The Hidden Impact of Syphilis: Unusual Symptoms and Alarming Trends

Disease detectives in Chicago have recently uncovered a troubling trend associated with the sexually transmitted infection syphilis. Patients are reporting unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches, and even hearing loss or dizziness. These symptoms are typically attributed to late-stage infections that have gone undiagnosed for years.

In a study presented at the 2024 Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference in Atlanta, researchers revealed over two dozen cases of syphilis-related symptoms in Chicago last year. Alarmingly, nearly one-third of these cases were still in the early stages of infection, which suggests that detection and treatment efforts are falling short.

“Providers definitely need to be screening more and be aware that this is what we’re seeing,” said Dr. Amy Nham, lead author of the study from the Chicago Department of Public Health.

While syphilis has historically affected men who have sex with men at higher rates than other groups, recent years have witnessed a demographic shift in its prevalence. Infections among heterosexual men and women have more than doubled since 2019. Furthermore, cases of congenital syphilis—transmitted from pregnant women to their babies—are also on the rise.

The Elusive Nature of Syphilis

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New platform “Critical Medicines Alliance” is intended to develop measures against drug shortages at the European level and propose them to the European Commission.

Vienna (OTS) – The “Critical Medicines Alliance” began its work today with its first meeting. Through cross-border collaboration, this new alliance aims to improve the supply of critical medicines and develop solutions to avoid shortages as much as possible. It does not implement any projects itself, but rather serves as an advisory platform for the European Commission and other EU decision-makers. PHARMIG welcomes this initiative and emphasizes t

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MADRID, 27 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Wellness tourism is being completely transformed and increasingly involves actively interacting with the destination. This is a global tourism trend aligned with a broader perspective of the concept of well-being that will undoubtedly change the way in which destinations present themselves to their visitors.

Wellness tourism is evolving towards more active formulas. Faced with this situation, tourist destinations are mobilizing to develop strategies adapted to the new motivations and interests of travelers, emerging after the pandemic.

The concept of ‘active well-being’ includes preventive, proactive and lifestyle-oriented activities, such as fitness, healthy eating, relaxation, and curative treatments.

It would therefore include sports disciplines, gentle hiking (excursions and walks) and water sports, which show a clear growth trend in the last four y

Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial infection whose transmission occurs mainly within the family or in communities through contact with a sick person with a cough. Even though the number of cases of whooping cough has decreased significantly since the introduction of the vaccine, the bacteria continues to circulate. Infants too young to be vaccinated and adolescents and adults who have lost vaccine protection are the most affected populations. Outside our borders, Europe is currently experiencing an upsurge in cases of whooping cough with significant epidemics in Croatia, Denmark and the United Kingdom and significant increases in Belgium, Spain and Germany. In France, since the start of 2024, around twenty grouped cases (or clusters) have been reported to Public Health France in 8 French regions versus 2 grouped cases in a single region (Ile-de-France) for throughout 2023. Given this clear increase in the number of cluster cases reported, Public Health France remains vigilant and recalls the importance of vaccination to protect people at risk of serious forms.

Intestinal bacteria release metabolites in our systems as they break down the food we eat for energy. The metabolites then interact and influence cells, regulating cellular processes that can be beneficial or harmful to health. Scientists have linked these metabolites to heart disease, infertility, tumors, autoimmune and allergic diseases as well as Alzheimer’s dementia. Preventing harmful interactions between metabolites and our cells can prevent disease. Researchers are working to develop drugs that can activate or block it connection of metabolites with receptors on the cell surface. Progress with this approach is slow due to the enormous amount of information needed to identify a target receptor and, sometimes, its distribution and effects specific to each tissue.

Previous studies have shown that i Alzheimer’s disease patients have changes in their gut bacteria as the disease develops. That is, there is no definitive proof that it is the variation in the composition of the microbiota that triggers the disease, but it certainly contributes over time. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to discover the link between the gut microbiome and Alzheimer’s disease. The newly published study outlines a computational method to determine how bacterial byproducts interact with receptors on cells and contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. The team used a form of artificial intelligence called machine learning (MAL) to analyze over 1 million potential metabolite-receptor pairs and predict the likelihood that each interaction contributed to Alzheimer’s disease.

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The Quirónsalud Group has launched the HOPE project (Personalized Day Hospital), an innovative care initiative for cancer patients that has reduced the time these patients spend in the day hospital by 80%.

The managing director of the Quirónsalud Málaga Hospital, Dr. Tomás Urda (3d), accompanied by the national president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), Dr. Ramón Reyes (i); the president of the Andalusian Society of Medical Oncology, Dr. Ana Laura Ortega; the president of the Spanish Society of Radiation Oncology (SEOR), Dr. Mª Carmen Rubio; and Manuel Cobo and Jorge Contreras (d), specialists from the Oncology Service of the Quirónsalud Málaga Hospital, take part in the discussion table “Future in the management of cancer patients” during the II National Multidisciplinary Conference on Innovation in Cancer, today Friday in Malaga. EFE/Jorge Zapata

Implemented in a pioneering way at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation in Madrid, HOPE will soon arrive at the Quirónsalud Málaga Hospital, as announced this Friday by Dr. Cristina Caramés, Medical and Research Director of this hospital group, during the ‘II National Multidisciplinary Conference on Innovation in Cancer’, which has brought together a hundred experts in this field.

HOPE restructures the care process for cancer patients, trying to ensure that the approach to this disease affects their routine and life as little as possible, avoiding travel and reducing waiting times.

“It all arises when we analyze that in the classic process there were many steps that did not add any value, such as waiting or travel, so