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Friday, 2 March 2018

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News article by Michelle Curran,

Rick Ross has reportedly been put on life support after being hospitalized. The 42-year-old rapper fell ill at his home in Davie, Florida, with someone calling 911 at 3.30am on Thursday to say the person in distress was 'unresponsive with heavy breathing'.

The caller said the man in distress had a history of seizures and that they tried to wake him but he was 'slobbing out the mouth'.

According to TMZ Rick is being treated in the hospital's cardiac unit, and it is suspected the star suffered a heart attack which manifested itself in respiratory issues.

Ross' former girlfriend and mother of his son William Roberts III, told People, 'Pray for him.' TMZ also reports the Aston Martin Music rapper has been 'hooked up to a machine that's taking over the function of his heart and lungs' whilst he continues to undergo treatment at the hospital.

Sources tell TMZ Rick has been placed on ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which is a technique used to oxygenate his blood outside of his body, before it's pumped back into his body.

A dispatch report of the incident from Davie Police Department said Ross became 'combative' when officers attended the scene and it added that he 'Boo-Blood on himself'

Another source told TMZ that the hip hop star was reportedly asked to make an appearance Thursday night, but a rep told him the mogul was in the hospital.

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Hepatitis B is a liver infection that is caused by Hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis B disease can be either acute or chronic infection. Symptoms of the infection include

fever
fatigue
nausea
vomiting
dark urine
joint pain
jaundice

30-50% of individuals 5 years or older will have symptoms from the initial infection.

Infants and children under the age of 5 are the most at risk for becoming chronically infected with Hepatitis B virus.

Hepatitis B Acute Arizona 5 year median: 43 cases

Hepatitis B Chronic Arizona 5 year median: 918 cases

Transmission
Hepatitis B is transmitted through percutaneous or mucosal contact with infected blood or body fluids. This can occur through:

sex with an infected partner
injection drug use that involves sharing needles, syringes, or drug-preparation equipment
birth to an infected mother
needle sticks or sharp instrument exposure
sharing items such as razors or toothbrushes with an infected person Isolation Precautions
Standard precautions are recommended in healthcare settings.

Prevention for Patients
Vaccination is the best prevention method. >90% of healthy adults and infants, children, and adolescents develop adequate antibody response after a 3-dose series. 

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Thursday, 1 March 2018

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Disgraced footballer Adam Johnson is reportedly planning to resurrect his career abroad after accepting he will never be able to play professionally in the UK again. Former Sunderland star Johnson, 30, is entering his final year behind bars having seen his bid to overturn his conviction fail.

Upon release, he will be unable to pursue a lucrative career in the United States' Major League soccer due to the country's strict rules on allowing sex offenders into the country. And most European clubs would also be off limits, leaving Johnson with the option to look into a move to the Middle East, China or even Turkey, according to the Sun.

Johnson, who earned £60,000-a-week before his conviction, no longer has an agent and his father, David, is managing his career.

A source said: 'He definitely wants to play again – but it is just a question of where and if anyone will pick him up.

'He's clearly a talented player and would get into many a team – even with a lengthy spell behind bars.

'China or the Gulf States in the Middle East are probably his best option where he could go and be forgotten, but the Turkish league is also a contender.'

Johnson is currently locked up at HMP Moorland, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire.

He was jailed for six years in March 2016 for sexually abusing a teenage fan he groomed online.

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Nocardiosis is a bacterial infection caused by Nocardia. The bacteria is most commonly found in soil and water. Symptoms of nocardiosis depend on where the infection occurs. Infections most commonly occur in the lungs and symptoms include fever, weight loss, night sweats, cough, chest pain and pneumonia. When the lungs are infected the infection can spread to the brain and cause headaches, weakness, confusion and seizures.

Generally individuals with weakened immune systems are at higher risk for infection.

Transmission

Transmission occurs when an individual inhales the bacteria or the bacteria gets into an open wound or cut. Tranmission has also occurred during surgical procedures.

Incubation period is unknown.

Lab Tests & Specimen Info

Test*	Specimen
Culture	Tissue, Sputum
Susceptibility testing	Isolate

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THE brother of the football star and TV presenter Gary Lineker was jailed for two and a half years yesterday, after he admitted a £220,000 tax fraud.

Wayne Lineker, a millionaire sports bar owner, smuggled cash into Britain under the tax radar, using a "tried and tested" money mule system of unsuspecting family and friends.

At first bundles of pesetas and escudos from pubs in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands were laundered into sterling at bureaux de change. Then City stockbroker John Stacey, 56, was brought in to secure a better exchange rate by siphoning it through several bank accounts. But the scam came unstuck when auditors realised accounting rules had been breached during the transfer of Lineker's secret profits.

The two and David Hodges, 43, Lineker's manager, were jailed for five years, eight months in total at London's Southwark Crown Court yesterday.

Judge Stephen Robbins warned Lineker, 43, who owns a 2 million mansion in Fyfield, Essex, that unless he paid back the outstanding 90,000, he faced 24 further months in jail.

Lineker, whose brother now presents the BBC's Match of the Day, admitted conspiracy to defraud the Inland Revenue between 1999 and 2001.

