Salmonella outbreak winds down; questions remain August 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The nationwide salmonella outbreak is finally winding down but federal health officials can't yet say how the few tainted Mexican peppers they've found could explain such widespread illness. | |
Study points to new test for Alzheimer's August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A method of medical imaging known as PET scans may allow doctors to develop a non-invasive test for Alzheimer's by spotting abnormal brain "plaques" associated with the disease, Finnish researchers report in a new study. ... | |
Signs of Alzheimer's disease may be present decades before diagnosis August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Scientists from the University of South Florida and the University of Kentucky report that people who develop Alzheimer's disease may show signs of this illness many decades earlier in life, including compromised educational ... | |
New bird flu strain detected in Nigeria: FAO August 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A strain of highly pathogenic bird flu previously not recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected in Nigeria, the UN food agency said Tuesday. | |
Toxoplasmosis found more severe in Brazil compared to Europe August 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Newborns in Brazil are more susceptible to toxoplasmosis than those in Europe, according to a recent study. Researchers based in Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom studied the ... | |
 Argentine senate declares obesity a disease August 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Argentine senators have approved a bill declaring obesity and other eating disorders diseases covered by the nation's public and private health care programs. | |
Indonesian villagers test negative for bird flu: health ministry August 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Thirteen people in Indonesia suspected of having bird flu have tested negative for the feared disease, the country's health ministry said Saturday. | |
Why dopamine freezes parkinson patients and drives drug addicts August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Parkinson's disease and drug addiction are polar opposite diseases, but both depend upon dopamine in the brain. Parkinson's patients don't have enough of it; drug addicts get too much of it. Although the importance of dopamine ... | |
The pandemic potential of H9N2 avian influenza viruses August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Since their introduction into land-based birds in 1988, H9N2 avian influenza A viruses have caused multiple human infections and become endemic in domestic poultry in Eurasia. This particular influenza subtype has been evolving ... | |
Researchers to study lyme-like illness in Texas August 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Tao Lin, D.V.M., and Steven J. Norris, Ph.D., both with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, have been named grant recipients of the Norman Hackerman Advanced ... | |
Lessons from yeast: A possible cure for Parkinson's disease? August 14, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Parkinson disease (PD) is a debilitating and lethal neurodegenerative disease, for which there is currently no cure. It is caused by the progressive loss of nerve cells that produce the chemical dopamine and is characterized ... | |
Study shows that older adult caregivers of people with dementia have worse sleep than noncaregivers August 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A study in the August 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the sleep patterns of older adults who live with and provide direct care during the night for a person with dementia are significantly ... | |
Whole Foods recalls possible E. coli-tainted beef August 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Whole Foods Market, the top US organic foods supermarket chain, announced this weekend a voluntary recall of fresh ground beef it sold since June 2 due to potential contamination with E. coli bacteria. | |
Researchers Report Periodontal Disease Independently Predicts New Onset Diabetes August 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Periodontal disease may be an independent predictor of incident Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. While diabetes has long been believed ... | |
Towards understanding bluetongue outbreaks August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A recent article published in Virology, reports the identification of a bluetongue virus strain that caused the northern European Bluetongue outbreak in 2006. Comparison of the virus strain with the sequences of other ... | |
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