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Hong Kong has confirmed that a 59-year old woman who recently travelled to mainland China has bird flu, the first human case in the special administrative region in seven years. Hong Kong had the world’s first major bird flu outbreak in humans in 1997, where it killed six people, infected 12 others, and resulted in the culling of millions of birds…

Original post: Hong Kong Woman Has Bird Flu, First Case In Seven Years

A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has found that patients with broken heart syndrome, also known as apical ballooning syndrome (ABS), have blood vessels that don’t react normally to stress. These results offer clues to the cause of this rare syndrome and may help with efforts to identify patients who are more vulnerable to mental stress so that appropriate therapies can be developed…

Original post: Abnormal Blood Vessel Function Found In Women With Broken Heart Syndrome

Nigerian Drug Research Institute Halts Research Because Of Funding Shortfall Nigeria’s National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), which focuses on developing traditional herbal remedies into drug candidates, has had to discontinue research after the Nigerian health ministry did not provide the full amount of expected funding and a “key grant from the U…

Original post: Also In Global Health News: Nigerian Drug Institute Funding; Food Security, Climate Change; Heat-Stable, Nasal Vaccine Works In Mice; Bird Flu; More

Containing costs while delivering high-quality, effective care is a directive of healthcare reform. With episode-based care as part of the reform mandate, many healthcare providers are uncertain about its effect on both patient outcomes and their bottom-line. Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc…

Original post: Toshiba Offers Strategic Solutions To Help Customers Prepare For Episode Of Care

Bird Flu Case In Hong Kong Isolated Health officials in Hong Kong confirmed on Monday that the woman diagnosed with H5N1 (bird) flu after a trip to China this month is now in stable condition and did not contract a new strain of the virus, SAPA/DPA/Mail & Guardian report…

Original post: Also In Global Health News: Bird Flu In Hong Kong; Counterfeit Drugs In Africa; Dep. Sec. Of State For Management, Resources; HIV/AIDS In S. Africa;

Children who consistently eat lots of fruits and vegetables lower their risk of having stiff arteries in young adulthood, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Arterial stiffness is associated with atherosclerosis, which underlies heart disease. When arteries are stiff, the heart works harder to pump blood…

Original post: Eating Vegetables, Fruits As Children Linked To Healthier Arteries As Adults

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of an avian influenza virus in a commercial poultry operation in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, Manitoba. Further testing is underway to determine the precise subtype and pathogenicity of the virus. Pathogenicity refers to the severity of the illness caused in birds…

Original post: Avian Influenza Confirmed In Manitoba, Canada

Measuring heart disease risk factors in children at or after age 9 helped predict the likelihood of atherosclerosis in adulthood, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Atherosclerosis is a slow build-up of plaque in the inner lining of the arteries, and it often starts in childhood…

Original post: Children With Heart Disease Risk Factors Have High Risk For Atherosclerosis As Adults

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that the virus detected in a commercial poultry operation in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, Manitoba is low pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza. Pathogenicity refers to the severity of the illness caused in birds. The infected farm remains under quarantine, and all birds in the operation will be humanely destroyed within days…

Original post: Avian Influenza Virus In Manitoba Confirmed To Be Low Pathogenic, Canada

Loyola University Hospital’s mortality rate from heart-bypass surgery is 74 percent lower than the mortality rate at peer hospitals, according to Thomson Reuters Cardiovascular Benchmarks Report. Thomson Reuters produces reports to help organizations improve performance and manage costs. It used several data sets from Medicare patients to rate hospitals’ cardiovascular programs…

Original post: Loyola’s Heart-Bypass Mortality Rate Is 74 Percent Lower Than Peer Hospitals