The court heard the sentence could have "disastrous consequences" for the pub empire built up by Lineker since 1988. It was in that year the former Leicester market trader decided to move to Tenerife and cash in on his brother's name. There he opened the World Famous Lineker's Bar. Other bars - simply called Lineker's - followed in Spain, Portugal and Cyprus. They are filled with footballing memorabilia and attract players, celebrities and fans.

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Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Smileband health topics

Yiganerjing cream has been branded 'dangerous' by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

Analysis by the Government-run department found the natural remedy contains a 'potent' steroid called clobetasol propionate.

UK law states it is illegal to sell products containing this ingredient to the public, and it can only be dished out on prescription.

The MHRA also declared the samples of Yiganerjing cream they tested contains two antifungal ingredients - which can lead to heart failure. Dr Chris Jones, manager of the Medicines Borderline Section at MHRA, said: 'The sale of potent steroid creams directly to the public is illegal for good reason.

'If used without medical supervision these medicines can be dangerous.

'Our advice to anyone who is using Yiganerjing Cream, particularly on young children and babies, is to discontinue use immediately.'

He added: 'Steroids must be prescribed by healthcare professionals who follow strict criteria when prescribing them and monitoring patients using them.

'They can suppress the skin’s response to infection, can cause long-term thinning of the skin, and if applied long term over a wide area, particularly in babies and children, can cause other medical problems.

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Ringworm is a fungal infection that can be caused by over 40 different species of fungi from the Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton families. The fungus can cause an itchy, red, circular rash on the body. Ringworm can affect different parts of the body including feet, groin, scalp, beard, hands, toenails or fingernails, and arms or legs.

Ringworm is a very common infection but those who have weakened immune systems may be at high risk for the infection and may have a harder time fighting off the infection. The fungi can live on skin and in the environmnet.

Transmission

Transmission can occur from coming into to contact with a person or animal that has the fungi. Transmission can also occur if you come in contact with the fungi in the environment.

The incubation period is 1 to 3 weeks.

Lab Tests & Specimen Info

Test*	Specimen
Microscopic Examination	Lesion Scraping
Culture	Hair, Skin Sc

Isolation Precautions

Standard precautions are recommended in healthcare settings.

Prevention for Patients

Keep your skin clean and dry
Wear shoes that allow air to circulate freely around your feet
Don't walk barefoot in locker rooms or public showers
Don't share clothing, towels, sheets or other personal items
Wash your hands after touching pets
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Tuesday, 27 February 2018

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A proscribed British neo-Nazi terror group — many of whose members have been arrested — draws its inspiration from Oswald Mosley's Union Movement (UM) — in which his son Max was a key activist. Sir Oswald was cited by the founders of supremacist National Action (NA) as a major influence on their beliefs, and the group even copied the UM symbol under which Max demonstrated.

In 2014, it was reported that a Hitler-loving university graduate, identified as the then leader of National Action, was also a fan of Oswald Mosley. Benjamin Raymond, then aged 25, had a Facebook picture which featured him posing in front of a Union flag and holding a signature of Mosley Snr.

Raymond, who was living in Bognor, West Sussex, was reportedly pictured performing Nazi salutes and posted on Facebook that he wanted to exterminate Jews and non-whites. He also posted quotes from Hitler and said the German leader's book Mein Kampf changed his life.

Earlier this week, Britain's most senior counter-terrorism policeman warned of the growing threat of far-Right terrorism.

Met Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said four violent far-Right plots were blocked by police operations last year.

Mr Rowley, who retires next month, warned that a 'significant' proportion of anti-terrorist work involves tackling an 'organised' white neo-Nazi threat.

Several of the conspiracies investigated by police involved suspected neo-Nazis aligned to the banned National Action underground group.

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Monday, 26 February 2018

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Years of depression can cause brain inflammation that has been linked to degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, a new study revealed About 1.5 percent of all American adults suffer from persistent depressive disorder, a long-lasting form of the mental condition.

Another 16.1 million face major depressive order, but the treatment approaches to the two are largely the same.

But an analysis of brain-changes among people whose depression lasted more than 10 years, done by the Canadian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, suggested doctors may need to treat both depression itself and inflammation in these patients. The average, untreated bout of depression typically lasts a few months, according to Harvard University.

Everyone's symptoms vary in type, severity, and duration. Depression may look like irritability or simply a 'low mood.'

But the staying power of depression may make it even more difficult to diagnose, as years of the disorder come to be seen as 'normal' for the person suffering the symptoms.

This may be why the average age of diagnosis for persistent depressive disorder (PDD) is relatively late, at 31 years old.

Most research on the physical consequences of depression - no matter how long its episodes are - has pointed primarily on its effects on the experience of pain and the likelihood of developing other mental illnesses.

The condition is also known to affect eating habits and experiences. Some tend to overeat when they are depressed, others lose their appetites, and still others will experience upset stomachs.

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After decades of research, scientists have failed to find any effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, and, following futile efforts, last month pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced it is ending its own dementia research programme. The reason for this lack of progress is beginning to emerge: the scientific idea underpinning the majority of treatments and clinical trials is fundamentally flawed.

Scientists have spent years developing treatments that target a protein called amyloid, which plays a vital role in healthy nerve cell function, but can become corrupted — sticking together to form damaging clumps or plaques, which destroy nerve cells.

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