September2016
-
WFSA calls for ketamine to always be treated as a medicine and be not placed under United Nations illicit drug restrictions
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) is calling for global support for its initiative to protect ketamine’s status as an essential medicine for anaesthesia and pain relief, in the face of efforts... -
Whole brain radiotherapy offers little benefit to people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: People with the most common type of lung cancer whose disease has spread to the brain could be spared potentially harmful whole brain radiotherapy, according to new research published in The Lancet. The phase... -
Research to reduce Chagas disease and dengue transmission
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: New community and environmentally-based approaches tested in the state of Yucatan in Mexico are helping to reduce vector-borne disease transmission. Designed around Chagas disease and dengue, they are also useful to prevent Zika and... -
Dr Johannes Sommerfeld, TDR scientist and research manager
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: Dengue is a major public health problem throughout Latin America, particularly in cities. At the same time, Chagas disease is persisting and re-emerging in different rural ecological zones of the continent, notably in the... -
Chagas disease in Bolivia
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: Benicio Segundo is the village elder in Palmarito, a Bolivian community of the Guarani ethnic group. Here a simple farming lifestyle has not changed much in hundreds of years. Water is still collected and... -
Detecting Guillain-Barré syndrome caused by Zika virus using systems developed for polio surveillance
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: Zika virus disease is caused by a viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, which is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti species. Around 80% of infections are asymptomatic. Symptomatic infections are characterized by... -
Stroke: a global response is needed
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: Worldwide, cerebrovascular accidents (stroke) are the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability. Stroke, the sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow... -
Rabies vaccine stockpile: fixing the supply chain
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: World Rabies Day is 28 September, 2016, and is designed to raise awareness about the prevention and control of this neglected disease. Almost all human rabies are transmitted by domestic dog bites or scratches, usually... -
These are the tech accessories that never leave my car
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Technology has infiltrated every part of our lives, whether we’re... -
No need to tell people there’s a dot in your Gmail address — it really doesn’t matter
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: My Slate email address is will.oremus@slate.com. If you email willoremus@slate.com, your message will bounce. There is no willoremus@slate.com. If there were, though, it’s a good bet that he’d get a lot of messages that were intended for me (poor...
