January/February 2008 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 21 Number 1
THE BIG THREE
Malaria
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
with a focus in this issue of the WMN on Tuberculosis
by Frank Hubbell, DO
We live in a world where poverty, pollution, and politics seem to rule the day, but the reality is that these are only part of the problem. One of the largest problems that confronts mankind on a daily basis is that of infectious disease, and the billions of lives affected by this almost invisible terror. In the world of infectious disease, the big three that account for much of the mortality and morbidity around the planet are malaria, tuberculosis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Disaster and the Urban Wilderness
/in Disaster Response, Environemtal Injuries, Natural Disater/by WMN EditorsAt 4:55 p.m. on October 17, 1989, Buck Helm,
a 57-year-old longshoremen’s union clerk in Oakland, California, left work in his car to get something to eat. Nine minutes later, fifty-seven miles to the south and deep beneath the surface of the earth, the Pacific and North American tectonic plates shifted against each other and sent subterranean shock-waves out like ripples in a pond. In moments, the shock-waves reached the multi-level, elevated portion of Interstate 880 that runs along the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. They turned the highway into a concrete monster that writhed and undulated as the continent-sized plates far below tried to settle their differences.
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KATRINA one doctor’s experience
/in Disaster Response, Disease, Medical Response, Natural Disater/by WMN EditorsRead more
Malaria, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and Tuberculosis
/in Disease, Malaria, Tuberculosis/by WMN EditorsTHE BIG THREE
Malaria
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
with a focus in this issue of the WMN on Tuberculosis
by Frank Hubbell, DO
We live in a world where poverty, pollution, and politics seem to rule the day, but the reality is that these are only part of the problem. One of the largest problems that confronts mankind on a daily basis is that of infectious disease, and the billions of lives affected by this almost invisible terror. In the world of infectious disease, the big three that account for much of the mortality and morbidity around the planet are malaria, tuberculosis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Nausea and Vomiting
/in Nausea/by WMN EditorsJanuary/February 2008 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 21 Number 1
by Frank Hubbell, DO
“Um, I don’t feel so good. Yeah, I drank the water.”
We are constantly being harassed and bombarded by invaders: allergens and “stuff” in the air that are trying to get a foothold in us and cause problems. One of our first lines of defense is to simply expel these invaders and send them back to where they came from. These defenses consist of sneezing, to blow them out of our nose; coughing, to rid our lungs of the pests; having bouts of diarrhea to clear out our intestinal tract; and vomiting, to empty the stomach and upper small intestine. Sneezing, coughing, and diarrhea can be a bit of nuisance, but nausea and vomiting are things we would all like to avoid.
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