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The One Eleuthera Foundation in collaboration with the Cancer Society of Eleuthera and Family Medicine Center recently concluded its 2nd Annual Pathway to Wellness: Reversing the Trends, Health and Wellness Symposium under the theme “The Pathway to the Cure,” August 1st through August 3rd, 2013

In order to travel the pathway to wellness, we need to look at what we have for disease within the population, where are we in the disease continuum, and then identify what we have to do to begin to reverse the trends. This year, we will look primarily at cancer, as that is one of the largest contributors to morbidity and mortality in Eleuthera. We will speak to the scope of the disease, the options for management of it within the country and within our own local community, and what we need to do to begin to reverse the trends based on recent research.

Family Medicine Center is committed to activities involved in One Eleuthera Health and Wellness programs. Family Medicine Center recently sponsored Eleuthera’s first Health and Wellness Symposium “The Pathway to Wellness: Reversing the Trends”

One Eleuthera is a nonprofit development organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Led by a committed Board of Directors, OE was founded to identify and invest in unique, high-quality projects that strengthen Eleuthera’s communities and further the economic, environmental, and social development of the island.  OE represents a gathering of professionals and organizations that share a commitment to a future that is built on the responsible development of our island’s many assets.

The environmentally friendly trend of washing clothes in lower water temperatures could be failing to eliminate fungal pathogens from dirty socks, a study from Israel shows.

The researchers took samples from 81 socks worn by patients with tinea pedis, caused by the fungus Trichophyton rubrum, and washed them at 40°C and 60°C.

Taking fungal samples from the heel and toe of the washed socks, they found that 36% of the socks washed at 40°C had positive fungal cultures; 70% of these were caused by Aspergillus.

This compared to only 6% of socks washed at 60°C being positive for fungal cultures and all were caused by Aspergillus.

Trichophyton rubrum was found in four of the socks washed at 40°C, but none of the socks washed at 60°C.

The authors said the study confirmed that washing clothes at high temperatures was essential for completely eradicating fungal pathogens.

“We consider that uses of other modes of disinfection, such as UV devices, should be considered as standard applications in domestic washing machines,” they said.

Catherine Hanrahan
Medical Observer