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CDC Grand Rounds: Discovering New Diseases

 

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Each month the CDC holds a Grand Rounds web presentation that focuses on a single health-related issue.  In the past I’ve highlighted their broadcasts on such diverse topics as Multidrug-Resistant Gonorrhea, Electronic Health Records, and Sodium Reduction . . . to name a few.

 

Today, a new Grand Rounds on discovering new diseases will be presented.

 

Explaining the Unexplained: Discovering New Diseases Using Advanced Detection Tools


Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., EDT

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This exciting session of Grand Rounds focuses on rapid identification of emerging infectious diseases. As our world increases in interconnectivity of both technology and people, the rapid identification of emerging infectious diseases becomes more important for disease treatment, control, and prevention.

 

Pathologists and medical examiners are often among the first healthcare workers to encounter infectious disease outbreaks. This session demonstrates their critical role in surveillance for and rapid response to emerging infectious diseases. CDC plays an ongoing role in the laboratory diagnosis of infectious illnesses, discovery of new agents, and it collaborates 24/7 with state, local, and international partners in order to track emerging pathogens to explain the unexplained.

 

Watch the live webcast with a broadband or slower connection. Note: The webcast links are only active during the date and time of the session, but all sessions are archived for future viewing.

September 18, 2012
  • Title: CDC Public Health Grand Rounds (Topic: Explaining the Unexplained)
  • City/State: Atlanta, Georgia
  • Location: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Building 19, Auditorium A
  • Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
  • E-mail: grandrounds@cdc.gov
  • Web site: Watch live and archived broadcasts at: www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds (No registration needed)

 

To access and view earlier Grand Rounds presentations (going back go 2009), direct your browser to:

 

Grand Rounds – Archives

 

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CDC Grand Rounds: Multidrug-Resistant Gonorrhea

 

 

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As I’ve mentioned previously, once a month the CDC  presents a Public Health Grand Rounds webcast, that focuses on a single public health issue. In April of last year I gave considerable blog space to CDC Grand Rounds: Sodium Reduction. 

 

Later today (1 pm EDT) the CDC will live stream their latest Grand Rounds presentation, this time on the growing threat of multi-drug resistant gonorrhea.

 

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., EDT


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This is a subject that both Maryn McKenna (see Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea: How We Lost Track and The Clap Came Back: Multidrug-Resistant Gonorrhea) and I have written about in the past.

 

A couple of my offerings include:

 

The Path Of Increased Resistance

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True in the 1940s, but sadly, no longer the case – Photo Credit scdhec.gov

 

and . . .

Going, Going, Gonorrhea

 

 

Here is the CDC’s announcement for today’s Grand Rounds:

 

 

Public Health Grand Rounds

 The Growing Threat of Multidrug-Resistant Gonorrhea

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This session of Grand Rounds will explore the development of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae as a growing public health concern because the United States gonorrhea control strategy relies on effective antibiotic therapy. Since antibiotics were first used for treatment of gonorrhea, N. gonorrhoeae has progressively developed resistance to the antibiotic drugs prescribed to treat it: sulfonilamides, penicillin, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin. Currently, CDC STD treatment guidelines recommend dual therapy with a cephalosporin antibiotic (ceftriaxone is preferred) and either azithromycin or doxycycline to treat all uncomplicated gonococcal infections among adults and adolescents in the United States.

 

Given the ability of N. gonorrhoeae to develop antibiotic resistance, it is critical to continuously monitor gonococcal antibiotic resistance and encourage research and development of new treatment regimens for gonorrhea.

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Today’s presenters include:

 

Edward Hook III, MD
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
University of Alabama, Birmingham

William Shafer, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Emory University

Carolyn Deal, PhD
Chief, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Branch
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Robert D. Kirkcaldy, MD, MPH
Medical Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

 

 

If you miss the live broadcast, you’ll be able to view this latest Grand Rounds presentation on the CDC’s Streaming Health Youtube Channel in about 48 hours.

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CDC Grand Rounds Webcast: Electronic Health Records

 

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As I’ve mentioned before, once a month the CDC  presents a Public Health Grand Rounds webcast, on a wide spectrum of health issues.

