Measles, a forgotten scourge, makes a comeback in Europe | Empowered News: "Measles, a viral infection thought to be largely eradicated in the developed world, has staged a dangerous comeback in France and other parts of Europe.
A report by the World Health Organization confirmed a measles outbreak in France of about 4,937 cases from January to March 2011 alone compared to 5,090 cases in all 12 months of last year. Other European countries have also reported a spike in measles. The overall total so far was about 6,500 cases according to WHO officials.
Health experts said that the figures reflect the slide in vaccination efforts in many European countries. Partly to blame for that is the bogus study made in 1998 that falsely linked an MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine to autism in children. Some parents who were fearful that their children can get sick chose to forego vaccination for their children."
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Wellness Update: North America: Medical News: HIV Infection Ups Heart Failure Risk - in Clinical Context, HIV/AIDS from MedPage Today
Medical News: HIV Infection Ups Heart Failure Risk - in Clinical Context, HIV/AIDS from MedPage Today: "All participants were eligible, but the investigators excluded subjects with coronary heart disease, angina, heart failure, or cancer at baseline. Because there were only 276 of them, women were also excluded from the analysis, leaving 8,486 patients, including 2,391 men with HIV (or 28.2%).
The median duration of follow-up was 7.3 years, during which there were 286 incident cases of heart failure and 1,096 deaths, Butt and colleagues reported.
After adjusting for age, race, and ethnicity, Butt and colleagues found the rate of incident heart failure was 7.12 per 1,000 person-years among those with HIV and 4.82 per 1,000 person-years in the rest of the cohort.
After adjusting for traditional risk factors, the hazard ratio for heart failure among those with HIV was 1.81, with a 95% confidence interval from 1.39 to 2.36, they reported.
The usual suspects were also independent risk factors, Butt and colleagues found: increasing age, African-American race, current smoking, body mass index greater than 30, hypertension, diabetes, and a diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence"
The median duration of follow-up was 7.3 years, during which there were 286 incident cases of heart failure and 1,096 deaths, Butt and colleagues reported.
After adjusting for age, race, and ethnicity, Butt and colleagues found the rate of incident heart failure was 7.12 per 1,000 person-years among those with HIV and 4.82 per 1,000 person-years in the rest of the cohort.
After adjusting for traditional risk factors, the hazard ratio for heart failure among those with HIV was 1.81, with a 95% confidence interval from 1.39 to 2.36, they reported.
The usual suspects were also independent risk factors, Butt and colleagues found: increasing age, African-American race, current smoking, body mass index greater than 30, hypertension, diabetes, and a diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence"
HIV & AIDS Information :: Study examines transmitted HIV drug resistance in Asia
HIV & AIDS Information :: Study examines transmitted HIV drug resistance in Asia: "Prevalence of transmitted drug resistance among patients starting HIV therapy in Asia stands at 14%, investigators report in the April 15th edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The study was conducted at eight sites in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand between 2007 and 2009 and involved 682 patients.
“Primary HIV drug resistance is emerging in Asia after rapid scale-up of ART [antiretroviral therapy] use”, comment the investigators.
However, the author of an accompanying editorial believes that some patients may have been infected with resistant strains of HIV when sub-optimal therapy was being used in the era before low-cost generic antiretrovirals became available, or were exposed to one or two-drug regimens during this period. He also notes that a large proportion of the cases identified in the study involved virus that was resistant due to a natural mutation. He therefore does not believe that routine resistance testing in the region would be the best use of limited resources.
It is estimated that there are 4.7 million HIV infections in Asia."
The study was conducted at eight sites in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand between 2007 and 2009 and involved 682 patients.
“Primary HIV drug resistance is emerging in Asia after rapid scale-up of ART [antiretroviral therapy] use”, comment the investigators.
However, the author of an accompanying editorial believes that some patients may have been infected with resistant strains of HIV when sub-optimal therapy was being used in the era before low-cost generic antiretrovirals became available, or were exposed to one or two-drug regimens during this period. He also notes that a large proportion of the cases identified in the study involved virus that was resistant due to a natural mutation. He therefore does not believe that routine resistance testing in the region would be the best use of limited resources.
It is estimated that there are 4.7 million HIV infections in Asia."
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