In this edition:
1. Training In Depression And Suicide: Need For Change?
Stan Kutcher, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
2. Suicide Paradox Explained: Australian National Strategy
Barry Nurcombe, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
3. Methylphenidate in the Real World
Manfred …
Thomas File, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio
Community Associated Pneumonia is a sizeable problem for health systems, and what is more, some strains of the frequent culprit – streptococcus pneumoniae – are found to be drug resistant. Thomas …
Michele Pearson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
A community-wide approach is needed to combat MRSA according to a new assessment presented to the conference in Washington DC. An ongoing study has highlighted as paramount the value …
Yehuda Carmeli, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
The Washington DC conference also heard about a hospital infection that has had a worryingly low profile: acinetobacter baumanii. The news at ICAAC was that this could easily rival MRSA …
Klaus Stohr, World Health Organisation, Geneva
One of the keynote speeches in Washington described how avian influenza still looms large on the global health horizon. With the disease likely to spread with the possibility of a coming pandemic …