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Julie Webgirl - Just Your Luck<p>CU Department of Medicine faculty member Andrés Henao-Martínez, MD, says ‘urgent action’ is needed to better understand <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chagas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chagas</span></a> disease</p><p><a href="https://news.cuanschutz.edu/department-of-medicine/chagas-disease-kissing-bug-henao-martinez" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.cuanschutz.edu/department</span><span class="invisible">-of-medicine/chagas-disease-kissing-bug-henao-martinez</span></a></p>
Patrick Ching<p>Meningoencephalitis and brain abscess (ring-enhancing lesions) are common manifestation of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Trypanosoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trypanosoma</span></a> cruzi reactivation in advanced <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> patients <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/IDMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MedMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Chagas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chagas</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/IMPearls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMPearls</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MedEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedEd</span></a></p>
TL Jordan<p>I don't know how common these bugs are in North America or if they carry the parasite like they do in South America, but I catch several of them in and around my home in Northeastern Pennsylvania every year.<br> <br>It's a good idea to learn to identify them.</p><p><a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/Chagas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chagas</span></a> </p><p>Doctors push for more aggressive efforts to fight Chagas disease, a silent killer</p><p>The illness causes serious heart disease in an estimated 30% of infected people and can also lead to severe digestive problems.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/doctors-push-aggressive-efforts-fight-chagas-disease-silent-killer-rcna99859" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/health/health-news</span><span class="invisible">/doctors-push-aggressive-efforts-fight-chagas-disease-silent-killer-rcna99859</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>Transplant Board: U.S. Should Screen At-Risk Organ Donors for Chagas<br>==</p><p>Last week, ProPublica reported on the death of Bob Naedele, who passed after he received an infected heart; his death could have been prevented if the donor had been tested for Chagas. </p><p>The policy change comes after years of recommendations from experts for screening to prevent such deaths.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/OrganDonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganDonation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Chagas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chagas</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Transplant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transplant</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/organ-procurement-transplantation-network-donor-chagas-screening?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/organ-p</span><span class="invisible">rocurement-transplantation-network-donor-chagas-screening?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>‘The silent disease’: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chagas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chagas</span></a> is a killer. Now carriers want their voices heard - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jan/16/the-silent-disease-chagas-is-a-killer-now-carriers-want-their-voices-heard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global-develop</span><span class="invisible">ment/2023/jan/16/the-silent-disease-chagas-is-a-killer-now-carriers-want-their-voices-heard</span></a> nasty, and little known...</p>
John Ross<p>Açaí berries, a popular so-called <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/superfood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superfood</span></a>, have been linked to a recent outbreak of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Chagas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chagas</span></a> disease in Brazil. Chagas disease is a parasitic infection transmitted through the feces of triatomine insects ("kissing bugs"). If untreated, Chagas may lead to congestive heart failure and megaesophagus. Past outbreaks have led to a recommendation that <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/a%C3%A7a%C3%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>açaí</span></a> juice should be pasteurized.</p><p><a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/18-0646_article" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1</span><span class="invisible">/18-0646_article</span></a></p>
Cedric Graebin<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p><p>Hi there! My name is Cedric and I'm a synthetic medicinal chemist. I design and develop new molecules hoping to find something useful to treat neglected tropical diseases such as <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Malaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaria</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Leishmaniasis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leishmaniasis</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Chagas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chagas</span></a> disease. </p><p>Currently I am a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MedicinalChemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicinalChemistry</span></a> trainer at the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research at the University of Dundee, Scotland. My interests are <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DrugDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugDesign</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/compchem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compchem</span></a> and some <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> on the side.</p>