Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
CNN reported: “Global health experts on Friday declared the Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa an international health emergency that requires a coordinated global approach.”
“’Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are battling the Ebola virus, which has also spread to Nigeria. The virus is believed to have infected 1,779 people, killing 961, from the start of the outbreak earlier this year through Wednesday,’ the World Health Organization said.”
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
You (or a family member) require major surgery so you spend hours finding the most highly trained, experienced surgeon with great outcomes.
You arrive at the hospital at 6AM and while being prepped for the procedure a gowned or capped individual introduces himself or herself to you and says “I will be administering your anesthesia.”
You need to know what kind of anesthesia you will be getting. “In general anesthesia, you are unconscious and have no awareness or other sensations. In regional anesthesia, your anesthesiologist makes an injection near a cluster of nerves to numb the area of your body that requires surgery. You may remain awake, or you may be given a sedative. In local anesthesia, the anesthetic drug is usually injected into the tissue to numb just the specific location of your body requiring minor surgery.”
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
“Do you really need to treat all of these patients?”
A Modern Healthcare article reported that: “ More than half of adults between ages 40 and 75 who need help managing cholesterol would be eligible for statin therapy for the prevention of heart disease on the basis of the newest American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines…The new guidelines have the potential to increase the net number of new statin prescriptions by 12.8 million.”
“With more than 115 million U.S. adults estimated to be between the ages of 40 and 75, the analysis suggests the total number of potential statin users could expand to 56 million, and the majority would be above age 60.”
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
Reuters reported: “The use of an experimental drug on two U.S. charity workers with the deadly Ebola virus has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider the implications of making such treatments more widely available.”
The Geneva-based agency, which is hosting a two-day Emergency Committee of experts to decide on the international response to the disease that has killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa, said it would convene a meeting of medical ethics experts early next week.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
The BBC reports that: “Global health experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting to discuss new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak.”
The meeting is expected to last two days and will decide whether to declare a global health emergency.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
Recently CNN reported that: “Three vials containing an experimental drug stored at subzero temperatures were flown into Liberia last week in a last-ditch effort to save two American missionary workers who had contracted Ebola, according to a source familiar with details of the treatment.”
“The drug appears to have worked, sources say. Dr. Kent Brantly’s and Nancy Writebol’s conditions significantly improved after receiving the medication, sources say. Brantly was able to walk into Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after being evacuated to the United States last week, and Writebol is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday.”
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CNN reported: “Global health experts on Friday declared the Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa an international health emergency that requires a coordinated global approach.”
