2010 Overview in Medical System (IV)

• Updated Pneumococcical Vaccine Guidelines
• National Lung Screening Trial  Halted
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) introduces first draft
• Oil Spill In the Gulf 
• First Synthetic Cell 
• New Superbug :NDM-1 
• Genetic Link to ADHD

Updated Pneumococcical Vaccine Guidelines

        The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September updated guidelines for use of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in adults. Changes include the recommendation that all persons aged 19 to 64 years with chronic or immunosuppressive medical conditions, including asthma, should receive the vaccine.

"Drug Mule" busted on CT scans

         

•  CT (Computer Tomography)  plays a growing role in the global war on drug abuse, helping snag smugglers who conceal drugs inside their bodies. Some "drug mules" swallow drug packets with the idea of evacuating them later. Others stuff packets into body cavities. 
• In any case, the contraband shows up more clearly on CT scans than in ordinary X -rays,
  says Dr. Priscilla Flach, a radiologist at University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland, and the author of a new study comparing the two imaging techniques.