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Poisoning :: Public health issues related to Polonium-210 investigation

The Health Protection Agency is continuing to provide expert advice on the public health issues surrounding the death of Mr. Alexander Litvinenko. Throughout, our primary concern has been to protect the public.

Colorectal Cancer :: More patients diagnosed at earlier stage of colon cancer

Since Medicare raised the amount it will reimburse for colon cancer screening in 1998, there has been an increase in use of colonoscopies by Medicare beneficiaries, and a rise in the proportion of patients being diagnosed with colon cancer at an early stage, according to a study in the Dec. 20 issue of JAMA.

Gene :: Gene chip technology shows potential for identifying life-threatening blood infection

Right now there’s no rapid way to diagnose sepsis, a fast-moving blood infection that is a leading cause of death in hospital intensive care units. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that doctors one day could quickly distinguish sepsis from widespread non-infectious inflammation based on genetic profiles of patients’ blood.

Norovirus :: Norovirus in Olive Garden food illness outbreak – Indianapolis

Marion County Health Department confirms norovirus highly contagious virus for an outbreak of illness among nearly 400 customers of an Olive Garden restaurant outside Indianapolis. Tests on three employees and one customer were positive for norovirus.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus :: Interferon-regulated chemokines and SLE

A comprehensive survey of the serologic proteome in human SLE suggests that severely disrupted chemokine gradients may contribute to the systemic autoimmunity observed.

Schizophrenia :: Eli Lilly’s response about Zyprexa for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), vigorously objects to the characterization of company practices in a New York Times article based upon selective documents illegally leaked by plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Healthcare :: Patients’ broad definition of medical errors can undermine satisfaction with care

Hospital patients define medical errors much more broadly than the traditional clinical definitions of medical errors. The patient definition of medical errors includes communication problems, responsiveness and falls, according to a new study published in the January 2007 issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Professors to develop hand-held pathogen testing device

Testing for deadly food, air and water pathogens may get a lot easier and cheaper thanks to the work of a Michigan State University researcher and his team. Syed Hashsham, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Center for Microbial Ecology, is developing a portable, hand-held device capable of detecting up to 50 microbial threat agents in air, water and food

Pregnancy :: Embryonic selection of sex avoids conceiving blind children

The Assisted Reproduction Unit at the Quir?n Hospital in Donostia-San Sebasti?n has managed, for the first time in the Basque Country, to successfully carry out an embryonic sex selection in a woman who is a carrier of the disease Retinosis Pigmentaria, linked with the X chromosome — in order to avoid giving birth to a male child.

Local carbon monoxide poisonings highlight danger

At least 55 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning came to Harborview Medical Center alone following the recent windstorm, highlighting the severe danger from using combustion-based sources of indoor heat. Local health officials urged the public not to use unvented, combustion-based sources of heat or power indoors, such as gas and kerosene heaters, charcoal briquettes or generators.