Showing posts with label JAMA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JAMA. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

JAMA: The 2012 West Nile Encephalitis Epidemic in Dallas, Tx

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    # 7487 Although West Nile Virus (WNV) activity was high across much of the country in 2012, the hardest hit area was Dallas Coun...
Thursday, May 09, 2013

JAMA: Challenges Of Producing An Effective & Timely H7N9 Vaccine

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      # 7256   In just about every movie or TV show that features a deadly pandemic outbreak - when all seems about lost - noble...
Wednesday, January 02, 2013

JAMA: BMI And All Cause Mortality

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Photo Credit CDC PHIL   # 6816   *** UPDATED *** This study, which I knew would be controversial, has sparked serious rebukes fr...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

JAMA: Waning Pertussis Vaccine Effectiveness Over Time

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Credit CDC Pink Book       # 6744   Pertussis, or ` whooping cough’ was once a major childhood disease in the United Stat...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

UK: Norovirus Season Starts Early

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80% of Norovirus Outbreaks occur between November & April - Credit CDC     # 6710     Whether you call it Norwalk or Nor...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

JAMA: Cell Phone Use Stimulates Brain Activity

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      # 5334     Concerns over the potential health ramifications of long-term & frequent cell phone use continues despite a...
Wednesday, December 01, 2010

JAMA: Inconsistent Dosing Instructions For OTC Meds

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    # 5104     Imagine you purchase a bottle of liquid medicine and the instructions on the box tell you to take 2 tablespoons (3...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Study: Antivirals Saved Lives Of Pregnant Women

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  UPDATED # 4511     A study today, published in JAMA , points out the increased burden that pandemic H1N1 placed on pregnant w...
Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Study: H1N1 A Threat To All Age Groups

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    # 3945     While it is true that 90% of the H1N1 infections have been among those under 65, when those over that age get this ...
Monday, October 12, 2009

The View From The ICU

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    # 3828     While the H1N1 virus has proved to be a moderate illness for the vast majority of those infected, for a small perce...
Thursday, October 01, 2009

JAMA: Surgical Masks vs N95 Respirators

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    # 3791     Just two weeks after Raina MacIntyre , head of public health at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, prese...