 

Last April, I gave considerable blog space to CDC Grand Rounds: Sodium Reduction. 

 

Later today (Thursday July 21st, 2011) - at 1pm EST - the CDC will present their latest Grand Rounds broadcast, this time on Electronic Health Records.

 

While admittedly not without its controversies (including start up costs, Physician training, privacy issues, etc.), their use over time is expected to save billions in health care costs every year, and so their adoption – particularly among Medicare & Medicaid providers - is being heavily encouraged by the HHS.

 

To learn more about this technology, and how it will affect medical care in the future, tune in today at 1pm.

 

 

Next Grand Rounds Presentation

Lyme Disease

 

Electronic Health Records: What′s in it for Everyone? - Electronic health records (EHRs) allow for the systematic collection and management of patient health information in a form that can be shared across multiple health care settings. By providing easier access to patients’ medical records, EHRs can help improve healthcare quality, efficiency and safety. Full Text

 

 

 

These presentations run about an hour. 

 

If you miss the live broadcast, you’ll be able to view this latest Grand Rounds presentation on the CDC’s Streaming Health Youtube Channel in about 48 hours.

 

Other Grand Rounds presentations archived, and available for viewing, include:

 

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CDC Grand Rounds: Sodium Reduction

 

 


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Over the past few months – after seeing a gradual rise in my blood pressure – I’ve been working to reduce sodium in my diet.   It hasn’t been easy.  

 

Even though I add zero salt while cooking, or at the table (I haven’t owned a salt shaker in years), to my horror I realized that I’ve been consuming at least 3000 - 4000 milligrams of sodium nearly every day.

 

An amount nearly 20 times higher than the daily requirement, and 2 to 3 times higher than recommended for my age (1500mg)

 

(Note: The following slides come from the April 2011 Grand Rounds Sodium Reduction: Time for Choice)

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The problem is that restaurants, and processed food manufacturers, load up the salt content in their wares and the public literally has little control over their salt intake.

 

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It is sobering to realize that a can of condensed soup can contain more than 2,000 mg of sodium. A single tbsp of soy sauce (of which I used several in my `healthy’ stir fry) contains 600mgs. A slice of `healthy’ pita bread can contain more than 300 mg of sodium, a cup of oatmeal contains 277mg, and a cup of canned tomato sauce contains an absolutely mind blowing 1500mg.  

 

Salt (and hence sodium) is everywhere, and it doesn’t take long to exceed your maximum daily quota. It has become a chronic and insidious public health problem.

 

True, there are some sodium reduced foods out there.  But they are hard to find, more expensive, and frankly . . . very often still have more sodium that I’d like.

 

The toll that excess sodium takes is enormous, even if largely ignored by society.  Consumption of excess sodium drives up blood pressures, and that leads to more strokes, more heart attacks, and more kidney disease.

 

In fact, it is estimated that excess sodium in processed foods claims hundreds of thousands of lives each year, and drives up health care costs by tens of billions of dollars.

 

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Through diligent use of lower-sodium foods, I’ve managed to get my daily consumption down to around 2000mg a day. Of course, I do most of my own cooking, and only rarely eat in restaurants.

 

Even so, it hasn’t been easy.  And it requires constant vigilance and the reading of every food label. 

 

Manufacturers of processed foods rely heavily on sodium as a flavor enhancer, as a preservative, and to aid processing. They also fear that the public, now used to `salty’ foods, will reject lower sodium products.

 

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But there are ways for manufacturers to reduce sodium content and still retain flavor, safety, and texture.  

 

It just requires the will to do so.

 

The above information comes from this month’s Grand Rounds presented by the CDC.   In addition to the slides (of which I’ve only excerpted a few), you’ll find an hour-long video, some addition shorter videos, and other resources as well.

 

You can view this latest Grand Rounds presentation on the CDC’s Streaming Health Youtube Channel, along with more than 170 other videos.

 

For more on sodium reduction, you can read the IOM 2010 report Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States.

 

While perhaps not as `exotic’ a topic as bird flu, Ebola, or even influenza, the toll that hidden excess sodium takes on our society and public health is far greater.

 

Other Grand Rounds presentations archived, and available for viewing, include:

 

 

Resources paid for my your tax dollars, and highly recommended.

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