Story-of-the-week
The World Health Organization (WHO) classified the sub-variant
of the Omicron strain JN.1 as a "variant of interest",because of
"its rapidly increasing spread".JN.1 has been found in many countries around the world,
including India, China, UK and the United States.TAKE HOME MESSAGEIt is descended from the BA.2.86 (Pirola) variant.It appears able...
More about Nipah virus infection: This year in Bangladesh, the Nipah
virus has claimed the lives of ten individuals, marking the highest death toll
from the infection in seven years. With 71% death rate, Nipah is deadliest
infectious disease in Bangladesh.HIGHLIGHTSNipah virus has claimed the lives of ten individuals this year An additional 14 p...
Clinical studies have produced
conflicting evidence on the effects of the consumption of tomatoes on blood
pressure, and there are limited data from epidemiologic studies. This study
assesses whether tomato consumption (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is associated
with Systolic (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP), and the risk of
hypertension i...
The US
Food and Drug Administration have approved the world's first vaccine Ixchiq for
chikungunya. “Infection with chikungunya virus can lead to
severe disease and prolonged health problems, particularly for older adults and
individuals with underlying medical conditions,”The most common symptoms of
chikungunya include fever and joint pain. O...
International Journal of Research in Dermatology: March,
2022Tinea caused by trichophyton, microsporum, and epidermophyton is the most common fungal infection affecting 20–25% population globally, with varying geographic distribution.Due to Bangladesh’s hot and humid cli...
What is Disease X?According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), “Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious
international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause
human disease.According to a UK health expert,
Disease X could lead to another pandemic more lethal than Covid-19 and could
claim at least 50 mill...
Clinical Neurophysiology: April 2023Long term symptoms following
COVID-19 (Long COVID) now affects a large number of patients with estimates of
up to 100 million people world-wide.Prolonged “long-COVID” (P-L–COVID),
seen several months after even a mild COVID-19 infection, is characterized by a
complexity of neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and...
TAKE HOME MESSAGE Aspartame, one of the world’s most
popular artificial sweeteners, is expected to be labeled a possible carcinogen
by The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) arm of the World
Health Organization (WHO).A popular artificial sweetener used
in thousands of products worldwide including Diet Coke, ice-cream and chewing...
Dengue is the most common
mosquito-borne, viral disease in the world. Dengue virus is a single stranded
positive polarity RNA virus, belongs to the family Flaviviridae. The Den-2 and Den-3 variants of
dengue are active this year and of the two, Den-2 is more prominent, according
to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Researc...
Clinicians should be more judicious in prescribing or
recommending oral or topical antifungal therapy.Given the limited selection of antifungals, it is paramount
to mitigate resistant cases. Mitigation proposals include:·
good
skin hygiene,· &nb...
AACE Endocrine Practice Journal: Published
on May, 2022Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD) is part of a multisystemic disease and is closely associated with
obesity, insulin resistance (IR), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), hypertension,
and atherogenic dyslipidemia. The definition of NAFLD is based on
the presence of hepatic steatosis in...
