Hidden infections crucial to understanding, controlling disease outbreaks August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and news organizations typically focus on the number of dead and gravely ill during epidemics, but research at the University of Michigan suggests that less dramatic, mild infections lurking in ... | |
Variant of mad cow disease may be transmitted by blood transfusions, according to animal study August 28, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
Blood transfusions are a valuable treatment mechanism in modern medicine, but can come with the risk of donor disease transmission. Researchers are continually studying the biology of blood products to understand how certain ... | |
Low levels of brain chemical may lead to obesity August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A brain chemical that plays a role in long term memory also appears to be involved in regulating how much people eat and their likelihood of becoming obese, according to a National Institutes of Health study of a rare genetic ... | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
Common treatment to delay labor decreases preterm infants' risk for cerebral palsy August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Intravenous magnesium sulfate supplementation before preterm delivery cuts the risk for handicapping cerebral palsy in half, according to research led by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) obstetrician Dwight Rouse, ... | |
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. | |
Heart attack patients who stop statin risk death, say researchers August 27, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Patients discontinuing statin medication following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increase their risk of dying over the next year, say researchers at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). ... | |
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. ... | |
China sees spike in rabies cases August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new Chinese study has reported a dramatic spike in rabies infections. The research, published today in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases, shows that in some provinces of China the number of human rabies ... | |
Research examines variations of rare lung disease August 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, or LAM, is a rare but serious lung disease that may cause severe respiratory symptoms in patients. The often-fatal disease has no cure. | |
Clinical study to examine role of vitamin D in kidney disease August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Vitamin D is the key to preventing rickets and osteoporosis, but Rockefeller University scientists suspect it may also play a role in heading off atherosclerosis in people with chronic kidney disease. | |
Report suggests allopurinol may lower blood pressure in teens with hypertension August 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The drug allopurinol, which lowers uric acid levels, appears to reduce blood pressure in adolescents with newly diagnosed hypertension, according to a preliminary report in the August 27 issue of JAMA. | |
Bacterial pneumonia caused most deaths in 1918 influenza pandemic August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The majority of deaths during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 were not caused by the influenza virus acting alone, report researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the ... | |
Low cholesterol associated with cancer in diabetics August 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Low levels of LDL cholesterol as well as high levels are associated with cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, found a prospective cohort study published in CMAJ. | |
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