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Medical Tourism - Turkey - Iatrogenic Botulism Mar 31, 2023 27 minutes ago
Individuals planning on medical tourism trips to Turkey (Republic of Türkiye) for aesthetic procedures such as face lifts or botox fixes nose ridge, drooping eyes or chins etc should be aware that the WHO (World Health Organization) has reported that there has been an outbreak of iatrogenic botulism in individuals who underwent medical procedures with the injection of botulinum neurotoxin typ...
Medical News - T Cells In Blood Produce Acetylcholine Mar 31, 2023 2 hours ago
A new study led by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital-Sweden has found that T cells in human blood produce acetylcholine which may aid in controlling blood pressure and inflammation.
The study findings also have a relevance in the COVID-19 era as the study found a potential link between these immune cells in critically ill patients and the ...
Allergies are common concerns for parents. Allergies occur when the immune system overreacts to substances in the environment. This article will discuss children's allergies, causes, symptoms, and treatment options.
A study conducted by The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology found that in children aged between 6 and 12, the prevalence of allergic rhinitis was 44%, asthma was 1...
A few days ago, various news and social media accounts were abuzz about a mysterious disease outbreak in Tanzania’s Northwest Kagera region that borders Uganda that has so far killed five people and infected another 2 who are still in critical condition.
https://www.africanews.com/amp/2023/03/17/tanzania-authorities-investigates-mysterious-illness-that-killed-five/
https://www.theeast...
H7N9 News - Camels - Mutations Mar 15, 2023 16 days ago
H7N9 News: Researchers from Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu-China have made a shocking discovery that the H7N9 virus has mutated and is now infecting camels in the inner Mongolia region. The discovery serves as a warning that the H7N9 is evolving and there is a very high threat of it further mutating to enable it infect humans more easily!
Distressed camel being molested in the Middle-Eas...
Outbreak News - India - Multiple Viral Infections Mar 13, 2023 18 days ago
Outbreak News: Reports are emerging that many parts of India are facing a simultaneous onslaught of various viral infections caused by pathogens like adenovirus, influenza A virus, Influenza B virus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, common human coronaviruses, para-influenza virus and also SARS-CoV-2!
Local physicians and hospitals are reporting the rise of ...
Medical News - Gold, Copper, Silicon And Electric Fields Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Mar 10, 2023 21 days ago
A new study by researchers from Curtin University-Australia has found that the spike proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 are susceptible to being trapped upon contact with gold, copper or silicon. The study team also found that applying electric fields can effectively destroy the spike proteins, which inhibits the virus.
Lead researcher, Dr Nadim Darwish from the School of Molecular and Life Scien...
Outbreak News - Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus - Australia Mar 08, 2023 23 days ago
Outbreak News: The Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV) a deadly a zoonotic flavivirus that can be spread by mosquitoes, other insects and animal vectors to humans has made a surprising comeback after an absence fo 49 years in Australia in the state of Victoria!
Since the first case was reported involving a woman in Buloke Shire, Victoria in late January 2023, a tot...
Nipah Virus: Bangladesh reported that the latest victim to die from a Nipah Virus infection in the country was a 25-year-old female who died on the 1st of March 2023. She had developed symptoms of cold and fever on the 7th of February and subsequently laboratory testing confirmed that she had contracted the Nipah virus.
https://www.risingbd.com/english/country/news/93952
Her husband was r...
Marburg Virus News - Prophylactics-Drugs-Therapeutics-Herbs-Phytochemicals Feb 14, 2023 1 month ago
Marburg Virus: With the announcement by WHO of a Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea which is located in Central Africa that started just last week but has already left 9 dead and hundreds more possibly infected and with suspicions that the Marburg Virus has already spread to neighboring country Gabon, there is a dire need for researchers to start finding potential prophylactic and therape...
Marburg Virus Outbreak - Equatorial Guinea Feb 14, 2023 2 months ago
Marburg Virus: The WHO has convened an emergency meeting for today (14th February 2023) after it was declared in the last 24 hours by health authorities in Equatorial Guinea that a Marburg virus outbreak has been declared in the small country in the West Coast of Centra Africa.
As of the last hour, 9 people have died from the disease, 27 are in ICU due to hemorrhagic fever with another 27...
