rochester, Minnesota - World leaders in tobacco control and treatment, international and national grantees, and health care professionals are gathered at Mayo Clinic for the Global Tobacco Dependence Treatment Summit 2016 to discuss the impact of health care professional advocacy on tobacco control.
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