AFM Has Doctors, Families Trying 'Whatever Works'
https://ift.tt/2GbOccr AFMANow.org. LaMay Axton, Southern California. Samuel Dominguez, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora. Sherri Smith, San Antonio, TX. Dawn Sticklen, Joplin, MO. Mobeen H. Rathore, MD, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL. Cynthia Wang, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Neurology: “Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of fluoxetine as an antiviral for acute flaccid myelitis.” American Academy of Pediatrics spokesperson, Itasca, IL. CDC.gov: “Acute Flaccid Myelitis for Clinicians and Health Departments,” “Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Interim Considerations for Clinical Management,” “AFM Investigation,” and “About Acute Flaccid Myelitis.” Heathline.com, “Acute Respiratory Failure.” Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ December 12, 2018 at 01:01PM
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Fentanyl Now the No. 1 Opioid OD Killer
https://ift.tt/2UD9suJ WEDNESDAY, Dec. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- As the U.S. opioid epidemic grinds on, fentanyl is fast becoming the main culprit in drug overdose deaths, health officials report. Cocaine and heroin remain the street drugs of choice, but more overdose deaths involve fentanyl, either mixed with those narcotics or taken alone. Between 2013 and 2016, overdose deaths involving fentanyl increased about 113 percent per year, researchers found. "The drugs most frequently involved in overdose deaths change quickly from one year to the next," said lead researcher Dr. Holly Hedegaard, a medical epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. Many of these deaths involve more than one drug, Hedegaard said. "A lot of the deaths that mention fentanyl also mention heroin, and a lot of the deaths that mention cocaine also mention fentanyl," she explained. Over the past several years, heroin and cocaine mixed with fentanyl have become more common, which may account for the combination of drugs seen on death certificates. But that isn't something the researchers could tell from death certificates, Hedegaard said. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 80 to 100 times stronger than heroin or cocaine, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Fentanyl was first developed to relieve pain in cancer patients. But according to the DEA, fentanyl is added to heroin to increase its potency, or is disguised as highly potent heroin. Although many drug users think they are buying heroin, they don't know they're buying fentanyl. Because of its potency, overdose deaths can occur. According to the new CDC report, the drugs most often listed on death certificates of people who overdosed during the study period were fentanyl, heroin, hydrocodone (Vicodin), methadone, morphine, oxycodone (OxyContin), alprazolam (Xanax), diazepam (Valium), cocaine and methamphetamine. In 2011, oxycodone ranked first. From 2012 to 2015, it was heroin, and in 2016, fentanyl. Cocaine consistently was the second or third drug most common in overdoses during the entire period, the researchers found. Between 2011 and 2016, the rate of deaths involving heroin and methamphetamine more than tripled, the study authors noted. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ December 12, 2018 at 12:19PM
Animal, Bug Bites a Billion-Dollar Burden
https://ift.tt/2zTcDWA "If you are bitten by a rattlesnake, it requires an anti-venom, and often it requires multiple vials. Each of those vials is $10,000," Stankus said. Only 1,162 patients in the study -- 0.02 percent -- died from their injury. Bites accounted for the highest rates of death, by rat (6.5 deaths per 100,000 bites), venomous snake/lizard (6.4/100,000 bites), or dog (6.1/100,000 bites). During the five-year period studied, treating animal-related injuries cost $5.96 billion, or about $1.2 billion per year. This figure is likely an underestimate, researchers said, because it doesn't include doctors' fees, outpatient clinic charges, lost productivity or rehabilitation. "We've seen our numbers in the emergency department go up as access to primary care physicians goes down," Stankus said. "Where in the past people would go in on a same-day basis for a wasp sting or a minor dog bite, we now see those cases because people can't get in to see their primary care doctor." Dog bites, nonvenomous insect and spider bites, and bites from venomous snakes and lizards accounted for 60 percent of the total costs. The study findings were published Dec. 11 in the journal Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. Many bites associated with large animals and snakes can be avoided with a little common sense, Stankus said. "The demographics for a rattlesnake bite is a late-teen/early 20s male having consumed alcohol, on the right index finger," Stankus said. "It's typically because a human is antagonizing or messing with that animal." Dog bites can be avoided by never leaving children unsupervised around dogs, Forrester said. People should not approach unfamiliar dogs, or disturb a dog that is eating, sleeping or caring for puppies. People can avoid insect bites by using insect repellent, wearing long-sleeved shirts and pants to cover exposed skin, and avoiding areas where insects nest, the American College of Emergency Physicians says. These include stagnant pools of water, garbage cans, and places where flowers are in bloom. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ December 12, 2018 at 11:50AM
The 20 Ultimate Dumbbell Moves For Strong, Sculpted Arms (Plus 6 Workout Videos!)
https://ift.tt/2GdZnkW Your arms are about to transform! You don't need to lift heavy necessarily; just grab a pair of dumbbells and incorporate these 20 moves into your routine. It's nice to have a range of dumbbell weights on hand, between three and 20 pounds, depending on your strength. As your upper body gets stronger, you can move up in weights - it's so satisfying! Choose five to 10 exercises to create a quick dumbbell arm workout, and work your arms a few times a week to start seeing results. Be sure to mix and match the moves each time to keep your upper body guessing. Or follow along to the six dumbbell arm workout videos at the end. Health via POPSUGAR Fitness https://ift.tt/2mWxwLI December 12, 2018 at 11:20AM
The Bodyweight Exercise You Should Be Doing For Stronger Legs and Better Stability
https://ift.tt/2EhTXCB One key to strength training and building muscle is to make sure that your muscles are being challenged. If you never change the stimuli (weight, reps, sets, exercises), your muscles will adapt and eventually stop growing and getting stronger. Because our glutes are the biggest muscle group in our body (our quadriceps and hamstrings also top that list), it's important to have an arsenal of ways to work them. Squats are great for improving your lower-body strength and one of my favorite variations is the pistol squat. It's a unilateral exercise (a single-leg movement) that will help strengthen both sides of your body equally (goodbye, imbalances) and it will improve your strength and stability. How to Do a TRX Pistol Squat
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