 Medics solve an ancient riddle -- and offer new tool for diagnosis May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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A puzzling medical condition, identified more than 2,000 years ago by Hippocrates, has finally been explained by researchers at the University of Leeds. | |
Scientists find key to avian flu in humans January 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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MIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines ... | |
Sandwich meats kill 15 in Canada August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The death toll from contaminated deli meats in Canada has risen to 15, health officials said Wednesday, including an elderly woman who is said to have suffered terribly. | |
New hope for stroke patients August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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If a stroke patient doesn't get treatment within approximately the first three hours of symptoms, there's not much doctors can do to limit damage to the brain. | |
Source of Canadian listeria outbreak confirmed August 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Canadian authorities have confirmed a link between a listeria food poisoning outbreak that killed four people and products from Toronto food processor Maple Leaf Foods. | |
New research suggests diabetes transmitted from parents to children August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A new study in the September issue of the Journal of Lipid Research suggests an unusual form of inheritance may have a role in the rising rate of diabetes, especially in children and young adults, in the United States. | |
Study examines testing model to predict and diagnose new cases of dementia August 19, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A preliminary report published in the August 20 issue of JAMA suggests that within-person variability on neuropsychological testing may be associated with development of dementia in older adults. | |
Mexican peppers posed problem before outbreak August 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400 people was finally traced ... | |
Protein complementarity may offer new insights into autoimmune diseases August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The discovery of "complementary" antibodies against plasminogen in patients with blood vessel inflammation caused by anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCAs) may lead to new approaches to research, testing, and ... | |
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 ... | |
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis found in California August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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In the first statewide study of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) in the United States, California officials have identified 18 cases of the dangerous and difficult-to-treat disease between 1993 and 2006, and ... | |
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. ... | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
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