Public Release: 22-Jan-2018 Virus shown to be likely cause of mystery polio-like illness University of New South Wales A major review by UNSW Sydney medical researchers has identified strong evidence that a virus called Enterovirus D68 is the cause of… Read More ›
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Healthcare costs for infections linked to bacteria in water supply systems are rising
Date: September 12, 2016 Source: Tufts University, Health Sciences Campus Summary: A new analysis of 100 million Medicare records from US adults aged 65 and older reveals rising healthcare costs for infections associated with some disease-causing bacteria, such… Read More ›
Reconstructing the 6th century plague from a victim
Public Release: 30-Aug-2016 Molecular Biology and Evolution (Oxford University Press) Before the infamous Black Death, the first great plague epidemic was the Justinian plague, which, over the course of two centuries, wiped out up to an estimated 50 million… Read More ›
For the first time in history, high blood pressure is more common in lower-income countries
Public Release: 8-Aug-2016 For the first time in history, high blood pressure is more common in lower-income countries American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report American Heart Association DALLAS, August 8, 2016 — For the first time in history, people… Read More ›
Zika Now Found in Common House Mosquitoes– Though currently unlikely Culex mosquitoes can transmit the virus.
By SEAN DUFFY (CN) — Brazilian researchers have found the “presence of the Zika virus” in common house mosquitoes in Brazil, the nation where the epidemic initially began. The discovery, made in the northeastern city of Recife, is… Read More ›
Zika Case in Utah Baffles Health Officials – Super Zika
“The deceased patient had traveled to an area with Zika and lab tests showed he had uniquely high amounts of virus — more than 100,000 times higher than seen in other samples of infected people — in his blood,” the… Read More ›
Potential Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus
Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb; 21(2): 359–361. doi: 10.3201/eid2102.141363 PMCID: PMC4313657 Potential Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus Didier Musso,corresponding author Claudine Roche, Emilie Robin, Tuxuan Nhan, Anita Teissier, and Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau Author information ► Copyright and License information ► This… Read More ›
Researcher warns US could see substantial impact of Zika virus
Public Release: 1-Feb-2016 Virus believed to cause microcephaly in newborns; mild flu-like symptoms in adults, children Boston University Medical Center BOSTON – A researcher at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) warns… Read More ›
WHO estimates up to 4 mln infected by Zika virus in the Americas
Xinhua, January 29, 2016 Following World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision on Thursday to convene an emergency committee on the Zika virus situation, unit chief for International Health Regulations epidemic alert and response Sylvain Aldighieri said: “We expect huge… Read More ›
JAMA Viewpoint: Emerging Zika pandemic requires more WHO action now
“the emergence of a possible link to Guillain-Barré syndrome and neurologic birth defects (microcephaly), “ Public Release: 27-Jan-2016 O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Credit: Georgetown University WASHINGTON – The World Health Organization’s Director-General should convene “urgently” a… Read More ›
Virus in cattle linked to human breast cancer
Public Release: 15-Sep-2015 University of California – Berkeley BERKELEY — A new study by University of California, Berkeley, researchers establishes for the first time a link between infection with the bovine leukemia virus and human breast cancer. In the study,… Read More ›
Chikungunya virus may be coming to a city near you — learn the facts
Public Release: 26-Mar-2015 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston The mosquito-borne chikungunya virus has been the subject of increasing attention as it spreads throughout South America, Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. This painful and potentially debilitating disease is… Read More ›
Antibiotic effectiveness imperiled as Antibiotic consumption in livestock worldwide could rise by 67 percent between 2010 and 2030
Public Release: 26-Mar-2015 Antibiotic effectiveness imperiled as use in livestock expected to increase Princeton University Caption Princeton University-led research found that antibiotic consumption in livestock worldwide could rise by 67 percent between 2010 and 2030, and possibly endanger the effectiveness… Read More ›
Common bacteria on verge of becoming antibiotic-resistant superbugs
Public Release: 25-Mar-2015 Washington University School of Medicine Bacteria that cause many hospital-associated infections are ready to quickly share genes that allow them to resist powerful antibiotics. The illustration, based on electron micrographs and created by the Centers for Disease… Read More ›
Swine flu in India has mutated
Public Release: 11-Mar-2015 Swine flu outbreak in India raises concern Massachusetts Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE, MA — Since December, an outbreak of swine flu in India has killed more than 1,200 people, and a new MIT study suggests that the… Read More ›
Ebola, Marburg viruses edit genetic material during infection
WASHINGTON, DC – November 4, 2014 – Filoviruses like Ebola “edit” genetic material as they invade their hosts, according to a study published this week in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The work, by… Read More ›
A mysterious polio-like syndrome has affected as many as 25 California children, leaving them with paralyzed limbs and little hope of recovery.
