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Harvard World Health News - AIDS, Malaria, Seafood, and Heat Wave deaths
Harvard World Health News - Highlights:
Study Debunks Myth of How Well Africans Follow AIDS Regimens
Erin Cline (Los Angeles Times, Aug. 9, 2006)
"Contradicting the perception that AIDS drug regimens are too complicated to be effective in Africa, an international study has found that sub-Saharan Africans are better at taking their drugs than North Americans." Free registration required.
Age-Old Malaria Mystery Solved by Researchers
Kounteya Sinha (The Times of India, Aug. 8, 2006)
"Scientists from Germany and France have jointly cracked an age old mystery -- how do malaria parasites avoid the human immune system to move from the liver to the red blood cells and then cause cells to burst, resulting in classic symptoms of malaria, chills and fever?"
Sorting Seafood's Benefits From Risks
Sally Squires (The Washington Post, Aug. 8, 2006)
"The health advantages of eating seafood are sufficiently clear that the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, the American Heart Association, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommend fish for at least two meals a week (unless it's deep-fried). But concerns about mercury and other potential risks continue to muddy the waters." Free registration required.
New York City: Heat Deaths Rise to 22, and City Checks Emergency Plans
Emily Vasquez and Sewell Chan (The New York Times, Aug. 7, 2006)
"The number of deaths attributed to last week’s sweltering weather rose to 22 yesterday, and the mayor said the city would study how it could prevent such deaths in future heat waves." Free registration required.
Study Debunks Myth of How Well Africans Follow AIDS Regimens
Erin Cline (Los Angeles Times, Aug. 9, 2006)
"Contradicting the perception that AIDS drug regimens are too complicated to be effective in Africa, an international study has found that sub-Saharan Africans are better at taking their drugs than North Americans." Free registration required.
Age-Old Malaria Mystery Solved by Researchers
Kounteya Sinha (The Times of India, Aug. 8, 2006)
"Scientists from Germany and France have jointly cracked an age old mystery -- how do malaria parasites avoid the human immune system to move from the liver to the red blood cells and then cause cells to burst, resulting in classic symptoms of malaria, chills and fever?"
Sorting Seafood's Benefits From Risks
Sally Squires (The Washington Post, Aug. 8, 2006)
"The health advantages of eating seafood are sufficiently clear that the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, the American Heart Association, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommend fish for at least two meals a week (unless it's deep-fried). But concerns about mercury and other potential risks continue to muddy the waters." Free registration required.
New York City: Heat Deaths Rise to 22, and City Checks Emergency Plans
Emily Vasquez and Sewell Chan (The New York Times, Aug. 7, 2006)
"The number of deaths attributed to last week’s sweltering weather rose to 22 yesterday, and the mayor said the city would study how it could prevent such deaths in future heat waves." Free registration required.
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New York should really look to Chicago. After their 1995 heat wave, they really got their act together and are seen as a model for heat wave reaction. I could go on and on about heat waves, like I did, here:
http://brdgt.livejournal.com/673533.html
I'll check that book out - but just a warning, it might be a busman's holiday for me! When I read fiction about disease I tend to lean toward disease as a metaphor, like The Plague or Blindness.
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