Terrible TB: tuberculosis is a quiet threat.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Do you recall the case of the man who got in trouble last year for traveling by airplane because he had drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB)? "I kind of remember hearing about him," says Joann C., a 16-year-old from Norwalk, Conn. "I know what TB is, but...

The scourge of tuberculosis.
The Scourge of Tuberculosis Directions: Read "Terrible TB" (page 19). Answer the questions in Part 1 by circling T for true or F for false. In Part 2, write your answer on the lines provided. Part 1 1. If infected with tuberculosis (TB), teens are...

TB screening and immigrants.
Although it is not feasible to screen all foreign-born entrants to the United States for latent tuberculosis infection, it would be worthwhile to target those at highest risk: those who have immigrated in the past 2 years and those who are from sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, reported Dr....

Test for latent TB in foreign adoptees.
Twenty-one percent of internationally adopted children demonstrated evidence of latent tuberculosis infection on their first tuberculin skin test, according to results from a single-center study. And the rate of latent TB infection in those retested at least 3 months after a second tuberculin skin test (TST) was...

TB Alliance Names Its First Chief Administrative Officer.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-2 September 2008-TB Alliance Names Its First Chief Administrative Officer(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance), a not-for-profit product development partnership accelerating the discovery and development of new drugs to fight tuberculosis (TB), announced the appointment of...

PolyMedix Presents New Data on Its Novel Antibiotic Compounds.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-1 October 2008-PolyMedix Presents New Data on Its Novel Antibiotic Compounds(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Pre-clinical in vitro data describing the activity of a variety of PolyMedix's novel small molecule defensin mimetic antibiotic compounds against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis, were presented....

New nurse's familiarity with city a plus.
Byline: Paula J. Owen FITHCBURG - If there is a major outbreak of a communicable disease, new Board of Health nurse Dorothy "Dotty" H. McNamara will have one of the most important jobs in the city. Mrs. McNamara, 49, has lived in Fitchburg all of...

Frieden is recipient of 2008 Roemer prize.
Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, New York City's commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is the winner of APHA's 2008 Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work. The annual award recognizes a health professional who has demonstrated exceptionally creative and...

Stanford University Researchers: Use of AIDS Test Can Prolong Life.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-29 September 2008-Stanford University Researchers: Use of AIDS Test Can Prolong Life(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com A simple test given to HIV/AIDS patients in southern Africa could extend their lives by nearly a year and save health-care costs at the same time, according to...

Advanced practice bills--legislative update.
In March 2008, Governor Ritter signed three bills that will help end years of ineffective redundancy in health care delivery. Several of the statutes will not officially take effect until next January and July. The following information is offered as a guide to help guide your practice and patient...