– “We don’t have a final case count, but it’s probably in the neighborhood of 25 cases, all in California,” said Van Haren. The median age of those stricken is 12. – “The younger doctors have just never seen polio,”… Read More ›
Mysterious polio-like illness found in five California children ( All Vacinated )
Date: February 23, 2014 Source: American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Summary: Researchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a cluster of children from California over a one-year period, according to a case report released. Polio is a contagious disease that… Read More ›
Bubonic plague ‘worse than Black Death’ kills 39 in Madagascar ( pneumonic plague that can kill within three days )
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 12 December, 2013, 10:35pm UPDATED : Friday, 13 December, 2013, 10:29pm Agence France-Presse in Antananarivo Bubonic plague bacteria. Photo: AFP An outbreak of plague even more vicious than the bubonic strain dubbed the black death has killed… Read More ›
Vivax malaria may be evolving around natural defense ( 2.5 billion people worldwide are at risk )
Contact: Kevin Mayhood kevin.mayhood@case.edu 216-368-4442 Case Western Reserve University 3 gene mutations appear to be invasion mechanisms IMAGE: Plasmodium vivax has traditionally infected red blood cells of hosts in the Duffy positive blood group but Duffy negative… Read More ›
Study is the first to show higher dietary acid load increases risk of diabetes ( Up to 56% Increased Risk )
Contact: Dr Guy Fagherazzi Guy.FAGHERAZZI@gustaveroussy.fr 33-142-116-140 Diabetologia A study of more than 60 000 women has shown that higher overall acidity of the diet, regardless of the individual foods making up that diet, increases the risk of type 2 diabetes…. Read More ›
Wider use of statins ‘disturbing’
Wider use of statins will have minimal benefit and could needlessly expose thousands to severe side effects, doctors warn following change in US prescription guidelines New US guidelines on statins, issued on Tuesday by the American College of Cardiology and… Read More ›
Obesity expands amid federal anti-obesity campaign
Posted By Neil Munro On 4:40 PM 11/01/2013 The national obesity rate has expanded since 2012, even as federal regulators and first lady Michelle Obama exhort the nation to slim down, eat less and exercise. The adult obesity rate… Read More ›
Virtually numbed: Immersive video gaming alters real-life experience
Role-playing video games can alter our experience of reality and numb us to important real-life experiences, study finds Spending time immersed as a virtual character or avatar in a role-playing video game can numb you to realizing important body signals… Read More ›
‘We’ve reached the end of antibiotics’: Top CDC expert declares that ‘miracle drugs’ that have saved millions are no match against ‘superbugs’ because people have overmedicated themselves
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 00:30 EST, 26 October 2013 | UPDATED: 01:17 EST, 26 October 2013 Health crisis: Dr Arjun Srinivasan, the associate director of the CDC, told PBS’ Frontline that misuse and overuse of antibiotics over the… Read More ›
Women with extreme PMS will now be deemed ‘mentally ill’ following controversial revision of health manual
By Sadie Whitelocks PUBLISHED: 16:45 EST, 21 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:04 EST, 21 October 2013 Women who suffer from consistently severe mood swings during their menstrual periods are now being diagnosed with mental illness. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), … Read More ›
New and more virulent strain of HIV is spreading rapidly through Russia, claim scientists
The HIV subtype 02_AG/A is spreading rapidly and is now thought to account for more than 50 per cent of new HIV infections in Siberia It is thought to be the most virulent subtype of the virus in Russia Infections… Read More ›
1 in 2000 Britons may carry ‘mad cow’ prion protein
19:39 16 October 2013 by Debora MacKenzie “We were all supposed to die of mad cow disease!” People who accuse public health agencies of crying wolf are fond of citing the discovery, in 1996, that a cattle disease widespread… Read More ›
Krokodil the flesh-eating drug spreads to Chicago suburbs with three cases in a week
Krokodil, which is considered more addictive that heroin, originated in Russia Rob Williams Thursday, 10 October 2013 Use of a a flesh-eating heroin substitute that rots the skin of addicts has now spread to a Chicago suburb, according to local… Read More ›
U.S. Women Are Dying Younger Than Their Mothers, and No One Knows Why
While advancements in medicine and technology have prolonged life expectancy and decreased premature deaths overall, women in parts of the country have been left behind. Grace WylerOct 7 2013, 9:10 AM ET (jessiejacobson/flickr) The Affordable Care Act took a major… Read More ›
The Island of Doctor Moreau: What kind of monsters does US raise in Republic of Georgia
Photo: EPA The presence in Georgia of a US military bio-laboratory remains an obstacle to the development of economic ties with Russia. This came as a statement by head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko. In his opinion, the US military structures… Read More ›
Good hygiene may be to blame for soaring Alzheimer’s
Modern cities and improved hygiene could be behind rising rates of Alzheimer’s in Britain and the rest of the developed world, scientists have said. Countries where everyone has access to cleaning drinking water, such as the UK and France, have… Read More ›
Up to 13 surgery patients at risk from brain disease that SURVIVES sterilization after one man died during operation
One patient had brain surgery in May then died in August from fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Incurable condition can survive standard sterilization Up to 13 people in several states may have been exposed to the disease By Daily Mail Reporter and… Read More ›
‘Catastrophe’ as 114 million Chinese suffer diabetes thanks to economic boom
