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Warning To Consumers About Recreational Use Of Medicines, Australia
The National Prescribing Service (NPS) warns people are playing Russian roulette with their health when they take medicines inappropriately. Media reports this week about people mixing sleeping tablet, zolpidem (Stilnox), with energy drink Red Bull™ have failed to highlight the risks people are taking when they intentionally misuse pharmaceuticals.
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Montana Reports Increase In HIV Diagnoses
There have been 19 new cases of HIV diagnosed in Montana since the beginning of the year, whereas the state usually has an average of about 20 newly diagnosed cases annually, according to a recent report by the state Department of Public Health and Human Services, the AP/KXNet.com reports (AP/KXNet.com, 6/25). Anna Whiting Sorrell, director of the agency, said that reaching 19 cases before the end of June suggests that people might be increasingly putting themselves at risk. Montana STD/HIV Section Supervisor Laurie Kops, said, "It"s just a little bit alarming to us that we"ve got those numbers, but it"s not that we don"t expect those numbers because we think that there are folks out there who don"t know what their status is." Officials are recommending residents be tested on Saturday as part of National HIV Testing Day (Montana"s News Station.com, 6/25).
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Infectious Diseases Remain A Burden To Healthcare Systems Worldwide

Respiratory infectious diseases continue to be a huge and rising burden to health-care systems and societies worldwide. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, the latest issue of Respirology includes an invited review series focused on infectious pulmonary diseases. The first paper entitled "Clinical Challenges in Managing Bronchiectasis" provides a review of the characteristics and clinical features of Bronchiectasis. The article also includes the often misdiagnosed and neglected treatment guidelines on how best to manage this common disease. Lead author Kenneth Tsang from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong said, "As symptoms of bronchiectasis are not specific, many patients are misdiagnosed as suffering from other inflammatory airway diseases such as asthma and COPD. Despite being prevalent in Asia-Pacific, bronchiectasis remains a long-neglected illness which should receive more research attention for better understanding of its aetiology, pathogenesis and treatment." Another paper in the series, "Respiratory Infections: A Current and Future Threat", focuses on human pulmonary pathogens and environmental factors that contribute to the continued global burden of respiratory diseases. The evolution and adaptation of human pathogens, in order to overcome immune responses, mean that new therapeutic and diagnostic approaches are necessary to combat viral threats. Coupled with clinical vigilance and strict infection control, the burden of pulmonary infection disease may then stand the chance of being reduced. Wiley - Blackwell


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