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September 20, 2007
September 20, 2007
Diana Lockwood
REFERENCE:47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
DIANA LOCKWOOD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
ICAAC delegates heard that ‘hidden’ leprosy can be triggered in some patients who are receiving HIV antiretroviral therapy. So what might this mean for the countries that are rolling out this therapy to large numbers of people? Derek Thorne discussed the issue with Diana Lockwood of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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September 15, 2007
September 15, 2007
Vikram Patel
Shekhar Saxena
Mental Health is a major part of the global disease burden, but more needs to be done to make sure support, treatments and policies are in place. That’s according to a series of articles, published in The Lancet, which have looked at this very topic. The audio news team went to meet some of the authors:
Graham Thornicroft, of Kings College London, who talked about the size of the problem;
Vikram Patel, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who discussed measures to take and choices that need to be made;
and Shekhar Saxena, from the World Health Organisation, who has calculated the costs involved.
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August 9, 2007
August 9, 2007
Simon Lewin
REFERENCE: PLoS Med 4(7):e238. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040238
SIMON LEWIN, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Non-adherence is a big factor reducing the efficacy of tuberculosis treatment according to a review of research released by the Public Library of Science’s online medical journal, PLoS Medicine. The article suggests that more needs to be done to resolve barriers to therapy compliance in order to help reduce the global burden of tuberculosis. Nicola Solomon interviewed Simon Lewin.
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By admin | Published:
July 26, 2007
July 26, 2007
Chris Curtis
Malaria Nets Should be Mass Distributed
CHRIS CURTIS, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The current method of distributing insecticidal nets for malaria isn’t working well enough. Chris Curtis explains what needs to be done.
Jean Jannin
Renewed Battle Against Chagas Disease
JEAN JANNIN, World Health Organisation
MICHAEL MILES, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Jean Jannin of the WHO discusses the organisation’s new push to eliminate Chagas Disease; and Michael Mills explains how London School research will contribute.
Harold Margolis
Quiet Progress for the Dengue Vaccine
REFERENCE: www.pdvi.org
HAROLD MARGOLIS, Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative, Seoul
Harold Margolis, director of the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative, describes current progress in the development of a vaccine for dengue fever.
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By admin | Published:
July 15, 2007
July 15, 2007
Stuart Pocock
REFERENCE: ABSTRACT N Engl J Med 2007; 357: 28-381
STUART POCOCK, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Reassuring findings about the safety of the anti-diabetic drug rosiglitazone have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine following an interim analysis of the Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiac Outcomes and Regulation of Glycaemia in Diabetes (RECORD) study. This latest publication follows a meta-analysis in June 2007 by Nissen and Wolski which raised doubt about the safety of the drug. Nicola Solomon spoke with the RECORD trial’s statistician, Stuart Pocock, to get the latest data from this largest study specifically designed to look at cardiovascular outcomes.
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By admin | Published:
July 1, 2007
July 1, 2007
Martin McKee
The Threat of Oral Tobacco
MARTIN MCKEE, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Martin McKee on the smoking ban – and how the tobacco industry is now looking to promote oral tobacco. Is it an effort to keep people addicted?
Virginia Berridge
Health Politics Must Involve History
REFERENCE: The Guardian, 20th June
VIRGINIA BERRIDGE, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Virginia Berridge on how the past holds important lessons for public health in the present.
Martin McKee
Alcohol Consumption in Russian Men
REFERENCE: The Lancet 2007; 369:2001-2009
MARTIN MCKEE, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Martin McKee also discusses the new study on alcohol and mortality in working-age Russian men, and evidence that non-beverage alcohol is a major cause of early death.
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