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La enfermedad infecciosa más letal del mundo puede controlarse
Este año, visité un refugio enorme para personas sin hogar en Delhi, India, donde la tuberculosis estaba fuera de control. Conocí a un niño cuyos padres eran jornaleros. Poco después de que llegaron ahí, cuando el niño tenía 6 años, él y su hermana mayor se enfermaron. No se les diagnosticó tuberculosis sino hasta que llegaron a una etapa crítica de la enfermedad. El niño me contó que, luego de dos años de tratamiento, él sobrevivió, pero su hermana falleció.
La enfermedad infecciosa más letal del mundo puede controlarse
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Ensayo invitado 31 de agosto de 2024 a las 03:00 ET Por Atul Gawande El doctor Gawande es administrador adjunto de salud mundial en la Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional. Este año, visité un refugio enorme para personas sin hogar en Delhi, India, donde la tuberculosis estaba fuera de control.
Opinión: Ahora tenemos la oportunidad de detener la enfermedad infecciosa más letal del mundo, si actuamos a tiempo
NUEVOS AVANCES EN LA DETECCIÓN, LA PREVENCIÓN Y EL TRATAMIENTO DE LA TUBERCULOSIS POSIBILITAN UN PROGRESO TREMENDO, SI LOS APROVECHAMOS Este año, visité un refugio enorme para personas sin techo en Delhi, India, donde la tuberculosis estaba fuera de control. Conocí a un niño cuyos padres eran jornaleros. Poco después de que llegaron ahí, cuando el niño tenía 6 años, él y su hermana mayor se enfermaron. No se les diagnosticó tuberculosis sino hasta que llegaron a una etapa crítica de la enfermedad.
Opinion | We Now Have a Chance to Stop the Most Deadly Infectious Disease — if We Act | Flipboard
Mayim Bialik is addressing her health issues, as the former "Jeopardy!" host revealed she plans to receive hyperbaric treatment for the next six months. The 48-year-old actress took to her social media to candidly share her health update while she posed in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. "What on …
We Now Have a Chance to Stop the Most Deadly Infectious Disease - if We Act
This year, I visited a sprawling homeless shelter in Delhi, India, where tuberculosis was rampant. I met a boy whose parents were day laborers. Soon after their arrival there, when the boy was 6, he and his older sister became sick. They weren’t diagnosed with TB until they were critically ill. After two years of treatment, the boy survived, but his sister died, he said. It had been too little, too late for her. Humanity has had the tools to diagnose, treat and prevent TB for decades.
How to Stop the Deadliest Infectious Disease Original
This year, I visited a sprawling homeless shelter in Delhi, India, where tuberculosis was rampant. I met a boy whose parents were day laborers. Soon after their arrival there, when the boy was 6, he and his older sister became sick. They weren't diagnosed with TB until they were critically ill. After two years of treatment, the boy survived, but his sister died, he said. It had been too little, too late for her. Humanity has had the tools to diagnose, treat and prevent TB for decades.
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Wang Center Explores Death - New Study Away in UK & Ireland
Death affects us all, however, it is a topic of conversation that is often avoided. The newly approved J-Term 2025 Gateway Study Away program in England & Ireland aims to break this stigma.
Better: A Summary of Atul Gawande's Insightful Advice
Chapter 4 Better Author Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He released the book “Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance” in 2007. Some of the other books written by Atul Gawande include: 1. “Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science” (2002) 2. “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right” (2009) 3.
Empowerment Through Knowledge
Many of us will at some point in our life, find ourselves filling a caregiver role to a loved one. As a caregiver, the journey can often be overwhelming, emotionally taxing, and filled with uncertainty. Whether you're caring for a loved one with a chronic illness, aging parents, or individuals with special needs, finding solace and guidance in the midst of your responsibilities is crucial.
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right: Gawande, Atul: 9780312430009: Books
“I read The Checklist Manifesto in one sitting yesterday, which is an amazing tribute to the book that Gawande has crafted. Not only is the book loaded with fascinating stories, but it honestly changed the way I think about the world.
