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Nada de sexo después de los Juegos Olímpicos de Brasil … al menos por un tiempo.

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Los viajeros que regresan de las zonas afectadas por el virus Zika deben abstenerse de tener relaciones sexuales o tener relaciones sexuales protegidas de ‘al menos ocho semanas “, y no sólo cuatro, ahora dice que la OMS

En sus nuevas recomendaciones para la prevención de la transmisión sexual del virus Zika, la Organización Mundial de la Salud añade que la gente debe esperar “seis meses si la pareja masculina tiene síntomas ‘.

… Se requiere .Este período de tiempo para asegurarse de que la infección ha desaparecido del cuerpo y que el virus no se puede transmitir (…) a la pareja “, explicó portavoz de la OMS Cristiano Lindmeier.

El virus Zika se asocia con América Latina a una explosión de hydrencephaly, una malformación grave e irreversible que se caracteriza por un tamaño anormalmente pequeño cráneo, así como las enfermedades neurológicas en los adultos, incluyendo el síndrome de Guillain-Barré.

El mosquito Aedes aegypti es considerado como el principal sourceo de transmisión del virus Zika, pero “cada vez más nuevas evidencias han demostrado que también se transmite por vía sexual.”

Nada de sexo após a Olimpíada Brasil … pelo menos por algum tempo.

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Viajantes que retornam de áreas afetadas pelo vírus Zika devem se abster de relações sexuais ou tem sexo seguro para ‘pelo menos oito semanas’ e não apenas quatro, agora diz que o WHO

nas suas novas recomendações para a prevenção da transmissão sexual do vírus Zika, a Organização Mundial de saúde acrescenta que as pessoas devem esperar ‘seis meses se o parceiro masculino tem sintomas’.

“… aqui o período de tempo é necessário para garantir que a infecção desapareceu do corpo e que o vírus não pode ser transmitido (…) para o parceiro”, explicou que o porta-voz de Christian Lindmeier.

O vírus Zika é associado com a América Latina para uma explosão de hydrencephaly tem malformação grave e irreversível, caracterizada por um tamanho anormalmente pequeno crânio, bem como doenças neurológicas em adultos, incluindo a síndrome de Guillain-Barré.

O mosquito Aedes aegypti é considerado como sendo o principal sourceo da transmissão do vírus Zika, mas “cada vez mais novas evidências tem mostrado que é também sexualmente transmitida”.

 

No sex after Brazil Olympics… at least for awhile.

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Travelers returning from areas affected by the Zika virus should refrain from sexual intercourse or have protected sex for ‘at least eight weeks’, and not just four, now says the WHO

In its new recommendations for the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus, the World Health Organization adds that people should wait ‘ six months if the male partner has symptoms ‘.

….this time period is required to ensure that the infection has disappeared from the body and that the virus cannot be transmitted (…) to the partner”, explained WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.

The Zika virus is associated with Latin America to an explosion of hydrencephaly, a serious and irreversible malformation characterized by an abnormally small skull size, as well as neurological diseases in adults, including Guillain-Barré syndrome.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito is regarded as being the main sourceo of transmission of Zika virus, but “increasingly new evidence has shown that it is also sexually transmitted.”

Super Bug E. coli infection : (CRE)

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Rare E. coli infection

Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) or carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) is a rare kind of E. coli infection that is resistant to antibiotics. In fact it is resistant to the carbapenem class of antibiotics which are known as the last resort for this type of infection. The spread of CRE has dramatically progressed in the world since it was first observed in 2001. Cases have been mostly found in the Mediterranean and southern European countries – Greece, Italy and quickly spread to Turkey and France.

A case has now been found in the United States. A 49 year old Pennsylvania woman presented the presence of this rare kind of E. coli infection, the first known case of its kind in the United States.
The CDC and the Pennsylvania Department of Health mobilized immediately to investigate the case and to trace contacts the patient may have had to see whether the bacteria had spread.

The woman is now safe. But the case is of concern. Superbugs also referred to as the Nightmare Bacteria by the CDC (Center for Disease Control). Superbugs prove to be be the ultimate challenge to the world’s medical community.

Hospitals are primary transmission sites for CRE-based infections. Researchers found environmental reservoirs of CRE bacteria in ICU sinks and drains. Despite multiple attempts to sterilize these sinks and drains, using detergents and steam, hospital staff were unsuccessful in getting rid of the CRE bacteria. Due to the bacteria’s resistance to cleaning measures, staff should take extreme precaution in maintaining sterile environments in hospitals not yet infected with the CRE-resistant bacteria.

