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EBEM Commentators Angela Hua, MD Kaushal H. Shah, MD Department of Emergency Medicine Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, NY Noninvasive ventilation in chest trauma patients may reduce the requirement for intubation and may reduce…

Can we print bodypart? Yes, now we can do it. Thanks to a new international research 3D Printed organs come a step closer (GUARDIAN) - For years, scientists have been able to “print” types of human tissue using a 3D printer,…

(Malaysian Medical Gazette) - The principle of fasting is that the person who is fasting is to fast in a moderate manner, neither putting himself in a severe disadvantage of health by doing anything that causes weakening of the body, nor is…

Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM), together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has invited Ministers of Health from Southern Africa, Asia and other malaria-endemic regions, as well as the private sector to discuss…

This report is produced by OCHA oPt in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 7 July (1800 hrs) to 9 July (1500 hrs). The next report will be issued on 10 July.  The targeting and…

REPORT from Oxfam A group of seven major international aid agencies said they face a shortfall of $89m/£52m just when the South Sudan humanitarian crisis edges closer to the risk of famine. Speaking out on the 3rd anniversary of the…

Handwritten Tutorial create a series on regarding and interpreting ECGs. This tutorial start from a simple ECG lead placement example. All Handwritten Tutorials are intended for educational purposes only. No clinical decision making should…

New England Journal of Medicine 2011 June 30, 364 (26): 2483-95. Kathryn Maitland, Sarah Kiguli, Robert O Opoka, Charles Engoru, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Samuel O Akech, Richard Nyeko, George Mtove, Hugh Reyburn, Trudie Lang, Bernadette Brent,…

Benedict “Dinky” de Borja has been a volunteer Firefighter + Medic for the Pateros Filipino-Chinese Volunteer Fire and Rescue Brigade for the last 5 years. He helps Dr. Sixto Carlos on topics such as Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, as…

The 46 nurses who had been forced by Sunni militants to move out of the hospital they were hiding are being taken to Mosul city, officials confirmed. All 46 Indian nurses abducted by suspected ISIS militants from Tikrit in strife-torn Iraq…