Two Wars, 50 Elections: The Economy Faces Rising Geopolitical Risks
The attacks on crucial shipping traffic in the Red Sea straits by a determined band of militants in Yemen — a spillover from the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza — are injecting a new dose of instability into a world economy already struggling with mounting geopolitical tensions.
Gaza… The Mindset of the 'Mural and the Wall'
In London’s Imperial War Museum, there stands a mural of the late Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein towering over a model of the Dome of the Rock and holding a rifle in one hand. It is among his most recognizable images - one that played a significant role in crafting his image in the Iraqi and Arab imagination.
2023 and Saudi Arabia’s Rise
If I were to summarize the political achievements of Saudi Arabia in 2023, a very tough ask, I would sum it up in two words: “transcendence” and “sovereignty.” These two qualities were instrumental in the exceptional rise of Saudi Arabia in a year that was extremely difficult globally, in terms of crises, challenges, and conundrums.
Why the World Needs Its Own Immune System
The thing that has surprised me most since I began my job leading foreign assistance for global health at the US Agency for International Development is how much emergencies have defined my work. The bureau I oversee focuses on reducing the global burden of mortality and disease and on protecting the United States from health threats from abroad.
Why the World Needs Its Own Immune System
The thing that has surprised me most since I began my job leading foreign assistance for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development is how much emergencies have defined my work. The bureau I oversee focuses on reducing the global burden of mortality and disease and on protecting the United States from health threats from abroad.
Living
When Jeff Stewart found out he had cancer, he had one question: What would he leave behind for his seven children? Living is a positive, uplifting, inspiring book of wisdom and wit from a father who might not have much time left. Stewart's Living is the must-read WINNER of the 20th annual America Book Fest BBA Best Cancer Book of 2023. Living tells the story of a molecular biologist, Jeopardy! champion, and cancer patient.
Top Best Books On Health Care
1. The Checklist Manifesto, 2. How Doctors Think, 3. The Innovator's Prescription, 4. Redefining Health Care, 5. Critical Issues in Global Health, 6. If Disney Ran Your Hospital, 7. The Creative Destruction of Medicine, 8. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, 9. The Comfort Garden, 10. Lean Hospitals. Education is a journey with no end point. Whatever stage of your healthcare career you are in, personal and professional development is critical to your long-term success.
The Ultimate Guide To The Best Books For Healthcare Workers
For healthcare workers, selecting the right books is crucial for navigating the complexities of patient care and healthcare management effectively. This curated list, aimed at a broad audience from medical students to healthcare reform advocates, focuses on addressing challenges, leadership lessons, and true health stories. These recommended reads are essential for anyone eager to deepen their healthcare knowledge and make a significant impact in the field.
Diligence, Red Rocks with Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Government Mule, Advice for Young People
"People underestimate the importance of diligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is "the constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken."... Understood, however, as the prerequisite of great accomplishment, diligence stands as one of the most difficult challenges facing any group of people who take on tasks of risk and consequence.
What’s Happening at the Library? — April 28, 2023 Edition - WestfordCAT
WESTFORD — Assistant Library Director Kristina Leedberg has shared the most recent edition of “What’s Happening at the Library?” with WestfordCAT. Unless otherwise noted, the following programs are made possible by the Friends of the Library. Director’s Corner: Trustee Bob Price is retiring from the Board of Library Trustees, having served 24 years as Library Trustee, preceded by twelve years as Book Sale Co-Chair of the Friends of the J. V. Fletcher Library.
Long per-rectal endoscopic myotomy for a case of Hirchsprung's disease
Before the procedure, the patient received bowel preparation with polyethylene glycol for 2 days and tap water enemas on the day of the procedure. She received a dose of intravenous ceftriaxone (1 g). The procedure ( Video ) was performed using a gastroscope (GIF-HQ 190; Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) with a distal cap (Olympus). A submucosal injection of methylene blue and normal saline was given just proximal to the anorectal junction.