What can you do to protect yourself from the E. coli Superbug?

  • Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with warm soapy water before and after handling food and using the bathroom.
  • Clean and sanitize utensils, cutting boards and counter tops often.
  • Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating (even the ones you peel or those that are “pre-washed”).
  • Drink only pasteurized milk, juice and cider.
  • Use a meat thermometer to ensure your meat is cooked completely. Don’t judge if meat is cooked by how it looks, because hamburger can turn brown before it has reached a safe internal temperature of 71oC (160oF).
  • Place raw meats on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator so the juices cannot drip onto other foods.
  • Have separate cutting boards for raw meat, vegetables and cooked foods.
  • Keep cold foods cold and hot foods hot. Bacteria grows fastest in the “danger zone”, which is between 4°C and 60°C (40°F to 140°F).

What are the symptoms of E. Coli infection?

Symptoms of intestinal infection include diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever. More severe cases can lead to bloody diarrhea, dehydration, or even kidney failure. People with weakened immune systems, pregnant women, young children, and older adults are at increased risk for developing these complications.

The Ultimate Concern

With the irresponsible overuse of antibiotics made by the medical community in the past years, we now face Superbugs that cannot be eliminated. Should a Superbug begin to spread out of control we may come face to face with the Ultimate Nightmare Scenario.

10 preguntas para hacerle a su médico

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10 preguntas para hacerle a su médico
1. ¿Qué le parece que está causando mi problema?

2. ¿Hay más de una condición (enfermedad) que podrían ser la causa de mi problema?

3. ¿Qué pruebas vas a hacer para diagnosticar el problema y cuál de las condiciones está presente?

4. ¿Qué tan bueno son las pruebas para diagnosticar el problema y las condiciones?

5. ¿Qué tan seguros son las pruebas?

6. ¿Cuál es el curso probable de esta condición? ¿Cuál es el pronóstico a largo plazo con y
sin tratamiento?

7. ¿Cuáles son mis opciones de tratamiento? ¿Qué tan efectivo es cada opción de tratamiento? ¿Cuáles son los
beneficios frente a los riesgos de cada opción de tratamiento?

8. Si los síntomas empeoran, ¿qué debo hacer por mi cuenta? ¿Cuándo debo contactar?

9. ¿Tiene usted conocimiento de cada uno de los medicamentos que estoy tomando? Pueden interactuar de manera adversa
con los medicamentos que está prescribiendo para mí?

10. ¿Hay que vigilar los efectos secundarios de los medicamentos que se prescriben o para
sus interacciones con otros medicamentos que estoy tomando?

10 perguntas para perguntar ao seu médico

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10 perguntas para perguntar ao seu médico

1. O que você acha que está causando o meu problema?

2. Há mais de uma condição (doença) que poderia estar causando o meu problema?

3. Quais os testes que você vai fazer para diagnosticar o problema e quais as condições está presente?

4. Como bom são os testes para diagnosticar o problema e as condições?

5. Como o cofre são os testes?

6. Qual é o curso provável dessa condição? Quais são as perspectivas de longo prazo com e
sem tratamento?

7. Quais são as minhas opções de tratamento? Qual é a eficácia de cada opção de tratamento? O que são as
benefícios versus os riscos de cada opção de tratamento?

8. Se meus sintomas piorarem, o que devo fazer no meu próprio? Quando devo entrar em contato?

9. Tem consciência de cada um dos medicamentos que estou tomando? eles podem interagir negativamente
com os medicamentos que estão prescrevendo para mim?

10. Devemos acompanhar de efeitos colaterais dos medicamentos que está a prescrever ou para
suas interações com outros medicamentos que estou tomando?

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Doctor to the Stars

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Here are some of our favorite stars that played roles as or alongside doctors on the screen.. only one however is a real doctor:

 

Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez, known professionally as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut  at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992) to critical acclaim.

Michael C. Hall

Michael C. Hall

Michael Carlyle Hall is an American actor, known for his role as Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst, in the Showtime TV Network series, Dexter, and as David Fisher in the HBO drama series, Six Feet Under.

Amber Heard

Amber Heard

Amber Laura Heard is an American actress. Heard made her film debut in the sports drama Friday Night Lights, starring Billy Bob Thornton.

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

John Christopher “Johnny” Depp II is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.

Agnes Bruckner

Agnes Bruckner

Agnes Bruckner is an American actress and former photomodell. She began acting on television in the late 1990s and has since appeared in several films, including The Woods, Blue Car, Murder By Numbers, Blood and Chocolate, and The Anna Nicole Story.

