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Magnetic Bacteria Could Help Destroy Tumors and Fight Cancer By Samantha Olson / August 18, 2014 1:54 PM EDT Gold nanoparticles. David McCarthy/Science Source Surgery. Radiotherapy. Chemotherapy. Those are the cancer treatments most of us are familiar with, and in many cases, even all three combined are not enough to provide a complete cure. But a new and innovative approach may enable oncologists to add another option to the list. An artificial magnetic bacterium was recently created in a Spanish laboratory that, when ingested, can work as a magnetically charged compass that targets tumors and destroys them by spinning so fast the tumors heat up and melt. It’s based on an experimental treatment methodology called “magnetic hyperthermia” that exposes tumors filled with magnetic nanoparticles to a...

Introducing the CCGHR’s Stories of Mentorship by the CCGHR Mentorship Project Team With funding support from the Global Health Research Initiative, the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) has identified a number of exciting mentorship initiatives from Canada, Africa, Latin America, and the UK/Europe to strengthen global health research capacity. One or more key actors associated with each initiative were invited to join the CCGHR Mentorship Project Team and contribute a story about their program. Our Approach to Assembling and Telling the Mentorship Stories The team’s aim was to assemble a collection of stories, each with a different central theme. When read together, these stories would reveal a rich and detailed understanding about the practice of mentorship and about the particularities of mentorship in the context of global health research. We likened this collection of stories to an exhibit of paintings in an art gallery — an exhibit in which t...

Thousands of babies needlessly die each year, but women’s groups can save many By Audrey Prost on July 28, 2014 This blog was originally published in The Conversation . Written by Audrey Prost .   Gadagadei village, in the state of Odisha, is inhabited by Juangs, one of a number of tribal groups in India that are  counted as being particularly vulnerable . It is remote, surrounded by forests, and has poor communication and transport links. With limited access to services, Gadagadei village – and many others like it – has suffered the death of newborns and mothers who might otherwise have been saved. Not all strategies to prevent newborn deaths have to be high-tech. Community interventions that promote simple preventive practises and encourage families to seek treatment at the r...

“I Made Some Changes”: A Nurse Midwife’s Experience with Leadership and Management Training By Sarah Dwyer on August 14, 2014 Partners: IntraHealth International, Inc. Maternal Health Task Force Topics: Human Resources for Health Countries: Uganda Regions: Africa This blog was originally posted on the Maternal Health Task Force's blog . This post was part of their “Supporting the Human in Human Resources” blog series co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and Jacaranda Health . “Things were really a bit appalling.”...

Adrenaline in cardiac arrest: it’s unethical for patients not to know BMJ 2014 ; 349 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g5258 (Published 22 August 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g5258 Article Related content Metrics Responses Margaret McCartney , general practitioner, Glasgow margaret@margaretmccartney.com The PARAMEDIC2 trial—a double blind, randomised placebo controlled trial of the use of adrenaline (epinephrine) in cardiac arrest out of hospital—is due to start in parts of England later this year. Such a trial is needed, as studies have shown that such use may be associated with poorer survival in the long term. 1 2 3 Use of adrenaline in this situation is in equipoise, so a fair test is the ethical thing to do. Trial participants cannot give consent because the intervention is given in cardiac arrest, so the researchers make do with “...

Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa     Panos Region of focus : Sub-Saharan Africa  – targeting Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, and Tanzania Duration: 2014 – 2020 Funding: CA$36 million Program focus The Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa program seeks to improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) outcomes by strengthening health systems to become more equitable, using primary health care as an entry point. Two inter-related program components, Implementation Research Teams and Health Policy and Research Organizations, have been designed to achieve the goals of the program. The challenge Approximately 800 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Others suffer complications lead...

What happens when you survive Ebola? By Jacque Wilson , CNN August 22, 2014 -- Updated 0042 GMT (0842 HKT) Dr. Kent Brantly leaves Emory University Hospital on Thursday, August 21, after being declared no longer infectious from the Ebola virus. Brantly was one of two American missionaries brought to Emory for treatment of the deadly virus, which has killed more than 1,350 people in West Africa since March, according to the World Health Organization. HIDE CAPTION Ebola outbreak in West Africa << < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ...