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[Correspondence] Ethical standards in Cambodia: is silent witnessing sufficient?
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 | LANCET
It is disappointing to see the Government of Cambodia enforce coercive treatment of opiate-dependent people, and with a drug of questionable efficacy. In 2004, the same government responded to pleas from sex workers and halted a trial to test the preventive value of an antiretroviral drug. (Source: LANCET)

Humans are driving extinction faster than species can evolve
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:59:54 +0100 | Guardian Unlimited Science
Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate changeFor the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared, humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve, one of the world's experts on biodiversity has warned.Conservation experts have already signalled that the world is in the grip of the "sixth great extinction" of species, driven by the destruction of natural habitats, hunting, the spread of alien predators and disease, and climate change.However until recently it has been hoped that the rate at which new species were evolving could keep pace with the loss of diversity of life.Speaking in advance of two reports next week on the state of wildlife in Britain and Europe, Simon Stuart...

Humans drive extinction faster than species evolve
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:59:54 +0100 | Guardian Unlimited Science
Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change• Ghost orchid comes back from extinctionFor the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared, humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve, one of the world's experts on biodiversity has warned.Conservation experts have already signalled that the world is in the grip of the "sixth great extinction" of species, driven by the destruction of natural habitats, hunting, the spread of alien predators and disease, and climate change.However until recently it has been hoped that the rate at which new species were evolving could keep pace with the loss of diversity of life.Speaking in advance of two reports next week on the state of w...

Cambodia drug-resistant malaria stirs health fears
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:04:07 +0100 | Reuters: Health
PAILIN, Cambodia (Reuters) - In a dusty village near the Thai-Cambodia border, 24-year-old Oeur Samoeun sits on a dark green hammock recovering from a strain of malaria that has resisted the most powerful drugs available. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Prevalence of counterfeit anthelminthic medicines: a cross-sectional survey in Cambodia
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 | Tropical Medicine and International Health
Conclusion The results of our survey urge strict implementation of drug registration and vigilance on the availability of unregistered medicines to combat counterfeit medicines in Cambodia. (Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health)

Decreased in vitro susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum Isolates to artesunate, mefloquine, chloroquine and quinine in Cambodia from 2001 to 2007.
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
This study describes the results of antimalarial in vitro susceptibility assays and molecular polymorphisms of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Cambodia. The samples were collected from patients enrolled in therapeutic efficacy studies (TES) conducted by the Cambodian National Malaria Control Program for the routine efficacy monitoring of artemisinin-based combination therapy or ACT (artesunate-mefloquine and artemether-lumefantrine combinations). The isolates (n=2041) were obtained from nine sentinel sites during 2001 - 2007. Among these, 1,588 were examined for their in vitro susceptibility to four antimalarials (artesunate, mefloquine, chloroquine and quinine) and 851 isolates were genotyped for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). The geometric means of the IC50 (GMIC50) were sign...

An Algorithm for Tuberculosis Screening and Diagnosis in People with HIV
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 | New England Journal of Medicine
In this study of 1748 patients in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam who were infected with HIV, an assessment for the presence of one of three symptoms -- cough, fever, or night sweats -- for more than 21 days over the preceding 4 weeks was found to have 93% sensitivity and 36% specificity for the detection of active tuberculosis infection. (Source: New England Journal of Medicine)

Also In Global Health News: Infant, Maternal Mortality In N. Korea; Malaria In Cambodia; Zambia PEPFAR Program; Pakistan's Anti-Polio Campaign; More
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0100 | Transplants / Organ Donations News From Medical News Today
Increases In Infant, Maternal Mortality Lead To Life Expectancy Decline In North Korea Higher rates of infant and maternal mortality have lead to a decline of life expectancy in North Korea over the past 15 years, census figures, which were obtained with help form the U.N. Population Fund, said on Monday, Agence France-Presse reports (2/22)... (Source: Transplants / Organ Donations News From Medical News Today)

Also In Global Health News: Infant, Maternal Mortality In N. Korea; Malaria In Cambodia; Zambia PEPFAR Program; Pakistan's Anti-Polio Campaign; More
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
Increases In Infant, Maternal Mortality Lead To Life Expectancy Decline In North Korea Higher rates of infant and maternal mortality have lead to a decline of life expectancy in North Korea over the past 15 years, census figures, which were obtained with help form the U.N. Population Fund, said on Monday, Agence France-Presse reports (2/22). "North Koreans' average life expectancy dropped to 69.3 years in 2008 from 72.7 years in 1993," the report said, Bloomberg/BusinessWeek writes (Lim, 2/22)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)