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Babesiosis

Jane Brody has an interesting article on Babesiosis in the Tuesday, July 31 NY Times.

"Unlike Lyme disease, which quickly leapfrogged across the country, babesiosis is spreading slowly through the Northeast and Upper Midwest, where it is increasingly recognized as the cause of a flulike summer ailment."

The New England Journal of Medicine review upon which Jane Brody based her article appeared in June 2001: Download Nejmra1202018

World-Wide Distribution of Babesiosis (NEJM article June 21, 2008)

 

Transmission of Babesis (Red Dot) From NEJM article

 

 

Skin Cancer Screening (Australian Recommendations)

In 2010, almost 780 000 skin cancers were diagnosed and treated in Australia. Only 1% of these were invasive melanoma. The vast majority were nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) in people aged 60 years and over. Nonmelanoma skin cancers in Australia are now nearly seven times more common than all other cancers combined; approximately half of these are removed by general practitioners.

This is a valuable about skin cancer screening from a Professor of Dermatology at the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

For article with helpful tables:  Download Skin Cancer Screening Sinclair