Pretoria: The world has not yet won the war against malaria. While the total number of cases has declined from about 81.1 cases per 1,000 population to 59 per 1,000 since 2000, there were still an estimated 240 million cases and 600,000 deaths in 2020 globally. Malaria remains a menace across Africa. The continent carries … Read more
The new report, commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care, said the consultant, referred to as Dr A, had previously admitted self-administering intravenous magnesium and parecoxib, a painkiller, while responsible for an anaesthetised patient a year previously. Source link
Oct. 15, 2021 — Machine learning has come a long way in the quarter-century since a computer nicknamed Deep Blue shocked the world by beating chess champion Garry Kasparov. Today, when our smartphones have far more computing power than Deep Blue, scientists have trained their sights on even bigger opponents, including potentially fatal illnesses like … Read more
But the ex-health secretary suggests a separate payment rather than rises in income tax or national insurance. Source link
Flurry of Covid data does not resolve debate around state of the pandemic in the UK. Source link
The whereabouts of one infected person is unknown, as they did not give their full contact details. Source link
SOURCES: Carlos Julio Aponte, MD, board-certified rheumatologist and American College of Rheumatology member. David Borenstein, MD, clinical professor of medicine, George Washington University Medical Center; partner, Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Washington, DC; executive editor, spinecommunity.com. UpToDate: “Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis) in adults,” “Pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis.” National … Read more