1) Hospital-acquired C. difficile is associated with 3-fold risk of death which diminishes as baseline severity increases. (source: Oake N et al, Archive Intern Med. Nov 8, 2010)2) The 7th Edition Mandell, Douglas and Bennet's Principles and Practive of Infectious Diseases is bigger and better than ever- Book Review by Preeti Malani. (source: Malani P JAMA Nov 10, 2010) the book is only 4328 pages, so you can have until Dec 31 to read this one. (Note: I did not specify a specific year)
3) Intentional infection with STDs (GC, chlamydia and syphilis) in vulnerable populations. A new unethical study from 1946-48 has been recently uncovered by Susan Reverby. The CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden and NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins report on her findings in JAMA, Nov 20, 2010). A copy of Dr. Reverby's forthcoming article is available on her Wellsley College webpage. I read her amazing history of nursing in America, Ordered to Care: The Dilemma of American Nursing (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987) when I was an undergrad at the University of Michigan. I highly recommend this book as it explores the dilemma of a nursing profession that must care for people in a society that 'doesn't value caring.' There are general lessons there for public health in the US since it remains unclear how the country values public health resources.4) Potential opportunities to steamline IRB approval. Millum and Menikoff in Nov 16, 2010 Annals of Internal Medicine offer several under-utilized options for improving the efficiency of ethical review.
5) Significant direct (recipient) and indirect (herd immunity) protection secondary to LAIV vaccination of 4-11 year olds was evident even when there was a mismatch between the vaccine and epidemic strains. (Source: Glezen WP et al JID Dec 1 2010 and Editorial by EB Lewin - both are free full text)
Happy Thanksgiving, safe travels and may your God go with you.
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