Shocking survey shows 11.6pc of people suffer from rampant diet-related disease, with around one third of the world’s diabetics living in China Thursday, 05 September, 2013 [Updated: 7:42AM] Bloomberg and Lo Wei Overweight children at a fitness camp in Wuhan…. Read More ›
1 in 4 has alarmingly few intestinal bacteria
Contact: Oluf Pedersen oluf@sund.ku.dk 45-52-39-56-50 University of Copenhagen All people have trillions of bacteria living in their intestines. If you place them on a scale, they weigh around 1.5 kg. Previously, a major part of these ‘blind passengers’ were unknown,… Read More ›
Cancerous cells from donor kidney linked to recipient skin cancer
Patients that receive kidney transplants have an increased risk of an invasive form of skin cancer. It is unclear if donor tissue contributes to cancer formation. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Philippe Ratajczak and colleagues… Read More ›
1-in-5 U.S.children have a mental disorder to the extent that the child has difficulty functioning
Psychiatrists: 1-in-5 U.S.children have a mental disorder Published: Aug. 27, 2013 at 12:21 AM DALLAS, Aug. 27 (UPI) –DALLAS, Aug. 27 (UPI) — Twenty percent of U.S. children experience a mental disorder to the extent that the child has difficulty… Read More ›
Study adds lung damage to harmful effects of arsenic / lung damage comparable to decades of smoking
Contact: John Easton john.easton@uchospitals.edu 773-795-5225 University of Chicago Medical Center A new study confirms that exposure to low to moderate amounts of arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function. Doses of about 120 parts per billion of arsenic in… Read More ›
A virus changes its stripes / human outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis
Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Outbreak in Panama brought Latin America’s first human cases of eastern equine encephalitis In the summer of 2010, the eastern Panamanian province of Darien experienced a phenomenon that… Read More ›
Obesity kills more Americans than previously thought
Contact: Timothy S. Paul tp2111@columbia.edu 212-305-2676 Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health 1 in 5 Americans, Black and White, die from obesity — nearly 3 times previous estimates Obesity is a lot more deadly than previously thought. Across recent… Read More ›
Unhealthy lifestyles will see British children die before their parents
Research from British Heart Foundation warns of health problems affecting a generation, from lack of exercise to dietary issues Adam Withnall Monday, 12 August 2013 The unhealthy lifestyles of today’s children could see them die younger than their parents because… Read More ›
Dad’s obesity could be inherited by multiple generations
Contact: Dr. Tod Fullston tod.fullston@adelaide.edu.au 61-883-138-188 University of Adelaide The sperm of obese fathers could increase the risk of both their children and their grandchildren inheriting obesity, according to new research from University of Adelaide. In laboratory studies, researchers from… Read More ›
Children with milk allergy may be ‘allergic to school’ : Chalk dust can contain milk protein
Contact: Christine Westendorf ChristineWestendorf@acaai.org 847-427-1200 American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Chalk dust can contain milk protein, triggering respiratory symptoms ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. (May 2, 2013) – Many of today’s school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands… Read More ›
Study suggests US children born outside the United States have lower risk of allergic disease
Contact: Richard Bory rbory@chpnet.org 212-523-6069 The JAMA Network Journals A study by Jonathan I. Silverberg, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of St. Luke’s—Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, and colleagues suggests children living the in the United States but born outside… Read More ›
The adult generations of today are less healthy than their counterparts of previous generations
Contact: Jacqueline Partarrieu press@escardio.org 33-492-947-756 European Society of Cardiology Results from a large cohort study suggest that exposure to metabolic risks of cardiovascular disease is increasing Sophia Antipolis, 10 April 2013. Despite their greater life expectancy, the adults of today… Read More ›
Almost third of US West Coast newborns hit with thyroid problems after Fukushima nuclear disaster
Published time: April 03, 2013 19:56 A boy receives a radiation scan at a screening center in Koriyama in Fukushima prefecture (AFP Photo / Go Takayama) Researchers have discovered that the Fukushima nuclear disaster has had far-reaching health effects more… Read More ›
110 million Americans infected with some type of STD
Wednesday, 27 March 2013 According to new data released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 19.7 million new venereal infections in the United States in 2008, bringing the total number of existing… Read More ›
Number of dead pigs found in Shanghai rivers rises to 16,000
Melanie Leather Friday, 22 March 2013 A police campaign to curb the illicit trade in sick pig parts in China appears to be having little effect as the number of dead pigs recovered in the last two weeks from… Read More ›
Researchers link Gulf War Illness to physical changes in brain fibers that process pain
Contact: Karen Mallet km463@georgetown.edu Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have found what they say is evidence that veterans who suffer from “Gulf War Illness” have physical changes in their brains not seen… Read More ›
U.S. autism estimates climb to 1 in 50 school-age children: 72% increase since 2007
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:05 GMT Reuters * Boys four times more likely than girls to have diagnosis * Milder cases made up much of the increase (Adds CDC and expert interview, byline, background) By Julie Steenhuysen March 20 (Reuters)… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 