scholarly journals Getting to Zero New Tuberculosis Infections: Insights From the National Institutes of Health/US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Workshop on Research Needs for Halting Tuberculosis Transmission

2017 ◽  
Vol 216 (suppl_6) ◽  
pp. S627-S628 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Sarita Shah ◽  
Peter Kim ◽  
Bavesh Davandra Kana ◽  
Roxana Rustomjee
2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Gomes Ciolac ◽  
Guilherme Veiga Guimarães

A prática regular de atividade física tem sido recomendada para a prevenção e reabilitação de doenças cardiovasculares e outras doenças crônicas por diferentes associações de saúde no mundo, como o American College of Sports Medicine, os Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a American Heart Association, o National Institutes of Health, o US Surgeon General, a Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia, entre outras. Estudos epidemiológicos têm demonstrado relação direta entre inatividade física e a presença de múltiplos fatores de risco como os encontrados na síndrome metabólica. Entretanto, tem sido demonstrado que a prática regular de exercício físico apresenta efeitos benéficos na prevenção e tratamento da hipertensão arterial, resistência à insulina, diabetes, dislipidemia e obesidade. Com isso, o condicionamento físico deve ser estimulado para todos, pessoas saudáveis e com múltiplos fatores de risco, desde que sejam capazes de participar de um programa de treinamento físico. Assim como a terapêutica clínica cuida de manter a função dos órgãos, a atividade física promove adaptações fisiológicas favoráveis, resultando em melhora da qualidade de vida.


Author(s):  
H.Y. Lim Tung

The current Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic that is caused by the virus termed SARS-COV-2, started from an apparently innocuous isolated incident in an unknown place and time. However, in a very short time, the matter of COVID-19 has become a world-wide pandemic, affecting the well-being of billions of individuals, causing hundreds of thousands of severe illnesses, thousands of death (still counting and projected to increase dramatically), unnecessary strains on the world's economy (perhaps triggering another world economic recession if not an economic depression like the ones we have never seen), and most importantly needless fear and distrust in the ability of the leadership to deal with it. The matter of COVID-19 and SARS-COV-2 is a case that was predictable pursuant to the "Theory of Chaos". It is submitted that because the leadership of United States National Institutes of Health, the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are guilty of dereliction of duties, they must voluntarily resign from their positions that they have occupied for far too long, and that it is high time that the United States Government drastically rethink its policy of the management of this country's biomedical research enterprise that each year pours over 50 billion dollars (all Agencies included) of the people's hard earned tax dollars into a black hole of scientific data that are not only useless but cannot be reproduced by other Scientific Researchers and by the "Scientific Researchers" who generated the "scientific data" in the first place. It is also submitted that had the leadership of United States National Institutes of Health, the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention read and studied the "Theory of Chaos" and the "Art of War", America would not be in the situation it is currently facing.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1363-1370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Brown ◽  
Katy O'Brien ◽  
Kelly Knollman-Porter ◽  
Tracey Wallace

Purpose The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released guidelines for rehabilitation professionals regarding the care of children with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Given that mTBI impacts millions of children each year and can be particularly detrimental to children in middle and high school age groups, access to universal recommendations for management of postinjury symptoms is ideal. Method This viewpoint article examines the CDC guidelines and applies these recommendations directly to speech-language pathology practices. In particular, education, assessment, treatment, team management, and ongoing monitoring are discussed. In addition, suggested timelines regarding implementation of services by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are provided. Specific focus is placed on adolescents (i.e., middle and high school–age children). Results SLPs are critical members of the rehabilitation team working with children with mTBI and should be involved in education, symptom monitoring, and assessment early in the recovery process. SLPs can also provide unique insight into the cognitive and linguistic challenges of these students and can serve to bridge the gap among rehabilitation and school-based professionals, the adolescent with brain injury, and their parents. Conclusion The guidelines provided by the CDC, along with evidence from the field of speech pathology, can guide SLPs to advocate for involvement in the care of adolescents with mTBI. More research is needed to enhance the evidence base for direct assessment and treatment with this population; however, SLPs can use their extensive knowledge and experience working with individuals with traumatic brain injury as a starting point for post-mTBI care.


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