NEW ORLEANS - Oil production companies that removed a naturally occurring radioactive material exposure lawsuit to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Jan. 11 filed a joint motion on Jan. 18 to dismiss a medical monitoring claim in the petition under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failing to state a claim (Junius Royal Jr. v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 12-81, E.D. La.).
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Revised guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease have no major changes from the draft guidelines released and debated last year. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
We are introduced to a postsurgery ward in an American hospital, to which a healthy young female student has been admitted after an appendectomy. She acquires an intravenous-line-associated infection caused by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and dies. The video then retraces the choices and actions of five individuals on the ward who collectively and unwittingly facilitated this outcome. These people include a family member of another patient with MRSA, the physician manager of the ward responsible for implementing and leading safety initiatives, the infection control practitioner providing support for the ward, a third-year medical student, and a registered nurse. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
Mass gatherings (MGs) have been associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality from non-communicable diseases, accidents, and terrorist attacks, thus posing complex public health challenges. We assessed the health risks and public health responses to MGs to identify an evidence-based framework for public health interventions. Human stampedes and heat-related illnesses are the leading causes of mortality. Minor traumatic injuries and medical complaints are the main contributors to morbidity and, particularly, the need for onsite medical care. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
We present the case of a 26-year-old HIV-seronegative patient with XDR pulmonary tuberculosis refractory to medical therapy. Surgical resection of the patient's solitary cavitary lesion was done as adjunctive treatment, and a successful outcome with a combination of surgery and drug therapy was achieved. We review the history of surgical therapy for tuberculosis and reports of its role in treatment of MDR and XDR tuberculosis. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)