10 Remodeler Recommended Business Reads
From step-by-step guides to become highly effective, to approaching leadership through empathy, these 10 recommended business books for remodelers offer something for everyone We asked each of our 2023 Forty Under 40 winners for their favorite business book, and the results were share-worthy.
Geriatra prawie nie zapytał o choroby pacjentki. Zamiast tego dużo czasu poświęcił badaniu jej stóp
Przychodnia geriatrii – czy też, jak nazywa się to w wielu szpitalach, centrum zdrowia dla seniorów (nawet w przychodni przeznaczonej dla ludzi osiemdziesięcioletnich lub starszych jej pacjenci podejrzliwie patrzą na takie słowa, jak "geriatria" czy "osoba starsza") – znajduje się piętro niżej od mojej przychodni chirurgicznej. Latami mijałem ją prawie codziennie i nie pamiętam, żebym kiedykolwiek choć przez chwilę o niej pomyślał.
Covid-19 aftermath requires as much focus as the start Original
Routine immunisation programmes, sickness care for children and adults, surgery capacity and mental health services have all been disrupted By Atul Gawande Published: Sun 19 Mar 2023, 9:17 PM By the end of 2021, Americans were dying three years sooner, on average, than they were before Covid-19, with life expectancy falling from 79 years to 76 years, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent statistics.
Primary Care, Community Health, and Common Sense in Haiti--March 2023
This morning a Haitian Hearts patient (AP) texted me that she is coughing up blood. I have followed her in Haiti for over twenty years through three heart surgeries. She lives in Port au Prince and traveling outside of her neighborhood is very dangerous due to the current unrest in Haiti. Gangs are said to control most of Port au Prince now. AP’s ability to obtain basic medical care was very limited in years gone by but now with the violence on the streets, it is almost impossible.
Opinion | The Aftermath of a Pandemic Requires as Much Focus as the Start
Guest Essay March 16, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET Credit...Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Atul Gawande Dr. Gawande is the assistant administrator for global health at the United States Agency for International Development.
Atul Gawende. Wyzwania medycyny u schyłku życia
Jestem daleki od twierdzenia, że można kontrolować swój koniec. Nikt nigdy tak naprawdę nie ma nad tym kontroli. Ostatecznie w nasze życie wkraczają fizyka, biologia i przypadek. Chodzi jednak o to, że nie jesteśmy wobec nich bezradni. Odwaga polega na tym, żeby pogodzić się z obydwoma tymi faktami. Mamy pewien margines swobody działania, możliwość kształtowania naszej historii, chociaż z biegiem czasu coraz bardziej ulega on zawężeniu.
Geriatra prawie nie zapytał o choroby pacjentki. Zamiast tego dużo czasu poświęcił badaniu jej stóp
Przychodnia geriatrii – czy też, jak nazywa się to w wielu szpitalach, centrum zdrowia dla seniorów (nawet w przychodni przeznaczonej dla ludzi osiemdziesięcioletnich lub starszych jej pacjenci podejrzliwie patrzą na takie słowa, jak "geriatria" czy "osoba starsza") – znajduje się piętro niżej od mojej przychodni chirurgicznej. Latami mijałem ją prawie codziennie i nie pamiętam, żebym kiedykolwiek choć przez chwilę o niej pomyślał.
Geriatra prawie nie zapytał o choroby pacjentki. Zamiast tego dużo czasu poświęcił badaniu jej stóp
Fragment książki "Śmiertelni. Wyzwania medycyny u schyłku życia" Atula Gawande wydanej przed Wydawnictwo Czarne. Książkę można kupić tutaj. Przychodnia geriatrii – czy też, jak nazywa się to w wielu szpitalach, centrum zdrowia dla seniorów (nawet w przychodni przeznaczonej dla ludzi osiemdziesięcioletnich lub starszych jej pacjenci podejrzliwie patrzą na takie słowa, jak "geriatria" czy "osoba starsza") – znajduje się piętro niżej od mojej przychodni chirurgicznej.
