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The Essentia Health-Jamestown Clinic is proud to welcome Susan Anderson, a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in behavioral health. Anderson, who was born and raised in Jamestown, is excited to practice mental health care in an outpatient setting. She received a bachelor of arts degree in social work from the University of Mary in Bismarck and a master of social work degree from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. "I have engaged in serving a variety of ages, from children to the elderly," Anderson said. "I would say that with the proper medications and practice of healthy coping skills, your life issues will get manageable and better with time and care." To schedule an appointment with Anderson, please call (701) 253-5300. To see her full profile, visit EssentiaHealth.org and click on "Doctors & Providers." Adblock test (Why?)

Closing the gap in life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be the focus of an Australian-first health alliance. The Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health will unite a research organisation, health service and primary health care provider to improve health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The partnership between UQ's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health , the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) and Metro North Health, has identified cancer care, rehabilitation programs and innovative models of care, such as hospital in the home, as priority areas. Poche Centre Director Professor James Ward said the Alliance's work would be transformational, helping to accelerate Australia's progress towards closing the gap in life expectancy. "Some of the issues we're looking to explore is where the health system works well for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, and where it needs to be improved,...

Parasitic infections of the intestines are typically caused by two types of organisms: Protozoa. These single-celled organisms can live and multiply inside your body. Infections caused by protozoa include giardiasis, an infection that you can get from drinking water infected with Giardia protozoa. Helminths. These multi-celled organisms — commonly known as worms — can live in or outside of your body. About 3 1/2 billion people worldwide are affected by intestinal parasites. People living in developing countries are disproportionally affected. A recent study has found that intestinal parasites may lower the severity of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). However, other studies have found that parasitic infections may prevent the immune system from responding effectively to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19. For scientists, this topic of debate is complex and difficult to study. Much more research is needed to determine how i...

AUTHORS: Caitlin Porter-Smith, BA, BS Fourth-Year Medical Student, Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Parker, Colorado Saundra Kay, MD Rocky Mountain Pediatric Surgery and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian/St. Luke's, Denver, Colorado Dehua Wang, MD Pediatric Pathology, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian/St. Luke's, Denver, Colorado Pisespong Patamasucan, MD Pediatric Infectious Disease, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian/St. Luke's, Denver, Colorado CITATION: Porter-Smith C, Kay S, Wang D, Patamasucan P. Appendiceal Enterobius vermicularis mimicking acute appendicitis in an 8-year-old girl [published online January 22, 2020]. Infectious Diseases Consultant. An 8-year-old previously healthy girl presented with a 36-hour history of waxing and waning abdominal pain with associated nausea. The pain had begun in the middle of the night, was localized just below the umbilicus, and wo...

Study site and study population The study was carried out in January 2019 around the lakes of Ounianga and in the two settlements of Ounianga Kebir and Ounianga Serir, Ennedi Ouest province in Northern Chad (Fig. 1). The lakes lie around 40 km apart from each other within the hyper-arid Sahara desert with high daytime temperatures and less than 5 mm of rainfall per year. The lakes are fed by an underground aquifer, thereby maintaining the fresh water in some of the lakes despite the enormously high evaporation rates. Therewith, the lakes of Ounianga represent a unique hydrological system [18]. Fig. 1 A map showing the lakes and the settlements of Ounianga Kebir and Ounianga Serir in Northern Chad Full size image The official population estimates according to the latest national population census for Ounianga Kebir stand at around 9000 people and for Ounianga Serir at about 1000 people [19]. The majority of these people belong to one of the t...

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The Randolph Health Department wants to remind residents that we are entering into tick season; experts predict this year's tick season to be a bad one. It is important to check yourself for ticks when you are done with your outside activities. Know the signs and symptoms of Lyme disease and what you can do to prevent it. To view this information in a PDF format, please click here . April 2022 – Anyone spending time near wooded areas is at risk for contracting Lyme disease. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that spreads through the bite of a deer tick ( Ixodes scapularis ).  Deer ticks wait in the tall grass or bushes for someone to pass by so that they may hitch a ride and at the same time, have a nourishing blood meal.  While extracting blood from the human host, bacteria ( Borrelia burgdorferi ), is transferred from the tick to the human. Deer ticks often go unnoticed because of their small size ( no larger than a sesame seed ).  Prevent Lyme dis...

Controlling coccidiosis is a major challenge to the poultry industry, however a multi-faceted management approach can help prevent the disease in broilers even without the use of antibiotics. "In the past, we've used a two-pronged approach to managing enteric disease," coccidiostats and antibiotics, Dr. Stephen Collett, consultant veterinarian, 4FC Consulting… Adblock test (Why?)

More than half of people diagnosed with one psychiatric disorder will be diagnosed with a second or third in their lifetime. About a third have four or more. This can make treatment challenging and leave patients feeling unlucky and discouraged. But a sweeping new analysis of 11 major psychiatric disorders offers new insight into why comorbidities are the norm, rather than the exception, when it comes to mental illness. The study, published this week in the journal Nature Genetics , found that while there is no gene or set of genes underlying risk for all of them, subsets of disorders—including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia; anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder; and major depression and anxiety—do share a common genetic architecture. "Our findings confirm that high comorbidity across some disorders in part reflects overlapping pathways of genetic risk," said lead author Andrew Grotzinger, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuros...

Demographic and epidemiological data In total, 503 cases of M. perstans infection were identified at the Carlos III Hospital. The main epidemiological data are shown in Table 1 . Two hundred sixty-four patients were female (52.5%). The migrants' mean age (±SD) was 44.6 ± 18.2 years (range: 16–93); the median (25th, 75th percentiles) age was 43 years (28, 60). Most of them (97.6%) came from Equatorial Guinea, 12 cases came from other African countries: D.R.Congo (3), Cameroon (2), Guinea Bissau (2), Nigeria (2), Gabon (1), Guinea Conakry (1) and Togo (1). All the patients were infected in their country of origin. The mean time (± SD) between their arrival to Spain and their first medical consultation was 8.6 ± 18.0 months (range: 1–180); the median (25th, 75th percentiles) time was 2 months (1, 7). Half of the patients (50.3%) were evaluated during the first month of stay in Spain. The mean number of cases (± SD) was 25.1 ± 11.8 (5–45) per month, with an irregula...

A single dose of levamisole was found to be safe and temporarily decreased microfilarial densities (MFD) of Loa loa among individuals with loiasis parasitic infection, according to results of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial published in Clinical Infectious Diseases . Individuals (N=389) with a loiasis parasitic infection were recruited in 2019 by the Congolese administrative department of Lékoumou in the Republic of Congo. Participants were stratified into 3 cohorts by baseline MFD and levamisole dose. Among the 3 cohorts, cohort 1 comprised participants (n=81) with low MFD (1-1999 mfs/mL) who were randomly assigned in a 1:1:1 fashion to receive either levamisole 1 mg/kg, levamisole 1.5 mg/kg, or placebo. Cohorts 2 (n=111) and 3 (n=63) comprised participants with MFD between 1 and 14,999 mfs/mL and MFD greater than or equal 14,999 mfs/mL, respectively. Participants in cohorts 2 and 3 were randomly assigned in a 1:1 fashion to receive either levamiso...

(Photo provided by Shutterstock) May 27, 2022 Recent suicides show mental health issues can strike anyone, anytime – SIU expert offers helpful information during Mental Health Awareness Month by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Even those who seem to have it all – including star athletes and celebrities – can lose their lives to depression and mental illnesses and as May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale health care official urges people to be aware, stay connected and seek help for themselves and others if needed. In recent months, several college athletes including Stanford University soccer star Katie Meyer, James Madison softball catcher Lauren Bernett, University of Wisconsin standout distance runner Sarah Shultz have taken their own lives as did country singer Naomi Judd just before she was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Duke Un...

Background and objective Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the common causes of febrile illness in young children. Vitamin D influences the levels of endogenous cathelicidin, an antimicrobial peptide, which improves bladder wall immunity and prevents UTIs. In light of this, we conducted this study to determine the association between vitamin D deficiency and UTIs in children and to identify whether vitamin D deficiency is one of the risk factors for UTIs. Materials and methods This was a case-control study of children aged between one to five years. Eighty-two children with the first episode of febrile culture-proven UTI as cases and 82 healthy children as a control group were included in this study. The sera were analyzed for 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels and classified as vitamin-D deficient if their level was below 30 ng/mL. Descriptive statistics were presented as numbers and percentages. Continuous data were expressed as means and standard deviations (SD). Pea...

West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus. People can contract the virus through a bite from an infected mosquito. WNV may cause mild symptoms in most cases. In some cases, it can cause a more serious illness, such as meningitis. Mosquitos can carry WNV and pass it on to humans through a mosquito bite. WNV may cause no symptoms in some people, while others may experience mild, flu-like symptoms. In severe cases, WNV may lead to more serious conditions, such as meningitis or encephalitis. This article looks at what WNV is, how it may occur, symptoms to look out for, and treatment. WNV is a mosquito-borne virus. WNV can infect humans through a bite from a mosquito carrying the virus. WNV can occur in certain climates during mosquito season, such as late summer to early fall in mild areas and year-long in southern areas. WNV usually causes mild symptoms similar to the flu. In some cases, WNV can cause serious illnesses, such as meningitis. A mosquito can contract a WNV infection fro...