Outbreak News: International Experts, epidemiologists and scientist need to keep a close watch on the current developments taking place in Peru as reports show that there is a major health crisis brewing in the country with a population of 33.7 million people but with a very primitive public health infrastructure.
Monkeypox Crisis
Reports have already emerged that monkeypox or Mpox infect...
H5N1 Avian Flu News: In the last two months, mainstream media has been abuzz about the H5N1 Avian flu virus that is wreaking havoc in poultry farms across the world, causing a shortage of not only poultry products but also eggs. Reports have also emerged that the H5N1 Avian flu virus is also infecting various mammals extensively and that it is only a mater of time before the virus effectively evol...
Medical News - HCirV-1 - Human Circovirus 1 - Hepatitis Feb 08, 2023 2 months ago
Medical News: Governments, health authorities, WHO and also the mainstream media has been trying to conceal the debut of a new worrisome virus that is causing the unexplained hepatitis found many including in children the last few months.
Thailand Medical News had covered about the mysterious hepatitis occurrences in many children in 2022 in our previous news coverages. Those occurrences ...
Medical News - Fungal Meningitis - Mexico Feb 08, 2023 2 months ago
Medical News: Various news outlets were abuzz in the last 48 hours about a mysterious meningitis outbreak in the Northern Mexico City of Durango that has to date killed 35 people and infected more than 79 other individuals.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/death-toll-mysterious-meningitis-outbreak-mexico-35-2023-02-06/
However, the mystery has been solved and a ...
Canada Medical News: There is now an acute shortage of Pediatric ICU (PICU) beds and even beds at neonatal intensive care units (NICU) as the number of critically ill children is rising on an exponential basis daily in Canada.
Already hospitals are facing an overwhelming number of adult patients due to COVID-19 and other respiratory infections but the rising number of children badly ...
Medical Tourism News - Thailand - Singapore - Malaysia - Vietnam Dec 14, 2022 4 months ago
Medical Tourism: Despite local Thai authorities coming up with a new mediocre medical tourism visa programme that starts in January 2023 and also are constantly beating their drums that their tourism industry is picking up or that foreigners are coming in droves for medical tourism, often quoting unreliable sources or media and associations that can be bought for peanuts to say whatever one wants ...
Source: While SARS-CoV-2 Surges, New Strains Of Pathogens Responsible for Ebola, Monkey Pox, Legionnaires Disease, Lyme Disease, Etc Are Emerging! - N May 27, 2022 10 months ago
Despite attempts by those controlling the COVID-19 narrative to downplay the COVID-19 crisis, new SARS-CoV-2 surges are being witnessed in many countries driven by the new BA.2.12.1 subvariants and its third generation variants, the BA.4 and BA.5 variants and its emerging subvariants, and also by new Delta subvariants.
Studies are already showing that these new variants are more immune ev...
Source: Thailand Medical - Monkey Pox - UK May 07, 2022 11 months ago
Health authorities in UK have confirmed that an individual in England has been diagnosed with the rare viral infection monkeypox. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/monkeypox-case-confirmed-in-england
It was reported that the infected individual had recently travelled from Nigeria, which is where they are believed to have contracted the infection, before travelling to the UK.
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Source: COVID-19-Nipah Virus Sep 07, 2021 2 years ago
India Medical News: Kerala, an Indian Southern state has reported an outbreak of the Nipah Virus as it is still struggling with the COVID-19 crisis due to the fast spreading Delta variant.
In the last 24 hours alone, the Indian state of Kerala recorded a total of 19,688 new COVID-19 infections and 135 COVID-19 deaths.
Health and government authorities in Kerala quickly ramping up ef...
Source: U.S. Medical News Jan 06, 2021 2 years ago
U.S. Medical News: It was reported that ambulances in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California are now stopping to transport some patients due to strain on hospitals as result of an exponential surge in COVID-19 cases.
In Los Angeles, ambulance workers have been told to stop transporting some patients with extremely low survival chances to hospital, and to limit oxygen use, as record COVID...
Source: India Medical News Dec 08, 2020 2 years ago
India Medical News: Health authorities in the town of Eluru in the Southern state of Andhra Pradesh are reporting the emergence of a new strange disease that has affected more than 487 individuals so far with one death.
