Military Medicine in the Balkans Now
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Military doctors in the breakaway republics of the former Yugoslavia have their hands full. An upper respiratory tract infection called the Bosnian crud strikes many members of the peacekeeping force when they first arrive. The members of the 154-member US military medical contingent also have to watch out for waterborne or foodborne diseases as well as typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, hantaviral infections, bacterial or viral meningitis, tickborne encephalitis or Lyme disease, tuberculosis, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, sandfly and West Nile fevers, Bhanja virus fever, hepatitis A, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Prostate cancer's complexities of causation, detection, and treatment challenge researchers
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Research on prostate cancer was discussed at the American Cancer Society's Science Writers' Seminar. A vaccine developed by fusing immune cells with prostate-specific membrane antigen appears to be very successful in treating metastatic prostate cancer in some men. Another marker has been identified that could be used in combination with prostate-specific antigen (PSA). The PSA test itself is being refined to make it more accurate. Physicians are also debating whether all men should be screened or only those at high risk. A genetic link and dietary factors were also discussed.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Two new reports help put nation's no. 1 killer disease challenges into perspective for 1993
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The American Heart Association has issued the 1993 editions of its 'Facts and Statistics' pamphlets about heart disease and stroke. Of the approximately two million deaths in the US in 1986, almost half were caused by cardiovascular disease. The cost of treating patients with cardiovascular disease in 1993 will be approximately $117.4 billion. Death rates from heart disease and stroke are dropping, and many risk factors can be eliminated. These include tobacco use, high blood pressure, inactivity and obesity.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1993
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