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Nonablative fractional photothermolysis improves postpartum striae rubra
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 | Modern Medicine
Nonablative fractional photothermolysis using a 1,550 nm erbium:glass laser (Fraxel re:store, Solta Medical) is safe and effective treatment for striae rubra in Asian patients, according to Victoria G. Belo, M.D., a private practitioner in the Philippines. (Source: Modern Medicine)

Linda Newson, Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:14:03 +0100 | Social History of Medicine
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Federal Prosecutors Drop Long-Standing Fraud Charges Against Doctor From The Philippines
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
"Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a doctor from the Philippines who went into hiding after being accused of scamming a military health program out of more than $1 million in the 1990s," The Associated Press reports. "The U.S. Attorney's office for the Western District of Wisconsin moved to drop a fraud indictment against Dr. Alberto Marzan last week, saying the 'prosecution is no longer viable' because of a lack of evidence. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb formally dismissed the case." An assistant U.S... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Rapid diagnosis of vibriosis and white spot syndrome (WSS) in the culture of shrimp, Penaeus monodon in Philippines
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:20:04 +0100 | Veterinary Research Communications
Abstract Viral and bacterial pathogens have raised serious concerns in the sustainability of the shrimp culture industry in the Philippines. Heavy mortality associated with luminous vibriosis and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection has been the major problem besetting the industry. Using published PCR protocols for the diagnosis of vibriosis and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) disease in shrimp, we optimized these assays that could be suited to the shrimp aquaculture setting in the Philippines. Genomic DNAs of Vibrio spp. that exhibited luminescence as well as those that grew on thiosulfate citrate bile salt sucrose agar (TCBS) were used for the PCR amplification of the ribonuclease P (RNase P) gene. There was differential amplification of the RNase P gene based on...

Are we entering The Age of Women?
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:15:58 +0100 | Psychology Today Work Center
For the past century women's progress has been cast as a struggle for equality with men. But what if equality isn't the end point? What if modern postindustrial society is simply better suited to women?That's the question posed by Hanna Rosin in a provocative article in The Atlantic Monthly.Men in ancient Greece tied off their left testicle in an effort to produce male heirs; women have killed themselves (or been killed) for failing to bear sons. Simone de Beauvoir suggested women so detested their femininity that they regarded their newborn daughters with irritation and disgust.Rosin says that now the centuries old preference for sons is eroding, and may even be reversing. Many successful women today want daughters who are like them, not sons.What are the reasons for this reversal?The glo...

Archaeologists discover biggest rat that ever lived: Weight of about 6 kilograms (over 13 lb)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0100 | ScienceDaily Headlines
Archaeological research in East Timor has unearthed the bones of the biggest rat that ever lived, with a body weight around six kilograms. Today's biggest rats weigh around two kilograms and live in rainforests in the Philippines and New Guinea. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

The validity of hyperdense lumen sign in non-contrast chest CT scans in the detection of pulmonary thromboembolism
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:49:43 +0100 | The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
This study was undertaken to determine the validity of the hyperdense lumen (high-attenuation clot) sign in unenhanced chest CT in detecting pulmonary thromboembolism. Non-contrast and contrast-enhanced CT images of the chest of 121 patients who had undergone standard CT pulmonary angiography (pulmonary CTA) were reviewed separately. The absence or presence of luminal hyperdensities within the pulmonary arteries in the non-contrast images was determined. The average CT attenuation differences between the high attenuation clots and pulmonary arteries were computed. Findings in the non-contrast images were correlated with the contrast-enhanced images. Twenty-five patients were positive for pulmonary thromboembolism in the pulmonary CTAs. Of these 25 patients, nine were positive for the...

Global Statement Defining Interventional Radiology
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:46:00 +0100 | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR
A consensus statement developed by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR, USA), Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE, Europe), Austrian Society of Interventional Radiology (ÖGIR, Austria), Brazilian Society of Interventional Radiology and Endovascular Surgery (SoBRICE, Brazil), British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR, United Kingdom), Bulgarian Society of Interventional Radiology (Bulgaria), Canadian Interventional Radiology Association (CIRA, Canada), CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology Section within the Singapore Radiological Society (CVIR section of the SRS, Singapore), Cardiovascular and Interventional Society of Turkey (TGRD, Turkey), Chinese Society of Interventional Radiology (CSIR, China), Croatian Society of Radiology (...

Implementing a geospatial health data infrastructure for control of Asian schistosomiasis in the People's Republic of China and the Philippines.
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:12:03 +0100 | Advances in Parasitology
Authors: Malone JB, Yang GJ, Leonardo L, Zhou XN This review focuses on implementing a geospatial health infrastructure for control of schistosomiasis and other helminthic infections in Southeast Asia, with special focus on the People's Republic of China and the Philippines, using a model working group approach. Health workers have lagged in utilization of geospatial analysis and widely available, low-cost spatial data resources for epidemiological modelling and control programme management. The critical limitation on development of useful health applications to date has not been the availability of geospatial data and methods. Rather, the key barriers have been the speed of adoption of geospatial analysis tools by health scientists and the quality of geographic information system (GIS...