Megan Fox

Megan Fox

Megan Denise Fox is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001, with several minor television and film roles, and played a regular role on the Hope & Faith television sitcom.

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer. She starred in the popular sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998, and has hosted her syndicated TV talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003.

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in North. Johansson subsequently starred in Manny & Lo in 1996, and garnered further acclaim and prominence with roles in The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World.

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, known professionally as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and producer.

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Michelle Diaz is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. She rose to stardom with roles in The Mask, My Best Friend’s Wedding and There’s Something About Mary.

Mehmet Oz

Mehmet Oz

Mehmet Cengiz Öz, better known as Dr. Oz, is a Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon, author and television personality.

Medical Specialties

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Get answered by a General Doctor or Specialist

Medical Specialties

A
Abdominal Radiology Radiology-Diagnostic
Addiction Psychiatry Psychiatry
Adolescent Medicine Pediatrics
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics Orthopaedic Surgery
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Internal Medicine
Allergy & Immunology
Anesthesiology

B

Biochemical Genetics Medical Genetics
Blood Banking – Transfusion Medicine Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical

C

Cardiothoracic Radiology Radiology-Diagnostic
Cardiovascular Disease Internal Medicine
Chemical Pathology Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Psychiatry
Child Neurology Neurology
Clinical & Laboratory Immunology Allergy & Immunology
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Internal Medicine
Clinical Neurophysiology Neurology
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Thoracic Surgery
Craniofacial Surgery Plastic Surgery
Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiology
Critical Care Medicine Internal Medicine
Cytopathology Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical

D

Dermatology
Dermatopathology Dermatology

E

Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Internal Medicine
Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Neurological Surgery
Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Neurology
Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Radiology-Diagnostic

F

Family Medicine
Family Practice
Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery Obstetrics & Gynecology
Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics Orthopaedic Surgery
Forensic Pathology Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical
Forensic Psychiatry Psychiatry

G

Gastroenterology Internal Medicine
Geriatric Medicine Family Medicine
Geriatric Medicine Internal Medicine
Geriatric Medicine Family Practice
Geriatric Psychiatry Psychiatry

H

Hand Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Hand Surgery Plastic Surgery
Hand Surgery Surgery-General
Hematology Internal Medicine
Hematology Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical
Hematology & Oncology Internal Medicine

I

Infectious Disease Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Interventional Cardiology Internal Medicine

M

Medical Genetics
Medical Microbiology Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical
Medical Toxicology Emergency Medicine
Medical Toxicology Preventive Medicine
Molecular Genetic Pathology Medical Genetics
Muscoskeletal Radiology Radiology-Diagnostic
Musculoskeletal Oncology Orthopaedic Surgery

N

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Pediatrics
Nephrology Internal Medicine
Neurological Surgery
Neurology
Neuromuscular Medicine Neurology
Neuromuscular Medicine Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Neuropathology Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical
Neuroradiology Radiology-Diagnostic
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear Radiology Radiology-Diagnostic

O

Obstetric Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Oncology Internal Medicine
Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery
Otolaryngology
Otology – Neurotology Otolaryngology

P

Pain Medicine Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine Neurology
Pain Medicine Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical
Pediatric Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Pediatric Cardiology Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Pediatrics
Pediatric Nephrology Pediatrics
Pediatric Orthopaedics Orthopaedic Surgery
Pediatric Otolaryngology Otolaryngology
Pediatric Pathology Pathology-Anatomic & Clinical
Pediatric Pulmonology Pediatrics
Pediatric Radiology Radiology-Diagnostic
Pediatric Rheumatology Pediatrics
Pediatric Sports Medicine Pediatrics
Pediatric Surgery Surgery-General
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Pediatrics
Pediatric Urology Urology
Pediatrics
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Plastic Surgery
Preventive Medicine
Procedural Dermatology Dermatology
Psychiatry
Pulmonary Disease Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine Internal Medicine

R

Radiation Oncology
Radiology-Diagnostic
Rheumatology Internal Medicine

S

Sleep Medicine
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Sports Medicine Emergency Medicine
Sports Medicine Family Medicine
Sports Medicine Internal Medicine
Sports Medicine Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Surgery-General
Surgical Critical Care Surgery-General

T

Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery-Integrated Thoracic Surgery
Transplant Hepatology Internal Medicine

U

Urology

V

Vascular & Interventional Radiology Radiology-Diagnostic
Vascular Surgery Surgery-General