La lentezza delle idee
Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il 22 novembre 2013 nel numero 1027di Internazionale. Perché certe novità si diffondono rapidamente e altre lentamente? Pensate ai percorsi del tutto diversi che hanno seguito due scoperte dell’ottocento come l’anestesia e gli antisettici. Gli effetti dell’anestesia furono dimostrati pubblicamente per la prima volta nel 1846.
Reading recommendations on risk management: 3 books to add to your August reading list
Checklists and reporting systems are key steps to reducing risk in all professions, including law enforcement This is the eighth in a year-long series where I share my top risk management reading recommendations. These are the books I review regularly regarding the discipline of risk management and related issues. Each of these gives you hints on how to recognize, prioritize and mobilize solutions for the risks you face in your organization.
8 great books hand-picked by doctors for your reading list
The physician’s day rises and falls with the written word: an unexpected laboratory result, a practice-changing medical journal publication or a news story about a trend affecting patients’ access to care. But as the weather warms up and physicians tap into their hard-earned stores of vacation time, there may be an opportunity to dive into some longer and more rewarding reads.
Failing to fund the U.S. covid response bodes trouble for the entire world
A man in Kabul receives a Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine delivered by the United States on July 11, 2021. (Rahmat Gul/AP) Atul Gawande leads global health and is co-chair of the Covid-19 Task Force at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Nearly a year ago, President Biden announced that the United States would be the "arsenal of vaccines for the world," just as America served as an arsenal for democracies during World War II.
What it’s like in geriatric medicine: Shadowing Dr. Steinberg
As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it’s like to specialize in geriatrics and hospice and palliative medicine? Meet Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, a geriatrician and a featured physician in the AMA’s “Shadow Me” Specialty Series, which offers advice directly from physicians about life in their specialties. Check out his insights to help determine whether a career in geriatrics and hospice and palliative medicine might be a good fit for you.
What it’s like in geriatric medicine: Shadowing Dr. Steinberg
As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it’s like to specialize in geriatrics and hospice and palliative medicine? Meet Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, a geriatrician and a featured physician in the AMA’s“Shadow Me” Specialty Series, which offers advice directly from physicians about life in their specialties. Check out his insights to help determine whether a career in geriatrics and hospice and palliative medicine might be a good fit for you.
The Book I’m Thankful for This Year: 17 Readers Share
In honor of Thanksgiving, we asked our readers to share the books they were most thankful for this year — and they gave us some excellent responses! Check out the list below for their recommendations, from heartwarming historical fiction to thought-provoking contemporary reads and more. Note: Reviews have been edited for length and clarity.
9 Death Positive Books for Newbies to the Movement
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. American culture, as a whole, has a lot of Puritanical holdovers, especially around death. We just don’t like to talk about it, or when we do, it gets classified as morbid — an unhealthy interest. Despite death being a natural part of life, we keep it separate from everything else and fear it.
Costa Ricans Live Longer Than We Do. What’s the Secret?
“As a child, I witnessed every day two, three, four funerals for kids,” he said. “The cemetery was divided into two. One side for adults, and the other side for children, because the number of deaths was so high.” Salas grew up in a small, red-roofed farmhouse just down the road. “I was a peasant boy,” he said. He slept on a straw mattress, with a woodstove in the kitchen, and no plumbing. Still, his family was among the better-off in Atenas, then a community of nine thousand people.
Costa Ricans Live Longer Than Us. What’s the Secret?
The cemetery in Atenas, Costa Rica, a small town in the mountains that line the country’s lush Central Valley, contains hundreds of flat white crypt markers laid out in neat rows like mah-jongg tiles, extending in every direction. On a clear afternoon in April, Álvaro Salas Chaves, who was born in Atenas in 1950, guided me through the graves. “As a child, I witnessed every day two, three, four funerals for kids,” he said. “The cemetery was divided into two.