Credit: PTI
Most manifest symptoms similar to epilepsy attacks that last for few minutes and loss of memory coupled with anxiety, nausea, headache and back pain and a few ...
Vaccines are basically meant to protect individuals against a disease but in some cases the things could go wrong and backfire especially when proper studies are not conducted and things are expedited over monetary concerns.
The WHO or World Health Organization finally admitted that a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad, a week after ...
Source: World Medical News Aug 13, 2020 3 years ago
World Medical News: Authorities of a remote Russian region on Thursday announced that livestock herders and other residents of two districts on the border with Mongolia have to be vaccinated against bubonic plague.
The new order was issued after Mongolia's health ministry said Wednesday that bubonic plague killed a second man in the country's west. It was the l...
Source: Bubonic Plague China Jul 06, 2020 3 years ago
Bubonic Plague: China health authorities have reported an outbreak of Bubonic Plague in the inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Bubonic plague, caused by bacterial infection, was responsible for one of the deadliest epidemics in human history ie the Black Death which killed about 50 million people across Africa, Asia and Europe in the 14th Century.
There have been a handful of ...
Source: Singapore Medical News Jun 23, 2020 3 years ago
Singapore Medical News: Disturbingly, Singapore saw 1,377 dengue cases in the week ending 20th of June, the highest number of weekly dengue cases ever recorded since 2014.
Significantly, the dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV3), which is currently circulating in Singapore, can undergo dramatic structural changes that enable it to resist vaccines and drugs, according to findings from a research...
Source: UK Healthcare News Jun 16, 2020 3 years ago
UK Healthcare News: A total of more than 237 million pharmaceutical and medication errors are made every year in England, the avoidable consequences of which cost the NHS almost US$124 million and more than 1700 lives every year.
The data and national estimates were published in the British Medical Journal and reflect on the sad state of affairs of the UK Medical Industry and its credibil...
Telehealth App: UK’s most used online doctor consultancy app: Babylon Health has acknowledged that its GP video appointment app has suffered a data breach.
The company was alerted to the problem after one of its users discovered he had been given access to dozens of video recordings of other patients' consultations.
A security follow-up check by Babylon revealed a s...
Source: China Medical News Jun 13, 2020 3 years ago
China Medical News: Certain Areas In Beijing, China’s capital have been placed under lockdown today as six new confirmed domestic coronavirus cases were reported, fuelling fears of a resurgence in local transmission. Local hospitals are however saying that there are far more cases than authorities are reporting as hospitals are seeing a surge of patients manifesting symptoms.
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Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 18, 2020 3 years ago
The debilitating condition remembered as a disease of pirates, Scurvy is still found in a developed country like Canada. The disease, which is caused by a vitamin C deficiency, can result in bruising, weakness, anemia, gum disease, hemorrhage, tooth loss, and even death if undiagnosed and untreated.
Researchers from McMaster University surveyed the data of patients of Hamilton's two ho...
Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 23, 2019 3 years ago
Researchers from the State University of New Jersey (Rutgers) are reporting a dramatic increase in teen use and overdoses from benzodiazepine.
The total number of teens taking and overdosing from benzodiazepines, commonly prescribed anxiety medications, has risen dramatically over the past decade, according to a national study coauthored by Rutgers researchers.
The collaborative research, ...
Source:Thailand Medical News Dec 20, 2019 3 years ago
President Trump's administration unveiled a plan Wednesday to allow imports of lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada and other countries, but it was opposed by Ottawa, which said the scheme threatened its own medicine stocks.
Typically, Americans spend an average of $1,200 on prescription drugs per year, more than in any other country in the world and the US president ...
Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 16, 2019 3 years ago
Customers of Cigna Insurance would be glad to know that the company will start using artificial intelligence (AI) to track patients' drug intake and assess whether they are complying with their prescribed treatment for chronic diseases including diabetes and heart conditions.
The surveillance tool, called Health Connect 360, was created by Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefits manager...
Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 12, 2019 3 years ago
American consumers seeking cheaper, faster access to antibiotics are apparently consuming antibiotics intended for treating fish and aquaculture rather than humans, according to research presented at the ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) 54th Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition. Currently, there are shortages of various antibiotics in the US and prices of antibiotics are ext...
Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 11, 2019 3 years ago
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by monkeypox virus and has been reported mainly in central and west African countries. Monkeypox, in most cases, is a mild condition which will resolve on its own and have no long-term effects on a person’s health. Most people recover within a few weeks.
Symptoms usually include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exh...
Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 09, 2019 3 years ago
First it was Philippines in the later part of the year, now Malaysia too is witnessing cases of polio re-emerging in its country after almost 27 years. Malaysia has reported its first polio case in 27 years, health authorities said yesterday, announcing a three-month-old baby had been diagnosed on Borneo island.
Malaysian health ministry's director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, sa...
Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 05, 2019 3 years ago
Research led by Dr Han-Wei Zhang of China Medical University, Taiwan shows that long-term exposure to hydrocarbons in the air is a risk factor for ischemic stroke development. The study findings has been published the open-access journal PLOS ONE yesterday.
Past studies have demonstrated a link between cardiovascular diseases and increased levels of ozone and airborne particulat...
Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 01, 2019 3 years ago
It seems that the European Healthcare System is much backwards than even Asia when it comes to HIV. Many women in the WHO European Region, particularly those in their 40s, are diagnosed at a late stage of HIV infection when their immune system is already starting to fail. They are three to four times more likely to be diagnosed late than younger women.
From data for 2018 released last wee...
Source: November/December 2019 issue of Clinical OMICs Nov 23, 2019 3 years ago
Genomic researchers and developers of pharmacogenetic tests cheered in August 2019 when United Healthcare (UHC) concluded in a policy statement effective October 1, that “the use of pharmacogenetic multi-gene panels to guide therapy decisions is proven and medically necessary for antidepressants and antipsychotics” when all of three criteria are met:
The individual has a diagnosis of...
Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 21, 2019 3 years ago
A study conducted by University of California, Davis found that previous exposure to the pollutant DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) may contribute to the risk of diabetes among Asian Indian immigrants to the United States.
The recent study in the American Chemical Society's journal Environmental Science & Technology, linked high levels of DDT, or dichlorodiphenyltrich...
Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 18, 2019 3 years ago
According to a new study on cancer trends in Canada from 1971 to 2015 published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association),the overall rate of new cancer cases is decreasing in men but increasing in women younger than 80 years, and obesity-related cancers are increasing in young people, according to a study on cancer trends.
Dr. Darren Brenner, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary...
Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 18, 2019 3 years ago
China has announced that a 55-year-old man has been diagnosed with pneumonic plague after killing and eating a wild rabbit, adding to two plague cases already discovered in the capital Beijing.
A media statement from the health authority in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region north of Beijing said that as of Saturday the man was being treated at a hospital in the city of Huade.
Health investi...
Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 06, 2019 3 years ago
Pakistan is the second Asian country having a dengue epidemic besides Philippines. A record-breaking 44,000 people have been infected with mosquito-borne dengue in Pakistan this year, a senior health official said on Wednesday, as increased outbreaks linked to rising temperatures and erratic rainfall ravage other parts of Asia. Philippines had more than 249,547 cases since the start of the year, w...
Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 28, 2019 3 years ago
Rocket Pharmaceuticals which is based in New York has announced that data from it clinical trials from a new gene therapy to treat a rare blood disorder called Fanconi Anemia is proving to be positive.
Fanconi anemia is a rare disease passed down through families (inherited) that mainly affects the bone marrow. It results in decreased production of all types of blood cells. This...
Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 11, 2019 4 years ago
California which can be considered as one of the most progressive states in the US, with a progressive Governor that truely cares for the people, became the first state to allow people to buy HIV prevention drugs at pharmacies without a prescription.
Around 1.4 million Americans currently live with HIV, an incurable disease that develops after an individual is infected with the HIV virus. In...
SHANGHAI - Following the growth in its scale by 17% last year, Medtec China 2019 has continued its upward momentum trend in terms of the area of exhibition booths commercially available, which has increased by 25%. The overall scale of the event, meanwhile, is up by 21%. So far, the number of new exhibitors, according to the most recent data, has risen to 53. Further, 10 suppliers from New York, U...
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