Are We Prepared for Geriatric Orthopedics?

Are We Prepared for Geriatric Orthopedics?

Copyright © 2010 by Th e Korean Orthopaedic Association Th is is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery • pIS...

disaster: are we prepared?

Disaster: Are We Prepared?

Copyright © 2014, Kashan University of Medical Sciences; Published by Kashan University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In the last issue of Nursing and Midwifery Studies Journal, ...

Are we prepared for influenza pandemic?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported an outbreak of Avian Influenza in birds in several countries in Asia. Avian influenza is a contagious viral infection with a potential to affect all species of birds, and rare transfer to humans. Avian influenza virus has 15 known types that infect wild bird populations (mainly water birds). In wild birds this infection is without symptoms, there...

Bioterrorism: how prepared are we?

Richard Preston’s The Cobra Event, which he dedicates to public health professionals, weaves a chilling, but compelling tale about a lone terrorist’s attack on Manhattan with a genetically engineered virus. Preston’s thought-provoking novel raises a logical question: How do we successfully contain and combat the threat of bioterrorism? To meet this emerging threat, we must address four importan...