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CDC advised doctors to push Tamiflu & Other Antivirals during Nasty Flu Season

January 11, 2015 By Carol Harper

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In the middle of the disturbing flu season, health officials are now pushing doctors to prescribe antiviral drugs regularly.

On Friday a news alert was sent to the doctors by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advising regular use of Tamiflu and other antiviral drugs for the flu patients and others at high risk of complications like pneumonia.

CDC officials say that the worst flu attack is more dangerous to young children and very elderly people. In addition to that the flu vaccines is not working against the virus as the virus has come along with a mutated version. So “it’s more important than usual” that doctors treat certain patients with Tamiflu or other antiviral medications, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said at a press conference Friday.

An increasing flu that spread from 43 to 46 states in a week is now facing a little drop as reported in by states, which according to some researchers could be the end of this worst flu season.

The flu season tends to last about 13 weeks and the data from CDC suggests that the nation is about seven weeks in, Frieden said. “It seems we’re right in the middle of flu season,” he said.

On another node in some states which the number of flu encounters are decreased, an increment from some stated has also been reported. Health officials say that it is unclear that whether flu has peaked overall or not.

CDC research suggests doctors prescribe antivirals to one in five high-risk flu patients. CDC officials say the number should be higher.

A number of studies have found that the regular use of antivirals can shorten the amount of time if someone is sick with flu. The drugs also can prevent patients from becoming sick enough to end up in a hospital intensive care unit — or worse, Frieden said.

“Antiviral flu medicines save lives,” he said.

A first alert was sent to the physicians last month regarding the severeness of this flu season and encouraging treatment of the patients using antivirals and now the second alert was sent this Friday repeating the previous recommendations and pointed the approval of the new antiviral that is approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month. It’s called Rapivab, and is an infusion that can be given to sick patients who aren’t able to take Tamiflu pills or another, inhalable antiviral medicine called Relenza.

According to CDC officials Doctors are cautious regarding prescribing this drug as they need lab confirmation first. In cases in which patients delayed seeking treatment, doctors may worry the patients are already be too far into the illness for the drugs to do much good.

Last year, a respected international network of researchers — the Cochrane Collaboration — published a review of past studies on the medications, and found there was no good evidence to support claims that Tamiflu reduces flu complications or flu-related hospitalizations. At best, it shortens flu symptoms by half a day, the Cochrane report said.

The CDC shouldn’t push antivirals unless they have a strong proof regarding the prevention and key complications in the patients, said one of the Cochrane study’s authors, Peter Doshi, in an interview Friday. He is an assistant professor at the University Of Maryland School Of Pharmacy.

CDC officials say the Cochrane review had limitations; for example, Cochrane was more concerned of the high-quality studies but none that included hospitalized patients.

CDC officials say the agency is more concerned with the observational studies, which are considered less rigorous than the research Cochrane focused on, but which offered a look at what happened in hospitalized patients. And that research did find a benefit. Also, there aren’t really other options: Against flu, antiviral medicines are what’s left in the medical arsenal when the vaccine doesn’t work, experts say.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: advise, alert, antivirals, CDC, doctors, flu, news, prevention, season, Tamiflu, USA, worst

Newborn Missouri Baby Surprised the World with two front teeth

January 7, 2015 By Cliff Jenkins Scott

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A newly born baby in Missouri just surprised the doctors with her two front teeth. The baby was born three days after the Christmas and the day was a surprise for her parents as she already had two front teeth.

Jaklina Bailey, the mother, told ABC7 that “Right when she first arrived, everybody was just shocked. Just like, ‘She has two front teeth? No kidding? Really?’ It was just a big talk about it, you know, in the delivery room.”

She told Fox News that even her doctor was shocked. “She said in her 25-year career this is the second time she’s ever seen it,” Bailey said.

According to the National Institute of Health, It’s likely that in about every 2000 to 3000 births, a baby is born with teeth.

Dr. Laura Corio, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, explained to ABC News that “Teeth can be present in oral cavities at birth and may be related to certain other health problems but not always,”

Corio told ABC News that in most of the cases the doctors shave down or remove the natal teeth quickly to prevent the baby from cutting its tongue.

Fox news reported that Baby Alyssa Bella Bailey’s teeth are not posing any health issues to her, although natal teeth can be associated to medical conditions such as cleft palates or hormone deficiencies.

The parents had decided to keep teeth in baby’s mouth. They planned to keep a close eye on the teeth just in case they become a safety hazard or dangerous for the baby, ABC reported. The natal teeth are an extra (third) set of teeth, so once they fall out they will be replaced with her baby teeth like other babies.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Baby, doctors, front, gynecology, missouri, National Institute of Health, newborn, news, report, surprized, teeth

California Announced Strong Regulations For Health Care Professionals Treating Ebola Patients

November 16, 2014 By Denise Ehrlich

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The current condition marks the worst Ebola outbreak of the world till date, that fetched the Californian state to adopt strong regulations for health care professionals who are treating Ebola patients.

On Friday, the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the regulations, require approximately state’s 300 acute-care hospitals to supply hazardous material suits, respirators, isolation rooms and extensive training to individuals dealing with patients suspected of getting the Ebola virus.

The new regulations elucidate and expand upon general recommendation released in Oct.

Nurses praised the rules as a model for the rest of the nation.

“The governor and OSHA have really inspired nurses using their persistence to this. They’ve proven a complete dedication to look after patients and nurses,” Chuck Idelson, a spokesperson for National Nurses United said.

The rules tend to be more comprehensive than those put forth by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), that the state’s hospitals have been following so far.

Jan Emerson-Shea, speaker for the California Hospital Association, said, “Hospitals will work carefully with Cal/OSHA authorities as hands-on training periods go on for individual employees who are likely to provide care to patients with Ebola.”

Until now, no Ebola cases happen to be reported in California, even though the virus is constantly devastating West Africa, where about 5,100 individuals have died. Within the United States, one person has died of Ebola yet.

There was a global protest of nurses on Thursday demanding more powerful protections for individuals dealing with Ebola patients and the new regulations, marked as some of the nation’s strongest ones, are the outcome of the same.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Cal/OSHA, california, CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, doctors, Ebola, Health professionals, National Nurses United, Nurses

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