Nós, a medicina e o que realmente importa no final, Gawande, Atul, Telles, Renata
Existem certos assuntos para os quais jamais estaremos prontos. Sim, a frase beira o clichê, daqueles mais surrados, mas é que também reflete uma constatação difícil de negar, especialmente quando nos referimos à morte. Não apenas a nossa própria, mas especialmente a daqueles que nos são queridos.
Take whatever COVID vaccine you can get. All of them stop death and hospitalization.
Almost every day, we get the same questions from family, friends, and strangers who happen to find our emails: Which COVID-19 vaccine should I get? Should I wait to get the “best” vaccine? Johnson & Johnson has followed Moderna and Pfizer with an application to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of its vaccine. Novavax and AstraZeneca might not be far behind.
Inside the Worst-Hit County in the Worst-Hit State in the Worst-Hit Country
Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. The story was grim. North Dakota had more new cases and deaths per capita than any other state. Half of its hospitals were facing critical staff shortages. Ward County had the highest rate of new cases of any county there, with a record five hundred and twenty active positive cases, and almost forty per cent of them had been diagnosed in the past two weeks.
Opinion | Vaccines alone won’t solve the pandemic. Here are 3 other things we must do.
Ezekiel Emanuel, Rick Bright, Celine Gounder, Luciana Borio, Michael Osterholm and Atul Gawande all served on the covid-19 advisory board for the Biden presidential transition. Some great news in the covid-19 roller coaster: Three new vaccines, by Johnson & Johnson, Novavax and AstraZeneca, may soon get emergency-use authorization.
Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
Synopsis A powerful defense of intellectual freedom told through the ordeals of contemporary scientists attacked for exploring controversial ideas, by a noted science historian and medical activist An investigation of some of the most contentious debates of our time, Galileo's Middle Finger describes Alice Dreger's experiences on the front lines of scientific controversy, where for two decades she has worked as an advocate for victims of unethical research while also defending the right of...
How a doctor brought life back to a nursing home where people were dying
Dec 16, 2014 · 03:30 am Atul Gawande Share Tweet Email Reddit Print Share Tweet Email Reddit Print In 1991, in the tiny town of New Berlin, in upstate New York, a young physician named Bill Thomas performed an experiment. He didn’t really know what he was doing. He was 31 years old, less than two years out of family residency, and he had just taken a new job as medical director of Chase Memorial Nursing Home, a facility with 80 severely disabled elderly residents.
Controlling the Pandemic Is the First Step Toward Rescuing a Failed System
The top priority for the next President is clear: control the pandemic. This isn’t just a matter of containing an ongoing threat. It’s also a crucial step toward addressing the larger failures of the nation’s health-care system. Since January 20th, when the first COVID-19 case was identified in the United States, President Trump has squandered every opportunity to fight the coronavirus.
We Can Solve the Coronavirus-Test Mess Now-if We Want To
To get out of this pandemic, we need fast, easy coronavirus testing that’s accessible to everyone. From the way people often talk, you might think we need a technological breakthrough to achieve this. In fact, we don’t have a technological problem; we’ve got an implementation problem. We could have the testing capacity we need within weeks. The reason we don’t is not simply that our national leadership is unfit but also that our health-care system is dysfunctional.
What to do when a loved one is dying, or has died
My loves, this one's going to be heavy. I really hope that this isn't a relevant topic to most of you right now, and if it's not, please just skip on over to the end where I'm going to talk about a couple of things you can do now, while you're healthy, to make life easier for the people who will have to deal with your death someday. But this one is for those of you who are walking through the dark place right now, alone, and who have questions about what's up ahead.
A Better Way to Scale Covid-19 Testing
Yulia Reznikov/Getty Images We’ve made our coronavirus coverage free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. Businesses, universities, and entire communities are realizing that while the Covid-19 pandemic continues, testing whole populations may be necessary to resume in-person interaction without uncontrolled outbreaks.
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